Miriam Stockley (born 15 April 1962) is a South African-born British singer. She was born in Johannesburg, South Africa, and her work is influenced by the African music in her home country. Her unique vocalese style gained international acclaim when Karl Jenkins' launched the Adiemus project with "Songs of Sanctuary", featuring Stockley as the lead vocal.
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Miriam Stockley is the greatest singer of the world, on my opinion. Her beautiful voice is an unusual God's gift. More precisely, she has a variety of voices of various timbres, and all of them are stunning. When listening to her songs one by one, it is impossible to believe that the same person performs all this variety of musical parts.
It should be added that she is a musical arranger of genius; all songs on her disks are arranged by her as a rule. She creates her own music also. She sings all kinds of music: classics, jazz, rock, African folk songs. The "Eternal" CD contains mostly classics arranged by M.Stockley.
This disk is one of her three solo albums ("Miriam", "Second nature", "Eternal"). On my opinion, "Eternal" is the most amazing of them.
It should be mentioned also that the majority of Karl Jenkins's "Adiemus" music uses Miriam Stockley's leading vocal part as a basis; so, try "Adiemus" for listening more of her magic voice.
http://www.amazon.com/Eternal-Miriam-Stockley/dp/B000WICB3Y
01. Alla Notte - Adagio
02. Hem Na Nkosi Bo - Rondeau
03. Pace Al Cuore - Prelude
04. Choro Finito - Sarabande
05. The Star of County Down
06. Se La Luna Fosse Donna - Moonlight Sonata
07. Fantasy - Sicut Cervus
08. Adiemus
09. Ngana Ka Lona - Bourée
10. Un Ricordo - Je Crois Entendre Encore
11. Nocturne
12. Luce e Speranza - Bridal Chorus
13. Prelude #2
14. Quanta Vita - Nimrod