Sings Schubert

On this CD:

1. An die Nachtigall ("Er liegt und schläft"), song for voice & piano, D. 497 (Op. 98/1)
Composed by Franz Schubert
Performed by George Reeves, Elisabeth Schumann

2. Die Forelle ("In einem Bächlein helle"), song for voice & piano, D. 550 (Op. 32)
Composed by Franz Schubert
Performed by George Reeves, Elisabeth Schumann

3. Ellens Gesang III ("Ave Maria"), song for voice & piano, D. 839 (Op. 52/6)
Composed by Franz Schubert
Performed by Elisabeth Schumann
Conducted by Leo Rosenek

4. An die Musik ("Du holde Kunst..."), song for voice & piano, D. 547 (Op. 88/4)
Composed by Franz Schubert
Performed by Gerald Martin Moore, Elisabeth Schumann

5. Auf dem Wasser zu singen ("Mitten im Schimmer der spiegelnden Wellen"), song for voice & piano, D. 774 (Op. 72)
Composed by Franz Schubert
Performed by Elizabeth Coleman, Elisabeth Schumann

6. Des Fischers Liebesglück ("Dort blinket durch Weiden"), song for voice & piano, D. 933
Composed by Franz Schubert
Performed by Gerald Martin Moore, Elisabeth Schumann

7. Der Musensohn ("Durch Feld und Wald zu schweifen"), song for voice & piano, D. 764 (Op. 92/1)
Composed by Franz Schubert
Performed by Gerald Martin Moore, Elisabeth Schumann

8. Fischerweise ("Den Fischer fechten Sorgen"), song for voice & piano, D. 881 (Op. 96/4)
Composed by Franz Schubert
Performed by Gerald Martin Moore, Elisabeth Schumann

9. Gretchen am Spinnrade ("Meine Ruh'..."), song for voice & piano, D. 118 (Op. 2)
Composed by Franz Schubert
Performed by Gerald Martin Moore, Elisabeth Schumann

10. Schwanengesang (Swan Song), song cycle for voice & piano, D. 957
Composed by Franz Schubert
Performed by Gerald Martin Moore, Elisabeth Schumann

11. Nacht und Träume (Heil'ge Nacht, du sinkest nieder!"), song for voice & piano, D. 827 (Op. 43/2)
Composed by Franz Schubert
Performed by Gerald Martin Moore, Elisabeth Schumann

12. Seligkeit ("Freuden sonder Zahl"), song for voice & piano ("Minnelied"), D. 433
Composed by Franz Schubert
Performed by Gerald Martin Moore, Elisabeth Schumann

13. Nähe des Geliebten ("Ich denke dein"), song for voice & piano (two versions), D. 162 (Op. 5/2)
Composed by Franz Schubert
Performed by Gerald Martin Moore, Elisabeth Schumann

14. Winterreise, song cycle for voice & piano, D. 911 (Op. 89)
Composed by Franz Schubert
Performed by Gerald Martin Moore, Elisabeth Schumann

15. Der Einsame ("Wenn meine Grillen schwirren"), song for voice & piano, D. 800 (Op. 41)
Composed by Franz Schubert
Performed by Gerald Martin Moore, Elisabeth Schumann

16. Nachtviolen, song for voice & piano, D. 752
Composed by Franz Schubert
Performed by Leo Rosenek, Elisabeth Schumann

17. An die Geliebte ("O, dass ich dir vom stillen Augen"), song for voice & piano, D. 303
Composed by Franz Schubert
Performed by Leo Rosenek, Elisabeth Schumann

18. Wiegenlied ("Schlafe, schlafe, holder süsser Knabe"), song for voice & piano ("Mille Cherubini in Coro"), D. 498 (Op. 98/2)
Composed by Franz Schubert
Performed by George Reeves, Elisabeth Schumann

19. Der Schmetterling ("Wie soll ich nicht tanzen"), song for voice & piano, D. 633 (Op. 57/1)
Composed by Franz Schubert
Performed by George Reeves, Elisabeth Schumann

