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Cat. No.: 475 7661 |
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Nicole Cabell, soprano
TRACK LISTING PUCCINI: Quando m'en vo' ( La Bohème ) Debut album from an exciting new soprano signing. 'Liquid gold; the real thing' The Times, London Stunning Winner of the 'BBC Cardiff Singer Of The World' Competition 'Faultlessly gleaming...Whatever this soprano choses to sing her voice makes wonderful music with it' The Financial Times, London 28 year old American soprano Nicole Cabell came to the attention of the opera world overnight when, in June 2005, she won what has become the most important competition for young opera singers and was crowned BBC Cardiff Singer Of The World. The competition jury included legendary singers Dame Joan Sutherland and Marilyn Horne and the win placed Nicole Cabell in a distinguished line of Cardiff prize-winners that includes Karita Mattila, Dmitri Hvorostovsky and Bryn Terfel. 'Nicole's voice is luscious and round with terrific ring in the top register...It's a voice that wraps itself around you...I personally look forward to hearing that special sound many, many times.' Nicole Cabell's debut album with the London Philharmonic Orchestra includes arias and songs in Italian, French and English; operatic favourites as well as less well-known music (such as the arias by Menotti and Tippet) which she made her own in the BBC competition. The flirtatious Musetta in Puccini's La Bohème has become a 'calling card' role and her much loved 'Walz Song' 'Quando me'n vo' was a natural choice to start the album. In April 2007 Nicole Cabell will sing the role alongside Anna Netrebko and Rolando Villazon in concert performances in Munich (which will be recorded for CD release by Deutsche Grammophon). Puccini is also represented on her debut album by the sublime 'O mio babbino caro' from Gianni Schicchi and Doretta's heavenly aria of young love from La Rondine 'Chi bel sogno...'. Nicole's thrilling performance of the coloratura showpiece aria from Berlioz' Benvenuto Cellini was one of the highlights of the Cardiff competition and it's included on the album along with other French favourites from Gounod's Roméo et Juliette, Charpentier's Louise and Delibes' French vision of Spain in his popular song 'Les Filles de Cadix'. The bel canto operas of Donizetti and Bellini reveal another facet of this hugely gifted young singer - an ability to sculpt lines of aching lyrical beauty. The album includes the capricious aria from Donizetti's Don Pasquale as well as Bellini's ravishing entrance aria for the heroine of his 'Romeo & Juliet' opera I Capuletti e I Montecchi. Nicole Cabell regards singing in English as an important aspect of her artistic identity so the album includes her gorgeous performance of Gershwin's 'Summertime' from Porgy & Bess (which she also sings on the recent Decca complete recording) as well as the rapturous aria from Gian Carlo Menotti's The Old Maid & The Thief and the deep humanity of the selection from Sir Michael Tippett's oratorio A Child Of Our Time. Since her competition victory Nicole Cabell has made a successful debut at the BBC Proms, followed by 'auspicious' (The Times) debut for London's Royal Opera, Covent Garden. High profile engagements are now coming from the world's leading opera houses, making it clear that the overnight success in Cardiff was built on solid talent which promises to take Nicole Cabell to the top of the operatic world - on stage and on record. MARKETING PLANS Segment on February "Good Listening" (Ovation channel) |
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Cat. No.: 476 5705 |
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Heather Lee soprano Kim Cunio harmonium, reed organ Cantillation
TRACK LISTING CD1 O Fragile One from Scivias CD2 The eternal music of medieval mystic Hildegard von Bingen is brought together on this 2 CD album, part of the Atmospheres series from ABC Classics. Featuring a variety of world music instruments as well as singers and spoken tracks, The Sacred Fire is sublime ambient music at its finest. Ever since the famous Hildegard recording Feather on the Breath of God (1981), the public has been very keen for recordings of her music, and this CD is a unique contribution to her growing recorded catalogue. Includes tracks with vocal group Cantillation. MARKETING PLANS National Radio Promotion on ABC Classic FM |
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Cat. No.: 476 5917 |
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Karin Schaupp, guitar
