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| 1. Unbewegte Laue Luft, Op. 57, No. 8 |
| 2. Ruhe Sussliebchen, Im Schatten, Op. 33, No. 9 |
| 3. Von Ewiger Liebe, Op. 43, No. 1 |
| 4. O Numi Eterni/Gia Superbo Del Mio Affano |
| 5. Ma Vol Forse Nel Cielo/I Suol Che Premme |
| 6. A Voi, Padre, Consorte/Gia Nel Seno Comincia Compir |
| 7. Trois Chansons De Bilitis |
| 8. Dans Un Bois Solitaire, K308 - 295b |
| 9. Als Luise Die Briefe Ihres Ungetreuen Liebhabers Verbrannte, K520 |
| 10. Aberndempfindung an Laura, K. 523 |
| 11. Eine Kleine Deutsche Kantate, K. 619 |
| 12. Son Nata a Lagrimar - Various Performers |
| 13. Deep River |
| 14. Calling You |
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In this overwhelmingly intense live recital, sensitively accompanied by Peter Serkin, she sings Brahms and Mozart lieder, Handel s dramatic cantata Lucrezia, Debussy s Chansons de Bilitis, and an almost unbearably moving account of the spiritual Deep River. It s hard to listen without weeping. --Rupert Christiansen, Daily Telegraph, 4 April 2009
This recital tells us all too poignantly what we have lost...Hunt Lieberson adjusts the consolatory timbre of her voice to the nature of song or aria with unfathomable intuition. --Michael Kennedy, Sunday Telegraph, 15 March 2009 *****
Recorded at the Ravinia Festival two years before her death, this recital of ecstatic, grave and elegant love songs is a testament to the late Lorraine Hunt Lieberson s interpretive intelligence. Accompanied by Peter Serkin and in Handel s duet Son nata a lagrimar by countertenor Drew Minter, Hunt Lieberson s intoxicating mezzo slides through several centuries of musical styles, closing the programme with Harry Thacker Burleigh s Deep River and the theme song to Baghdad Café . --Anna Picard, Independent on Sunday - Outstanding
This recital tells us all too poignantly what we have lost...Hunt Lieberson adjusts the consolatory timbre of her voice to the nature of song or aria with unfathomable intuition. --Michael Kennedy, Sunday Telegraph, 15 March 2009 *****
Recorded at the Ravinia Festival two years before her death, this recital of ecstatic, grave and elegant love songs is a testament to the late Lorraine Hunt Lieberson s interpretive intelligence. Accompanied by Peter Serkin and in Handel s duet Son nata a lagrimar by countertenor Drew Minter, Hunt Lieberson s intoxicating mezzo slides through several centuries of musical styles, closing the programme with Harry Thacker Burleigh s Deep River and the theme song to Baghdad Café . --Anna Picard, Independent on Sunday - Outstanding
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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful
By TURO V.
Format:Audio CD
What a disc! What a singer, what a repertoire and to finish with ther Bagdad Café song with such a fresh and light voice is out of this world!
If you like good singing, buy it! If you like Lorraine, is a must! But if you believe in angels and miracles (or even if you don't) this is a must!
Thanks Lorraine, thanks for everything you have given us so selfsihlessly!
If you like good singing, buy it! If you like Lorraine, is a must! But if you believe in angels and miracles (or even if you don't) this is a must!
Thanks Lorraine, thanks for everything you have given us so selfsihlessly!
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38 of 38 people found the following review helpful
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Another Treasure
20 Feb 2009
By Lois C. Fleming
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It's always bugged me that I missed hearing this Ravinia concert on August 5, 2004, since I live 20 minutes from the park. Now we have a recording of it, and what a great recital it is. Especially if you have other recordings of Lorraine singing some of the pieces she included in this program, you'll want this recording. She is in full control, vocally secure, and as passionate in singing about the varieties of love, as in her signature Glyndeborne Irene on the Theodora DVD. Her introductions to some of the pieces reveal a speaking voice as lovely as her singing.
The recording is very "present." At times I feel like I want to move away from the piano a bit - or close the lid. But the aliveness captures every nuance of Lorraine's vast array of emotional warmth, depth, passion and very self as she interprets each song. The duet from Handel's Julius Caesar with Drew Minter is noteworthy.
Please buy this CD to encourage more digging the archives for Hunt Lieberson treasures not yet released.
The recording is very "present." At times I feel like I want to move away from the piano a bit - or close the lid. But the aliveness captures every nuance of Lorraine's vast array of emotional warmth, depth, passion and very self as she interprets each song. The duet from Handel's Julius Caesar with Drew Minter is noteworthy.
Please buy this CD to encourage more digging the archives for Hunt Lieberson treasures not yet released.
21 of 21 people found the following review helpful
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A Voice That Captures The Spirituality Within The Words And The Music!
24 April 2009
By Raymond Vacchino
- Published on Amazon.com
Format:Audio CD
I discovered the radiance and sincerity of Lieberson's voice at a concert she gave in Amsterdam while I was visiting the city on my thirtieth birthday. It was an experience of revelation for me and one I have never forgotten.
