Marilyn Horne - I Will Breathe A Mountain ~ Songs of Barber, Bernstein & Bolcom / Martin Katz, Tokyo String Quartet
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Though Horne is audibly at the end of her long and rich career, she did a good deed for American music with this disc, which consists of songs by Samuel Barber, Leonard Bernstein, and a new song cycle by William Bolcom, from which the disc takes its title. Horne's voice has a quiver, a lack of center, almost as if it refuses to stop singing Rossini (Horne's lifelong specialty). However, it's worth buying for the Bolcom cycle, which is one of his best vocal works, typically an eclectic, natural outgrowth of Bernstein's style with Horne gamely employing a wide range of vocal techniques with more eloquence than one could hope for. --David Patrick Stearns
Marilyn Horne - I Will Breathe A Mountain ~ Songs of Barber, Bernstein & Bolcom / Martin Katz, Tokyo String Quartet, Music, Samuel Barber, William Bolcom, Leonard Bernstein, Marilyn Horne, Martin Katz, Tokyo String Quartet, Kikuei Ikeda, Kazuhide Isomura, Peter Oundijian, Sadao Harada, 20th/21st Century Incidental Music for Orchestra, 20th/21st Century Music for Voice and Keyboard, Art Song (General), Classical, Classical Music, Classical Vocals, Music Theater, Musical Theater, Solo Voice(s) and Small Ensemble, Song Cycle for Solo Voice and Piano, Two Solo Voices (with or without Keyboard/Continuo), Vocal
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- Exceptionally moving
- Horne brings these wonderful masterpieces to life!
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Marilyn Horne - I Will Breathe A Mountain ~ Songs of Barber, Bernstein & Bolcom / Martin Katz, Tokyo String Quartet
Samuel Barber , William Bolcom , Leonard Bernstein , Marilyn Horne , Martin Katz , Tokyo String Quartet , Kikuei Ikeda , Kazuhide Isomura , Peter Oundijian , and Sadao Harada
Manufacturer: RCA
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ASIN: B0000064Y9
Release Date: 1998-03-10 |
Tracks:
- The Daisies, Op. 2 No. 1
- A Nun Takes The Veil, Op. 13 No. 1
- Bessie Bobtail, Op. 2 No. 3
- The Secrets Of The Old, Op. 13 No. 2
- Sure On This Shining Night, Op. 13 No. 3
- Barber: I Hear An Army, Op. 10 No. 3
- Dover Beach, Op. 3
- I Will Breathe A Mountain: Pity Me Not Because The Light Of Day
- I Will Breathe A Mountain: How To Swing Those Obbligatos Around
- I Will Breathe A Mountain: The Crazy Woman
- I Will Breathe A Mountain: Just Once
- I Will Breathe A Mountain: Never More Will The Wind
- I Will Breathe A Mountain: The Sage
- I Will Breathe A Mountain: O To Be A Dragon
- I Will Breathe A Mountain: The Bustle In A House
- I Will Breathe A Mountain: I Saw Eternity
- I Will Breathe A Mountain: Night Practice
- I Will Breathe A Mountain: The Fish
- My House
- So Pretty
- Greeting
- Take Care Of This House
- Rabbit At Top Speed
- Sonnet: What Lips My Lips Have Kissed
- Nachspiel
- Dream With Me
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Though Horne is audibly at the end of her long and rich career, she did a good deed for American music with this disc, which consists of songs by Samuel Barber, Leonard Bernstein, and a new song cycle by William Bolcom, from which the disc takes its title. Horne's voice has a quiver, a lack of center, almost as if it refuses to stop singing Rossini (Horne's lifelong specialty). However, it's worth buying for the Bolcom cycle, which is one of his best vocal works, typically an eclectic, natural outgrowth of Bernstein's style with Horne gamely employing a wide range of vocal techniques with more eloquence than one could hope for. --David Patrick Stearns
Customer Reviews:
Exceptionally moving.......2003-10-16
This is AMERICAN SONGS at their most moving and emotional best, not to mention with great melody. Unlike a lot of American song literature (not broadway type, but "serious classical art songs"), these songs are actually quite beautiful, melodic, and can touch the heart of the listener easily. There is no strain to enjoy them. There is a bit of "sameness" between them, which is my only complaint about this recording; one piece starts to sound like another, especially if you are not listening carefully while listening. Even then, it is still very lovely.
It has been mentioned that Horne is now far past her prime, and that may be, but even far past her prime she is far better than most singers half her age. There is still vibrancy, life, and depth to her voice. It communicates on a very deep level. Martin Katz, her life long accompanist, is, as usual, a revelation as an accompanist. Unlike people think, the accompanist just doesn't play in the background, he is a very vital part of making a performance work. Accompaning singers is a very new art form, and many performers of earlier ages simply had very bad accompanist. With Gerald Moore we started to have people who knew how to support the singer, actually adding to the performance giving it depth and helping the singer shine. Now we are so used to good accompanist, and are so accustomed to their high level of performance, it is very easy to forget what they add.
Katz knows Horne well, and is fully aware of when she is having troubles supporting a phrase, or when she is in best voice. He gives so much to her awesome performance through his very sensitive way of playing this music.
I would recommend this for anyone to buy: fans of modern art songs, fans of Marilyn Horne, and simply fans of good singing.
Horne brings these wonderful masterpieces to life!.......1999-07-17
Throughout the Barber, Bolcom and Bernstein, Marilyn Horne uses her ability to combine technical definition with artistic movement and expansion. Having had the opportunity to see her perform this literature live was an emotionally elevating experience. The way Horne and Katz have reworked a few of the Berstein pieces brings new life and perspectuve to these already wonderful pieces. I highly recommend this recording for the casual classical listener, as well as, for the student that enjoys learning from a master through their art.
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