20. Die schöne Müllerin, song cycle, for voice & piano, D. 795 (Op. 25)
Composed by Franz Schubert
Performed by George Reeves, Elisabeth Schumann

21. Der Jüngling und der Tod ("Die Sonne sinkt"), song for voice & piano (two versions), D. 545
Composed by Franz Schubert
Performed by Leo Rosenek, Elisabeth Schumann

22. Das Heimweh ("Oft in einsam stillen Stunden"), song for voice & piano, D. 456
Composed by Franz Schubert
Performed by Leo Rosenek, Elisabeth Schumann

23. Dass sie hier gewesen ("Dass der Ostwind..."), song for voice & piano, D. 775 (Op. 59/3)
Composed by Franz Schubert
Performed by Gerald Martin Moore, Elisabeth Schumann

24. Rosamunde, Fürstin von Cypern, incidental music, D. 797 (Op. 26)
Composed by Franz Schubert
Performed by Gerald Martin Moore, Elisabeth Schumann

25. Die junge Nonne ("Wie braust durch die Wipfel"), song for voice & piano, D. 828 (Op. 43/1)
Composed by Franz Schubert
Performed by Gerald Martin Moore, Elisabeth Schumann

Tracks:

Quand Je Vous Aimerai? L'amour Est Un Oiseau Rebelle (Habanera)
Pres Des Ramparts De Seville (Seguidilla)
Porgi, Amor, Qualche Ristoro
E Susanna Non Vien! ... Dove Sono I Bei Momenti
Regina Coeli Laetare ... Inneggiamo, Il Signor Non E Morto (Easter Hymn)
Thy Hand Belinda ... When I Am Laid In Earth
Cacilie, Op. 27 No. 2
Wiegenlied
Villanelle (No. 1)
Standchen
Ave Maria
Amazing Grace
Somewhere
With A Song In My Heart
O Holy Night
Panis Angelicus
Mild Und Leise (Isoldes Liebestod)

Customer Reviews:

wonderful.......2007-04-04

This record is wonderful; simply Jessye Norman. What else can I say: loved it!

Favorite Soprano: Gorgeous Dramatic Voice.......2006-11-05

The first time I ever heard Jessye Norman sing was a recording of Dich Teure Halle from Wagner's Tannhauser, and I was immediately enchanted. She has a gorgeous ringing tone and powerful voice. However, she can also bring her voice to a delicate sweetness that other dramatic sopranos find difficult. This album is put together particularly well. I love her Carmen and Isolde here, but I cannot stop listening to the other songs either, the non-operatic ones included. This my favorite CD, and I would definitely reccomend it to anyone considering the purchase.

Amazing.... if you get it somewhere else.......2006-05-28

I got it for HKD $69 in HKV in Hong Kong (which is around 8.70USD)

A MUST HAVE..........2006-02-09

The American soprano Jessye Norman was born in Augusta, Georgia (the segregated South) on September 15, 1945 in a family of amateur musicians; her mother a pianist, her father a singer in a local choir.

Norman received a scholarship to Howard University (a historically black university in Washington, D.C.) -NOT INDIANA-, graduating in 1967 with a degree in music. The following year, she won the ARD International Music Competition in Munich. She made her operatic debut in 1969 as Elisabeth in Richard Wagner's Tannhäuser at the Berlin State Opera, and in subsequent years performed with various German and Italian opera companies. She returned to the US to make her professional concert debut at Lincoln Center in 1973.

Amazing Voice.......2005-07-06

Jessye Norman has possibly the greatest voice I have ever heard. Being a bass/baritone, I usually shy away from higher voices (especially tenors), but I find this soprano to be flooring. For being a classicaly trained vocalist (she attended Indiana University) Ms. Norman has an incredibly versatile voice. In this album alone, she sings broad French arias, light Mozart, spirituals, and Broadway. Each is done superbly. Out of every track, her rendition of "Ave Maria" is my favorite. She sings it so tenderly and intimately, it is like she is singing it directly in front of you. You will be moved, certainly.

I suggest this CD to everyone, a fan of classical music or not. It is important for everyone to have these songs to relax, calm down, or to just listen to. You would not regret it.

