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Title: Yet another classical singer trying to do cross over - STOP!!!
Review: If I have to listen to one more tenor/soprano/baritone/mezzo yodel their way through the Christmas oeuvre I think I will scream - oh, wait, they have already done it for me. This guy sounds like Jose Carerras in his later years - right down to the overly present vibrato and somewhat strangled top. As with so many classicaly trained singers who make these recordings there is this major confusion about how to use the breath. So often they end up (as in this case) with a very intense and inappropriate-for-the-music sound. A much better example of a classical cross-over artist is that of Anne-Sophie von Otter - now that is good singing and a lovely voice in the service of the music and its intent.
