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| | Brian Asawa - The Dark Is My Delight And Other 16th Century Lute Songs / Tayler Anonymous,... |
 | | As one of the leaders of an exciting new generation of countertenors, Brian Asawa benefits not only from his distinctive voice, but also from his record label's publicity machine, which has made his name and his first two recordings strongly recognized by critics and listeners. | | | That's not to say that these performances of some of the 16th century's loveliest songs are not eminently listenable and occasionally sublime. | | | A collection of mostly 14th Century lute songs, it is a perfect subject for Brian's unique voice. |
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| | Amazon.ca: Customer Reviews Music: The Dark Is My Delight And Other 16th Century Lute Songs [Import] |
| | John Dowland (Composer), Brian Asawa (Performer), David Taylor (Performer) | | | A collection of mostly 14th Century lute songs, it is a perfect subject for Brian's unique voice. | | | The album is not the worst I have heard utilizing "non-traditional" male voices, but the clarity of line and sensitivity needed to convey emotion in these songs is something that perhaps is better left to a more tenured voice. |
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| | Music : Brian Asawa - Vocalise / Marriner, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields |
| | Asawa is flawless on this album, but then again I may be biased since he is one of my favorite Countertenors and since I am a starting Countertenor myself. | | | During the planning stages of this project, someone should have thought more seriously about the question, 'Why are we doing this?' This collection of 'vocalises and newly orchestrated songs' by Fauré, Medtner, Villa-Lobos, and Rachmaninoff, as impressive as it is for its ambition and concept, amounts to a disconcerting mismatch of voice and music. | | | In the famous and oft-performed 'Pavane' by Fauré, you're distracted by Asawa's covered, unnatural-sounding quality and his inability to get precisely together with the melody line in the orchestra. |
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| | Discount Scarlatti Cantatas, Volume III / McGegan, Brian Asawa, Alessandro Scarlatti CD CD - FindUsedCDs.com - Compare ... |
| | Asawa's operatic voice is high and feminine, which suits Scarlatti, as he composed these cantatas for castrati. | | | They are performed by the Japanese American countertenor Brian Asawa and the period instruments of the U.S.-based Arcadian Academy, which takes its name from a 17th-century society of artistic and aristocratic intellectuals living in Rome. | | | Discount Scarlatti Cantatas, Volume III / McGegan, Brian Asawa, Alessandro Scarlatti CD CD - FindUsedCDs.com - Compare Music CD Prices. |
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| | GoHastings.com Item Information |
| | The songs of Dowland are darker in tone, and the anonymous popular songs and those by Campion are filled with mixed emotions, but all give Asawa the opportunity to show the listener that this was the music of the people, of everyday life and all of its ups and downs. | | | This collection of Elizabethan songs for lute and voice is perfectly suited for Asawa and lutenist David Tayler. | | | His playing matches the flowing lyricism of Asawa and together they have created a unique and compelling recording. |
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| | Gracenote: Albums - More Than A Day - Water Music - From An Unknown Past |
| | Buy Brian Asawa; Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra - Jeffrey Kahane; Margaret Batjer-solo violin; Gary Gray-clarinet CDs New at Amazon.com | | | Brian Asawa; Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra - Jeffrey Kahane; Margaret Batjer-solo violin; Gary Gray-clarinet / More Than A Day - Water Music - From An Unknown Past | | | Brian Asawa; Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra - Jeffrey Kahane; Margaret Batjer-solo violin; Gary Gray-clarinet Auctions at Ebay |
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| | Write a Review - MouthShut.com |
| | Home>>Entertainment >>Music >>International >>By Album Number / Name >>V >>Vocalise - Brian Asawa | | | Recommend 'Vocalise - Brian Asawa' to a friend? | | | when new reviews on Vocalise - Brian Asawa appear |
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| | Amazon.com: Handel - Serse / Malafronte, J. Smith, Milne, Bickley, Asawa, D. Thomas, Ely, McGegan [BOX SET]: Music |
| | Performed by David Evan Thomas, Brian Asawa, Susan Bickley, Hanover Band, Judith Malafronte | | | The most astonishing is perhaps Brian Asawa, who has never sounded fresher -- Cecilia, Sumi, Montserrat, step aside! | | | Judith Malafronte sounds just a little raw, but on the first disc only. |
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| | Kennedy Center: Biographical information for Brian Asawa |
| | Asawa's discography includes four solo recital discs ranging from Dowland and Campion to Rachmaninov and Ned Rorem. | | | Opera recordings include Farnace in Mitridate for Decca, Arsamene in Serse for Conifer and Oberon in A Midsummer Night's Dream for Philips with the London Symphony Orchestra under Sir Colin Davis. | | | The 2000-01 season began with a return to San Francisco Opera as Athamas in Semele, and he recently made his Zurich Tonhalle debut in concerts of the Handel Messiah and his Italian debut as Oberon in Britten's A Midsummer Night's Dream at Teatro di San Carlo in Naples. |
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| | DIRECTORY - MUSIC BRIAN ASAWA - ARTS AND MUSIC BRIAN ASAWA |
| | »An Interview with Brian Asawa - Brian Asawa answers questions about his voice and work. | | | Influencing many bands such as 36crazyfists, thrice & Funeral for a Friend. | | | Biography, upcoming engagements, review quotes, photo galleries and discography. |
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| | Brian Asawa, Interview |
| | One of the new breed of countertenors that wants to break out of the baroque and early music ghetto, Asawa - along with David Daniels - spearheads a generation that is probably more inspired by Jochen Kowalski than Alfred Deller in terms of sound quality, stamina and above all volume. | | | Since 1996, Culturekiosque's editorial mission has been to bring you unique coverage of the arts and culture worldwide with European sophistication and flair. |
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| | Amazon Shop - Handel - Messiah, HWV56 - Music |
| | Recitative: Then Shall The Eyes Of The Blind Be Open'd - Brian Asawa | | | Accompagnato: Thus Sainth The Lord Of Hosts - Brian Bannatyne-Scott | | | Accompagnato: For Behold, Darkness Shall Cover - Brian Bannatyne-Scott |
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| | The Secret Life of Countertenors |
| | Jason Victor Serinus speaks with David Daniels, Brian Asawa and Matthew White - the three countertenors charged with singing Caesar, Ptolemy and Nirenus respectively in Houston Grand Opera's production of Julius Caesar. | | | For Parisian audiences, [Gluck] rewrote it for tenor. | | | Asawa, who is gay, has never felt that his sexual orientation was assumed or addressed by his singing. |
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| | Asawa |
| | In addition to his many aria CD's and songs of Dowland, he can also be heard on the soundtrack of the Steven Spielberg film ‘Empire of the Sun’. | | | Asawa received his early stage training with the prestigious Merola program with San Francisco Opera, where he was a 1992 Adler Fellow with the Opera Center, and made his house debut as ‘Number 2’ in Henze’s DAS VERRATENE MEER. | | | Asawa is especially known for his many Handel roles, singing Arsamenes in SERSE, Polinesso in ARIODANTE, Tolomeo in GIULIO CAESARE and the title role of ADMENTO |
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| | iClassics |
| | Artists: Brian Asawa Cecilia Bartoli Sandrine Piau Giuseppe Sabbatini | | | Artists: Brian Asawa Cecilia Bartoli Hélène Corre Natalie Dessay Sandrine Piau |
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| | iClassics |
| | Artists: Brian Asawa Susan Bickley Dean Ely Hanover Band (Conducted by: Nicholas McGegan) Hanover Chorus (Conducted by: Nicholas McGegan) Judith Malafronte Lisa Milne Jenifer Smith David Porter Thomas |
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