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Music : Angelika Kirchschlager - when night fallsIn association with Amazon.comby: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Marie-Joseph Canteloube, Stephen Sondheim, Franz Schubert, Gian Carlo Menotti, Franz Joseph Haydn, Johannes Brahms, Richard Rodgers, Carl Maria von Weber, Manuel de Falla, Xavier Montsalvatage, Aaron Copland, Miguel Kertsman, Alexander Zemlinsky, Angelika Kirchschlager, Roger Vignoles, Helmut Deutsch, John [guitar] Williams, Yuri Bashmet, London Metropolitan Ensemble, Jonathan Rees  Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
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Binding: Audio CDEAN: 0074646449820 Label: Sony Manufacturer: Sony Number Of Discs: 1 Publisher: Sony Release Date: November 02, 1999 Studio: Sony Sales Rank: 181394 Disc 1:
Editorial Review: Amazon.com: This record is most notable for its performances. Kirchschlager's singing is ravishingly beautiful and deeply expressive; the pianists and other instrumentalists are all first rate. Its content seems designed less for consistent musical quality and a balanced program than for variety and popular appeal. Yet the predominantly slow songs induce a certain monotony, and Mozart and Menotti, Brahms and Broadway musicals make strange stylistic bedfellows. However, many gems stand out in the mix: the two Brahms songs with viola, in which the renowned Yuri Bashmet is unfortunately almost inaudible; two Schubert Cradle Songs, one famous, one unknown; several enchanting Spanish songs; a Haydn arrangement of a Welsh lullaby better known as "All through the Night"; a lovely romantic song by Zemlinsky; and a lush, soaring one by Miguel Kertsman written for Kirchschlager and just right for her expressively inflected voice. She identifies with every idiom and pours so much care and affection into each song that one can well imagine a loving mother singing to her child, and indeed the record is dedicated to her little son. --Edith Eisler Average Rating:
 Rating: - Only a little crossover in this beautiful recitalThis is a luscious album. When I listen attentively I'm struck by some incongruities inherent in the project of mixing operatic voice and lullaby, which I'll ruminate on below. But as a recital it's for the most part very successful. Kirchschlager is an operatic mezzo-soprano with a wonderful, creamy voice. There are three songs here I'd consider crossovers for her, the first two and the last, all Broadway tunes. I think few Broadway songs stand up well to an operatic voice, and ... Read More Rating:  - Gentle crossover that gets a bit sleepyWhen Sony's artist executives were German, they tried to promote the young Austrian mezzo Angelika Kirchschlager, but because of her difficult name (I am guessing) and the slackening classical music market, she never caught on. Today Kirchschlager is a star in Europe, and one sees her name on the Met roster. This, her second CD, is a gentle recital of lullabies, made more varied by adding Broadway tunes into the mix and bringing in star musicians like John Williams on guitar and Yuri Bashmet on viola. ... Read More Rating: - An Example of When Crossover WorksAngelika Kirchschlager is well known on the operatic stage and in chamber and orchestral programs where her forte is Mozart and Bach. Hers is a voice creamy rich and produced with incredible intelligence. She is also a communicator - in recital, in opera, in anything she does. It comes as no surprise then that an artist of this caliber (or her agent....!) is able to set the standard for the now ubiquitous 'crossover album' that most of the major singers find it necessary to make to gather in more admirers. ... Read More Rating: - Lullabies for All AgesI bought this CD as a gift for my first grandchild to introduce her to the world of classical music. But when I played it, it enchanted me and my grandchild's parents even more than it did the baby. Angelika Kirschlager is a young Austrian mezzo-soprano who had previously been unknown to me. She sings these simple songs with a beautiful round warmth of tone. The twenty selections on this CD include Brahms famous lullaby together with two lesser-known songs of Brahms accompanied by piano and viola. ... Read More Rating: - A Wonderful Gift for a Baby!Our family has just been blessed with a new grandson and one of my very thoughtful friends had the brilliant and generous idea to send the baby a copy of this wonderful collection of lullabies and nightsongs done so stunningly by the marvelous German mezzo, Angelika Kirchschlager. I am happy to report that the very first selection, Schubert's 'Wiegenlied' ('Cradle Song'), seemed to make him smile, even at his tender age. This bodes well for his developing discriminating musical taste because Ms Kirchschlager is a ... Read More Browse for similar items by category:
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