Diana's Duets

Cecilia & Bryn - Duets
Cecilia Bartoli / Bryn Terfel / Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia / Myung-Whun Chung
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Label/Cat#: Decca # 458 928-2 DH | Country/Year: Europe 1999
Genre: Classical | Style: Opera, Duets

"Cecilia Bartolis "geläufige Gurgel" mit süchtig machendem Timbre und die theatralischen Stimmpotenzen des Waliser Baritons Bryn Terfel mischen sich zu trefflichem Duettzauber. Ein Ohrenschmaus die Figaro-Szenen, bei Rossini prächtige Komödiantenlaune raffiniert vor allem die Bartoli." ~Audio

Tony Bennett has so many adoring celebrity fans it should come as no surprise that when a major duets album is planned, he's able to draw a roster of the biggest recording stars from the rock and vocal worlds, plus a pair of country music wildcards. (This despite the fact that he recorded an album with several duets in 2001, and a full-album collaboration one year later with k.d. lang.) One surprise is how well producer Phil Ramone paired Bennett with both duet partners and fitting standards – among them Barbra Streisand on the optimist's anthem "Smile," Dixie Chicks for the flapper standard "Lullaby of Broadway," Bono on the wickedly spiteful "I Wanna Be Around," Tim McGraw on "Cold, Cold Heart" (the Hank Williams song that was Bennett's biggest country crossover hit), Stevie Wonder on his own "For Once in My Life," Juanes for "The Shadow of Your Smile" (which was a hit first for the Brazilian Astrud Gilberto), and Sting on the torch song "Boulevard of Broken Dreams."

Some amazing duets and a great lineup that includes Aaron Neville (v), Stephane Grappelli (violin), Dan Hicks (v, g), and so on…

Charlie Haden - "Closeness" Duets (1976) {Horizon–A&M Records, D32Y3826, Japan Early Press}
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© 1976, 1987 Horizon / A&M Records / Canyon Records Japan | D32Y3826
Jazz / Contemporary Jazz / Avant-Garde Jazz / Bass

One of Charlie's best albums of the 70s – a beautifully stripped down set of duets with well-matched players that include Alice Coltrane, Ornette Coleman, Paul Motian, and Keith Jarrett! The spare format is an extremely wonderful showcase for Haden's expressive bass work – and the intimacy of the tracks is different from some of the ECM recordings made during the same stretch – as the feel here is less a muted exploration of sound than it is a deeply personal interaction with some of the best talents of his generation.