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The photography on the original CD and the labelling are somewhat tricksy, deceptive even: they list the programme of a recital given at the 1990 Salzburg Festival, whereas this recording was made several months after the event, in a studio in New York. What matters, though, is clearly the stunning vocal powers of the American diva, and the magisterial piano accompaniment supplied by her old accomplice James Levine.
This homage to the German Lied starts with the cycle of Six Lieder, Op.48 (after Gellerts Lieder) by Beethoven and continues with a substantial selection of Lieder from the Italienisches and Spanisches Liederbuch by Hugo Wolf, into the middle of which the two musicians have slyly slid five melodies by a young Debussy still under the influence of Massenet. It's an elegant way of saluting four great European nations from the height of an Austrian summer...
A performer for concerts rather than operas, Jessye Norman has given recitals all over the world, meeting with overwhelming enthusiasm every time. Her arrival on stage was itself an impressive spectacle. Her imposing stature, often topped off with a coloured turban, lent her the air of a goddess from antiquity. This first visual impression was followed up by the deployment of a full and powerful voice which could also whisper imperceptible pianissimos.
"Sometimes when I hear your voice, it breaks my heart. But all of the time when I hear your voice, it healed my soul", as the Nobel-prize-winning novelist Toni Morrison once said, who herself died a few weeks before the great singer, in summer 2019. © François Hudry/Qobuz
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6 Sacred Songs, Op. 48 (Ludwig van Beethoven)
Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - Jessye Norman, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - James Levine, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Christian Fürchtegott Gellert, Author - Cees Heijkoop, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Volker Straus, Producer
℗ 1991 Universal International Music B.V.
Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - Jessye Norman, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - James Levine, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Christian Fürchtegott Gellert, Author - Cees Heijkoop, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Volker Straus, Producer
℗ 1991 Universal International Music B.V.
Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - Jessye Norman, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - James Levine, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Christian Fürchtegott Gellert, Author - Cees Heijkoop, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Volker Straus, Producer
℗ 1991 Universal International Music B.V.
Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - Jessye Norman, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - James Levine, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Christian Fürchtegott Gellert, Author - Cees Heijkoop, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Volker Straus, Producer
℗ 1991 Universal International Music B.V.
Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - Jessye Norman, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - James Levine, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Christian Fürchtegott Gellert, Author - Cees Heijkoop, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Volker Straus, Producer
℗ 1991 Universal International Music B.V.
Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - Jessye Norman, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - James Levine, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Christian Fürchtegott Gellert, Author - Cees Heijkoop, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Volker Straus, Producer
℗ 1991 Universal International Music B.V.
Spanisches Liederbuch (Hugo Wolf)
Jessye Norman, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - James Levine, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Hugo Wolf, Composer - Paul Heyse, Author - Emanuel Geibel, Author, Translator - Maria Doceo, Author - Cees Heijkoop, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Volker Straus, Producer
℗ 1991 Universal International Music B.V.
Jessye Norman, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - James Levine, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Hugo Wolf, Composer - Paul Heyse, Author - Emanuel Geibel, Author, Translator - Cees Heijkoop, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Volker Straus, Producer - Luis de Camõens, Author
℗ 1991 Universal International Music B.V.
Anonymous, Author - Jessye Norman, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - James Levine, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Hugo Wolf, Composer - Paul Heyse, Author, Translator - Emanuel Geibel, Author - Cees Heijkoop, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Volker Straus, Producer
℗ 1991 Universal International Music B.V.
Anonymous, Author - Jessye Norman, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - James Levine, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Hugo Wolf, Composer - Paul Heyse, Author, Translator - Emanuel Geibel, Author - Cees Heijkoop, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Volker Straus, Producer
℗ 1991 Universal International Music B.V.
Anonymous, Author - Jessye Norman, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - James Levine, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Hugo Wolf, Composer - Paul Heyse, Author - Emanuel Geibel, Author, Translator - Cees Heijkoop, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Volker Straus, Producer
℗ 1991 Universal International Music B.V.
Anonymous, Author - Jessye Norman, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - James Levine, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Hugo Wolf, Composer - Paul Heyse, Author - Emanuel Geibel, Author, Translator - Cees Heijkoop, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Volker Straus, Producer
℗ 1991 Universal International Music B.V.