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Excellent Voice, Cheap Music
You are all idiots
Bryn Terfel, the Magnificent, sings 'Something for Everyone'
Bryn Terfel's voice is magnificent, this album superb.
Popular favorites sung by a fine concert baritone-bass

Bryn Terfel Sings Favorites

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ASIN: B0000AP6HI
Release Date: 2003-10-14

Tracks:

Couplets: 'Votre Toast Je Peu Vous Le Rendre' (Toreador Song)
Shenandoah
Bugeillio'r Gwenith Gwyn
'C'etait Le Soir' - 'Aufondu Du Temple Saint'
The Lord Is My Shepherd
Danny Boy
Bella Notte
Goin' Home
Swing Low, Sweet Chariot
Home Sweet Home
Ave Maria D 839
Il Mio Cure Va
At The River
None But The Lonley Heart
If I Can Help Somebody
Wiegenlied
Abide With Me
Lazybones

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The title of this CD tells it all. Here is one popular classic after another, some folk or traditional, some operatic, some religious or inspirational, some pop. The result in the throat/mind/sensibility of any other singer might be soupy, sappy, or simply uninteresting, but Bryn Terfel--he of the rolling bass-baritone voice who can smoothly deliver notes and phrases at any dynamic level--turns this generous, somewhat sentimental recital into something beautiful and special. After a rousing "Toreador Song" from Carmen, sung with just the right weight (most baritones find it too low, most basses too high) comes a ravishing version of "Shenandoah"; a fine Welsh song is followed by the stunning duet from Bizet's The Pearl Fishers, with Andrea Bocelli singing the tenor part gleamingly and Terfel considerately underplaying his hand. And so it continues through Brahms' Lullaby and Schubert's Ave Maria; the "Love Theme from Titanic" sung with great restraint; renditions of "Danny Boy" and "Home Sweet Home" which are just beautiful; the spirituals "Swing Low, Sweet Chariot" and "At the River," slightly anachronistic but still effective; the gluey "If I Can Help Somebody"; and a few more. It's amazing that Terfel can bring such variety to material which is temperamentally so similar. Some of the arrangements are a bit sticky and overdone, but overall, this disc is a beauty for all seasons. It will make a lovely gift to music lovers of all types. --Robert Levine

Customer Reviews:

Excellent Voice, Cheap Music.......2006-04-27

Bryn Terfel sings everything beautifully. The difficulty with this CD is that some of the music is extremely tawdry.
"The Lord is My Shepherd" and "Abide With Me" are very nicely sung, although the arrangements (like almost all hymn arrangements) leave a good bit to be desired.
The big surprise was to hear him sing "Lazybones" to perfection.
But on the whole it is far better to hear him sing music whose quality matches that of his voice.

You are all idiots.......2006-04-04

Bryn is aweful. This CD is horrific. Listen to real opera you morons. Listening to Bryn is like pouring sugar down your throat until you vomit. Does anyone know what an "operatic baritone" really sounds like. Bryn is the emproer with no clothes and you all are fools.

Bryn Terfel, the Magnificent, sings 'Something for Everyone'.......2005-06-28

Surely one of the most beautiful baritone voices on the opera stage and in the recital hall today is that of Welshman Bryn Terfel. He is one of those rare artists who has a magnificent voice, intense musicality, and magical stage presence. Terfel could sing the telephone book and make it beautiful.

And sadly that is what this album resembles: the choice of songs and the arrangements and friends with whom he elects to perform raises some concern about his artistic integrity. Having purchased this CD based on hearing 'Toreador Song' from 'Carmen' - clearly the finest, most highly nuanced performance of this famous aria ever sung! - this listener expected a concert of similar arias. Wrong! This is like a summer night at Hollywood Bowl with bits and pieces of all manner of songs, some tasteful, others less so, but whatever Terfel sings it is good to hear his voice.

