Carlos Santana Manuel - Paginas de Oro de la Musica CubanaCarlos Manuel Santana was an opera singer who hailed from Havana, Cuba. He studied at the Hubert de Blanc Conservatory under the direction of Paul Csonka and in the US with the maestros Juan Viccini and Julia Drobner of New York. Later he sang for the US Armed Services, in concerts at the Connecticut Town Hall and operas in New York and Philadelphia during the 1960's. His extensive repertoire included the principle role of the operas La Boheme; La

fingers crossed we get out and about to hear this at raves across the summer

A dream package for Travis fans

One of the most gripping and distinctive alto players and composers of his generation

he can again communicate live with his audience

and what so much of this album nods to - from Waylon and Willie

irrespective of the science: "I found it in a book and I'd never heard it before

Mills comes from Seattle

Scottish transplant Maria Purvis (Maria Doyle Kennedy)-or

extremely tricky and technically demanding

conducting much of her research in Albania and in the Bodleian Library

each as quintessentially 'Italian' in their expression as the other

"I really feel very comfortable in the field of early music