Jason Danieley, Marin Mazzie - Opposite You
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Artist: Jason Danieley, Marin MazzieEdition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2005-11-08
Music Label: P.S. Classics
Soundtracks:
- Honeysuckle Rose
- Harold Arlen Songs (Come Rain or Come Shine, When the Sun Comes Out, Stormy Weather, That Old Black Magic)
- I Want You to Be...
- I Got Lost in His Arms/Who Are You Now?
- Contrapuntal Berlin (Simple Melody, An Old Fashioned Wedding, YouÂ?re Just in Love)
- A Sorta Love Song
- I WonÂ?t Send Roses
- The Aba Daba Honeymoon
- Nellie the Nudist Queen
- The Natural Order of Things
- -15. Stephen Sondheim Suite (Happiness, Good Thing Going, Too Many Mornings, Not a Day Goes By, Move On)
- Opposite You
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Music Review: "I won't send roses."
Rating: 4 Stars
Though Danieley is a huge success in Curtains, and Mazzie is a major star in Spamalot, this CD of them together is uneven, and ultimately a disappointment. Their voices just don't "go together." Mazzie has a huge soprano voice, and her strong vibrato, which often sets off a song beautifully on the stage, sounds fuzzy here, as if she is singing "between the notes." Since she is singing the harmony much of the time and Danieley is singing melody (more quietly), this becomes a problem, as her strong vibrato makes the melody hard to hear and follow. I found myself wondering what the songs would have been like if Danieley had sung the harmony to Mazzie's melody.
Still there's loads of energy here for those who love these stars, and there are some great solos. Danieley shows off his smart humor in the solo "I Want You to Be," a hilarious, staccato song in which he addresses his lover, saying "I want you to be the mother of the children I'm not sure I want to have, I want you to be the loving wife I come home to, if I do..." His impeccable diction and control of vibrato make this a delightful take on whether to get married.
Irving Berlin's "I Got Lost in His Arms" is a lovely solo by Mazzie, though she tends to sing it in full voice, when subtlety might have added to the mood. Since that song is paired with "Who Are You Now" (Jule Styne and BobMerill), she has a chance to show all her talents. The most enjoyable duet track is "Contrapuntal Berlin," which combines "Simple Melody," sung by Mazzie with "An Old Fashioned Wedding" sung by Danieley, and "You're Just in Love," in which they sing in counterpoint. "Abba-Dabba Honeymoon" is another terrific song.
Perhaps it was the choice of songs, perhaps it was the arrangements, perhaps it was the mixing, or a combination of all, but these two huge voices just did not blend effectively on many songs, especially the slow ones, nor did they offer new interpretations of these standards. The really fast songs are fun to hear, but the CD is too loud, the melody is not always clear, and neither star is shown off to his/her best. They both deserved better. n Mary Whipple
Description of Opposite You
Fans of married couple Marin Mazzie and Jason Danieley have long wondered when the mellifluous-voiced Broadway stars might sing together on an album. "Opposite You," expanded from their acclaimed evening of duets, is the answer to those prayers, celebrating Broadway duets from Berlin to Arlen to Sondheim.Broadway & Vocalists CDs
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