Some of the more successful tracks include 'Shenandoah', 'Danny Boy', Brahms' 'Lullaby', and a Welsh tune 'Bugeilio'r Gwenith Gwyn' sung in Welsh. But then Terfel opts to sing Tchaikovsky's 'None but the lonely heart' in English rather than Russian, a Disney song (from Lady and the Tramp) in Italian, and for some reason includes duets with a soprano by the sole name of Sissel ('Ave Maria'), an awful pairing with Andrea Bocelli for The Pearl Fishers duet (terrible to compare these two polarized voices!), and some choral and jazz ditties. Whew!

If you can get past the pick and save repertoire here and just relax with Terfel's artistry you are in for a treat. Not for the purists, but definitely a find for the 'crossover crowd'. Grady Harp, June 05

Bryn Terfel's voice is magnificent, this album superb........2005-05-05

I am hoping every possible purchaser of this album will read this review. Bryn Terfel is a singer whose voice has been touched by God. Rich, powerful, masculine, elegant, emotionally moving. His taste in music is varied and wonderful. I listen to him more often than any other vocalist in my vast vocal music collection. Therefore, I get more value out of his CD's than any other I own. If you love great vocal music sung by one of the greatest baritones of all time, buy this CD immediately. It will quickly become one of your treasured favorites. And Mr. Terfel, please know that your voice touches people all around the world. Thank you for the great music and inspiration, Sir.

Popular favorites sung by a fine concert baritone-bass.......2005-04-20

First of all, we have to recognize that Bryn Terfel is one helluva fine concert/operatic baritone with a huge, powerful, and beautiful voice. (I think any other assessment must be based on nit-picking and misses the forest for the trees.)

In the present program we may wonder whether Terfel's particular (and enormous) talent is well matched to the popular selections chosen. Overall, I say yes: Terfel gives fine and generally convincing performances of this widely varied program--and there are precious few (if any) who could do better.

Let's take a look at what's here:

On the famous toreador song from Bizet's "Carmen" Terfel gives a very fine, operatic rendition of the bull-fighter's swaggering, macho aria. His diction in French is faultless and his singing style unreproachable. What more do you want?

In "Shenandoah" Terfel takes on an American folksong, and here is hardly in his home territory. He sings it well, as a concert artist, and perhaps a bit more dramatically than necessary. His pronunciation of American English is very good--except that he's deceived by the "ss" in Missouri and does not give us the "z" sound which every American would. The use of the pipes by Neil Martin adds a lovely, wistful touch to this sentimental bit of lovesick nostagia.

The tender Welsh lovesong is sung in a fine concertish style, but manages to be quite intimate and convincing anyway. Terfel's pronunciation of the (South Wales?) language is perfect, as far as I can detect, and should probably not be taken for granted in this day when English dominates. The harp--mainstay of Welsh folk music--is welcome here as played by the expert fingers of Catrin Finch.

Bizet's well-known Pearl Fishers' duet is operatic territory, and Terfel shines here. Bocelli offers a warm and appealing, though smaller, tenor voice to the combination and the two do a good job overall. Terfel's French is again impeccable.

The lovely setting of the 23rd psalm by Goodall is a welcome bit of church music and the soloist-with-chorus arrangement puts Terfel into a familiar idiom, which he--and the London Voices--make the most of. It's a fine performance and will remind listeners of "The Vicar of Dibley" program on PBS, for which the hymn serves as themesong.

Danny Boy was, I believe, originally in English, though it is one of the best-loved Irish folksongs, so we can't fault Terfel for not singing it in Irish. He sings it well, in spite of its demanding range, and communicates the sad and longing tenderness a father feels for his son about to go off to battle. Terfel's sweet, pianissimo ending is gorgeous, impressive, and most apt.

I don't particularly like the song "Bella Notte," so I won't say much, except that it seems well presented. "Going Home" is performed as a concert piece which owes much more to Dvorak than to the Afro-American spiritual from which it is reportedly derived. Even so, Terfel manages a quite convincing southern American dialect. In the same mood, more or less, we get the spiritual "Swing Low, Sweet Chariot," which Terfel and the London Voices bring off well, though not at all in the way a Black church choir would do it.

