Instructional CD: A First Lesson with David Jones
This long-awaited double CD deals with the basics: posture and breathing,
support and singing with a relaxed larynx. It also includes an easy
to follow daily exercise plan. Ann sings the exercises for the female
voice on this CD.
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED FOR STUDENTS AND TEACHERS!
Available in USA
One Soul Records,
Price: $39.95
Andromeda Ensemble
To request a copy of the Ensemble Andromeda demo-cd with Nick Cartledge, flute and Michael Robinson, piano, please email ann@andromedamusic.co.uk
Sound Clips
- Tytania singing "Come now a roundel and a fairy song"
from a Midsummer Night's Dream by Britten (mp3 1.9mb) - "Er hat uns allen wohl getan", then "Aus Liebe"
from the St Matthew Passion by Bach (mp3 4.9mb) - "Et incarnatus est" from Mozart's C Minor Mass,
live recording from Lavenham Festival, UK (mp3 7.9mb) - "Ihr habt nun Traurigkeit"
from Ein Deutsches Requiem by Brahms (mp3 6.2mb) - "Pie Jesu" from Faure's Requiem, live concert performance (mp3 3mb)
- Music by Paul Leonard-Morgan for the BBC programme Galapagos
Video Clips
- Ensemble Andromeda Sept 2006, Piano - Daniel Schroyens, Pamina’s aria : Ach' Ich fuehl's Mozart's The Magic Flute
- Belgian Embassy, Berlin, Piano - Guy Penson, Les Chemins de l'amour, Francis Poulenc and Reynaldo Hahn, "Si mes vers avaient des ailes"
Recordings available to buy
New CD
Cesar Franck, Melodies.
Soprano - Ann De Renais,
Piano Erard - Guy Penson.
More information
In Flanders Fields Vol. 51
Jef Van Hoof (1886-1959)
Following the success of last Summer's recording of Jef Van Hoof's music,
this cd contains more songs for voice and orchestra as well as his 3rd
Symphony, Suite from the opera 'Fire of May' and a divertimento for
trombone and orchestra. Please find front cover attached.
Performers
Ann De Renais - soprano,
Ivan Meylemans - trombone,
Pannon Philharmonic Orchestra, Pécs, Hungary.
Zsolt Hamar - conductor
Available from Phaedra
In Flanders Fields Vol 50
A fine and true musical picture of pious Flanders in the nineteenth
and the first half of the twentieth century, of the liturgical music
that was sung in the choir lofts of its churches and which was part
and parcel of the repertoire of many Flemish choral societies.
Performers
Ann De Renais - soprano,
Kristine Adamaite - organ,
State Choir Latvia,
Herman Engels - Conductor.
Available Phaedra
In Flanders' Fields Vol. 44, Jef van Hoof (1886 - 1959)
Symphony no 5 in E major (1954)
Vijf liederen - Five songs
't is Stille - It's quiet (1903) (Guido Gezelle)
De Lotusbloem (Ik heb u lief) (1957) (Angèle de Bremaecker) - The Lotus
Flower (I love you)
Suja, nu Suja! (1924) (Pol de Mont)
Nachtdeun -Night Song (1933) (Alice Nahon)
Slaaplied - Lullaby (1910) (Guido Gezelle)
Second Symphonic Suite (1952)
Symphony no 6 in B flat major (1959) "Onvoltooide" (Unfinished)
Performers
Ann De Renais - soprano, Pannon Philharmonic
Orchestra, Pécs Zsolt Hamar - conductor.
Available from Phaedra
Luciano Berio's Sinfonia, Deutsche Grammophon
London Voices
Göteborgs Symfoniker
Peter Eötvös, Conductor
Available direct from Deutsche
Grammophon or any good classical CD shop.
Swingle Singers
Ann can be heard as first soprano with the internationally known a cappella
group the swingle singers on
Ticket to Ride (a tribute to the Beatles) Keyboard Classics (your favourite
keyboard pieces arranged and sung by 8 voices)
Live in Japan (a cd full of surprises, including an arrangement of Queen's
Bohemian Rhapsody!)
To buy www.swinglesingers.com