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| ARTIST: | Johannes Brahms, Gabriel Faure, Gerald Finzi, Michael Head, John Ireland, Frederick Keel, Franz Schubert, Roger Vignoles, Jonathan Lemalu |
| CATEGORY: | Music |
| MANUFACTURER: | Angel Records |
| TYPE: | Classical Music, Classical Artists, Classical, Romantic Music for Voice and Keyboard, Vocal, Classical Vocals, Song Cycle for Solo Voice and Piano, 20th/21st Century Music for Voice and Keyboard, Vocal Music |
| MEDIA: | Audio CD |
| TRACKS: | Four Serious Songs, Op.121: I. Denn Es Gehet Dem Menschen Wie Dem Vich, Four Serious Songs, Op.121: II. Ich Wandte Mich Und Sahe An Alle, Four Serious Songs, Op.121: III. O Tod, Wie Bitter Bist Du, Four Serious Songs, Op.121: IV. Wenn Ich Mit Menschen- Und Mit Engelszungen Redete, Der Wanderer An Den Mond, D.870, Auf Der Donau, D.553, Der Schiffer, D.536, Der Wanderer, D.489, The Illusory Horizon, Op.118: I. La Mer Est Infinie, The Illusory Horizon, Op.118: II. Je Me Suis Embarque, The Illusory Horizon, Op.118: III. Diane, Selene, The Illusory Horizon, Op.118: IV. Vaisseaux, Nous Vous Aurons Aimes, Rollicum-Rorum, Earth And Air And Rain, Op.15: Lizbie Browne, Lowlands (Sea Shanty), Sea Fever, Trade Winds, The Estuary |
| # OF MEDIA: | 1 |
| UPC: | 724357520324 |
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Customer Reviews of Jonathan Lemalu - Songs (Brahms, Fauré, Finzi, Schubert)
Accomplished Debut for Unique Young Kiwi Bass-Baritone I was impressed enough with young bass-baritone Jonathan Lemalu's recently released "Opera Arias" disc to get his 2002 recital debut CD, especially since it is part of the bargain-priced EMI Classics "Debut" series, the same series that produced fellow baritone Nathan Gunn's wonderful 1999 folk song panorama, "American Anthem". This time, Lemalu is accompanied only by the sure hands of pianist Roger Vignoles rather than a full orchestra, and the results are no less enthralling. His booming voice is amazingly nuanced and quite resonant for such a young singer (he was 25 when he recorded this disc), and his program is thoughtful and well-rounded here. <
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>First, Lemalu ambitiously tackles Brahms' penultimate opus, "Vier ernste Gesänge" ("Four Serious Songs"). Written a year before the composer's death, they carry a dark funereal tone, which Lemalu carries with appropriate heft initially and then expertly lightens the tone with each successive song until he achieves a measured level of romanticism on the last one, "Wenn ich mit Menschen" about St. Paul's sermon on love in his first Epistle to the Corinthians. The Schubert series carries a fatalistic romanticism throughout the four selections here, which Lemalu showcases most notably on "Auf der Donau", which places a Johann Mayrhofer poem in a wintry setting, and "Der Schiffer", a beautifully rhythmic combination of rolling piano and sharply enunciated German verse. The four brief pieces that make up Fauré's "L'Horizon chimérique" ("The Illusory Horizon") are dream-like discourses that use images in nature to focus ironically on the disenchantment that comes with love. <
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>The tone shifts gears with the English folk songs that make up the remainder of the program. Lemalu is downright jolly on the rambunctious "Rollicum-rorum" and openly yearning on the swooning "To Lizbie Browne", the latter my favorite track and his most accomplished performance here. The four remaining songs are devoted to the sea - the melancholy "Lowlands" is a chantey that sounds quite a bit like "Shenandoah" and beautiful all the same; "Sea Fever" and "Trade Winds" both vividly capture a sailor's need for the high seas in individually distinct fashion; and "The Estuary" is a haunting ballad which dramatically describes a ship passing into the distance and into one's memory. There are minor flaws in Lemalu's performance, for example, he has a slight tendency to roll his r's unnecessarily, an affectation that I hope he uses sparingly in the future. But the talent is rich and most promising, the tone velvety and the future quite bright for this New Zealand-born Samoan performer. A highly recommended peek at a talent ready to fly.