Klaus Döring's Classical Music/Klaus Döring's Klassische Musik

... not Adele Unborn babies prefer Mozart to Adele, say doctors.  Picture: Getty By Maddy Shaw Roberts, ClassicFM London 0 A new study has found foetuses prefer listening to classical music over contemporary pop songs. Research  by fertility doctors shows that overall, babies prefer listening to classical music than pop songs in the womb. Beethoven’s ‘Ode to Joy’ from his Symphony No. 9 and Bach’s Sonata for flute, among others, elicited the happiest responses. Read more: Does playing Mozart to your unborn baby really make it smarter? Meanwhile, songs like Adele’s ‘Someone Like You’ and Queen’s ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ saw the lowest level of response. Scientists at the Institute Marques in Barcelona studied the mouth and tongue movements of over 300 unborn babies, aged between 18 and 38 weeks. The foetuses were exposed to a range of 15 songs which fell into the following categories: classical, traditional world mu...

Fact: Beyoncé is actually an insanely good operatic mezzo-soprano in disguise By Daniel Ross, ClassicFM London 0 Beyoncé Knowles is an uncompromising vocal actress who has been using operatic techniques throughout her career - and this is how she does it. When we think of Beyoncé, we think of the voice. Pure, powerful, aggressive when necessary and plaintive when wounded. This is not a revelation - people have been nuts over her voice for years.  What’s surprising is that, whether she’s conscious of it or not, Beyoncé’s voice is an almost perfect opera soprano - it’s just that she’d probably never use it for opera. Let’s take a look at some examples of how Bey’s voice actually has its roots in the classical tradition: Character One of Beyoncé’s strongest traits is her commitment to character. No matter the size of the venue, she maximises every emotional gesture, and not just in her voice. She’s playing to every seat in th...