I won't take space to describe each of the following tracks, as I think the foregoing gives a pretty good idea of what to expect. The folksongs are not what a purist might want in the way of homespun simplicity--they are prettied up in artistic renditions. The concert pieces are very well done and leave little to be desired.

I will comment on only two more: I was not overly happy with the Brahms lullaby ("Wiegenlied"), because it is a bit too dramatic and artsy in style where it should be utterly simple. Still, we have to give T. credit for his excellent German pronunciation and his fine, if not cribside, style of singing.

In "Lazybones" Terfel gives us a thoroughly charming and delightfully bluesy performance of a Hoagy Carmichael song. Against all odds, it shows a warm understanding and affection for this idiom so alien to the hills and valleys of T's Welsh home. I defy anyone not to be charmed and delighted by this piece.

A strong commendation is in order for Chris Hazell's remarkably fine arrangements of most of these works, and the excellence of the performances by the accompanying groups. This is a musically first-class production!

The liner notes are generous, with song texts and photos of the participants in this recording. It is definitely up to Deutsche Grammophon's high standards!

If you like the pieces presented here and would like to hear them performed beautifully by first-class artists in fine arrangements, you should get this recording. With over 74 minutes of music, you'll be getting your money's worth several times over!

For the First Time/Mario Lanza Sings Caruso Favorites

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Impressive performances from Lanza's final years

For the First Time/Mario Lanza Sings Caruso Favorites

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ASIN: B00005B523
Release Date: 2001-05-08

Tracks:

Come Prima
Tarantella
O Sole Mio
Neapolitan Dance
Hofbrauhaus Song (Wir Einmal Nur in Munchen War]
O, Mon Amour (Je Nen Connais Pas la Fin)
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Pineapple Pickers
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Aida: Act I
Ich Liebe Dich (I Love Thee)
Ave Maria
Vieni Sul Mar
Senza Nisciuno
Musica Proibita
Vaghissima Sembianza
Serenata - Mario Lanza,
Lolita
Luna d'Estate
Alba Separa Dalla Luce l'Ombra
Pour un Baiser
Mia Canzone
Ideale
Santa Lucia

Customer Reviews:

Impressive performances from Lanza's final years.......2004-12-18

This CD contains most of the soundtrack from Lanza's final movie, the 1958 For the First Time, together with the 1959 album Mario Lanza Sings Caruso Favorites.

By 1958 Lanza's lirico spinto tenor had darkened significantly, acquiring a baritonal richness in its middle and lower registers, while still retaining the celebrated top notes for which he was justly famous. On his best days, he was also a more sensitive singer than he had sometimes been in his Hollywood period. This is immediately noticeable on the operatic selections included here: Vesti La Giubba; the Otello Death Scene (Niun Mi Tema); and the Grand March from Aida. On the first two numbers, Lanza phrases beautifully and avoids marring these arias with the hammy histrionics that many more celebrated names have indulged in elsewhere. Dark with haunting overtones, his voice is by now ideal for both Canio and Otello.

The Grand March scene is also impressive, with Lanza delivering some staggering B flats over the deafening Rome Opera Orchestra and chorus. All three operatic selections from For the First Time were recorded (and subsequently filmed) at the Rome Opera House, and the effect that Lanza had on the musicians present was extraordinary. "A very musical tenor of enormous possibilities, with an exceptional timbre" was the verdict of the theatre's then Artistic Director Riccardo Vitale.

The first half of For the First Time is much lighter, and includes the pleasant title song, Come Prima, along with a sweet and all-too-brief O Mon Amour. There is also the novelty of hearing Lanza singing in German in the rousing Hofbrauhaus Song, as well as a ridiculous rock and roll number called Pineapple Pickers. (Typically, BMG place this next to Vesti la Giubba on the CD, with no thought for the massive jump in musical style and content between the tracks.) O Sole Mio sounds a little laboured here, and rings out much more thrillingly in the movie. But with the exception of the videotape of the actual film (reviewed elsewhere on this site), many of these selections have never sounded better. There is still the ever-present sandiness that mars all of Lanza's stereo releases, but at least this is an improvement on the soundtrack's earlier outing on the Double Feature CD.

