Essential!
This is an essential release from an artist taken from us much too early. Listen to the Mahler "Ich bin der Welt abhanden gekommen". This was a most communicative of artists and this recital captures her at the height of her art.
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The Emotional Eloquence Of Lorraine Hunt Lieberson
By Justin Davidson
Because she died early and her celebrity came late, and because she always sang as if she were on intimate terms with death, a whiff of tragedy clings to the recordings of mezzo soprano Lorraine Hunt Lieberson. In her recital performance of Mahler's orchestral song "Ich bin der Welt abhanden gekommen," she practically exhales the opening words ("I am lost to the world") in a voice that buzzes with desolate pallor. As the song… more »