Emma Shap

Unfortunately, the oboe quartet genre has never attained the status of the clarinet quintet in the public's favor. Yet it is no less appealing a combination, and in the 18th century in particular there was an abundance of quartets with oboe, of which only Mozart's virtuoso oboe quartet achieved fame. The oboist Emma Black and her colleagues set two pieces by Mozart's contemporaries alongside this famous work, which, not least thanks to the all-round convincing realization, arouse curiosity for further compositions in this instrumentation.

The music by Alessandro Stradella is gaining rapidly in recognition and popularity. The composer’s extremely adventurous life (he was a ladykiller, who himself was murdered in the end by a revengeful rival) and his equally adventurous music presents a forceful image of a fascinating and important figure of the Italian Baroque.

Emma Marrone - Oltre (2010)
Pop | EAC rip | Flac, Log, Cue | Covers 300 dpi | 212 Mb

'Oltre' questo è il titolo del primo ep di Emma Marrone protagonista del talent show di Amici 9.
Nel nuovo album 'Oltre' ci sono anche nuove canzoni inedite che mettono in evidenza la vena rock di Emma Marrone, una delle principali candidate alla vittoria finale di Amici 2010.

Johann Christian Bach - Salve Regina
Emma Kirkby / Markus Schäfer / L'Orfeo Barockorchester / Michi Gaigg
EAC+LOG+CUE | FLAC: 291 MB | Full Artwork | 5% Recovery Info
Label/Cat#: Classic Produktionen Osnabrück # 999 718-2 | Country/Year: Germany 2001
Genre: Classical | Style: Early Classical Period, Sacred

…The orchestra, led by violinist Michi Gaigg, is a delight to hear, a finely tuned and ideally balanced ensemble whose playing gives real drive and support to the singers–and, in these world premiere recordings, makes a strong case for hearing a lot more from J.C. The sound is exemplary.

This disc casts her in music composed, for the most part, for one of the most celebrated English singers of that era, Cecilia Young, one of several talented singing sisters and for a time the wife of Thomas Arne—famed in her day for the "sweetness and simplicity" (Dibdin's words) of her singing and her character. The impersonation seems a convincing one, to judge by the result here, which is uniformly delightful.

If American Josh Groban can make a killing singing Italian opera so convincingly, why not this operatically trained French singer – who has actually been a huge success in Europe while steadily building a name for herself stateside. While Groban is pop-minded, however, Emma Shapplin – like newcomer Laura Turner – seems content to emote powerfully over beds of nature-enhanced ambience and soulful grooves, finding a classical crossover niche with new age crossover potential. With the help of producer Graeme Revell (a noted film scorer and orchestrator for Evanescence), who provides these soaring textures with the London Symphony Orchestra, she blends dramatic solo arias – all original compositions – with passages where she interacts with the Symphony's great choir.

Emma Ruth Rundle’s second installment in her Electric Guitar series, EG2: Dowsing Voice, is like the soundtrack to a film that hasn’t been made. The mostly instrumental record follows her on a trip to the Welsh coast and down a magical well into the waters of nature, myth and the Old Golds - by way of her improvised music. The 40 plus minute album was sewn together from recordings channeled during her month-long solo journey in the early days of 2020 and completed before 2021’s critically lauded album Engine of Hell was even written.