“Голубка”... Наверно, любой человек, даже напрочь лишенный слуха и голоса, сможет напеть-насвистеть-набормотать музыкальную фразу из этой песни. Уверен, что десятки, нет, сотни композиторов, авторов шлягеров-однодневок и хитов на час, всевозможных лауреатов и членов союзов композиторов, не задумываясь отдали бы все свои регалии и заслуги за хотя бы десятую долю той славы и народного признания, которая получила эта песня. Во всем мире ее давно считают народной песней, но какое счастье, что история все же сохранила нам имя ее автора.

О Джеймсе Ласте концерны звукозаписи вспомнили в середине 90-х - на волне моды на Easy Listening. Ретро-музыка старых немецких эстрадных оркестров снова вошла в моду, ее стали переиздавать и ремикшировать. Джеймс Ласт снова отправился в турне после десятилетнего перерыва. И снова с огромным успехом. Конечно, на него повалила вовсе не та публика, которая слушала новый Easy Listening, по Джеймсу Ласту соскучились его старые состарившиеся поклонники, которые новую поп-музыку уже не знали и не понимали.

Польки и марши от Джеймса Ласта. В сборник включены композиции из следующих альбомов: Wir Spielen Wieder Polka (1989), The Polka Party 2 (1972), Happy Marching (1976), Polka Party 3 (1973), Polka Party (1971), Polka Party 4 (1974). Приятного прослушивания!

Ласт с неизменным успехом работал с произведениями авторов и исполнителей, представляющих абсолютно разные, зачастую антагонистичные, стили и направления — от традиционной, народной музыки до альтернативного рока, хард-рока, соула и электронной музыки.

Первое публичное выступление Ласта состоялось в составе Hans-Guenther Oesterreich’s Radio Bremen Dance Orchestra в 1946. Двумя годами позже Ласт создаёт Last-Becker Ensemble. С 1950 по 1952 гг. Ласт признавался лучшим джазовым басистом года. В 1964 создал собственный оркестр и стал писать танцевальные аранжировки популярных мелодий различных исполнителей.Первый же альбом оркестра Джеймса Ласта «Non-Stop Dancing» (1965) имел невероятный успех. С тех пор коллектив под управлением Ласта выпустил более 50 успешных альбомов общим тиражом 60 млн экземпляров, из которых 37 стали «золотыми», а 18 — «платиновыми».

Born is the first album released by the classical crossover string quartet Bond. The album was a huge commercial success, reaching Gold in fourteen countries and Platinum in twelve. The album reached number 16 in the UK charts, spending 6 weeks in the top 40, and was also no. 1 in the UK Classical charts, but was subsequently removed from these charts for not meeting all the 'rules' of classical music.

"Jack Topping - Wonderful World" is a single by the British singer Jack Topping. It was released on December 15, 2013, and is a cover of the classic song "What a Wonderful World" originally performed by Louis Armstrong.
Jack Topping was just 11 years old at the time of the release and had gained fame as a chorister of the Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral Choir. The single was released in support of the UK charity "Save the Children" with all profits going to the organization.
The song peaked at number 1 on the UK Classical Singles Chart and number 37 on the UK Singles Chart. It also received airplay on BBC Radio 2 and other mainstream radio stations.
The music video for the song features Jack Topping performing the song in various locations around Liverpool, including the Liverpool Cathedral, the Liver Building, and the Mersey Ferry. The video also includes footage of children in developing countries supported by Save the Children.
Overall, the release of "Jack Topping - Wonderful World" was seen as a heartwarming and charitable gesture by a young performer with a promising future.

Viaggio Italiano is Andrea Bocelli's third studio album and first classical album.
The album features some of the most popular opera arias and Neapolitan songs of all time, such as Nessun Dorma, O Sole Mio and la Donna è Mobile. Although released only in Italy in 1996, it sold close to 300,000 copies.

Sentimento is the ninth studio album released by Andrea Bocelli. It was recorded between 30 September and 7 October 2000, and released on 5 November 2002.
The album was conducted by Lorin Maazel with London Symphony Orchestra, and Bocelli received two 2003 Classical BRIT Awards for "Best selling classical album" and "Album of the year" for Sentimento, in 2003.
As of January 2003, Sentimento has reached worldwide sales of 2.5 million copies.

Sacred Arias (Italian: Arie Sacre), is the sixth studio album by Andrea Bocelli.
Released in 1999, the album, featuring music composed in traditional Christian styles, is not only Bocelli's most commercially successful classical album to date with over 5 million copies sold, but also the biggest selling classical album by any solo artist in history.

Being Bocelli's first album released in the United States and Canada, the album and Bocelli himself, were heavily promoted. This included Bocelli being featured in Hotel Bellagio's commercials in North America, as well as his voice being heard on its Fountain show.[3]
PBS also played a big part in Bocelli' early success in the States, with the airing of A Night in Tuscany, Bocelli's first Great Performances special, of a concert filmed in 1997, in his native Tuscany.