Countertenors - classical rock gods!
From Frankie Valli and Jimmy Somerville to Andreas Scholl and Lawrence Zazzo - Tom Service on the male singers hitting the high notes.
From Frankie Valli and Jeff Buckley to Andreas Scholl and Iestyn Davies - Tom Service celebrates the male singers hitting the high notes.
Why do they do it? How do they do it? And why is it so uniquely thrilling a sound? And it's not about singing like a woman!
With inside knowledge from countertenor Lawrence Zazzo.
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Antonio Vivaldi
Nisi Dominus [Psalm 127] RV.608 for voice and orchestra
Performer: Andreas Scholl. Performer: Australian Brandenburg Orchestra. Performer: Paul Dyer.- dg.
- 4669642.
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Henry Purcell
Oedipus - incidental music to Act 3 Z.583
Performer: Alfred Deller. Performer: William Christie.- HARMONIA MUNDI.
- HMC-90249.
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The Communards
It Ain't Necessarily So
- LONDON.
- 092741-2582.
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The Darkness
I Believe in a Thing Called Love
- Atlantic.
- 5050466-7452-2-4.
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Bee Gees
Stayin' Alive
- POLYDOR.
- POLYDOR-847 339-2.
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叠别测辞苍肠茅
No Angel
- No Details.
- ..
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Shakespears Sister
You're History
- FFRR.
- 828-131-2.
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George Frideric Handel
Messiah
Conductor: Peter Dijkstra. Performer: Lawrence Zazzo. Performer: B'Rock.- BR Klassik.
- 900908.
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Benjamin Britten
Welcome ode Op.95 for voices and orchestra
Performer: Alfred Deller. Conductor: Benjamin Britten. Performer: London Symphony Orchestra.- LONDON.
- 425-663-2.
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George Frideric Handel
Rinaldo - opera in 3 acts
Conductor: Zefira Valova. Performer: Franco Fagioli. Performer: Il Pomo d鈥橭ro.- DG.
- 479 7541.
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Orlando Gibbons
Lift up your heads - anthem for 6 voices
Performer: Philip Ledger. Performer: King's College Cambridge Choir.- ASV.
- CDDCA514.
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Felice Anerio
Christus factus est for chorus
Performer: Massimo Palombella. Performer: Sistine Chapel Choir.- DG.
- 495300.
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Bee Gees
Too Much Heaven
- Polydor.
- 589 449-2.
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Giacomo Puccini
Tosca - opera in 3 acts
Performer: Bryn Terfel. Conductor: Paul Daniel. Performer: Swedish R S O.- DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON.
- DG-4778091.
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Gioachino Rossini
Petite messe solennelle for soloists, chorus, 2 pianos and harmonium
Performer: Alessandro Moreschi.- OPAL.
- CD 9823-.
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George Frideric Handel
Giulio Cesare in Egitto - opera
Performer: Academie Fur Alte Musik. Performer: Andreas Scholl.- HARMONIA MUNDI.
- HMC-901685.
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The Four Seasons
Sherry
- Polygram TV.
- 513-119-2.
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The Stylistics
You Make Me Feel Brand New
- UNIVERSAL MUSIC TV.
- 564850-2.
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James Brown
I Got You (I Feel Good)
- POLYDOR.
- 849-1102.
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Claudio Monteverdi
L' Incoronazione di Poppea - opera in a prologue and 3 acts
Performer: Andreas Scholl. Performer: Danielle de Niese. Performer: The English Concert. Conductor: Harry Bicket.- DECCA.
- 4782260.
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Philip Glass
Akhnaten - opera in 3 acts
Performer: Milagro Vargas. Performer: Paul Esswood. Performer: Staatsorchester Stuttgart.- CBS M2K424457.
- M2K424457.
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George Frideric Handel
Serse - opera in 3 acts
Performer: Lawrence Zazzo. Performer: Vivica Genaux. Performer: Wolfgang Katschner. Performer: Lautten Compagney.- DEUTSCHE HARMONIA MUNDI.
- 8985900.
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Geoff Page
Paradise Lost
Performer: Lawrence Zazzo. -
Jocelyn Pook
The Merchant of Venice - music for the film
Performer: Andreas Scholl. Performer: Baroque String Quartet.- DECCA.
- 4756367.
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