I'm looking to buy some CDs with accompaniment on
them. However, after a couple of disappointments, I'm
wondering if anyone here can recommend some that
they've tried.
I have the Hal Leonard Sacred Classics for High Voice,
which has both voice and piano, plus piano alone, as
well as a "Karaoke Opera" CD, which has again has
versions with singer and without, but with full
orchestra and chorus. On both of these I've found the
tempos for the accompaniment way too fast on certain
songs, and definitely much faster on the accompaniment
only tracks than on the version with singer, which
absolutely drives me nuts! It's impossible to do
anything but spit out the words as fast as possible
and expression is exceedingly difficult. I can't
figure out why the accompaniments, particularly on the
Sacred Classics CD, don't go at the same tempo as the
full version - you'd think they would have recorded
them on separate tracks and just deleted the vocal
overlay.
Anyway, if any of you have tried some accompaniment
CDs and are happy, especially with the tempos, or if
you have some you'd definitely avoid in the future,
I'd really like to know about them. I have a bunch of
auditions and gigs coming up (in places with no pianos
available) so I'm looking for alternatives.
Thanks,
Jennifer
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