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Lorraine Hunt Lieberson - Songs by Mahler, Handel, Peter Lieberson | Wigmore Hall Live WHLIVE0013

Lorraine Hunt Lieberson - Songs by Mahler, Handel, Peter Lieberson

Label: Wigmore Hall Live

Cat No: WHLIVE0013

Barcode: 5065000924133

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 1

Genre: Vocal/Choral

Release Date: 29th January 2007

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Contents

Artists

Lorraine Hunt Lieberson (mezzo-soprano)
Roger Vignoles (piano)

Works

Brahms, Johannes

Lieder and Songs (8), op.59
» no.8 Dein blaues Auge halt so still

Handel, George Frideric

Ariodante, HWV33
» E vivo ancore?...Scherza, infida
Theodora, HWV68
» As with rosy steps

Lieberson, Peter

Ashoka's Dream: Triraksha's Aria
Deep River (traditional)
O ihr Zartlichen
Stiller Freund

Mahler, Gustav

Ruckert-Lieder (5)

Artists

Lorraine Hunt Lieberson (mezzo-soprano)
Roger Vignoles (piano)

About

The world has been mourning Lorraine Hunt Lieberson since she died in July 2006, aged just 52 years old. Mahler and Handel were her ‘signature’ composers, and she was particularly renowned for the roles of Irene (Theodora) and the title role of Ariodante, excerpts from both of which operas appear on this disc.
 
Hunt Lieberson also worked very closely with her husband Peter Lieberson, and many of his operatic creations were written specifically with her voice in mind. She was frequently compared with, and considered superior to, Kathleen Ferrier and Janet Baker.
 
The death of Lorraine Hunt Lieberson extinguished the most luminous voice of our time. Like Kathleen Ferrier and Janet Baker, two singers whom she revered, she ennobled everything she touched. Everything about this remarkable woman was almost too much to bear. As with Maria Callas, whom she matched in volcanic intensity, her performances took you so deeply into what she was singing about that the experience verged on voyeurism.
 
The sheer spiritual power, the sheer heartfelt sincerity and warmth of feeling in her every utterance is overwhelmingly moving’ The Telegraph

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