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Victoria de los Angeles was one of the finest lyric sopranos in the decades after World War II. She was born Victoria Gómez Cima. She learned to sing and play piano and guitar while still in school. She entered the Conservatorio de Liceo in Barcelona to study piano and singing, completing the six-year program in three, and graduating with full honors at the age of 18. Her membership in the Conservatory's Ars Musicae gave her wide exposure to the art song repertory and Baroque and Renaissance music.

Mercury prize winning, British band Gomez have announced the 20th anniversary release of their second album Liquid Skin. Abbey Road’s Frank Arkwright has delved into the archives to remaster ‘Liquid Skin’ from the original tapes which will be released via Virgin/UMC on 12 July as a special 2CD or 2LP standard & coloured vinyl edition featuring 19 unreleased tracks.

Jordi Savall & Hesperion XXI - Diaspora Sefardi (1999) {2CD Set Alia Vox AV 9809 A+B} (Montserrat Figueras)
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Classical / Medieval / Renaissance / Chamber Music / Vocal Music / Jewish Folk / Western European Traditions / Spanish Folk

Hespèrion XXI was nominated for a Grammy Award in 2001 for their double album Diáspora Sefardí, a collection of vocal works and instrumental pieces dating from the 15th century when the Jews were expelled from parts of Spain. The Sephardic Diaspora refers to this Jewish exodus in 1492 when King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella commanded that all Jews who refused to convert to Christianity be expelled from Castile and Aragon in modern-day Spain. An estimated 100,000 Jews fled to North Africa, lands of the Ottoman empire (particularly Turkey and Greece), and other European countries such as France, Italy, and Portugal. These exiles brought with them unique culture, language, and traditions. The resultant marriage of influences from the Sephardic Jews’ old and new homes is reflected in Hespèrion XXI’s two-disc set, Diáspora Sefardí. The selections on the album depict not only surviving traditions of medieval Hispanic music but also the influence of sophisticated musical forms which developed in the Ottoman empire during the 16th century.

Cappella Gabetta is the critically acclaimed baroque and early classical music ensemble founded by renowned cellist Sol Gabetta and her brother, conductor and violinist Andrés Gabetta. Cappella Gabetta, led by the brilliant baroque violinist Andrés Gabetta, is made up of some of the finest musicians and specialists of early music. Founded in 2010, the Cappella Gabetta has performed at some of the most prestigious venues in Europe including the Concertgebouw (Amsterdam), Prinzregententheater (Munich) and Tonhalle (Zürich). The Cappella Gabetta have also performed with a numerous acclaimed musicians including Pretty Yende, Giuliano Carmignola and Vivica Genaux. The Cappella Gabetta have performed at numerous prestigious festivals including the Bremen Music Festival, the Menuhin Festival Gstaad, the Schleswig Holstein Festival and the Baroque de Lyon Festival.

Dokken was one of the finest bands to come out of the Los Angeles hair metal scene of the '80s, and The Very Best of Dokken proves it. Don Dokken was a terrific singer, and guitarist George Lynch's splashy fretwork was a superb fit…