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| ARTIST: | Hector Berlioz, Johannes Brahms, Benjamin Britten, Geoffrey Bush, Edward Elgar, Percy Grainger, Mervyn Horder, Joseph Horovitz, Sir Charles H.H. Parry, Francis Poulenc |
| CATEGORY: | Music |
| MANUFACTURER: | Hyperion |
| TYPE: | Choral, Classical, Miscellaneous, Vocal |
| MEDIA: | Audio CD |
| TRACKS: | D 891: An Silvia, Op. 107 No. 1: Herzeleid, Ophelia Lieder: Wie Erkenn' Ich Dein Treulieb?, Ophelia Lieder: Op. 67 No. 1: Wie Erkenn' Ich Mein Treulieb Vor Andern Nun?, Ophelia Lieder: Sein Leichenhemd Weiss Wie Schnee, Ophelia Lieder: Op. 67 No. 2: Guten Morgen, 'S Ist Sankt Valentinstag, Ophelia Lieder: Auf Morgen Ist Sankt Valentins Tag, Ophelia Lieder: Op. 67 No. 3: Sie Trugen Ihn Auf Der Bahre Bloss, Ophelia Lieder: Und Kommt Er Nicht Mehr Zuruck?, Op. 18 No. 2: La Mort D'Ophelie, La Mort D'Ophelie, Lady Macbeth - A Scena, Shakespeare's Kingdom, O Mistress Mine, Willow, Willow, Willow, Willow, Willow, Fancie, Fancy, Under The Greenwood Tree, Op. 22 No. 1: Take, O Take Those Lips Away, It Was A Lover And His Lass |
| UPC: | 034571161365 |
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Customer Reviews of Shakespeare's Kingdom
Move over Dame Judy Dench If you love Shakespeare, and / or Brahms, Schubert, Schumann, Berlioz and R. Strauss, you need to have this superb album in your collection. Walker is the most gratifying performer in opera and lieder, for beauty of voice (ravishing, audible silk); technique (perfection), intelligence (never-failing); phrasing (absolutely unsurpassed); and interpretation -- Walker does not merely "sell" a song, or act convincingly, she etches her performance on your soul. Just listen to her interpretation of the excerpts from MacBeth, set to music by Joseph Horovitz: Walker is a candidate for best Lady MacBeth. One wonders what she would do with the part as straight drama. If that isn't enough, she caresses the Schumann and the Berlioz, nails the Brahms (no accompaniment -- totally exposed voice), and slinks away with the tango "Under the Greenwood Tree." And if you think this album is great, wait until you hear her Schubert; Blah, blah, blah; and Julius Caesar (there is no other Cornelia but Walker.)
hard work
I bought this CD for one reason only: Richard Strauss' Ophelia's songs. 3 songs out of the whole CD that are wonderful by themselves, and very rare to find. Sarah Walker has a very good voice that gives Ophelia's maddness a tragic and touching colour.
Allas!...
This is a theme CD, and as such, they thought more of the concept and less of the listeners. Ophelia's cycle is made of 3 songs. we were unlucky enough to have another version to that song cycle - by Brahms. For some bizzare reason, the producers of this CD decided to brake the cycles. you hear one song of Strauss, and then one of Brahms etc'.
That's outragious, and dumb.
Still, if you can program your stereo, it's worth the buy just for that magical cycle. Truely one of a kind.
For Lieder fans
Here are a handful of songs from many different composers, while all texts are selected from Shakespeare's work. Most of them are well enough, although some are very rare and not outstanding, not in a standard repertoire. For example, this CD contains as well the well-known "Was ist Sylvia" by Schubert as "Willow, Willow" by Grainger (a truely wonderful song). And the result is a many-different-style CD. Walker and Johnson's performace are pretty well.For me, "Sylvia" is the most convincing interpretion among all other versioons. Walker's tone are dark and tragic, fits almost the songs here(I like especially the Orphelia suite by Brahms and R.Strauss). It can be more shiny in some obscure songs. The recording is a bit hollow.