I have her new Brahms disc and am enjoying it. Anything else good by her? Anything to avoid?
Any other mezzo-soprano recital CDs you want to mention? I know nothing about this topic and am interested in your opinions.
Thanks.
I don't know her voice well, I have her in a couple of pieces and she is excellent. The world of the Mezzo recital is rich. I have reviewed some here....
http://www.good-music-guide.com/community/index.php/topic,555.0.html
Additionally, anything with Sarah Mingardo or Janet Baker, there is a thread about Baker here....
http://www.good-music-guide.com/community/index.php/topic,522.0.html
Stephanie Blyth has produced a couple of interesting discs, one is Handel and Bach, the other Brahms, Mahler and Wagner.
Mike
Quote from: knight on May 15, 2007, 10:29:33 AM
I don't know her voice well, I have her in a couple of pieces and she is excellent. The world of the Mezzo recital is rich. I have reviewed some here....
http://www.good-music-guide.com/community/index.php/topic,555.0.html
Additionally, anything with Sarah Mingardo or Janet Baker, there is a thread about Baker here....
http://www.good-music-guide.com/community/index.php/topic,522.0.html
Stephanie Blyth has produced a couple of interesting discs, one is Handel and Bach, the other Brahms, Mahler and Wagner.
Mike
Thanks, Mike!
Just got this (in case you don't visit the "Purchases" thread).
(http://cover6.cduniverse.com/MuzeAudioArt/Large/82/460882.jpg)
[Oh, and that Aida you mentioned in the other thread.]
I am sure you will enjoy Mingardo. She is a very special singer. I am away for a while now, so I hope to read how you get on with the discs when I get back.
Cheers,
Mike
Quote from: knight on May 15, 2007, 08:03:51 PM
I am sure you will enjoy Mingardo. She is a very special singer. I am away for a while now, so I hope to read how you get on with the discs when I get back.
That's a real weird position to sing: caved in, unstraight, head up, not a lot of chest capacity...
She could make it as a clothes model though.
ZB
That's not her. That is a clothes model. ::)
Quote from: MrOsa on May 16, 2007, 01:08:37 AM
That's not her. That is a clothes model. ::)
So what does she have to do with the
Stabat Mater?
(silly question, I'm sure...)
ZB
The whole Opus 111 Vivaldi series has got models instead of musicians on the covers. E.g.:
(http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/I/41X7DGEN6PL._AA240_.jpg)(http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/I/5144DC4CXDL._AA240_.jpg)(http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/I/517A3P67S5L._AA240_.jpg)(http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/I/312ZERC8Y0L._AA240_.jpg)(http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/I/51ZHQ2KR5VL._AA240_.jpg)
Our's not to reason why... ;D
Mingardo seems to be a contralto, not a mezzo-soprano. I don't believe they are the same thing. Her voice on the above recording is noticeably deeper than Fink's. Though I still enjoy the recording.
Regarding Bernarda Fink, a contralto that I love very much, I suggest one recording: Rameau's opera "Hippolyte et Aricie", conducted by Minkowski. Bernard Fink's interpretation of Phèdre is extraordinary.
Thanks, Val!
Someone please explain this mezzo-soprano vs. contralto thing. Fink has been tagged as both, so I assume, depending on the part or the piece, she can sing both. Yes, I'm a newbie at this stuff. :)
Quote from: dtwilbanks on May 17, 2007, 06:29:52 AM
Thanks, Val!
Someone please explain this mezzo-soprano vs. contralto thing. Fink has been tagged as both, so I assume, depending on the part or the piece, she can sing both. Yes, I'm a newbie at this stuff. :)
Hello? Testing. Testing. 1-2-3. ;D
Now playing: Kathleen Ferrier
Oh, I looove Ferrier! I think I'll start a thread for her right now! :D
I guess this issue of whether someone is a contralto or a mezzo comes down to the richness and comfort at the bottom of the voice, rather than only the roles. Many of each voice have a lot of overlapping repertoire.
Mingardo has a richness of voice she takes down to the bottom of the range of music she sings and I think she would be regarded as a contralto. Having said this, I have heard her sing Berlioz where she was singing the son of Aeneas and she lightens the voice sounding more like a mezzo. Fink I am not sufficiently familiar with to give an opinion. I think she is excellent, but I have most of her repertoire by other singers.
Mike
Fink's Schumann recording on HM is one of my essential Lieder discs!
Quote from: erato on May 28, 2007, 02:44:14 AM
Fink's Schumann recording on HM is one of my essential Lieder discs!
Thanks, erato. I'm adding it to my wish list.