Natasha

This 6 CD set contains an unrivalled collection of 100 favourite romantic classics, performed by some of the world’s leading artists. Among them are the singers Maria Callas, Natalie Dessay, Angela Gheorghiu. Barbara Hendricks, Luciano Pavarotti and Kiri Te Kanawa; instrumentalists Leif Ove Andsnes, Martha Argerich, Jacqueline du Pre, Yehudi Menuhin, Anne-Sophie Mutter and Maxim Vengerov; plus conductors Mariss Jansons, Riccardo Muti, Antonio Pappano, Andre Previn, Sir Simon Rattle and Herbert von Karajan.

For "Classical 90s Dance 3" Alex Christensen has again brought national and international superstars as guests into the studio: Natasha Bedingfield, Maite Kelly, Eloy de Jong, Thomas Anders and Giovanni Zarrella. There is a reunion with one or the other voice of the first two albums like Yass, Linda Teodosiu, Asja Ahatovic and Polina.

EMI's 50 Best Romantic Classics is loosely organized by regions, with the first disc devoted to French music, the second to Scandinavian and Eastern European classics, and the third to music from Italy and Spain. This arrangement is quite practical for beginners, who may appreciate the music's recognizable national styles before grasping more historical or theoretical aspects. Yet some understanding is needed of the term romantic, for not all of the music included in this collection fits within the Romantic era (roughly, the 19th century, with some overlapping of the early years of the 20th).

For the benefit of the geographically challenged, the Bering Strait is the stretch of water, 55 miles across at its narrowest, between western Alaska and eastern Siberia, the place where the U.S. and Russia come the closest to connecting. In fact, since it is frozen over more than half the year, it's the point at which the two countries do connect. The name is an appropriate one, then, to be taken by a Russian group playing Western-style country music….

With more than 7 hours of tender music by Tchaikovsky, Mozart, Debussy, Puccini and more, performed by greats like Luciano Pavarotti, Andre Previn and Jose Carreras, this set can complete any romantic evening at home. And if we can't play upon your heart strings, 100 classics for this low price is quite a deal.

VA - Les Plus Belles Chansons 2009 (CD+DVD)
DVD: ISO Image | MPEG2 Video 720x576 (4:3) 25.00fps 9000Kbps | French Dolby AC3 48000Hz stereo 192Kbps | 14 titles | 49:25 | 1.94 GB
CD: MP3 CBR 320kbps | 21 titles | 01:10:39 | 161 MB

Le titre est fondé, Les plus belles chansons est une compilation que tout amateur de variété française se doit de posséder ! Jugez plutôt : Alain Souchon, Benabar, Christophe Mae, Johnny Halliday, Grégoire, Julien Clerc, Cali… pour ne pas tous les citer se sont donnés rendez-vous sur ce CD + DVD. Autant dire le meilleur de la Variété et de la Pop hexagonales en audio et en vidéo, un must !
The best French pop songs and videos of year 2009