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Extreme Voices

Tom Service discovers some of the most extreme vocals in music, from Mozart and Rachmaninov to Stockhausen and Daft Punk, and finds out whether we're all extreme singers at heart.

Whether it's an eye-wateringly high soprano or profoundly low bass, lightning quick rappers, the star castrati of the 18th century, the screamers, the growlers, the robots or the singers that can produce two notes at once - there are a lot of extreme voices out there.

Tom Service takes a trip through the many purveyors of vocal pyrotechnics from Mozart and Rachmaninov to Stockhausen, Tom Waits and Daft Punk, has a lesson in throat singing from overtone singer Michael Ormiston, and finds out whether we're all extreme singers at heart.

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29 minutes

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Fri 21 Aug 2020 16:30
91热爆 Radio 3

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Music Played

  • James Brown

    Get Up Offa That Thing

    Performer: James Brown.
    • Get Up Offa That Thing.
    • Universal/Polydor.

  • Alash

    My Throat the Cuckoo

    Performer: Alash.
    • Achai.
    • www.alashensemble.com.

  • Alexander Gretchaninov

    Now the Powers of Heaven, Op.58

    Choir: Conspirare. Director: Craig Hella Johnson.
    • Harmonia Mundi.

  • 叠箩枚谤办

    Triumph of a Heart

    Performer: 叠箩枚谤办.
    • Medulla.
    • Elektra.

  • Nicola Porpora

    Alto Giove (Polifemo)

    Singer: Philippe Jaroussky. Orchestra: Venice Baroque Orchestra. Conductor: Andrea Marcon.
    • ERATO.

  • Tom Waits

    Little Drop of Poison

    Performer: Tom Waits.
    • Orphans (Brawlers, Bawlers & Bastards).
    • Anti.

  • Daft Punk

    Harder Better Faster Stronger

    Performer: Daft Punk.
    • Discovery.
    • Virgin.

  • Diamanda Gal谩s

    Wild Women with Steak Knives

    Performer: Diamanda Gal谩s.
    • The Litanies of Satan.
    • Mute.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Alles f眉hlt der Liebe; Der H枚lle Rache (The Magic Flute)

    Singer: Edita Gruberov谩. Conductor: Nikolaus Harnoncourt. Singer: Peter Keller. Orchestra: Philharmonia Z眉rich.

  • Thomas Ad猫s

    The Tempest

    Performer: Cynthia Sieden. Performer: Orchestra of the Royal Opera House. Performer: Thomas Ad猫s.
    • EMI.

  • Minnie Riperton

    Loving You

    • Perfect Angel.
    • Import.

  • 叠箩枚谤办

    It's Oh So Quiet

    • Post Live.
    • One Little Indian.

  • Kate Bush

    Wuthering Heights

    • The Kick Inside.
    • EMC.

  • Giovanni Aldega

    Domine Salvum Fac Pontificem Nostrum Leonem

    Performer: Alessandro Moreschi.
    • Opal.

  • Nicola Porpora

    Nell' attendere il mio bene (Polifemo)

    Singer: Philippe Jaroussky. Director: Andrea Marcon. Orchestra: Venice Baroque Orchestra.
    • ERATO.

  • Bee Gees

    Tragedy

    Performer: Bee Gees.
    • Spirits Have Flown.
    • RSO.

  • Guns N鈥� Roses

    Sweet Child O Mine

    Performer: Guns N鈥� Roses.
    • Appetite for Destruction.
    • Geffen.

  • Frank Ocean

    Thinkin Bout You

    Performer: Frank Ocean.
    • Channel ORANGE.
    • Island Def Jam.

  • Guns N鈥� Roses

    Knockin' On Heaven's Door

    • Use Your Illusion II.
    • Geffen.

  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Nunc dimittis (Vespers)

    Choir: Latvian Radio Choir. Conductor: Sigvards K募ava.
    • Ondine.

  • Joaqu铆n Rodrigo

    Invocaci贸n y danza (91热爆naje a Manuel de Falla)

    Performer: Milo拧 Karadagli膰.
    • Milos Aranjuez.
    • DG.
    • 6.

  • Alash

    IGIL/XOOMEI SOLO

    Performer: Alash.
    • Achai.
    • www.alashensemble.com.

  • Karlheinz Stockhausen

    Stimmung (conclusion)

    Ensemble: Theatre of Voices. Director: Paul Hillier.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.

  • Tom Waits

    Underground

    Performer: Tom Waits.
    • Swordfishtrombones.
    • Island.

  • Vladimir Vysotsky

    La chasse aux loups

    Performer: Vladimir Vysotsky.
    • Le Vol Arrete.
    • Chant du Monde.

  • Napalm Death

    Silence is Deafening

    Performer: Napalm Death.
    • The Code Is Red...Long Live the Code.
    • Century.

  • John Zorn

    Six Litanies For Heliogabalus

    Performer: Mike Patton.
    • Tzadik.

  • Pampidoo

    Synthesiser Voice

    Performer: Pampidoo.
    • Jammy's Records.

  • Jonathan Harvey

    Mortuos plango, vivos voco

    Ensemble: Ensemble intercontemporain. Conductor: P茅ter E枚tv枚s.
    • ERATO.

  • Karlheinz Stockhausen

    Gesang Der J眉nglinge

    • Gesang der junglinge.
    • Stockhausen.

  • Daft Punk

    One More Time

    Performer: Daft Punk.
    • Discovery.
    • Virgin.

  • Ella Fitzgerald

    Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered

    • Ella Fitzgerald sings the Rodgers and Hart Song Book.
    • Verve.

  • Arthur Sullivan, New Sadler鈥檚 Wells Opera & Gordon Sandison

    Ruddigore - My Eyes are Fully Open

    Librettist: William Gilbert.
    • That鈥檚 entertainment.

  • Eminem

    Rap God

    Performer: Eminem.
    • The Marshall Mathers LP 2.
    • Interscope.

  • Phil Minton

    The Feral Choir

    Performer: The Feral Choir.
    • The Enigma Carols.
    • Recorded.

  • Van Morrison

    Born to Sing

    Performer: Van Morrison.
    • Born to Sing.
    • No Plan B.

Broadcasts

  • Sun 9 Jul 2017 17:00
    91热爆 Radio 3
  • Sun 16 Aug 2020 19:00
    91热爆 Radio 3
  • Fri 21 Aug 2020 16:30
    91热爆 Radio 3

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