What music are you listening to?

[Mr Cat (Lewis)]

Topic title says it all..

[jude]

Well you could have a look here

http://www.talkawhile.co.uk/yabbse/index.php?topic=26982.195;topicseen

and that would be a good way of finding out

[James SftBH]

That's what I thought Jude, then I realised that he's asking Swarb!  

[jude]

Oh heck.... perhaps Barry would like to move these posts, I was up too early this morning...

[Swarb]

right now I am dividing my listening betweem Maria callas, some live recordings of her which are magic.
 andrea bocelli (makes you cry) Love the beatle cd, and modern times by Dylan

[Paul]

Are you a fan of opera Swarb? I havn't seen much of Callas, but the odd recording I have seen is superb.

If so, what modern opera singers do you rate?

Paul

[Swarb]

actually I am not a great fan, i take ken dodds line , that when someone is stabbed in opera they dont bleed they sing! having said that, some aria's crack me into bits, and i fine some of it emotionly wonderful if draining. opera wise I am an eager to learn philistine. I think Bocelli's rendition of schuberts ave maria stunning,perhaps because i loved the melody so much as a child, and also because of his version sung at the 9/11 ceremony. not that bach/gounod's version is any less compelling.

[Paolo]

My father was an opera fan, but he was a close friend of Callas' rival Renata Tebaldi (I also knew her well). I eventually never fell in love with opera, or at least not too much. I betrayed familiar tradition for folk music.
Talking about folk, which traditional music do you like apart british (and scottish/irish)?

best

Paolo

[Swarb]

I like just about all of it.esp bulgarian, and our own