From Broadway to La Scala

Greta Bradman, David Hobson, Lisa McCune, Teddy Tahu Rhodes ABC 482 3700 Audiences applaud such compilations when four well-known (“popular”) singers are brought together, and a national tour is mounted, making the release of a disc of arias, duets and ensembles, an assured top-seller. Musical theatre selections are from The Sound of Music, The Phantom … Read more

You’ll Never Walk Alone: Teddy Tahu Rhodes & David Hobson, Sinfonia Australis, conducted by Guy Noble ABC 476 3284

From the opening title track, we hear a powerful duo showing the wide vocal differences in colour between these two acclaimed artists. Solo moments from tenor Hobson in The Holy City and O Holy Night are quite splendid, as are the many rich and sonorous sounds from bass Tahu Rhodes. Some of the contrasts in … Read more