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Recorded as part of the Divas at the Donmar series at the small Donmar Theatre in London, the concert preserved on disc here, assembled from shows performed on August 31 and September 1, 2000, is an interesting mixture of material well-chosen and arranged to complement Betty Buckley's voice. The Broadway star's timbre has an astringent quality, with a breathy vibrato that adds to its penetrating, emotional effect. She works closely with arranger/pianist Kenny Werner, who provides her with instrumental support that often amounts to a duet, echoing the quality of her voice in surprising chords and even dissonance. This is particularly the case in the two performers' take on Stephen Sondheim's "Send in the Clowns," which ends the formal set. It's a much-covered standard, of course, but Buckley and Werner practically write a new melody for it that forces the listener to hear it anew. Buckley does much the same thing with other familiar songs in the set, such as the old Nat "King" Cole hit "Answer Me My Love" and James Taylor's signature tune "Fire and Rain." But there is also much unfamiliar material, particularly compositions by up-and-coming theater writer Ricky Ian Gordon, who turns in a musical setting for poems by Dorothy Parker, Edna St. Vincent Millay, and Emily Dickinson, though such other young writers as Jason Robert Brown and Adam Guettel are also represented. Brown's contribution, "Stars and the Moon," is a song that also has been taken up by Audra McDonald, but Buckley is closer to the right age for the character who sings it, reviewing her life with some regret. Another song that plays off her experience is "Old Friend" from I'm Getting My Act Together and Taking It on the Road, which she sings with special enthusiasm, but the whole set is impressive.
© William Ruhlmann /TiVo
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Betty Buckley, MainArtist - Stephen Sondheim, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2001 Concord Records, Inc.
Betty Buckley, MainArtist - Jerome Kern, ComposerLyricist - Dorothy Fields, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2001 Concord Records, Inc.
Betty Buckley, MainArtist - Jason Robert Brown, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2001 Concord Records, Inc.
Betty Buckley, MainArtist - Tina Landau, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2001 Concord Records, Inc.
Betty Buckley, MainArtist - Carl Sigman, ComposerLyricist - Gerhard Winkler, ComposerLyricist - Fred Rauch, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2001 Concord Records, Inc.
Betty Buckley, MainArtist - Adam Guettel, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2001 Concord Records, Inc.
Betty Buckley, MainArtist - JAMES TAYLOR, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2001 Concord Records, Inc.
Betty Buckley, MainArtist - Dorothy Parker, ComposerLyricist - Ricky Ian Gordon, ComposerLyricist - Edna St. Vincent Millay, ComposerLyricist - Emily Dickinson, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2001 Concord Records, Inc.
Betty Buckley, MainArtist - Nancy Ford, ComposerLyricist - Gretchen Cryer, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2001 Concord Records, Inc.
Betty Buckley, MainArtist - Stephen Sondheim, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2001 Concord Records, Inc.
Betty Buckley, MainArtist - Lyle Mays, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2001 Concord Records, Inc.
Betty Buckley, MainArtist - Sam Cooke, Arranger, Work Arranger
℗ 2001 Concord Records, Inc.
Album review
Recorded as part of the Divas at the Donmar series at the small Donmar Theatre in London, the concert preserved on disc here, assembled from shows performed on August 31 and September 1, 2000, is an interesting mixture of material well-chosen and arranged to complement Betty Buckley's voice. The Broadway star's timbre has an astringent quality, with a breathy vibrato that adds to its penetrating, emotional effect. She works closely with arranger/pianist Kenny Werner, who provides her with instrumental support that often amounts to a duet, echoing the quality of her voice in surprising chords and even dissonance. This is particularly the case in the two performers' take on Stephen Sondheim's "Send in the Clowns," which ends the formal set. It's a much-covered standard, of course, but Buckley and Werner practically write a new melody for it that forces the listener to hear it anew. Buckley does much the same thing with other familiar songs in the set, such as the old Nat "King" Cole hit "Answer Me My Love" and James Taylor's signature tune "Fire and Rain." But there is also much unfamiliar material, particularly compositions by up-and-coming theater writer Ricky Ian Gordon, who turns in a musical setting for poems by Dorothy Parker, Edna St. Vincent Millay, and Emily Dickinson, though such other young writers as Jason Robert Brown and Adam Guettel are also represented. Brown's contribution, "Stars and the Moon," is a song that also has been taken up by Audra McDonald, but Buckley is closer to the right age for the character who sings it, reviewing her life with some regret. Another song that plays off her experience is "Old Friend" from I'm Getting My Act Together and Taking It on the Road, which she sings with special enthusiasm, but the whole set is impressive.
© William Ruhlmann /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 12 track(s)
- Total length: 00:51:41
- Main artists: Betty Buckley
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Concord Records
- Genre: Jazz
© 2001 Concord Records, Inc. ℗ 2001 Concord Records, Inc.
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