My only gripe is that the delightful Cosi Fan Tutte trio - E Voi Ridete - has been omitted. Instead we have three uneventful (and irritating) non-Lanza musical interludes. *Mercifully* missing, however, is the tenor's La Donna 'e Mobile. Uncharacteristically strained, it was his least impressive performance of the aria, and the only vocal lapse in the entire film.

The final twelve selections from the Caruso Favorites album also feature Lanza in mostly fine form. As with all the tenor's 1959 recordings, however, the reproduction of his voice (though curiously *not* the orchestra) is less than ideal, and the ever-present distortion - particularly on his top notes - mars some of the best moments. Gripes aside, this is an important album in the Lanza canon. Among the highlights are the Neapolitan song Senza Nisciuno; a tasteful Vaghissima Sembianza, replete with two beautiful High As; the daunting Serenata; and three exquisite Tosti songs: L'Alba Separa Dalla Luce L'Ombra, Pour Un Baiser and Ideale.

L'Alba Separa dalla Luce l'Ombra deserves special mention. Lanza is appropriately operatic on this miniature masterpiece, and although his voice sounds a little heavy at times, the impact of his performance is very moving. From "Chiudimi, O notte, nel tuo sen materno," (Envelop me, O night, in your maternal [...]) onwards, Lanza is in full control of the song, faltering only slightly on the climactic note on "eterno" (though this may, in fact, be due to the distortion). Lapses aside, L'Alba Separa is a fine example of Lanza's artistic maturity.

Among the few lesser moments, Mario runs out of steam in the second half of La Mia Canzone, and is subjected to an overly boisterous arrangement on Santa Lucia, which sounds more akin to a march than a lilting ode to the Bay of Naples! At times Lanza does sound tired, and as one perceptive reviewer has noted, we miss the characteristic smile of his earlier voice. Ironically, critics and habitual Lanza-knockers are much more likely to praise this album for the very reason that the tenor *is* so subdued.

Caruso Favorites and For the First Time - together with the brilliant Neapolitan album Mario! Lanza At His Best (also reviewed on this site) - represent the tenor's most impressive singing from the final period of his life. As Lanza authority Lindsay Perigo has noted, the tenor's voice on all three albums is often "hauntingly ethereal." In short, these are not performances that are easily forgotten.

Fisher-Dieskau Sings Schubert: Schwanengesang & 7 Lieder

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Fisher-Dieskau Sings Schubert: Schwanengesang & 7 Lieder
Schubert , Fischer-Dieskau , and Billing
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ASIN: B000065UNV
Release Date: 2002-05-07

Tracks:

Liebesbotschaft (Love's Message)
Kriegers Ahnung (Warrior's Foreboding)
Fruhlingssehnsucht (Longing For The Spring)
Standchen (Serenade)
Aufenthalt (Dwelling)
In Der Ferne (In The Distance)
Abschied (Farewell)
Der Atlas (The Atlas)
Ihr Bild (Her Picture)
Das Fischermadchen (The Fisher-Maiden)
Die Stadt (The Town)
Am Meer (By The Sea)
Der Doppelganger (The Double)
Die Taubenpost (The Pigeon Post)
Der Kreuzzug (The Crusade)
Rastlose Liebe (Restless Love)
Der Zwerg (The Gnome)
Gute Nacht (Good Night)
Fruhlingstraum (A Dream Of Springtime)
Die Post (The Post)
Der Leiermann (The Organ-Grinder)

Marian Anderson Rare and Unpublished Recordings, 1936 - 1952

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Marian Anderson - an outstanding collection

Marian Anderson Rare and Unpublished Recordings, 1936 - 1952

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Tracks:

