Rory Gallagher Live At Montreux CD

' -- John Von Rhein, the Chicago TribuneAlexandra Montano is one of the most versatile singers now performing. Her stunningly rich and beautiful voice finds a home in music across the spectrum - from the simple yet vibrant textures of early music to new mysteries of compositions from the 20th and 21st centuries. Ms. Montano has delivered powerful and personal interpretations in recordings and performances of Dufay, Hildegard von Bingen, Handel, Mozart, Mahler, Debussy and Faure. She made herBroadway debut in the fall of 1996 in Julie Taymor's Juan Darien, appeared in The difficulties in crossing the field composed by David Lang and played by the Kronos Quartet at the San Francisco Repertory Theater in April 1999. As a champion of contemporary repertoire she plays keyboards and sings in tours with Philip Glass. On his Sony Classics recording of Naqoyqatsi she is a featured soloist along with Yo Yo Ma. Alexandra Montano has premiered operas of Tan Dun and Meredith Monk. She has performed and toured music of the Medieval, Renaissance, and Baroque periods with the Waverly Consort, Ensemble for Early Music, Voices of Ascension, Concert Royal and The Newberry Consort. In 2001, she made her Avery Fisher Hall debut ...