Marilyn Horne - The Complete Decca Recitals
Decca Records - Decca Records
Marilyn Horne
Release date: 2008-04-15
Audio CD
20th/21st Century Music for Voice and Keyboard, Box Sets (Audio Only), Choral, Choral Music, Classical, Classical Artists, Classical Music, Classical Vocals, Folk Song, French Romantic Opera, German/Austrian Classical Period Opera, Italian Baroque Opera, Italian Romantic Opera, Magnificat, Miscellaneous Vocal Music, Opera, Oratorio, Passion, Romantic Music for Voice and Keyboard, Romantic Opera
1. Una voce poco fa
2. Se Romeo t'uccise un figlio... La tremenda ultrice spada
3. Abscheulicher! Wo eilst du hin?... Komm, Hoffnung
4. Assisa a piè d'un salice (Willow Song)
5. Di tanti palpiti
6. Bel raggio lusinghier
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Marilyn Horne - The Complete Decca Recitals
Date undefinedMarilyn Horne - The Complete Decca RecitalsThese recitals give a complete view of Hornes range,from Bel Canto opera to American song,via Mahler and Wagner.What a fantastic Artist she is,ease of singing in all ranges from top "C" down to the depths of a true contralto,and she manages to vary her timbre as to what she is singing.
recommended o all lovers of great singing
Marilyn Horne - The Complete Decca Recitals
Date undefinedwhat to say??? First, "THANK YOU" to Decca records for assembling and presenting this WONDERFUL collection to us, honoring this Great Lady...the complete recital recordings of the Fabulous Ms Horne...certainly one of the GREATEST SINGERS of the Century. I do not recall a more distinctive mezzo voice in my many years of listening to opera and classical voice recordings. She had a seamless, absolutely stellar voice, and used it well, carving her niche in the history of Great Operatic Singing. These 11 discs are all stunning on their own as individuals, but packaged up together, in this Beautiful Box Set, and with the Original Album Cover Art reproduced on the individual sleeves, as well as the documentation presented with them, make this set a true Treasure-Trove, and Meaningful Remembrance of Ms Horne's long and memorable career. In today's "money, money, money" world, where we think that things are produced simply to "sell", it is refreshing, and heartening, to know that the people at Decca have produced this set Not for Quick Bucks, but as a Homogeneous Testament to the Talent and Memory of Marilyn Horne, truly one of America's Greatest Treasures...here, "ART" takes first place over "dollars". Thank You, Decca records for giving us this great collection of Ms Horne's solo recordings.
Marilyn Horne - The Complete Decca Recitals
Date undefinedI agree with the previous reviewers about Ms. Horne's voice and performances. There are many riches here: the singing is superb throughout, one or two optional unmusical high notes aside. The range of music is enormous and Horne sings it all with style and grace, including the odd collection that is the American Songbook (Copeland, Foster, Berlin and... Malotte!?) Most of these recitals were conducted by Henry Lewis. He is fine, but I really sat up and took notice when Zubin Mehta took over for the Mahler song cycles directly after listening to Lewis conduct the Mahler/Wagner songs. Horne seemed more engaged on the Mehta led disc, too.
The unfortunate news is that some of this music is unfamiliar (Nin and Bizet songs, some of the bel canto and French arias) and there is not a text or synopsis in sight. I would have gladly paid a little more for even bare-bones texts.
The opera arias and excellent Rossini scenes discs are available separately. The first two discs (the stunning Souvenir of a Golden Era) have recently also been reissued as a set. It looks like those two CDs - at about two-thirds the cost of these eleven CDs - have been issued with texts and notes. (The timings on each disc in the eleven CD set range from about 37 minutes to 57 minutes.)
