Filarmonica della Scala, Riccardo Chailly | en

Delloreese Patricia Early was born on July 6, 1931 in Detroit, Michigan USA. An actress, singer, talk show host, and author, the multi-talented Reese first started singing in church in her hometown of Detroit when she was six years old. By the age of 13, she was touring with gospel great Mahalia Jackson; then, at 18, she formed the Meditation Singers and became the first performer to bring gospel music to the casinos of Las Vegas. Reese expanded her musical repertoire as a vocalist with the Erskine Hawkins Orchestra and began recording albums, with such hits as "Don't You Know"...

So just how crucial is it that a band lives up to and embodies its catchy moniker? It’s a good bet that thousands of fans who have been rocking to the explosive, hard hitting Rochester, New York based Candella haven’t boned up on the scientific origin of the name. Take away that extra “L” and you’ve got the base unit of luminous intensity—that is, power emitted by a light source in a particular direction. The term is the perfect metaphor for the high energy foursome’s upward ascent in the indie music world and the infectious glow they’ve cast on audiences...

Lisa della Casa, one of the loveliest singers ever to grace the operatic stage, was born in Burgdorf near Berne in February 1919. Casa was 15 when she began vocal studies with Margarete Haeser in Zurich. In 1941 Casa made her debut as Butterfly in Solothurn-Biel and was later engaged by the Stadttheater in Zurich, remaining there for a number of years. Her other roles have included Gilda ('Rigoletto'), Cleopatra (Handel's 'Giulio Cesare'), Antonia ('Hoffman'), Nedda ('Pagliacci'), both Donna Anna and Donna Elvira ('Don Giovanni'), Marguerite (Berlioz's 'Damnation of Faust'), Pamina ('Die Zauberflote)and even Serena('Porgy and Bess'). She also mastered...

Predella Avant was born in the Autumn of 2000 as a means of exploring within a broad musical spectrum, ranging from cold and sacral soundscapes/ambience to triumphant and bombastic orchestral compositions. The goal of this project is to stimulate the listener's imagination and let them individually discover the story within the music. Up till now the results/reactions have been very interesting concerning this matter. One person will find himself wandering the corridors of an unknown temple, whilst the next will find himself on a post-war battlefield. The listener may even discover something within (or about) themselves. It's all in the...