Lorraine at Emmanuel
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Orchestra: Orch. of Emmanuel MusicPerformer: Lorraine Hunt Lieberson
Edition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2008-07-29
Music Label: Avie
Soundtracks:
- Kommt ihr angefochtnen S?nder
- Act 1. Scene 1. O Hercules! Why art thou absent from me?
- Act 1. Scene 1. The world when day's career is run
- Act 1. Scene 2. Then I am lost! O dreadful oracle!
- Act 1. Scene 2. Then in myrtle shades reclined
- Act 1. Scene 3. Ye lying omens, hence!
- Act 1. Scene 3. Begone, my fears, fly, hence, away
- Act 2. Scene 2. It must be so! fame speaks aloud my wrongs
- Act 2. Scene 2. When beauty sorrow's liv'ry wears
- Act 2. Scene 5. O glorious pattern of heroic deeds!
- Act 2. Scene 5. Resign thy club and lion's spoils
- Act 2. Scene 6. Cease, ruler of the day, to rise
- Act 2. Scene 8. Joys of freedom, joys of pow'r
- Act 3. Scene 3. Mad scene: Where shall I fly? Where hide this guilty head?
- Wie f?rchstamm wankten meine Schritte
Free Music Notes for Lorraine at Emmanuel
Free Music Review: A good memento of the singer
Hit: 4 Stars
The centerpiece of this CD is a recital of selections from Handel's opera Hercules. The late Lorraine Hunt Lieberson sings Dejanira's recitatives and arias, following a path from passion and jealousy into madness. This program is bookended by two alto arias from Bach cantatas. While the Bach solos are musically more to my liking, the Handel material does well to showcase the mezzo-soprano's talent. For me there are three highlights to this disc.
- Track 1: "Kommt ihr angefochten S?nder" from cantata BWV 30. This is an ideal first song of the day as you start your car. The measured pulse of the music gently helps you wake up and takes the edge off the morning commute. Whether a trick of the composition, the performance, or the recording (or all three), the first note sounds like a pickup, with strings plucking the offbeats. Then twenty seconds into the piece your brain shifts and you realize that the song actually started on the downbeat. The effect is best when you are still partially asleep.
The singer uses her lower and middle register throughout the number, so no high shrieking to shock the system. There is a slight derailment at the recapitulation five minutes into the piece, but it sorts itself out in two beats and all is well. The flute plays a sparing descant to the voice, and it is pleasing to hear how effective a few well-placed notes can be. By the end of the work the instruments have warmed up and are parting ways in intonation, but you are awake and happy to be behind that school bus.
- Track 12: "Cease, ruler of the day, to rise." This aria from Hercules demonstrates why people are drawn to Lorraine's singing. She approaches music with such balance: she has a warm, rich tone, but never lets sound production get in the way of the text. No slaving to pure vowels, no over-pointing of consonants; never diction for diction's sake, yet the words come through with clarity. When she uses a grace note or a trill, it is not showy, but subtle and appropriate to the moment. That she makes all this seem easy is the definition of good technique. Handel's music draws her voice into a glowing upper register that pulls at her heartstrings, and ours. She has surrendered to the music and it is singing through her. Beautiful.
- Track 13 shows another side of Hunt's musicianship -- her abilities as a collaborative artist. Her attentive ear and generosity are evident as she seamlessly partners with soprano Jayne West in the Act Two duet, "Joys of freedom, joys of pow'r." This is an upbeat Handelian flow in the Water Music style, and you are now ready to face the day.
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