An album that I can't recommend highly enough:
Stacy Kent's "Raconte-Moi".
The title is French and means simply, Tell Me.
I don't speak French...barely get by with English, with a little pig latin thrown in.
But...BUT, this album will melt your soul.
Her French, is seemingly perfect...OK, OK, after the 'I don't speak French'...admission how would I know? Sorry...but it's just so beautiful.
That, and the production quality...WONDERFUL...just WONDERFUL.
She's been on repeat for several days now...I wake up to her, go to sleep to her.
Funny...she's not sexy, buxom like Renee Olstead...but there's this quality about her voice that drives a man to distraction.
Her husband, Tenor man, Jim Tomlinson did the producers job and wow, just wow.
If you haven't heard it, you can youtube jardin D'hiver (?) OK showin' my ignorance here...it means 'something garden'...but if you youtube, pick the one that shows a stylus about to descend on a piece of vinyl...it's wonderful.
Hope you all enjoy...and breaking with Audiogon's no contact rule...if any of you would ever like to contact me...it's:
lrsky@insightbb.com
Best,
Larry