Female Vocals: Stunning Recordings You Love

[Ralph_Cramden]

 

[pavuol]

fresh
Sun June - "John Prine"

 

[bmwr75]

Sara K. - Water Falls

One of the most amazing sounding recordings I've listened to. On my two channel system it sounds like there are surround channels active.

 

[Ralph_Cramden]

 

[BeepPeep_61]

Katharine McPhee – I Fall In Love Too Easily​

Etichetta:	BMG – 538335782
Formato:	CD, Album
Paese:	US
Uscita:	17 nov 2017
Genere:	Jazz, Pop
Stile:	Soft Rock, Ballad

1 All The Way 3:57
2 I'll Be Seeing You 5:39
3 Night And Day 5:09
4 I Fall In Love Too Easily 3:52
5 Everything Must Change 3:39
6 I've Grown Accustomed To His Face 2:44
7 Sooner Or Later (I Always Get My Man) 3:07
8 Who Can I Turn To 4:04
9 It Never Entered My Mind 4:29
10 Blame It On My Youth 4:09

 

[DanaGer]

SeaStar​

Never Go Back​

 

[Andysu]

Edda Moser - Der Hölle Rache - Mozart - Die Zauberflöte

Good enough to be included on the Voyager golden record.

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Wards off Klingons every time.

listening to it again

 

[rgpit]

 

[BeepPeep_61]

Lisa Wahlandt - Seems Like Yesterday

Artist: Lisa Wahlandt
Title: Seems Like Yesterday
Released: 2023
Style: Vocal Jazz

Tracklist:
1. Days Like This (3:37)
2. Stayin Alive (3:46)
3. Riders on the Storm (4:17)
4. Highway to Hell (3:28)
5. Crashboombang (3:12)
6. True Colors (4:08)
7. Bette Davis Eyes (3:16)
8. Hardrock Cafe (4:07)
9. Billie Jean (3:13)
10. Norwegian Wood (5:48)
11. Sisters of Mercy (4:18)
12. Good Times (3:56)

 

[BeepPeep_61]

Sarah McKenzie - Without You

Artist: Sarah McKenzie, Romero Lubambo, Jacques Morelenbaum, Peter Erskine, Geoff Gascoyne, Rogerio Boccato, Bob Sheppard
Title: Without You
Released: 2023
Style: Jazz, Vocal Jazz, Brazilian Jazz, Bossa Nova

Tracklist:
1. The Gentle Rain (04:25)
2. Corcovado (Quiet Nights) (05:04)
3. The Voice of Rio (02:59)
4. Mean What You Say (02:11)
5. Fotografia (03:53)
6. Quoi, Quoi, Quoi (03:38)
7. Once I loved (04:22)
8. Without You (04:20)
9. Wave (05:03)
10. Dindi (04:32)
11. The Girl From Ipanema (04:29)
12. Chega de Saudade (04:27)
13. Bonita (04:08)
14. Modinha (02:33)

 

[LarsF]

Amason - Santas coming to free them
nice voice and and a pretty good Christmas song

 

[Turambar]

Dark Hope is a 2010 album of indie rock titles sung by opera soprano Renée Fleming:

 

[BeepPeep_61]

Woong San - Best Of The Best

Artist: Woong San
Album: Best Of The Best
Genre: Vocal Jazz
Label: After Beat
Released: 2016

Tracklist:

Street Life [0:04:24.36]
Yesterday [0:03:29.70]
Mr.Blues [0:04:39.66]
I Love You [0:04:48.72]
Vivaldi's Song [0:04:42.30]
Tomorrow [0:04:14.68]
Light my fire [0:04:11.13]
Am I Blue [0:04:17.42]
Feel Like Making Love [0:04:42.64]
Asi Que [0:02:58.66]
Close Your Eyes [0:03:48.10]
Teach Me Tonight [0:04:18.49]
This Masquerade [0:05:47.71]
Never Let Me Go [0:05:26.31]
Get up, Stand up [0:05:29.32]

 

[mvleff]

Woong San - Best Of The Best

Artist: Woong San
Album: Best Of The Best
Genre: Vocal Jazz
Label: After Beat
Released: 2016

Tracklist:

Street Life [0:04:24.36]
Yesterday [0:03:29.70]
Mr.Blues [0:04:39.66]
I Love You [0:04:48.72]
Vivaldi's Song [0:04:42.30]
Tomorrow [0:04:14.68]
Light my fire [0:04:11.13]
Am I Blue [0:04:17.42]
Feel Like Making Love [0:04:42.64]
Asi Que [0:02:58.66]
Close Your Eyes [0:03:48.10]
Teach Me Tonight [0:04:18.49]
This Masquerade [0:05:47.71]
Never Let Me Go [0:05:26.31]
Get up, Stand up [0:05:29.32]
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She's new to me but on checking her out (YouTube, Amazon etc.) my interest is sparked, particularly in this album because of some of the track. Her recordings are generally fairly available . . . except for this one! Any suggestions?

 

[mvleff]

Next in line is the delightful track and classic, My Favorite Things by Korean Jazz singer, Youn Sun Nah, from her album, Same Girl

My version is 88/24 high-resolution version I purchased from HDTracks: http://www.hdtracks.com/youn-sun-nah-same-girl

No lisping. Simple and delightful recording.

Circling back to one of the earliest offering to this thread, another marvelous Korean vocalist

 

[ferrellms]

This is what I hope to be one of a new of super valuable music threads where we highlight music that is exceptionally recorded and is a joy to listen to. The latter of course varies from person to person but let's only post music we really like, not just because it is "hi-fi."

To that end, let's start with female vocals since that is often used to evaluate equipment. And at any rate, it is one of my favorites things .

And let's make sure it is easy for members to sample and buy this music. In all cases please type in the name of the track, album, and artists. Album art is great but is not searchable in all cases.

When you can't, put in a link to some place where the music can be sampled. If you don't, don't be surprised that I edit your post to add that . Which is fine by me by the way if you don't want to take the time to do it.

Thanks everyone.

Kronos Quartet Folk Songs has Natalie Merchant and other women singing beautifully with a natural sound and of course terrific and unusual string quartet accompaniment. Cecile McLorin Salvant is among the best female vocalists ever.

 

[JaMaSt]

 

[Ralph_Cramden]

 

[Jazzman53]

Nice cover but the whole album is really good:

https://m.media-amazon.com/images/W/MEDIAX_792452-T1/images/I/916yDf5UV3L._AC_UY436_QL65_.jpg

 

[BeepPeep_61]

Zé Ibarra - Live at Glasshaus

Artist: Zé Ibarra
Title: Live at Glasshaus
Released: 2023
Style: Jazz, Vocal Jazz, World


Tracklist:
01. Folhetim (Live)
02. Passarinha (Live)
03. Dourado Dourado (Live)
04. Muito (Live)
05. Lua Comanche (Live)
06. Nesse Sofá (Live)
07. O Bem Do Mar (Live)
08. Como Eu Queria Voltar (Live)
09. Baile De Máscaras (Live)