Ron Chaplin wrote:

>Has anyone heard CHARLOTTE CHURCH - VOICE OF AN ANGEL? According to the
>February BBC Music Magazine, this CD is number 1 on the magazine's
>Classical CD Chart.

In case anyone is unaware of this new phenomenon in our midst, Charlotte
Church is a soprano who was disccovered on a TV talk show "phone-in" talent
contest here in Britain.  After making quite an impression, she was taken
up by a record company and has appeared a lot on TV whilst her CD has
rocketed to the top of the charts.  What's so unusual about her? Well,
Charlotte Church is only 12-years-old.  There have been some articles
pointing out that such a good voice as she clearly has should be being
trained and preserved for later, not flogged to death at a time when her
body is still developing.  My own feeling is that, like David Helfgott
for different reasons, the musical value of what she does is debatable.

Tony Duggan
Staffordshire,
United Kingdom.