The legendary Italian baritone Giuseppe Taddei, born in Genoa on 26 June 1926, passed away in Rome on 2 June. Equally adept at singing dramatic and comic roles, especially in bel canto scores, Mr. Taddei was one of the finest Verdi singers of the Twentieth Century. His Metropolitan Opera début, in his calling-card role of Falstaff, came in 1985, nearly fifty years after Mr. Taddei's professional début. Mr. Taddei possessed one of the most beautiful natural baritone voices of the Twentieth Century, a voice preserved on many standard-setting recordings. Voix-des-arts.blogspot.com

The first of the masterful guitarist Snooks Eaglin's amazing series of albums for Black Top is an earthly delight; his utterly unpredictable guitar weaves and darts through supple rhythms provided by New Orleans vets Smokey Johnson on drums and Erving Charles, Jr. on bass (David Lastie is on sax). Few artists boast Eaglin's "human jukebox" capabilities; his amazingly vast knowledge of eclectic numbers takes in the Four Blazes' "Mary Jo," Tommy Ridgley's "Lavinia," and the Ventures' version of "Perfidia."

From the notes: "The major influence on Petri's artistic development was Ferruccio Busoni, who was not only a stupendous pianist but a mover and shaker for avant-garde musicians during the first quarter of the century in Berlin. Egon Petri, son of the Dutch violinist Henri Wilhelm Petri, was born in Hanover on 23 March 1881 and died in Berkeley, California, on 27 May 1962. As a boy he studied with Teresa Carreño and with Richard Buchmaier. I was only at the age of eighteen that he decided on the advice of Busoni, a friend of his parents and a frequent visitor to his house, to become a pianist - up to that time he had played the violin equally well and had even played French horn in the Dresden Symphony…."

Corinne - Liberi E Fragili (2010)
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l'8 giugno esce il disco di Corinne "Liberi e Fragili" … testi Dydo, musiche Stefano Lori, arrangiamenti Danilo Ballo (Pooh) e direzione artistica Dodi Battaglia (Pooh)

Turkey's most Brutal Death Metal band, Cenotaph!! Featuring Lille (Defeated Sanity) on drums!!! Incredible Ultra Guttural Brutality at it's finest!!

The ensemble is nigh perfect… the freshness with which they sing radiates joy throughout the entire score.

Classic FM Magazine

The Dunedin Consort's exemplary singers produce virtuoso choruses that are theatrically charged, splendidly poised and exquisitely blended.

Gramophone