Word: singer
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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BEETHOVEN: AN DIE FERNE GELIEBTE/BRAHMS: VIER ERNSTE GESAENGE (Deutsche Grammophon). Tenors, sopranos, basses, mezzos: eat your hearts out! The best classical singer since World War II is baritone Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, who proves it on this dazzling lieder collection...
...what exactly is wrong with Debbie Gibson, the greatest singer to enter the American musical community since Amy Grant...
...score for the film The Last Temptation of Christ on the sounds of Brazil and Africa. Brazil's influence is also acknowledged by Roberta Flack on her late- 1988 album Oasis. "Under a warm Rio night/ We danced on the edge," she coos in a number dedicated to Brazilian singer-composer Djavan. "And my heart stood still/ Oh, Brazil, Oh, Brazil...
...Costa, 43, whose unforced vocal range and sweet tones are the envy of her peers, has interpreted works ranging from bossa nova to tropicalismo to mainstream pop. Multi-instrumentalist Hermeto Pascoal, 50, coaxes music out of everything, it seems, from teapots to hubcaps to sewing machines. Singer- songwriters Djavan, 40, and Ivan Lins, 42, are purveyors of easygoing, soulful music in a sophisticated urban style. Djavan, who hails from the northeastern state of Alagoas, began making records in the mid-1970s; his most recent albums have included songs in English. Lins' songwriting is freighted with rich chord changes; like Djavan...
Times and tastes change in 31 years, though. The fabulous Baker boys can't pack 'em in like they used to once upon a time and, facing the possibility of having to take (Quel horreur!) day jobs, they decide to hire a singer...