Forgotten Songs: Dawn Upshaw Sings Debussy

Forgotten Songs: Dawn Upshaw Sings Debussy

Forgotten Songs: Dawn Upshaw Sings Debussy
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Composer: Claude Debussy
Performer: James Levine
Performer: Dawn Upshaw
Edition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 1997-03-18
Music Label: Sony
Soundtracks:
  1. Vasnier Songbook: I. Pantomime
  2. Vasnier Songbook: II. Calmes dans le demi-jour (En sourdine)
  3. Vasnier Songbook: III. Mandoline
  4. Vasnier Songbook: IV. Clair de lune
  5. Vasnier Songbook: Fantoches
  6. Vasnier Songbook: VI. Coquetterie posthume
  7. Vasnier Songbook: VII. Romance - Silence ineffable
  8. Vasnier Songbook: VIII. Musique
  9. Vasnier Songbook: X. Paysage sentimental
  10. Vasnier Songbook: X. Romance - Voici que le printemps
  11. Vasnier Songbook: XI. La Romance d'Ariel
  12. Vasnier Songbook: XII. Regret
  13. Forgotten Melodies: I. C'est l'extase langoureuse
  14. Forgotten Melodies: II. Il pleure dans mon coeur
  15. Forgotten Melodies: III. L'ombre des arbres
  16. Forgotten Melodies: IV. Chevaux de bois
  17. Forgotten Melodies: V. Green (Aquarelle)
  18. Forgotten Melodies: VI. Spleen (Aquarelle)
  19. Five Poems Of Charles Baudelaire: I. Le Balcon
  20. Five Poems Of Charles Baudelaire: II. Harmonie du soir
  21. Five Poems Of Charles Baudelaire: III. Le Jet d'eau
  22. Five Poems Of Charles Baudelaire: IV. Recueillement
  23. Five Poems Of Charles Baudelaire: V. La Mort des amants

Music reviews of Forgotten Songs: Dawn Upshaw Sings Debussy

Music Review: Not quite perfection, but not be be forgotten, either
Rating: 4 Stars

I had the fun of playing the accompaniment once to some of the songs in this cycle with a friend-soprano. That gave me a real appreciation for what musical intricacies are in this song cycle. Debussy was a master composer who didn't let the piano languish doing upty-oomps while the singer roars all over the staves. Instead, Debussy weaves the singer and piano in a sort of pas-de-deux, letting each musician shine and add color the music while creating a true duo, challenging each musician to play to his or her utmost ability.

Sadly, Dawn Upshaw, who has a great voice, seems to be trying to temper her power and warm tone to accommodate the delicacy of Debussy's miniatures. It seems to be a mismatch which frankly surprised me. I thought if anyone had the flexibility and drama to do the "Forgotten Songs" it would have been Upshaw. But for whatever reason, the recording is slightly unfulfilling. A few songs ("Mandoline", "Balcon") are completely satisfying, but on the whole, this is not a one-hundred percent triumph. Perhaps Upshaw is more suited to a long, endurance work of increasingly soaring tones such as her recording of Gorecki's Third Symphony, where she is unsurpassed. I have not heard her do Strauss, but I'll bet she does it well, as I think her voice is more suited to that composer than here with Debussy.

I had no real problems with Levine's piano work, but sometimes it seems bit flat in dynamics. Levine is, however, well suited here to adapt his playing to fit a singer, since his "day job" is conducting opera.

Still, not that many singers have chosen to record these pretty litte songs, so I do play this CD often and with enjoyment.

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