Music (Madonna album) Music (Madonna album) Music is the eighth studio album by American singer Madonna, released on September 18, 2000 by Maverick and Warner Bros. Records. Following the success of her previous album "Ray of Light" (1998), she intended to embark on a tour. However, her record company encouraged her to return to the studio and record new music before going on the road. Her collaboration with producers Mirwais Ahmadzaï and William Orbit resulted a more experimental direction for the album. "Music" has an overall dance-pop and electronica vibe, with influences from rock, country and folk. The album was mostly recorded at
Helen Lawrence (opera singer) absent from many a singer on the international scene” BBC Music Magazine, January 2001 Her last recital, of Russian song-settings of Pushkin, was released on the Beulah label in 2000 as a double CD album together with a re-issue of a 1979 recital of soprano operatic arias, entitled Portrait of an Artist. Helen Lawrence (opera singer) Helen Lawrence, whose grandparents came from Russia, was born in London and studied at the Royal Academy of Music and in Italy. Her singing teacher in Milan was Adelaide Saraceni who had been one of the stars of the Toscanini seasons at La Scala