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Maria Callas

MARIA CALLAS - THE GREATEST OPERA SINGER OF ALL TIME

"I would like to be Maria, but there is La Callas who demands that I carry myself with her dignity."
Maria Callas

Alison Balsom

"She makes the trumpet sing with an irresistible exuberance and eloquence."
Richard Morrison, The Times, September 2008

Angela Gheorghiu

Superstar Angela Gheorghiu, the most glamorous and gifted opera singer of our time, was born in the small Romanian town Adjud. From early childhood it was obvious that she will become a singer, her destiny was the music. She attended the Music School in Bucharest and graduated from the Bucharest Music Academy, where she studied with the remarkable music teacher Mia Barbu. Ms. Gheorghiu's magnificent voice and dazzling stage presence have established her as a unique international opera superstar.

The John Wilson Orchestra

Award-winning conductor and arranger John Wilson formed The John Wilson Orchestra in 1994. This unique, handpicked ensemble of some of the world's finest musicians is loved for its jubilant, modern musical take on the most romantic and glamorous film era.

A lifelong interest in film music led John Wilson to restore a number of classic film scores. He accepted an enormous challenge from MGM: reconstructing the lost orchestrations of all their major musicals including The Wizard of Oz, High Society, Singin' in the Rain, The Band Wagon and An American in Paris. The new scores became the cornerstone of The John Wilson Orchestra concerts. Their wildly successful, sold-out Proms appearances have been praised as "Technicolor for your Ears" by The Independent, and viewed on BBC-2 by millions of fans from all generations.

Tine Thing Helseth

Simon Rattle

Berliner Philharmoniker

Opera & Vocal on EMI & Virgin Classics

Emmanuel Pahud

Placido Domingo

L'Arpeggiata & Christina Pluhar

L'Arpeggiata is a baroque music ensemble directed by the harpist and lute player Christina Pluhar. Its members are today's finest instrumentalists and in addition they work with the most exceptional singers from the Baroque and the traditional music worlds.

Diana Damrau

"Diana Damrau is the most thrilling high soprano of our day."
The Observer

Gautier Capucon

'Gautier Capuçon plays the cello with the control and wisdom of a much older musician. The lightness of his touch and the consistent clarity of his bow strokes
are quite admirable in themselves, but when combined with an
uncanny sweetness of tone in the higher registers they are breathtaking.'
Gramophone

Renaud Capucon

"Renaud Capuçon is one of today's outstanding violinists -- less flashy than some, but a fabulously musical player who is as remarkable a chamber player as he is a concerto soloist," wrote The Guardian in its review of the French violinist's recent Virgin Classics CD of Mozart concertos, describing the disc as "a fine achievement", while the Scottish newspaper The Sunday Herald felt that: "Capuçon's silvery tone and expressive phrasing of the slow movements ... beautifully balance his brisk and exhilarating takes on the allegros and prestos....Don't miss this one." The BBC Music website pointed out that "Capuçon's style, perhaps because of his regular chamber work, is natural, understated and perceptive; the sound of a musician happily relaxed in his skin and not feeling the need to prove any virtuosic credentials. His performance here is lithe, graceful and refined, capturing vivacious humour with luminous upper-stringed sparkle, and colouring the slower movements with warm, musical poetry."

Joyce DiDonato