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Luciano Berio, Tania Leon, Hayes Biggs
Berio: The Great Works for Voice
Genres: Pop, Classical

Track Listings (21) - Disc #1
1. Black is the color
2. I wonder as I wander
3. Loosin yelav
4. Rossignolet du bois
5. A la femminisca
6. La donna ideale
7. Ballo - Christine Schadeberg/Muscians' Accord
8. Motettu de tristura
9. Malurous qu'o uno fenno
10. Lo Fiolaire
11. Azerbaijan love song
12. Sequenza III
13. Strings in the Earth and Air
14. Monotone
15. Winds of May
16. O King
17. Circles I. stinging
18. Circles II. riverly is a flower
19. Circles III. n(o)w
20. Circles IV. riverly is a flower
21. Circles V. stinging

CD Details

All Artists: Luciano Berio, Tania Leon, Hayes Biggs, Musicians' Accord, Margaret A. Kampmeier, Sara Laimon, Christine Schadeberg, Susan Jolles, Michael Pugliese, William Trigg
Title: Berio: The Great Works for Voice
Members Wishing: 1
Total Copies: 0
Label: Mode
Original Release Date: 1/1/1995
Re-Release Date: 11/14/1995
Album Type: Original recording remastered
Genres: Pop, Classical
Styles: Vocal Pop, Opera & Classical Vocal, Chamber Music, Historical Periods, Classical (c.1770-1830), Modern, 20th, & 21st Century
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPC: 764593004820

Synopsis

Amazon.com

Italian composer Berio is a wizard of language, form, and genre; so this disc, presenting vocal works ranging from folksong arrangements to avant-garde settings of E.E. Cummings, is an excellent rendering of the artist. Berio loves literature, and some of his favorite writers--cummings and James Joyce--make appearances here. It's like reading a gifted writer's personal sketchbook. Christine Schadeberg sings with the Musicians' Accord in fine performances. --Joshua Cody

CD Reviews

Poorly engineered recording.

07/18/2002

(2 out of 5 stars)

"One of the worst engineered recordings in recent times. Recorded in a very reverberant Church in NYC. Engineering is amateur, and performances are at best serviceable. Stick with the (excellent) Berberian recording of Circles (still available on Wergo). Many other far superior recordings of the Folk Songs on the market; ditto the Sequenza. One to skip. Shame on MODE for this release."