Claude Debussy, Composer - Jessye Norman, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - James Levine, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Theodore de Banville, Author - Cees Heijkoop, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Volker Straus, Producer
℗ 1991 Universal International Music B.V.
Claude Debussy, Composer - Jessye Norman, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - James Levine, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Paul Joseph Charles Bourget, Author - Cees Heijkoop, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Volker Straus, Producer
℗ 1991 Universal International Music B.V.
Romances (Claude Debussy)
Claude Debussy, Composer - Jessye Norman, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - James Levine, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Paul Joseph Charles Bourget, Author - Cees Heijkoop, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Volker Straus, Producer
℗ 1991 Universal International Music B.V.
Claude Debussy, Composer - Jessye Norman, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - James Levine, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Paul Joseph Charles Bourget, Author - Cees Heijkoop, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Volker Straus, Producer
℗ 1991 Universal International Music B.V.
Claude Debussy, Composer - Jessye Norman, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - James Levine, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Paul Marie Verlaine, Author - Cees Heijkoop, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Volker Straus, Producer
℗ 1991 Universal International Music B.V.
Italienisches Liederbuch, nach Paul Heyse (Hugo Wolf)
Jessye Norman, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - James Levine, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Hugo Wolf, Composer - Paul Heyse, Author - Cees Heijkoop, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Volker Straus, Producer
℗ 1991 Universal International Music B.V.
Jessye Norman, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - James Levine, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Hugo Wolf, Composer - Paul Heyse, Author - Cees Heijkoop, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Volker Straus, Producer
℗ 1991 Universal International Music B.V.
Jessye Norman, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - James Levine, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Hugo Wolf, Composer - Paul Heyse, Author - Cees Heijkoop, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Volker Straus, Producer
℗ 1991 Universal International Music B.V.
Jessye Norman, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - James Levine, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Hugo Wolf, Composer - Paul Heyse, Author - Cees Heijkoop, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Volker Straus, Producer
℗ 1991 Universal International Music B.V.
Jessye Norman, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - James Levine, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Hugo Wolf, Composer - Paul Heyse, Author - Cees Heijkoop, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Volker Straus, Producer
℗ 1991 Universal International Music B.V.
Jessye Norman, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - James Levine, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Hugo Wolf, Composer - Paul Heyse, Author - Cees Heijkoop, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Volker Straus, Producer
℗ 1991 Universal International Music B.V.
Jessye Norman, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - James Levine, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Hugo Wolf, Composer - Paul Heyse, Author - Cees Heijkoop, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Volker Straus, Producer
℗ 1991 Universal International Music B.V.
Album review
The photography on the original CD and the labelling are somewhat tricksy, deceptive even: they list the programme of a recital given at the 1990 Salzburg Festival, whereas this recording was made several months after the event, in a studio in New York. What matters, though, is clearly the stunning vocal powers of the American diva, and the magisterial piano accompaniment supplied by her old accomplice James Levine.
This homage to the German Lied starts with the cycle of Six Lieder, Op.48 (after Gellerts Lieder) by Beethoven and continues with a substantial selection of Lieder from the Italienisches and Spanisches Liederbuch by Hugo Wolf, into the middle of which the two musicians have slyly slid five melodies by a young Debussy still under the influence of Massenet. It's an elegant way of saluting four great European nations from the height of an Austrian summer...
A performer for concerts rather than operas, Jessye Norman has given recitals all over the world, meeting with overwhelming enthusiasm every time. Her arrival on stage was itself an impressive spectacle. Her imposing stature, often topped off with a coloured turban, lent her the air of a goddess from antiquity. This first visual impression was followed up by the deployment of a full and powerful voice which could also whisper imperceptible pianissimos.
"Sometimes when I hear your voice, it breaks my heart. But all of the time when I hear your voice, it healed my soul", as the Nobel-prize-winning novelist Toni Morrison once said, who herself died a few weeks before the great singer, in summer 2019. © François Hudry/Qobuz
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 24 track(s)
- Total length: 00:52:53
- Main artists: Jessye Norman James Levine
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Philips
- Genre: Classical Secular Vocal Music
© 2016 Decca Music Group Limited ℗ 1991 Universal International Music B.V.
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