Lorraine Hunt Lieberson and Roger Vignoles

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The unique warmth of tone is sounded in the first notes even of the lighter Mahler songs. But there's also a spiritual grace in her approach. Key tracks such as Mahler's 'Ich bin de Welt abhanden... — BBC Music Magazine, April 2007, 5 out of 5 stars More…

Release Date: 29th Jan 2007
Catalogue No: WHLIVE0013
Label: Wigmore Hall Live
Length: 59 minutes

Gramophone Awards

2007

Finalist - Solo
BBC Music Magazine

April 2007

Choral & Song Choice

Mahler: Rückert-Lieder

Work length21:23

$6.35

$7.80

Lorraine Hunt Lieberson, Roger Vignoles

I. Ich atmet' einen linden Duft

Track length2:55

$1.05

$1.30

II. Blicke mir nicht in die Lieder

Track length1:33

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III. Liebst du um Schönheit

Track length2:47

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IV. Um Mitternacht

Track length7:03

$1.60

$1.95

V. Ich bin der Welt abhanden gekommen

Track length7:05

$1.60

$1.95

Handel: E Vivo Ancora… Scherza infida from Ariodante

Work length7:50

$1.60

$1.95

Lorraine Hunt Lieberson, Roger Vignoles

Handel: As Rosy Steps from Theodora

Work length8:08

$1.60

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Lorraine Hunt Lieberson, Roger Vignoles

Lieberson, P: O ihr Zartlichen

Work length3:07

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Lorraine Hunt Lieberson, Roger Vignoles

Lieberson, P: Stiller Freund

Work length4:10

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Lorraine Hunt Lieberson, Roger Vignoles

Lieberson, P: Triraksha's aria from Ashoka's Dream

Work length6:32

$2.10

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Lorraine Hunt Lieberson, Roger Vignoles

Peter Lieberson & Lorraine Hunt Lieberson's spoken introduction

Track length1:02

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Triraksha's aria from Ashoka's Dream

Track length5:30

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trad.: Spiritual: Deep River

Work length3:21

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Lorraine Hunt Lieberson, Roger Vignoles

Brahms: Unbewegte laue Luft (No. 8 from Acht Lieder und Gesänge, Op. 57)

Work length4:42

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$1.30

Lorraine Hunt Lieberson, Roger Vignoles

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Recorded live at Wigmore Hall, 30 November 1998

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April 2007

The unique warmth of tone is sounded in the first notes even of the lighter Mahler songs. But there's also a spiritual grace in her approach. Key tracks such as Mahler's 'Ich bin de Welt abhanden gekommen'; the spiritual 'Deep river'; her fervent second encore, Brahms's 'Unbewegte laue Luft' and Handel's 'As rosy steps'... place Hunt Lieberson alongside the best of Kathleen Ferrier and Dame Janet Baker, whose Mahler is matched for personality here.

This mezzo-soprano had a profound musical bond with Mahler, for example, and this is her only extant recording of the Ruckert Lieder. It's a marvel … Roger Vignoles deserves praise, too, for his playing matches Hunt Lieberson in its
emotional concentration and directness … "Unbewegte laue Luft" ends the recital on an ecstatic note that surely sent the audience out on a cloud. Indispensable

This recital presents a remarkable singer still at the height of her powers some eight years before her untimely death … All in all, this is a cherishable memento of a very special artist

2010

Here is a mezzo who more than any of her generation bade fair to rival Janet Baker in the warmth, beauty and intensity of her singing

Here, she is heard in Mahler's Five Ruckert Lieder, the voice unfailingly beautiful, the words evocative, and in the valedictory Ich bin der Welt abhanden gekommen (I am lost to the world), serenely resigned and sadly prophetic. A
glowing memento of a glorious artist

It is difficult to get through this recital without a lump in your throat … Her performance of Mahler's Ruckert Lieder, one of the finest on disc, avoids the usual morbidity and contains flashes of divine revelation ... Essential listening

The sheer spiritual power, the sheer heartfelt sincerity and warmth of feeling in her every utterance is overwhelmingly moving

Lorraine Hunt Lieberson and Roger Vignoles

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