Songs by Mahler, Handel & Peter Lieberson
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Composer: Johannes BrahmsComposer: George Frederick Handel
Composer: Peter Lieberson
Composer: Gustav Mahler
Composer: Spoken Word
Composer: Spiritual Traditional
Performer: Lorraine Hunt Lieberson
Performer: Roger Vignoles
Edition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2007-04-10
Music Label: Wigmore Hall Live
Soundtracks:
- Ich atmet' einen linden Duft
- Blicke mir nicht in die Lieder
- Liebst du um Sch?nheit
- Um Mitternacht
- Ich bin der Welt abhanden gekommen
- E vivo ancore...Scherza infida
- As with rosy steps
- O ihr Z?rtlichen
- Stiller Freund
- Triraksha's aria
Music reviews of Songs by Mahler, Handel & Peter Lieberson
Music Review: it was a gift
Rating: 5 Stars
Sorry -- I gave this as a Xmas present, so I have no idea if it's good!
Description of Songs by Mahler, Handel & Peter Lieberson
We are indebted to Wigmore Hall for preserving this 1998 recital by the great, beloved mezzo-soprano Lorraine Hunt Lieberson, who was tragically taken from us in 2006. Now that her recordings are all we have left, this one is particularly valuable: it captures the vibrant immediacy of a live performance. The concentrated, spellbound silence of the audience is like a tangible presence. It also captures the incomparable beauty of Hunt Lieberson's voice: a dark alto in the low register, a warm mezzo in mid-range, crowned by a radiant top. Seamless, focused, and pure, she could make it float ethereally or glow with intensity; her intonation and breath-control were impeccable. The program illustrates the breadth of her repertoire. Baroque opera was among her specialties, and the record includes two slow Handel arias, one a lament, one a prayer. She carries the influence of the bel canto style and its tendency to swell notes with delayed vibrato over into the Five Mahler Songs on R?ckert poems, making them sound a bit fussy and calculated, particularly the first and last, which are extremely slow. In the fourth, however, the initial despair and final heroic resignation come out beautifully. In both these groups, one misses the orchestra, especially because the pianist, an admirable, empathetic partner, sounds distant and subdued. The program ends with works by her husband, Peter Lieberson: two songs on Rilke poems and an aria from the opera Ashoka's Dream. No composer could wish for a more persuasive advocate. She brings out their majesty, passion, and inward expressiveness with total identification. As encores, the spiritual "Deep River," the first verse in the low register, the second an octave higher, is deeply devout; Brahms' "Unbewegte laue Luft" starts softly and ends in a burst of glory. --Edith EislerGeneral CDs
- Styles > Classical
- Featured Composers, A-Z > ( B ) > Brahms, Johannes
- ( M ) > Mahler, Gustav
- Historical Periods > Baroque (c.1600-1750) > General
- Romantic (c.1820-1910) > Forms & Genres > Chamber Music
- Vocal & Song
- Opera & Vocal > General
- Historical Periods > Baroque (c.1600-1750)
- Modern & 20th Century
- Languages > English
- Italian
- Oratorios
- Vocal Non-Opera > Oratorios
- Brahms, Johannes - Works by Brahms
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