Romance: Songs From the Heart contains 21 of Sinatra's classic Capitol-era (1953-61) love songs digitally re-mastered (24-bit) from the original studio tapes and together for the first time on one CD. An unreleased version of "Nice 'N' Easy" and "If You Are But A Dream" (never-before commercially available on CD) complement the collection. Also included is "Try A Little Tenderness" made famous by Otis Redding and covered by Michael Buble.

How many artists have become the favored composer of every Olympic broadcast for the past decade? Sold-out Radio City Music Hall for ten dates? Played in the shadow of the Taj Mahal, the Forbidden City and the Parthenon? Toured China and more than twenty other nations? Had a TV special seen in 65 countries by half a billion people, was one of the top fundraising artists for PBS, and released what became the #2 best-selling music video of all time? Mounted the #1-ranked concert tour for 1998, and #2 for the entire year even though he did not tour for the second half?

Album Names
1. Heart of Midnight
2. I Love You Perfect
3. Steal The Sky
4. Ethnicity
5. If I Could Tell You
6. Tribute
7. Live at The Acropolis
8. In My Time
9. Dare to Dream
10. In Celebration of Life
11. Reflections of Passion
12. Niki Nana
13. Chameleon Days
14. Out of Silence
15. Keys to Imagination
16. Optimistique

Dutch classical-contemporary crossover songstress, Petra Berger, soars to the heights with her second album, Mistress. Her exquisite soprano voice enraptures the listener with beautiful classical and pop renditions. Enthusiasts of Laura Turner, Sarah Brightman and Emma Shapplin are certain to be delighted with this album.
Petra chose thirteen famous women as the source of her inspiration. The album tells a story of the mistress, the scorned wife and the cheating husband. The roles are personified by famous women and her singing/storytelling brings about the emotions of despair, sadness, love, humiliation, jealousy and revenge. The power of her beautiful voice brings a new meaning to an angelic aria.
Petra adds to the ambiance of her story by singing in Italian, English, French and Spanish. Each of these languages helps to transform the music from a delicate tale to a robust masterpiece. The musical arrangements by her husband, Jeroen Englebert, and Pim Koopman make this album truly outstanding, in addition to the gorgeous performance by the remarkable Petra.
Each song is a standout, all unified by the central theme. Her range is extensive, and with outstanding clarity, she brings great joy in her dazzling classical and contemporary musical interpretations. From the contemporary "What He Means To Me" to the radiant classical aria in "Passion" adapted from ‘Rêverie’ by Debussy and title track, "Mistress", adapted from "Adagietto" in Mahler's Fifth Symphony, Petra charms and beguiles the listener.
Her innovative style, blended with her romantic, pure and emotional vocals, creates an album with powerful musical style. Her soaring operatic style crescendos into a true success.

Puisque c'est à la mode et que lui aussi, Vincent Delerm a choisi d'enregistrer “Les Piqûres d'araignée” en Suède, où l'air est plus frais et les studios plus chaleureux qu'ailleurs. Avec son compagnon Peter von Poehl, il a concocté treize nouvelles chansons pastel et démontre qu'il est passé maître dans l'art de cultiver la nostalgie des premières amours, des humeurs d'avant et des phrases bien mises. En effet, la musique ici, bien plus courtoise que cabocharde, n'est qu'une toile de fond devant laquelle Delerm fait danser les mots, les images sépia et ses souvenirs en huit millimètres. Homme de goût, il s'offre les services du décidément très sollicité Neil Hannon (Divine Comedy, Jane Birkin, Charlotte Gainsbourg) dans "Favourite Song", seule incartade à sa langue natale. Le reste est en français dans les textes et les ambiances musicales, cinématographiques pour la plupart, sont également très… hexagonales! À noter l'hommage soyeux à Steffi Graf et ses jambes sans fin qui clôt l'album d'élégante façon et ravirait Agassi s'il savait.

"Музыка для отдыха" - под таким названием в 1969 году был выпущен винил ведущего советского аранжировщика и композитора Алексея Мажукова. Идея пластинки "Музыка для отдыха" пришла к композитору в 1966 году. По собственным словам, ему захотелось изменить советский подход к легкой музыке: от "боевого" сочинительства бесконечных маршеобразных пьес к тонко аранжированным лирическим пьесам-настроениям.

Альбом "ФАНК! Самая откровенная музыка в СССР" собрал композиции, аранжировки которых ориентированны на фанк... Сборник украшают две жемчужины - латиноамериканский хит всех времён и народов El condor pasa (If could), спетый Е.Дриацкой и В.Артюх в сопровождении группы "Солнце", и волшебная литовская песня "Калина" ("Путиняй") в исполнении молдавского ВИА "Оризонт".

This compilation of previously-released material on the Hearts of Space label has a very cinematic feel to it. The artists included are Mychael Danna, David Darling, Constance Demby, Bill Douglas, Gino D'Auri, Kol Simcha, Raphael, Paul Sauvanet, Oystein Sevag, and Tim Story. Very classical in approach, the selections range from melodic (David Darling's "Minor Blue") to ambient (Mychael Danna's "Sky 7") to ethereal vocals (Bill Douglas' "Heaven in a Wild Flower").

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