Se Florindo E Fedele
Begrussung
Die Flote Weich Gefuhl
Die Forelle
Der Doppelganger
Wohin?
Der Jungling Und Der Tod
Der Erlkonig
Denn Es Gehet Dem Menschen
Ich Wandte Mich Und Sahe
O Tod, Wie Bitter Bist Du
Wenn Ich Mit Menschen
Befreit
Im Feld Ein Madchen Singt
Var Det En Drom?
When I Am Laid In Earth
O Men From The Fields
When Night Descends (In The Silence Of Night)
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Let Us Break Bread Together
My Soul's Been Anchored In De Lord
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The rich-toned, musically elegant, always dignified contralto Marian Anderson (1897-1993) is probably best known as the first African-American to sing at New York's Metropolitan Opera House, but by the time she did (in the mid '50s), her once burnished, glorious voice was no longer at its best. Years before, when she was not permitted to sing in the Daughters of the American Revolution's Constitution Hall (or any other hall in the U.S. capital), she gave a concert in the open air, in front of the Lincoln Memorial, which was attended by press, dignitaries, and a crowd of more than 75,000. Much of her late work is well known--arias from Verdi's Un ballo in maschera, spirituals, and the like--but this CD also allows us to hear the voice when it was young--in the 1930s and '40s. One can almost hear Schubert's trout ("Die Forelle") dancing around in the water, and an aria by Scarlatti shows Anderson's coloratura abilities--the big voice could be scaled down to intimate, chamberlike proportions. She brings her intelligence and textual insights to other songs by Schubert and Brahms as well. This is a marvelous collection and a fine tribute to an American original. --Robert Levine

Customer Reviews:

Marian Anderson - an outstanding collection.......2003-05-03

This CD with recordings of Marian Anderson between 1936 and 1952, should be heavily promoted. The CD gives listeners a fantastic opportunity to hear the singer in a variety of song styles and languages. I heard her sing live, once, in the 1960's and was stunned then by her vocal skills and musicality. This is the first record or CD which truly reflects her amazing talent.

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Bryn Terfel Sings Favorites

Manufacturer: Deutsche Grammophon
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ASIN: B0000B1JWJ
Release Date: 2004-04-27

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Toredor Song: "Votre Toast, Je Peux Vous le Rendre" [From Carmen]
Shenandoah
Bugeilio'r Gwenith Gwyn
Pearl Fisher's Duet: "C'ait le Soir"-"Au Fond du Temple Saint" [From
Lord Is My Shepherd
Danny Boy
Bella Notte [From Lady and the Tramp (1955)]
Goin' Home, After the Symphony No. 9 "From the New World" 2nd Movt.

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Swing Low, Sweet Chariot
Home Sweet Home
Ave Maria
Mio Cuore Va [From Titanic]
At the River
None But the Lonely Heart, Op. 6 No. 6
If I Can Help Somebody
Wiegenlied Lullaby-Bercuese (Op. 49 No. 4)
Abide with Me
Lazy Bones

Lisa Della Casa sings Brahms, Schubert, Strauss, Wolf, Schumann

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Lisa Della Casa sings Brahms, Schubert, Strauss, Wolf, Schumann

Manufacturer: Testament UK
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Binding: Audio CD

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Strauss: Four Last Songs, Arabella/Della Casa (Vier letzte Lieder)

ASIN: B0001XLX20
Release Date: 2004-07-13

Lucia Popp Sings Schubert, Schoenberg, Strauss, Dvorák, Mahler, Brahms

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Lucia Popp Sings Schubert, Schoenberg, Strauss, Dvorák, Mahler, Brahms

Manufacturer: BBC Legends
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ASIN: B00023P424
Release Date: 2004-06-29

Tracks:

An Mein Herz, D860
Der Jungling An Der Quelle, D300
Jagers Abendlied, D368
Der Einsame, D800
No.1: Erwartung
No.2: Schenk Mir Deinen Goldenen Kamm
No.3 Erhebung
No.4: Waldsonne
No.1: Wie Erkenn' Ich Mein Treuliegb Vor Andern Nun?
No.2: Guten Morgen's Ist Sankt Valentinstag
No.3: Sie Trugen Ihn Auf Der Bahre Bloss
Mein Auge, Op.37 No.4
Meinem Kinde, Op.37 No.3
Die Zeitlose, Op.10 No.7
Hat Gesagt - Bleibt's Nicht Dabei, Op.36 No.3
Allerseelen, Op.10 No.8
No.1: Goodnight My Darling
No.2: When A Maiden Was A-Mowing
No.3: There Is Nothing Here To Comfort Me
No.4: I Have A Faithful Mare
Starke Einbildungskraft
Ich Ging Mit Lust Durch Einen Grunen Wald
Ablosung Im Sommer
Um Schlimme Kinder Artig Zu Machen
Es Steht Ein Lind, WoO33 No.41 (Folk Song)
Sehnuscht, Op.49 No.3 (Bohemian Folk Song)
We Kumm Ich Dann De Pooz Erenn?, WoO33 No.34 (Folk Song)
Die Trauernde, Op.7 No.5 (Folk Song)
In Stiller Nacht, WoO33 No.42 (Folk Song)

