Lorraine Hunt Lieberson at Emmanuel
Celebrating the Lives of Craig Smith and Lorraine Hunt Lieberson
Lorraine Hunt Lieberson (mezzo-soprano), Shannon Snapp (continuo cello), Danielle Maddon & Lena Wong (violins), Jayne West (soprano)
The Orchestra of Emmanuel Music, Craig Smith (director), John Harbison
… a solid achievement, distinguished by the mezzo's remarkable artistry.
Lorraine Hunt Lieberson at Emmanuel
Celebrating the Lives of Craig Smith and Lorraine Hunt Lieberson
Lorraine Hunt Lieberson (mezzo-soprano), Shannon Snapp (continuo cello), Danielle Maddon & Lena Wong (violins), Jayne West (soprano)
The Orchestra of Emmanuel Music, Craig Smith (director), John Harbison
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… a solid achievement, distinguished by the mezzo's remarkable artistry.
About
Avie Records is proud to announce a collection of works and recordings previously unreleased on record by the incomparable Lorraine Hunt Lieberson. This beautiful collection of Bach and Handel is a celebration of one of the most important artistic collaborations in music; that of Ms. Lieberson and Emmanuel Music Director Craig Smith, whose untimely passing was earlier this year. Lorraine Hunt Lieberson's substantial fan base and music lovers in general will be eager to hear these stunning performances, spanning from 1992 - 1999. Personnel: Lorraine Hunt Lieberson (mezzo soprano), The Orchestra of Emmanuel Music, Craig Smith (director)
Contents and tracklist
- The Orchestra of Emmanuel Music, Lorraine Hunt Lieberson
- Craig Smith
- Shannon Snapp, Jayne West, Lena Wong, The Orchestra of Emmanuel Music, Danielle Maddon, Lorraine Hunt Lieberson
- Craig Smith
- The Orchestra of Emmanuel Music, Lorraine Hunt Lieberson
- John Harbison
Awards and reviews
August 2008
… a solid achievement, distinguished by the mezzo's remarkable artistry.
15th June 2008
In this selection of passages from Bach cantatas and arias from Handel's Hercules, recorded at the church, admirers can trace [Lorraine Hunt Lieberson's] growth from low lyric soprano to lush mezzo of perfect technique, intonation and clarity.
12th July 2008
Typically, [Hunt Lieberson] makes each of these arias a confessional drama of the soul. In the process, she turns what should be a springy gavotte from Bach's cantata No 30 into something closer to a dirge.
But she is magnificent in the arias Handel wrote for the neurotic, self-tormenting Dejanira in Hercules...Her burnished tone always remains beautiful. Another moving memento of a singer who, to quote one of her colleagues, "sang every performance as if it were her last".
27th June 2008
Compiled as a memorial to the mezzo, this archive collection has become a memorial as well to Craig Smith, the founder of the Boston group Emmanuel Music, from which Lieberson first took wing. The voice isn’t quite at full power in the aria from Bach’s Cantata No 30, but you find the authentic emotional blast in Dejanira’s arias from Handel’s Hercules. The recordings don’t have much bloom – but the voice!
