Lucia Marconi and The Carpool to Nashville | es
Marconi Union are a British musical duo, (now a trio after founder members, Richard Talbot and Jamie Crossley invited Duncan Meadows to join them in 2010) with strong links to the Manchester based DOTCA arts collective.
They are notable for incorporating elements of electronica, ambient, jazz and dub into their music, and a tendency to make records that are conceptually-based. Frequent comparisons are drawn between Marconi Union and bands such as Talk Talk, Sigur Rós and Boards of Canada.
Their first album, Under Wires and Searchlights, appeared on the small British independent label Ochre Records, drawing attention for its combination...
- "The New Voice of the Clarinet" (front page of De Klarinet)
- “Masterful Clarinet! Luca is a noted Italian clarinettist and composer who now makes his home in London, having developed an enviable reputation as an instrumental virtuoso around the UK and overseas via recordings and concert hall appearances” (Musician Magazine)
- “Luciano is one of Europe's leading exponent of jazz clarinet” (BBC Radio)
Internationally recognized for his groundbreaking contributions to contemporary clarinet music, praised by Musical Opinion (UK’s oldest classical music magazine) for his “constantly beautiful tone”, he starts his career at a very young age and has...
Lucia Popp (Lucia Poppova) (Uhorska, Bratislava, 12 de noviembre, 1939– Múnich, 16 de noviembre, 1993) fue una popular soprano eslovaca junto a Edita Gruberová y Gabriela Benackova, las tres más famosas exponentes del canto centroeuropeo de su generación.
Lucia Popp debutó en 1963 en Bratislava, y luego apareció en la Ópera Estatal de Viena, Austria, donde permaneció hasta su muerte. "¡Señorita, usted es fenomenal! " gritó la gran Elisabeth Schwarzkopf al oírla por primera vez.
Se destacó por su timbre clarísimo, pleno y cálido, así como su técnica impecable. Está considerada una de las más importantes sopranos de coloratura posteriores...
The Boys of County Nashville are a three-piece Traditional Irish band made up of seasoned veterans of Nashville's recording studios and concert venues. Their instrumentation includes fiddle, accordion, guitar, penny whistle, tenor banjo, mandolin, concertina, percussion. The band is unique in that their repertoire bridges the two distinct strains in Irish Traditional music - the songs (ballads, lively pub songs, story songs, sentimental favorites) and the dazzling instrumental music (the jigs, reels, hornpipes, etc.). While this collection primarily represents the vocal side of the band, the exciting instrumental work will satisfy the most discerning connoisseur of the genre. The band...
