Angel Blue: Joy Alone
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Composer or Director: George Gershwin, Sergey Rachmaninov, Richard Strauss, Carol Cymbala, Traditional, Jake Heggie, Pablo Luna (y Carné), Bruce Adolphe, Franz Liszt, Ruperto Chapí (y Lorente)
Genre:
Vocal
Label: Opus Arte
Magazine Review Date: 01/2015
Media Format: CD or Download
Media Runtime: 63
Mastering:
DDD
Catalogue Number: OACD9020D
Tracks:
Composition | Artist Credit |
---|---|
Porgy and Bess, Movement: Summertime |
George Gershwin, Composer
Angel Blue, Soprano George Gershwin, Composer Iain Burnside, Piano |
A Route to the Sky |
Jake Heggie, Composer
Angel Blue, Soprano Iain Burnside, Piano Jake Heggie, Composer |
Joy Alone |
Jake Heggie, Composer
Angel Blue, Soprano Iain Burnside, Piano Jake Heggie, Composer |
Animal Passion |
Jake Heggie, Composer
Angel Blue, Soprano Iain Burnside, Piano Jake Heggie, Composer |
Oh! quand je dors |
Franz Liszt, Composer
Angel Blue, Soprano Franz Liszt, Composer Iain Burnside, Piano |
(El) Niño judío, Movement: De España vengo |
Pablo Luna (y Carné), Composer
Angel Blue, Soprano Iain Burnside, Piano Pablo Luna (y Carné), Composer |
Valley Girl in Love |
Bruce Adolphe, Composer
Angel Blue, Soprano Bruce Adolphe, Composer Iain Burnside, Piano |
He's Been Faithful |
Carol Cymbala, Composer
Angel Blue, Soprano Carol Cymbala, Composer Iain Burnside, Piano |
(12) Songs, Movement: No. 7, How fair this spot (wds. Galina) |
Sergey Rachmaninov, Composer
Angel Blue, Soprano Iain Burnside, Piano Sergey Rachmaninov, Composer |
(6) Songs, Movement: No. 4, Sing not to me, beautiful maiden (wds. Pushkin) |
Sergey Rachmaninov, Composer
Angel Blue, Soprano Iain Burnside, Piano Sergey Rachmaninov, Composer |
(12) Songs, Movement: No. 11, Spring waters (wds. Tyutchev) |
Sergey Rachmaninov, Composer
Angel Blue, Soprano Iain Burnside, Piano Sergey Rachmaninov, Composer |
(14) Songs, Movement: No. 14, Vocalise (wordless: rev 1915) |
Sergey Rachmaninov, Composer
Angel Blue, Soprano Iain Burnside, Piano Sergey Rachmaninov, Composer |
(4) Lieder, Movement: No. 3, Heimliche Aufforderung (wds. J H Mackay) |
Richard Strauss, Composer
Angel Blue, Soprano Iain Burnside, Piano Richard Strauss, Composer |
(8) Lieder aus Letzte Blätter, Movement: No. 3, Die Nacht |
Richard Strauss, Composer
Angel Blue, Soprano Iain Burnside, Piano Richard Strauss, Composer |
(8) Lieder aus Letzte Blätter, Movement: No. 8, Allerseelen |
Richard Strauss, Composer
Angel Blue, Soprano Iain Burnside, Piano Richard Strauss, Composer |
(5) Lieder, Movement: No. 4, Befreit (wds. Dehmel: orch 1933) |
Richard Strauss, Composer
Angel Blue, Soprano Iain Burnside, Piano Richard Strauss, Composer |
(Las) Hijas del Zebedeo, Movement: Carceleras |
Ruperto Chapí (y Lorente), Composer
Angel Blue, Soprano Iain Burnside, Piano Ruperto Chapí (y Lorente), Composer |
Ride on, King Jesus |
Traditional, Composer
Angel Blue, Soprano Iain Burnside, Piano Traditional, Composer |
Author: Richard Fairman
This is a voice of youthful refulgence and versatility. The lazy, sun-soaked melody of Gershwin’s ‘Summertime’ glints with midday radiance. Three songs by Jake Heggie effortlessly juggle cabaret panache, bittersweet lyricism and Habanera-like fire. A couple of zarzuela numbers tingle with Latin flair (she received first place in the Operalia Zarzuela competition). Modern American songs by Bruce Adolphe and Carol Cymbala nudge convincingly into popular territory. Over the course of a solo disc, though, one increasingly starts to wish that the vibrancy of her voice could be turned down a notch. The songs on her programme – three by Rachmaninov, four by Strauss, all sympathetically accompanied by Iain Burnside – are continually under the full glare of the spotlight. In addition, she is not very communicative in either Russian or German, which may explain why the performances rely more on operatic heft than Lieder-like nuance. A shining future beckons for Angel Blue, certainly in opera, probably in crossover, too. As far as the song repertoire is concerned, the jury is currently out.
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