Caccini, G: Ave Maria

Daniel Taylor is one of the world’s most sought after countertenors in the world and appears on over 100 recordings. Having made his debut at Glyndebourne, he followed it by participating in Jonathan Miller’s production of Handel’s Rodelinda.

In this latest release from Canadian label Analekta, Daniel performs a disc of ‘Ave Maria’s’ written by Caccini, Schubert, Byrd, von Bingen, Monteverdi and others, so provides a definitive disc of this repertoire performed by a world class singer.

All works arranged for trumpet

This album features both classical tracks and pop arrangements, such as Enya’s Orinoco Flow and Bach’s Air on a G string; the disc also includes a track penned by Brian Wilson called ‘Love and Mercy’. This is the song Libera performed to a star-studded audience in Washington DC before Christmas at the Kennedy Centre Honours, an audience which included President Bush, Robert De Niro, Cameron Diaz and Brian Wilson himself. The talented singers of Libera come from a variety of different schools and backgrounds in London and join together at a church in South London where they rehearse and perform for many hours each week. The youngest is seven and the oldest members are fourteen.

Recorded in St. Jacob’s Church in Viimsi, Estonia, boy soprano Heldur Harry Polda is studying at the Tallinn Music High School and performs a beautiful selection of gentle works by Gluck, Cacinna, Faure, Schubert and includes Lionel Bart’s ‘Where is Love’ from Oliver. He is joined on this recording by the Tallinn Sinfonietta and conducted by veteran conductor Risto Joost to present a definitive collection, Cantus angelicus.

Those of us who watched this year’s “Britain’s Got Talent” will never forget the happy couple who entertained us richly with their handbells!!

The ARSIS Handbell Ensemble bring the music of Bach, Gounod, Albinoni, Grieg and other to life like never before. The stunning voice of boy soprano, Heldur Harry Polda has to be hear to be believed.

We have very few releases from this label but they are all little gems when they come along.

Gondwana Voices is made up of young singers aged 10 to 16 from every state and territory in Australia and is internationally acclaimed as one of the world's finest children's choirs.<br /><br />In their latest release through ABC Classics, the choir performs works by some of Australia's finest composer’s including Brett Dean as well as Carl Vine and Elena Kats-Chernin (Lloyds TSB ad) and Crowded House’s Neil Finn.