London Symphony Jane Eaglen - Richard Strauss: Four Last Songs; Richard Wag (CD)Another great item from Rarewaves USA | Free delivery!
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London Symphony Jane Eaglen - Richard Strauss: Four Last Songs; Richard Wag (CD). Yet another version of the Four Last Songs?. So what's to care about yet another one?. While we're waiting for her recording of the latter, the Wesendonck Lieder here will have to satisfy. It's a tossup whether the Wagner or Berg's Seven Early Songs is the real highlight of this disc: certainly Eaglen's account of the latter is remarkable for its sensuality and voluptuous sense of line. Further DetailsTitle: Jane Eaglen - Richard Strauss: Four Last Songs; Richard Wagner: Wesendonck-Lieder; Alban Berg: Seven Early Song / Runnicles Condition: New Format: CD EAN: 0074646172025 Genre: Pop Release Date: 2000 Description: I will ship by EMS or SAL items in stock in Japan. It is approximately 7-14days on delivery date. You wholeheartedly support customers as satisfactory. Thank you for you seeing it. Yet another version of the Four Last Songs? It seems, as also with Mahler's Fourth Symphony of late, that record companies just can't produce enough competing interpretations of Richard Strauss's autumnal masterpiece. So what's to care about yet another one? Forget about the Strauss for a moment. The answer is Jane Eaglen, fast emerging as the great heir to Birgit Nilsson and leading Wagnerian soprano of our time. The young singer has already brought her phenomenal stamina and range, powerful from top to bottom, to bear in acclaimed productions of the Ring and Tristan und Isolde. While we're waiting for her recording of the latter, the Wesendonck Lieder here will have to satisfy. Eaglen in fact has the kind of voice that really needs to be experienced live to appreciate its full dimension--no matter how sophisticated, recording technology simply can't do justice to all its facets. That said, Eaglen draws on her experience as Isolde to paint memorable vignettes in the Wagner song cycle, shading from powerful climaxes to the most refined, Bellini-esque sotto voce. It's a tossup whether the Wagner or Berg's Seven Early Songs is the real highlight of this disc: certainly Eaglen's account of the latter is remarkable for its sensuality and voluptuous sense of line. Back to the Strauss: though the Four Last Songs get top billing, they are the least impressive item here. Eaglen sings beautifully enough, but one senses this is music she needs to live with more to truly make her mark. And Donald Runnicles--who has worked extensively with Eaglen in the opera house and who brings out lush detail in the Wagner and Berg--leads a less-than-inspired performance (the violin solo in "Beim Schlafengehen," for example, fails to take flight). But the Wagner and Berg are well worth the price of admission. --Thomas May No Of Discs: 1 Artist: London Symphony Orchestra Record Label: Sony Classical Release Year: 2000 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
