Lorraine Hunt Lieberson - Bach Cantatas BWV 82 and 199 | Johann Sebastian Bach, Craig Smith, ......

Lorraine Hunt Lieberson - Bach Cantatas BWV 82 and 199 | Johann Sebastian Bach, Craig Smith, ... | Glorious and heart-breaking

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	Lorraine Hunt Lieberson - Bach Cantatas BWV 82 and 199 Johann Sebastian Bach, Craig Smith, ... Nonesuch, 2003 average customer review:based on 32 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

Lorraine Hunt Lieberson has been scantily represented on CD, and that makes this gorgeous, deeply felt release all the more valuable. Here she sings two Bach cantatas composed for solo voice. Her mezzo is not particularly heavy, but it can darken or lighten expressively, and she uses its dusky qualities handsomely. Ich habe genug was originally written for solo bass, but Bach revised it a few years later. The way the voice works with and around a solo oboe (amid the accompanying strings) is beautiful. Of particular note are the aria "Schlummert ein"--a lullaby which Lieberson sings with a long, sustained, hushed tone--and the final aria, in which the singer looks forward to her death and eternal peace; the latter is remarkable for its joyful, flowery vocal line, as upbeat as the lullaby is serene. Lieberson catches the mood, and her rhythmic accuracy, leaning on the beat, brings out the joy in the singer's religious fervor. The second cantata, similarly scored with a prominent solo oboe, begins with a recitative ("My heart swims in blood") and is a confession of guilt; by its close the tone has again turned vivacious, as the sinner looks forward to salvation. Lieberson's voice is capable of level upon level of dynamics, her soft singing is as impressive as her more outgoing expressions. This is a beautiful disc from an important singer. --Robert Levine

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Her song to a new legency

Bach's cantata BWV82, there were many versions written by Bach himself, includes for Bass, for Soprano, and for alto--- and we could find more singers record it. I must say Hunt would be one of most excellent in recently years.
Her pure voices to bach cantata is easy to express original emotion to touch listeners inner heart.
Hunt was a famous singer of Handel, so that this album it's more valuable to find her another perform, I could promise it's a good and beautiful enjoyment of bach music.

Glorious and heart-breaking

Now that Ms Hunt Lierbeson has died, it is difficult to listen to these profound recordings without feeling acute pangs of heartache, especially during the first aria of Ich Habe Genug. If you have read anything about Peter Sellars's staged versions of this cantata, where Hunt Lieberson appeared dressed in a patient's hospital gown, attached to IV's, that image will haunt you as you listen to this sublime recording. Ms. Hunt Liberson's voice is clear and supple, able to express subtle and grand emotions with small vocal inflections, gestures and delicate phrasing. A revelation of a recording that will likely bring tears to your eyes

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Lovely, poignant music

I'm always sad when I listen to this gorgeous disc. Lorraine Hunt-Lieberson died of cancer on July 3, 2006 at her home in Santa Fe, New Mexico at the height of her musical and expressive powers, aged only 52. Only a few years previously, she had nursed her sister through her final illness with the same disease.
Ironically, in 2000 Hunt-Lieberson had sung one of these cantatas in a semi-staged performance directed by Peter Sellars. In Cantata BWV 82, Ich Habe Genug ("I Have Enough"), she was wearing a flimsy hospital gown and thick woolen socks, her face contorted with pain and yearning, portrayed a terminally ill patient who, no longer able to endure treatments, wants to let go and be comforted by Jesus.
I can't imagine a more fitting memorial for this wonderful musician than these utterly moving performances.

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Spectacular Bach!

A glorious performance of two superb Bach cantatas by the late, lamented Lorraone Hunt Lieberson, whos magnicient mezzo voise will be long remembered. No finer version of these works os likely ever to be recorded.

Lorraine Hunt Lieberson - Bach Cantats BMW82 and 199

If you love Hunt Lieberson, this CD is a must-have. Beautiful articulation, awesome voice, heart-felt emotion to tear your heart out, all with the best technique.

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Tracks
Aria. Ich habe genug | Recitative: Ich habe genug. Mein Trost ist nur allein | Aria: Schlummert ein, ihr matten Augen | Recitative: Mein Gott! wenn kommt das schöne: Nun! | Aria: Ich freue mich auf meinen Tod | Recitative: Mein Herze schwimmt im Blut | Aria and recitative: Stumme Seufzer, stille Klagen | Recitative: Doch Gott muß mir gnädig sein | Aria: Tief gebückt und voller Reue | Recitative: Auf diese Schmerzensreu | Chorale: Ich, dein betrübtes Kind | Recitative: Ich lege mich in diese Wunden | Aria: Wie freudig ist mein Herz

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