OperaBabes...Beyond Imagination....classical meets popular with stunning vocals

 

OperaBabes are an English crossover classical music duo, consisting of Karen England (born 1974), mezzo-soprano, and Rebecca Knight (born 1970), soprano.

The duo came to wide attention when they sang "Un bel dì vedremo" (from the opera Madame Butterfly) on television sports programs, beginning in 2002. In addition to performing with major orchestras in Britain and touring with their own shows, they released their first album, Beyond Imagination in 2002 and their second album, Renaissance, in 2006. In 2012, the group released its third album, Silent Noon, named after the song by Ralph Vaughan Williams, on the Warner Classics label. The album consists of British songs, from Handel and Purcell, to Quilter, to Britten and Novello, accompanied by piano.

Beyond Imagination ranked No.1 on the UK Classical Chart for eleven weeks, and No. 4 on the US Billboard Classical Crossover Albums chart. In addition to the "One Fine Day" track being selected as the World Cup 2002 theme by ITV, British Airways chose another of the tracks, "Lakme H2O", a "stylish re-imagining of the Flower Duet from Lakmé", for a commercial. One reviewer wrote: "If you're a young individual with a remote interest in the classical genre, this disc is the perfect introduction". The album has sold over 1.7 million copies. 

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Electrospective: Electronic Music Since 1958 - various artists

 

Tracklist
1-1     –BBC Radiophonic Workshop     Doctor Who Theme (New Stereo Remix 2002)     2:22
1-2     –Roxy Music     Virginia Plain     2:59
1-3     –Brian Eno     Here Come The Warm Jets     4:07
1-4     –Tangerine Dream     Rubycon (7" Side One)     3:12
1-5     –Can     I Want More     3:31
1-6     –The Normal     Warm Leatherette     3:24
1-7     –Cabaret Voltaire     Nag Nag Nag     4:39
1-8     –Telex     Moskow Diskow (French Version)     4:14
1-9     –Simple Minds     I Travel     4:03
1-10     –Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark     Messages     4:07
1-11     –Ultravox     Sleepwalk (Early Version)     3:22
1-12     –The Human League     The Things That Dreams Are Made Of     4:15
1-13     –Duran Duran     Planet Earth     4:05
1-14     –Heaven 17     I'm Your Money (12" Extended Version)     5:11
1-15     –Yazoo     Don't Go (Remix)     4:09
1-16     –Giorgio Moroder And Philip Oakey     Together In Electric Dreams     3:52
1-17     –Pet Shop Boys     West End Girls (7" Mix)     4:02
1-18     –Erasure     Who Needs Love (Like That)     3:07
1-19     –Mantronix     King Of The Beats     5:11
1-20     –Nitzer Ebb     Control I'm Here     3:53

2-1     –Inner City     Big Fun (Radio Edit)     3:28
2-2     –Soul II Soul Feat. Caron Wheeler     Back To Life (However Do You Want Me)     3:49
2-3     –Renegade Soundwave     Women Respond To Bass     4:46
2-4     –Depeche Mode     Enjoy The Silence (Single Version)     4:16
2-5     –Moby     Go     4:01
2-6     –The Future Sound Of London     Lifeforms (Radio Edit I) (2006 Mix)     2:51
2-7     –Daft Punk     Around The World (Radio Edit)     4:01
2-8     –Adam F     Circles (7" Edit)     3:17
2-9     –Massive Attack     Inertia Creeps     5:59
2-10     –Air     Kelly Watch The Stars     3:46
2-11     –St Germain     Rose Rouge (Edit Remaster 2012)     5:20
2-12     –Radiohead     Everything In Its Right Place     4:11
2-13     –The Chemical Brothers     Star Guitar (Edit)     4:01
2-14     –Goldfrapp     Strict Machine (Single Mix)     3:43
2-15     –Gorillaz     Dare     4:06
2-16     –Eric Prydz Vs Floyd*     Proper Education (Radio Edit)     3:20
2-17     –David Guetta, Joachim Garraud, Chris Willis     Love Is Gone (Fred Riester & Joachim Garraud Radio Edit Rmx)     3:23
2-18     –Deadmau5 Feat. Rob Swire     Ghosts 'N' Stuff (Radio Edit)     3:11
2-19     –Swedish House Mafia     One (Original Mix)     2:48

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