News Source: ITN
| 6 months ago
An album recorded by a military band in a sweltering tent in Iraq has won a Classical Brit, beating Katherine Jenkins and Andrea Bocelli to the prize. Spirit Of The Glen: Journey was named album of the year at the glittering event at the Royal Albert...
News Source: Uinta County News
| 6 months ago
May 15 2009 Donna Watson Iraq war zone pipers win top Classical Brits award The Royal Scots Dragoon Guards have won album of the year at the Classical Brit Awards for a record they made in an Iraqi war zone. Spirit of the Glen: Journey was recorded...
News Source: The Independent
| 6 months ago
Trumpeter Alison Balsom become the first Brit to win female artist of the year An album recorded in sweltering conditions on a British air base in Basra has scooped one of classical music's top prizes at last night's Classical Brit Awards. The...
News Source: The Scotsman
| 6 months ago
Journey, with 15 tracks of pipe and drum tunes performed by the Royal Scots Dragoon Guards, was named album of the year at the Classical Brit awards at the Royal Albert Hall, last night. Basra, Iraq, beat albums by acts including Andrea Bocelli,...
News Source: ITN
| 6 months ago
Legendary opera singer Jose Carreras received a lifetime achievement award from the Duchess of Cornwall at the Classical Brits. The Spanish singer, who became a household name as part of the Three Tenors with Palcido Domingo and the late Luciano...
News Source: The Guardian
| 6 months ago
It was not just the 50-degree heat in Basra that made the album difficult: it was the rather more pressing threat of a rocket attack. Last night soldiers from the Royal Scots Dragoon Guards became the first non-professional musicians to win a...