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Female Vocals: Stunning Recordings You Love

Ralph_Cramden

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A living legend, she's still performing. Just out today. Great stuff, long lost.

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For me it has to be Enya, Watermark is a great album, and is what I’m listening to right now.
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This Reference Recordings LP "Percussion and....." by a group called Kotekan.
My favorite cut is "Lo , hear the gentle lark." A coloratura piece.


here is Kiri Te Kanawa and James Galway performing it in Australia with a Kookabura that decides to sing along.

1931 "electrical recording"


Here Edie Adams does a comedic version of it with a pout at the end when she has to "go low" rather than high , one octave up.


I note that in the above videos the sopranos go low on the last note. On the Kotekan version the woman singing it goes high and it probably is the highest note I have heard sung successfully. I think she may have "ad libbed" that because she could.

The fact that she went up made me curious. I dug the album out. The soprano was Renee Grant-Williams. She is now in Nashville where
she is a major voice coach.


And wouldn't you know it? If you scroll down (on the About page) you can hear the exact recording of Lo Hear the Gentle Lark which she obviously is proud of, too.
 
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Good Saturday to all, I propose to listen to this news ....
Powerful but ductile voice that deserves to be known !!

Imany – Voodoo Cello

Genre : Pop, Soul, Folk
Release Date : 2021

Tracklist:
01. If You Go Away (03:54)
02. Believer (04:42)
03. Wonderful Life (04:37)
04. I’m Still Standing (04:00)
05. Les Voleurs D’Eau (03:33)
06. The A Team (04:29)
07. All the Things She Said (04:10)
08. Like a Prayer (05:35)
09. Total Eclipse of the Heart (04:37)
10. Take Me to Church (04:26)
11. Little Black Angels (Angelitos Negros) (02:51)
12. Wild World (04:07)
13. Wonderful Life (Stream Jockey Rework) (04:14)
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Album to discover and voice to hear absolutely !!

Olivia Ong - Audiophile Selection

Artist: Olivia Ong
Album: Audiophile Selection
Genre: Vocal Jazz
Released: 2013

Tracklist:

Driving [02:26]
Kiss Of Life [04:07]
Where Is The Love [02:52]
L-O-V-E [02:27]
Kiss Me [03:09]
Fly Me To The Moon [03:01]
Lovefool [03:26]
So Nice [03:36]
The Girl From Ipanema [03:40]
One Note Samba [03:26]
Quiet Nights Of Quiet Stars [04:25]
My Favorite Things [03:28]
Feelin’ So Good [05:00]
How Insensitive [03:23]
Wave [03:03]
Meditation [04:01]
You Are The Sunshine Of My Life (feat. Inuzuka Saeko) [03:44]
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Another voice that IMO ....... is worthy of being known and heard !!:cool:
René Marie - Black Lace Freudian Slip

Artist: René Marie
Album: Black Lace Freudian Slip
Genre: Vocal Jazz
Label: Motéma Music
Released: 2011

Tracklist:

Black Lace Freudian Slip
This for Joe
Wishes
Thanks, But I Don't Dance
Free for a Day
Ahn's Dream
Gosh, Look at the Time
Rim Shot
Fallin' Off a Log
Deep in the Mountains
Serenity Prayer
Rufast Daliarg
Tired
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Hi, Album to discover.....;)
Nina Mya - Flying Solo

Artist: Nina Mya
Album: Flying Solo
Genre: Vocal Jazz
Label: Fredriksson Music
Released: 2012

Tracklist:

Illusion (00:04:51)
Sleepless (00:07:09)
Flying Solo (00:05:21)
When You Leave (00:06:10)
Solitary (00:05:41)
Before The Dawn (00:05:41)
I'm A Fool To Want You (00:06:31)
The Heat (00:06:43)
One More Time (00:06:17)
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