Philippe jaroussky biography of barack obama

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    Noël

    (Reprise **)

    Like Barack Obama, this holiday record from pop-opera's wunderkind gathered speed once Oprah gave it a shout. And what a shout - last week, according to Billboard, sales hit 2.77 million, making it the top album of '07. This record holds little but the obvious, but Groban makes it sound good. His rich, cool voice is at its best when most alone, with sparse instrumentation, as in his reverent, piano-only take on "It Came Upon a Midnight Clear" and the sparest parts of "Silent Night." Groban's hearty takes on "Panis Angelicus" and "Ave Maria" range from glorious to decent on the oh-holy-holiday meter. But there's so much – way too much – stuff going on on the rest of

    Noël

    , and it becomes a distraction. A shrieky gospel choir directed by Kirk Franklin here, a hoarse Faith Hill duet there. Though it's sweetly admirable to have kids and soldiers talking as part of "I'll be Home for Christmas," that cornys-up the track beyond mere treacle. Then again, David Foster's overblown Manheim Steamroller-meets-

    Doctor Zhivago

    production makes every swirl epically saccharine. Really, this is no way to spend a holiday.

    - A.D. Amorosi

    The Cool

    (Atlantic ***1/2)

    Lupe Fiasco's

    The Cool

    figured to be a last-minute entry in the hip-hop album of t

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    Philippe Jaroussky (aka my new boyfriend)

    February 17, 2009 1:15 pm

    Hi Teddy,

    Jaroussky is fabulous, IMO. I like his sweet and expressive tone, which doesn’t have the edginess (which some people like) of, say, David Daniels. Nor does his voice have the power of Daniels’, but it’s very appropriate for the repertoire that he chooses.

    Here are a couple of video clips of him that I especially enjoy:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9kZ2onf6uXU

    Although Jaroussky sings some opera, it’s not a genre that one would expect to hear him perform, with the exception of certain early operas, such as those by Handel, Monteverdi and Vivaldi (like the one you’ve chosen). That’s because a) it’s pretty much only the early operas that have roles for male sopranos and altos, and b) opera is, for the most part, too big for his voice. You will never hear Jaroussky singing big roles from Aïda or La Bohème for female singers. Puccini, Verdi and Wagner, the composers we most associate with grand opera, did not have a voice like your future husband’s in mind when they wrote music for their great characters. Instead, you’ll hear him sing lovely, light arias and songs from an earlier period (say, 1800 and earlier), and a few mo

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