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Lorraine Hunt Lieberson & Julius Drake

Lorraine Hunt Lieberson (mezzo-soprano) & Julius Drake (piano)

Lorraine Hunt Lieberson & Julius Drake

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…Hunt Lieberson brings a rare translucency of tone to Brahms at his most impassioned and his most intimate. When it comes to Schumann's Mignon songs… we hear a pure, pearly line of longing,...

BBC Music Magazine, December 20085 out of 5 stars

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Lorraine Hunt Lieberson & Julius Drake

Lorraine Hunt Lieberson (mezzo-soprano) & Julius Drake (piano)

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Awards:

…Hunt Lieberson brings a rare translucency of tone to Brahms at his most impassioned and his most intimate. When it comes to Schumann's Mignon songs… we hear a pure, pearly line of longing,...

BBC Music Magazine, December 20085 out of 5 stars

More reviews

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Lorraine Hunt Lieberson - 1 March 1954 - 3 July 2006

Wigmore Hall Live are proud to release on their Archive series this very special 1999 live recital by the great, beloved American born mezzo-soprano Lorraine Hunt Lieberson who tragically died in 2006.

The dramatic intensity and passionate commitment to her material earned her countless comparisons to Maria Callas.

Noted for her interpretation of Handel and Bach, this recital of lieder by Schumann and Brahms demonstrates the breadth of her repertoire and her meticulous artistry.

After her death, she won the 2007 Grammy Award for Best Classical Vocal Performance for her Rilke Songs and again in 2008 for her performance of her husband's Neruda Songs

Contents and tracklist

Brahms: Lieder und Gesänge (8), Op. 57
Work length21:30
No. 1. Von waldbekränzter Höhe
Track length2:54
No. 2. Wenn du nur zuweilen lächelst
Track length2:04
No. 3. Es träumte mir
Track length3:32
No. 4. Ach. wende diesen Blick
Track length1:53
No. 5. In meiner Nächte Sehnen
Track length1:35
No. 6. Strahlt zuweilen auch ein mildes Licht
Track length1:42
No. 7. Die Schnur. die Perl' an Perle
Track length3:10
VIII. Unbewegte laue Luft
Track length4:40
Excerpt,Schumann: Lieder und Gesänge aus Goethes Wilhelm Meister, Op. 98a
Work length14:21
No. 1. Kennst du das Land
Track length4:30
No. 3. Nur wer die Sehnsucht kennt
Track length2:41
No. 5. Heiß mich nicht reden
Track length3:56
IX. So laßt mich scheinen
Track length3:14
Schumann: Frauenliebe und -leben, Op. 42.
Work length27:32
I. Seit ich ihn gesehen
Track length2:57
No. 2. Er. der Herrlichste von allen
Track length3:40
III. Ich kann's nicht fassen
Track length2:06
IV. Du Ring an meinem Finger
Track length4:12
V. Helft mir. ihr Schwestern
Track length2:12
No. 6. Süßer Freund. du blickest
Track length5:31
No. 7. An meinem Herzen. an meiner Brust
Track length1:25
VIII. Nun hast du mir den ersten Schmerz getan
Track length5:29
Debussy: Fêtes galantes, Book 1: No. 2. Fantouches
Work length1:37
Handel: Theodora, HWV 68, Act I: "Angels, ever bright and fair"
Work length4:17

Awards and reviews

December 2008

…Hunt Lieberson brings a rare translucency of tone to Brahms at his most impassioned and his most intimate. When it comes to Schumann's Mignon songs… we hear a pure, pearly line of longing, with a sense of shy questioning in her supple shaping of each phrase. All of these qualities come together in one of the finest recordings of Frauenliebe und-Leben currently available.
5 out of 5 stars
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