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Perhaps the Most Moving Winterreise.
The sublime perfection!
The Indispensable "Winterreise"
A Fabulous and Wonderful Recording...

Hans Hotter Sings Schubert Winterreise

Manufacturer: Music & Arts Program
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Schubert: Die Winterreise / Lehmann, Ulanowsky

ASIN: B00004TYR2
Release Date: 2006-01-01

Tracks:

Good Night
The Weathervane
Frozen Tears
Numbness
The Linden Tree
Flood
On The River
Backward Glance
Will-O'-The-Wisp
Rest
Dream Of Spring
Loneliness
The Post
The Grey Head
The Crow
Last Hope
In The Village
The Stormy Morning
Delusion
The Signpost
The Inn
Courage
The Mock Suns
The Organ-Grinder

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Perhaps the Most Moving Winterreise........2007-01-02

This being winter, this is the perfect time to dim the lights and listen to the greatest Lieder cycle ever written. And if I were to pick one performance that mirrors to perfection all the varied moods of this ultimately tragic vision of a lonely, alienated young man, the Hotter would take first prize. This is the earliest and vocally freshest version recorded by Hotter, and since it does not defer to any other in its musicality or dramatic insight, this is the one to get. It is incredible that such a huge voice can be scaled down to the most intimate proportions, but that was one of Hotter's great gifts, noticable in opera as well as Lieder. Hotter certainly shows his greatness as a musician who happens to be a singer, the kind of musicality that includes people like Furtwangler and Schnabel. Well, tomorrow evening, I will put on this recording and listen all the way through. ("Nun ist die Welt so truebe, der Weg gehuellt im Schnee...")

The sublime perfection!.......2005-11-07

Hans Hotter recorded for the posterity, the most incandescent, expressive and idiomatic Schubert `s cycle of songs, in November 1942. His steeled voice, his clean intonation and remarkable sense of the span and outstanding commitment with the spirit of the text makes of this recording a true historical musical document.

The Indispensable "Winterreise".......2004-05-24

Schubert's "Winterreise" has undoubtedly been one of the most recorded song cycles since the advent of recording equipment. Although there are a number of fine performances of this extraordinary work (including several others by Hans Hotter, and a darkly beautiful one by Josef Greindl), the Hotter interpretation recorded in November of 1942 is truly exceptional. It grips the listener completely from start to finish with a directness and a profundity of emotion that cannot be described in words, but must be experienced. The tragic shadows that pervade this group of songs (mirrored in the fact that Schubert corrected the proofs on his deathbed) are given substance in Hotter's performance and are communicated to the listener so effectively that one truly becomes a participant in this horrific winter journey.

A Fabulous and Wonderful Recording..........2001-08-30

This is a beautiful and deeply felt Winterreise. Hotter has the perfect voice for this music; deep, rich and above all stately and passionate. He possess a voice that is big but yet remarkably flexable and agile. He brings a tremendous understanding to the work and does not try to bring his own interpretation to the work, rather he sings it as Schubert wrote it, in all of its passion and sense of lass and gain. Granted the recording is not up to the modern standard, but for its time it is fantastic. This is an indespensable recording of Winterreise by an artist of huge talent.

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Dame Janet Baker Sings
Janet Baker , Gerald Moore , Gabriel Faure , and Franz Schubert
Manufacturer: EMI Records [All429]
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ASIN: B000005GQB
Release Date: 2000-05-20

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