All My Heart: Deborah Voigt Sings American Songs

Deborah Voigt - All My Heart: Deborah Voigt Sings American Songs

All My Heart: Deborah Voigt Sings American Songs
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Artist: Deborah Voigt
Composer: Charles Ives
Composer: Leonard Bernstein
Composer: Ben Moore
Composer: Charles Tomlinson Griffes
Composer: Amy Beach
Performer: Brian Zeger
Edition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2005-09-13
Music Label: Angel Records/EMI Classics
Soundtracks:
  1. The Side Show
  2. Two Little Flowers
  3. Down East
  4. The Circus Band
  5. Berceuse
  6. At The River
  7. The Children's Hour
  8. Piccola Serenata
  9. Greeting
  10. So Pretty
  11. In The Dark Pine-Wood
  12. The Ivy-Wife
  13. The Cloak, The Boat, And The Shoes
  14. I Am In Need Of Music
  15. To The Virgins To Make Much Of Time
  16. This Heart That Flutters
  17. Darkling, I Listen
  18. Bright Cap And Streamers
  19. The Half-Ring Moon
  20. Pierrot
  21. Cleopatra To The Asp
  22. Evening Song
  23. Ah, Love, But A Day
  24. I Send My Heart Up To Thee
  25. The Year's At The Spring

Music reviews of All My Heart: Deborah Voigt Sings American Songs

Music Review: Stellar Soprano Applies Her Considerable Talent to a Lightning-Quick, All-American Repertoire
Rating: 4 Stars

It's a shame that soprano Deborah Voigt hit her greatest notoriety last year for being fired by the Royal Opera House for being too fat for the title role of "Ariadne aux Naxos" by Richard Strauss. She subsequently lost eighty pounds but luckily none of her vocal prowess as can be heard to great effect on this intriguing collection of American songs, 25 in all and averaging a little over two minutes each. It would have seemed like a mismatch to apply her powerful voice - famous for her big Wagnerian roles - to sometimes delicate tunes. Voigt, however, confounds expectations with a surprisingly nuanced performance that showcases her interpretative skills on a diverse set of musical styles.

Similar to what countertenor David Daniels did with his 2003 disc with guitarist Craig Ogden, "A Quiet Thing", Voigt and pianist Brian Zeger have created a wide-ranging lyrical repertoire that encompasses significant vocal demands while remaining intimate in setting. In fact, both Daniels and Voigt cover Leonard Bernstein's anti-war lullaby, "So Pretty", with haunting aplomb. She also manages to dance effectively over the "Da-ga-da-ga-dums" of Bernstein's challenging "Piccola serenata". Voigt does wonders with the opening Charles Ives selections by not overplaying the innate sentiment of the tunes, in particular, soaring with the highly dramatic "The Children's Hour" by Longfellow and even covering the churchy warhorse, "At the River", with conviction.

There are eight highly individualistic songs by Ben Moore that stretch Voigt with bountiful results. The standouts of the Moore set are the English sea chantey-like "The Ivy-Wife" by Thomas Hardy, the lushly romantic "I Am in Need of Music" by Elizabeth Bishop; the sweeping "Darkling, I Listen" by John Keats; and the discordant waltz, "Bright Cap and Streamers", by James Joyce. For me, the highpoints of the recording are the last two sets by Charles Tomlinson Griffes and Amy Beach, both of whom tap impressively into Voigt's natural theatricality proven especially by her performances of Griffes's lush "Cleopatra to the Asp" and Bishop's rolling "I Send My Heart Up to Thee".

The one shortcoming of the recording overall is that the briefness of the songs does not really capitalize on Voigt's impressive dramatic capabilities in showcasing changes in characters she would have been allowed in her opera roles. For all the limitations it represents, this is a genuine recital album, and truly transcendent moments are fleeting at best especially given the variety of moods that need to be expressed in lightning-flash strokes. However, taken for the genre it represents, this is a stellar recording to appreciate a singer who is able to do more than Wagner and lose weight.
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