Good vocal recordings

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female vocalists

Good voices:

Kiri te Kanawa

Chrissie Hynde

Shakira

Cocteau Twins (Robin Fraser I think)

Thalia

Unusually good music:

Aterciopelados (Andrea Eccheveri)

Makes her violin as good as a voice:

Hilary Hahn
 
#22
Charles,

i always wondered who that marvelous singer in the 5th element movie was. Thank you! I liked her singing very much, also when it went weird and techno.

jackinnj,

if you admire Dietrich Fischer Dieskau, agreed, so do i. Ever stepped into recordings of Hans Hotter ? now he is really something. And his Winterreise is my preferred one as i am not alltoomuch into suicidal lyrics and moods and he "tells it like a tale", he is narrator and not the protagonist himself like Fischer-Dieskau is (with utter emotional intensity). However, his control of the voice, his speech understandability and also his vocal beauty is outstanding.
Concerning the latter, he is on one level with Enrico Caruso and Benjamino Gigli IMO.

Ahhh, Enrico Caruso! 🙂
 
#23
If i can suggest a singer in general - Tom Waits

I like his recordings like Bone Machine where it
gives every system a hard time.

Also Anne Clarks - Unstill Life sounds unbalanced very
quick on wrong systems.

Just my thoughts.

Wombat
 
#29
Old Reference Recordings

"Per - You might know this one; "Famous blue raincoat" by Jennifer Warnes."

Dan, this one was a popular high-end system demo disk 10 years ago or so.
There are some really delightful female, male low low baritone vocals, BIG bass and nice highs on this cd.
Well worth the investment - and your girlfriend will like it too !. 🙂
The Chesky Drum Record (Cd) and The Chesky Test Record (Cd) are worthwhile too.

Eric.
 
#31
Loreena McKennnitt (way better than Enya). If you talking about weirdos, how about Siouxsie Sioux (with the Banshees and later Creatures) and Toyah. I liked them both in their times.😉

Male vocals: Lou Reed and Jello Biafra (the last one might not be for everybody, his spoken word albums got pretty popular though).😉
 
#32
You should hear Jacintha. Beautyfull performance and greate recording from Groove Note. Try to find out her first album "Heer`s to Ben" - Tribute to Ben Webster (Groove Note-GRV 1001-2) and listen to the acapelo introduction to Dany Boy

rgds Marijan
 
#37
vuki and all,

not to forget Sarah Vaughan and Dinah Washington :sing:, particularly her album "Dinah jams" .... a jewel! "you go to my head", "i've got you under my skin", "come rain or shine" and "no more".
"no more" i must warn from, it is almost 12-tonal.

Johnny Hartman: "Johnny Hartman and John Coltrane", impulse! A-40 :yes:, a must !
 
#39
Lots of great suggestions here, especially Jacintha's "Here's to Ben" and the John Coltrane/Johnny Hartman disc on Impulse Records 🙂 I'd like to also recommend Angela Bofill's first album "Angie" from 1978. Good luck finding the CD.
mlloyd1
 
#40
Ah.... she has a website and I noticed that the disc I mentioned (as well as another I could have mentioned as good vocals) have been rereleased, so they'll be easier to find.
http://www.angelabofill.com/discography_bofill.htm

mlloyd1 said:
Lots of great suggestions here, especially Jacintha's "Here's to Ben" and the John Coltrane/Johnny Hartman disc on Impulse Records 🙂 I'd like to also recommend Angela Bofill's first album "Angie" from 1978. Good luck finding the CD.
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