Anne Sofie von Otter - Lamenti (Monteverdi, Vivaldi, Purcell, Bertali, Legrenzi) / Goebel
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Edition: Music CDCD Release Date: 1999-09-14
Music Label: Archiv Produktion
Soundtracks:
- 'Con che soavita'
- 'Lamento della Regina d'Inghilterra'
- 'Il ballo del Gran Duca' Op. 16: 'Corrente Nona'
- Cantata 'Cessate, omai cessate'
- 'Lamento d'Arianna'
- 'Incassum, Lesbia, rogas'
- Ciaccona
- 'Oh solitude!'
Music reviews of Anne Sofie von Otter - Lamenti (Monteverdi, Vivaldi, Purcell, Bertali, Legrenzi) / Goebel
Music Review: Beauty for Its Sake; Van Otter, Goebel record a Paradigm
Rating: 5 Stars
Sumptuous. Absolutly. There isn't a single flaw in this CD. Van Otter is--Von Otter. She sings in the early style for this CD. Sometimes Mr. Goebel gets carried away with himself. I have found his CD's to be hits and misses. But on this CD Mr. Goebel splits the arrow already on the bullseye. Perhaps age and maturity have given Mr. Goebel the confiedence to hold back a bit and let the music grab the listener's attention rather than shake up the early music orchesta pit. This CD seduces you. Who would have thought such tenderness from one of the bad boys of the Early Music Movement. It is Goebel at his best: scholarship with musicianship. This CD must be saved from World War III. It is a fine example of the best of humans.
Description of Anne Sofie von Otter - Lamenti (Monteverdi, Vivaldi, Purcell, Bertali, Legrenzi) / Goebel
Many fans and at least a few writers call Anne Sofie von Otter the best mezzo-soprano in the world--period. While some of her earliest recording successes were in Bach and Monteverdi, it's her remarkable singing in mainstream concert works and operas from Mozart to Massenet to Mahler that made her world-famous. The music on this disc (mostly from the 17th century) is the oldest von Otter has done in a while--and dedicated early-music lovers might expect that her years in the opera house and recital hall have spoiled her voice for this repertory. (That seemed to be the case with her blustery, oversung Octavia in The Coronation of Poppea.)Well, the first 30 seconds of the breathtaking opening track, Monteverdi's "Con che soavit?," should allay those fears quite nicely. This is Emma Kirkby territory--von Otter sounds very different, of course, but every bit as convincing as Kirkby and arguably more sensuous. Similarly, in Vivaldi's cantata "Cessate, omai cessate," von Otter's virtuosity and fire give even Cecilia Bartoli a run for her money. (To these non-native ears, von Otter's Italian diction seems exemplary, as well.) She captures the intense yet dignified grief of the princess Ariadne in Monteverdi's Lamento d'Arianna and the pensive eloquence of Purcell's "O Solitude" equally well. Yet she never fails to blend with the period instruments (exquisitely played by lutenist Jakob Lindberg and Musica Antiqua K?ln) and never overwhelms the music. (Her embellishments sound very apt--if not very spontaneous--as well.) This is probably the best solo recording von Otter has ever made--and that's saying a lot. Let it never be said again that this tall, blonde Swede is a cool and dispassionate artist. --Matthew Westphal
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