TRACK LISTING BRAHMS: Waltz Op. 39 No. 15 Lotte's Gift is the story of three generations of inspiring women and the music in their lives. This album is the soundtrack to this moving play, written by renowned Australian playwright David Williamson. Both the CD and the play feature internationally renowned guitarist Karin Schaupp, who, along with her mother and grandmother, form the basis of the story. Themes of relationships, traditions, family bonds and retrospectives on different stages of life run through both the story and the music, making this album insightful and relevant to people of all ages. MARKETING PLANS National Radio Promotion on ABC Classic FM |
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Cat. No.: 475 8488 |
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Composed and produced by one of the UK's leading film composers ALEX HEFFES (Touching The Void, One Night In September) LAST KING OF SCOTLAND soundtrack combines funky Ugandan music (virtually never heard outside Africa before) with a large scale orchestral score. Composer website http://www.alexheffes.com/home.php Based on the events of the brutal Ugandan dictator Idi Amin's regime as seen by his personal physician during the 1970s. The Last King of Scotland is a UK film based on Giles Foden's award-winning debut novel of the same name. It was adapted by screenwriters Peter Morgan and Jeremy Brock, and directed by Kevin Macdonald. In an incredible twist of fate, a Scottish doctor on a Ugandan medical mission becomes irreversibly entangled with one of the world's most barbaric figures: Idi Amin (Forest Whitake). Impressed by Dr Garrigan's (James McAvoy) brazen attitude in a moment of crisis, the newly self-appointed Ugandan President Amin hand picks him as his personal physician and closest confidante. Though Garrison is at first flattered and fascinated by his new position, he soon awakens to Amin's savagery - and his own complicity in it. Horror and betrayal ensue as Garrigan tries to right his wrongs and escape Uganda alive. Starring: James McAvoy, Gillian Anderson, Kerry Washington, Forest Whitaker Last King of Scotland opens in Australian Cinemas on 1 February 2007 Official Film Website http://www.foxsearchlight.com/lastkingofscotland/
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Cat. No.: 476 5940 |
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TRACK LISTING Over 140 tracks including... BIZET: Au fond du temple saint (In the depths of the holy temple) ( The Pearl Fishers ) MANCINI: Moon River HUPFELD: As Time Goes By BERLIN: Cheek to Cheek MOZART: Soave sia il vento ( Così fan tutte ) ARLEN: Over the Rainbow PORTER: Night and Day GERSHWIN: Rhapsody in Blue (excerpt) J.S. BACH: Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring ( Cantata No. 147 ) WAGNER: Ride of the Valkyries ( The Valkyries ) J. STRAUSS II: On the Beautiful Blue Danube Waltz, Op. 314 All your favourite movie music is brought together on this fabulous 8CD box set. Starring four double CD titles made in conjunction with the popular ABC radio program 'Lights, Camera, Action', this is the definitive collection for movie lovers. Classics at the Movies and Classics at the Movies II feature unforgettable music from everything from Chariots of Fire and Out of Africa to Meet the Parents and Bridget Jones's Diary, while Romance at the Movies concentrates on the beautiful love themes which evoke memories of both new love and heartbreak. Award Winners at the Movies is reserved for films which have won major awards such as the Academy Awards, BAFTA Awards and AFI Awards including Gone with the Wind, E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial and The Pianist. Television promotion on ABC TV |
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Cat. No.: 476 1927 |
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Merlyn Quaife – Medea Angela Giblin – Nurse Michael C. Smith – Jason David Lemke – Creon Chamber Made Opera Ensemble Mark Summerbell Conductor
TRACK LISTING KERRY: Medea Australian composer Gordon Kerry's chamber opera Medea tells the classic mythological story of a magical woman and the man she loves, Jason of the Argonauts. Having betrayed her family, stolen their prized Golden Fleece and murdered her younger brother to delay her father's furious pursuit, Medea now becomes the victim herself when her beloved Jason, seeking refuge in Corinth, agrees to marry the king's daughter in return for safety for himself and his sons. Rejected by the man for whom she risked everything, Medea wreaks a terrible revenge. This live recording, conducted by Mark Summerbell and featuring Merlyn Quaife in the title role, is the only commercially available recording of this brilliant Australian work. MARKETING PLANS National Radio Promotion on ABC Classic FM |
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