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Bach’s cantata BWV 199 begins “My heart swims in blood/The results of my sins/Transform me into a monster,” and ends, “And through my grief and
Charles Mackerras gives us what may be the most complete Idomeneo on disc. He goes back to Mozart’s original score, restoring the often massive cuts
Go to track 15, and when you finish listening to Harry Burleigh’s “Deep River” you will have experienced the essence of performance artistry, the meaning
There’s always the fear of oversentimentalizing an artist who gave a great deal of pleasure and died young: just take a look at how the
This beautiful, touching cycle of five love songs on poems by Pablo Neruda was composed by Peter Lieberson for his wife, the late mezzo-soprano Lorraine
This is almost as good as it gets. Michael Tilson Thomas and his San Francisco forces make a far stronger impression then they did in
American mezzo Lorraine Hunt Lieberson gets better and better. Her quiet intensity and beautiful, warmly colored voice demand attention, and listening to her sing an
Some years from now, observers of vocal music trends likely will look back on the early 21st century as the age of the mezzo and
Is John Adams’ El Niño the Christmas oratorio of our time? The composer admits that in his youth he wanted to write a Messiah, and