This recording, "Recital at Ravinia", displays Lieberson's rare found ability to capture the spirituality within the words and the music. In the songs by Brahms she conveys the drama and passion with remarkable depth, heart-warming affection and richly expressive characterisation. Her approach to the works of Debussy reflect each songs withdrawn poetry and fantasy with an ease and delicacy that suggests, once more, a wholly exceptional artist fully at home in the composer's sound world.
The ear is welcomed to Handel and Mozart by Lieberson's intimate sound with sophisticated grading of dynamics, displays of bravura that deserve to be heard more often, and how important pianist Peter Serkin's arsenal is when Lieberson needs to showcase the dramatic elements of the text, and demonstrates virtuosic climaxes with absolute calculation. In the songs by Thacker, Burleigh and Telson, Lorraine's command of their varying musical styles conveys a sense of rich enterprise and inclusiveness from start to finish.
Throughout this recording Lieberson's wondrous artistic blessings are utilised. Elegantly tapered phrasing, effortless musical grace, dramatic passion, and all the imaginative freedom to concentrate fully on the heart of the music, makes one come away dazzled by the unique elan of these magnificent performances.
"The death of Lorraine Hunt Lieberson was a tragic loss to the world of the performing arts,thus making this recording one to be cherished and forever treasured."
Author: Raymond Vacchino M.Mus. (Classical Music Critic)
This recording, "Recital at Ravinia", displays Lieberson's rare found ability to capture the spirituality within the words and the music. In the songs by Brahms she conveys the drama and passion with remarkable depth, heart-warming affection and richly expressive characterisation. Her approach to the works of Debussy reflect each songs withdrawn poetry and fantasy with an ease and delicacy that suggests, once more, a wholly exceptional artist fully at home in the composer's sound world.
The ear is welcomed to Handel and Mozart by Lieberson's intimate sound with sophisticated grading of dynamics, displays of bravura that deserve to be heard more often, and how important pianist Peter Serkin's arsenal is when Lieberson needs to showcase the dramatic elements of the text, and demonstrates virtuosic climaxes with absolute calculation. In the songs by Thacker, Burleigh and Telson, Lorraine's command of their varying musical styles conveys a sense of rich enterprise and inclusiveness from start to finish.
Throughout this recording Lieberson's wondrous artistic blessings are utilised. Elegantly tapered phrasing, effortless musical grace, dramatic passion, and all the imaginative freedom to concentrate fully on the heart of the music, makes one come away dazzled by the unique elan of these magnificent performances.
"The death of Lorraine Hunt Lieberson was a tragic loss to the world of the performing arts,thus making this recording one to be cherished and forever treasured."
Author: Raymond Vacchino M.Mus. (Classical Music Critic)
12 of 12 people found the following review helpful
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A tragic mood hangs over this masterful recital
12 Feb 2010
By Santa Fe Listener
- Published on Amazon.com
Format:Audio CD
During the last years of her life, Lorraine Hunt Lieberson's singing, always touching and emotional, became heartrending. This recital from 2004 is particularly haunted. The selections are taken slowly, often very slowly, with maximum expression, as if the singer cannot help but cling to every phrase. At times, as in the Mozart group, the pacing is too broad and the emotion too wrenching for the material. At other times, as in the Brahms group, her deep feelings lead to transcendent music-making, the kind that is breathless and blissful at the same time. The two cantatas by Handel and Mozart find Hunt Lieberson in prime territory. They are given tragic resonance and highly romantic delivery.
But categories like classical and romantic are irrelevant. Everything here has a tragic resonance. Surely Hunt Lieberson herself felt this at the time. Peter Serkin's accompaniments are also unusually subdued. I found it difficult to get through the recital in one go. Every song stands on its own as an object lesson in perfect mastery, recalling the greatness of Christa Ludwig and Janet Baker. Hunt Lieberson was a more profound interpreter of Handel (and Bach) than either one, and the warm, ample voice remained amazingly well preserved through so much suffering. This CD is the most difficult to listen to among the treasures that have come out since Hunt Lieberson's death. One might be well advised to begin instead with "Lorraine Hunt Lieberson at Emmanuel," which is devoted to her sublime Baroque singing. To tell the truth, this incomparable artist, like Kathleen Ferrier, another doomed and beloved singer, left hardly a note behind that isn't magnificent. In both cases, it was the spiritual dimension that remains so memorable.
But categories like classical and romantic are irrelevant. Everything here has a tragic resonance. Surely Hunt Lieberson herself felt this at the time. Peter Serkin's accompaniments are also unusually subdued. I found it difficult to get through the recital in one go. Every song stands on its own as an object lesson in perfect mastery, recalling the greatness of Christa Ludwig and Janet Baker. Hunt Lieberson was a more profound interpreter of Handel (and Bach) than either one, and the warm, ample voice remained amazingly well preserved through so much suffering. This CD is the most difficult to listen to among the treasures that have come out since Hunt Lieberson's death. One might be well advised to begin instead with "Lorraine Hunt Lieberson at Emmanuel," which is devoted to her sublime Baroque singing. To tell the truth, this incomparable artist, like Kathleen Ferrier, another doomed and beloved singer, left hardly a note behind that isn't magnificent. In both cases, it was the spiritual dimension that remains so memorable.
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