David Daniels - Serenade
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Edition: Music CDCD Release Date: 2000-06-06
Music Label: EMI Classics
Soundtracks:
- Adelaide Op.46
- Der Tod Und Das Madchen D531
- Auf Dem Wasser Zu Singen D774
- Nacht Und Traume D827
- Adelaide D95
- Selve Amiche, Ombrose Piante
- O Del Mio Dolce Ardor
- Intorno All'idol Mio
- Pur Dicesti, O Bocca Bella
- L'Absent
- Ou Voulez-Vous Aller?
- Absence
- Ser
- Orpheus With His Lute
- Linden Lea
- Hands, Eyes And Heart
- C'est Ainsi Que Tu Es FP 121 (Metamorphoses No.2)
- Priez Pour Paix FP 95
- La Belle Jeunesse FP 42 (Chansons Gaillardes No.7)
- Sweeter Than Roses
- I'll Sail Upon The Dog Star
- Evening Hymn
Music reviews of David Daniels - Serenade
Music Review: Follow the Leider...For He Is David Daniels
Rating: 5 Stars
Countertenor David Daniels takes a breather from his beloved Handel arias this time around for a recording of sheer beauty and most often tranquility, all the more surprising given the wide variety of tempos and international breadth of the program spanning five centuries. German leider from Beethoven and Schubert sits alongside Italian baroque songs followed by alternating French and English art songs. The 22 selections, once again reflecting his consummate musical taste, require him to sing in four different languages, and this South Carolina-born and -bred singer handles the daunting task with complete ease.
The result is a seamless recital, and the disc flows like an unfolding dream starting with Beethoven's enchanting "Adelaide". Schubert's "Naucht and Traume" highlights the purity of his tone and is as perfectly performed as any of his most moving opera arias. The Gounod pieces, especially "L'Absent" and the title track, have a sonorous quality that feel very much like lullabies, the sole exception being the lively "Ou voulez-vous aller?". Poulenc's "La belle Jeunesse" continues along this vein, a whirling dervish of a number referred in the accompanying booklet as an "invitation to debauchery". But these tracks are more the exception as Daniels achieves a lovely sense of vocal beatitude throughout.
The standout tracks have to be the three beautiful and somewhat more contemporary-sounding Vaughan Williams songs capped off by "Hands, eyes and heart", short and poignant, it is my favorite moment on this recording. The Renaissance-era Purcell selections provide the appropriate ending though, in particular, "Evening Hymn" sparked by the growing melismas on the hallelujahs. Whether he exhibits an astounding vibrato or the purest of tones, the man knows how to use his incredibly flexible voice and apply it intelligently to each song. Martin Katz accompanies with great precision and completely recognizes the individual style each song requires. It makes for a perfect pairing between singer and piano. This is a recording to treasure.
Description of David Daniels - Serenade
It's a truism by now that countertenors have made a notable comeback in our time, but David Daniels--Amazon.com's Opera & Vocal Artist of 2000--isn't about to rest on his laurels. As if his recent successes weren't enough to set him apart, on this recital album Daniels forays beyond the countertenor's stereotypical domain of the baroque to interpret lieder of Beethoven and Schubert, as well as French mélodies and Vaughan Williams. A stunningly beautiful disc. --Thomas MayClassical CDs
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