Mezzo sopranos Jan DeGaetani (1933 - 1989) and Cathy Berberian (1928 - 1983) were America's greatest exponents of modern vocal music and were taken from us at similarly early ages, both still not far from their prime years. Berberian was the more flamboyant of the two and was drawn farther into the European avant-garde; to oversimplify things, she was primarily a concert singer, while the more American-oriented DeGaetani was inclined toward art song.This is a long-treasured recital disc of 17 Charles Ives songs. It is the ...
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Mezzo sopranos Jan DeGaetani (1933 - 1989) and Cathy Berberian (1928 - 1983) were America's greatest exponents of modern vocal music and were taken from us at similarly early ages, both still not far from their prime years. Berberian was the more flamboyant of the two and was drawn farther into the European avant-garde; to oversimplify things, she was primarily a concert singer, while the more American-oriented DeGaetani was inclined toward art song.This is a long-treasured recital disc of 17 Charles Ives songs. It is the CD release of a classic Nonesuch LP, originating from the label's first golden age under Teresa Sterne's leadership and recorded by the team of Marc J. Aubort and Joanna Nickrenz (then Elite Recordings, Inc.). This is an entirely successful analog production from 1976. DeGaetani was at the absolute top of her form, and she was accompanied by Gilbert Kalish, one of her favored partners and among the finest exponents of classical American piano music.The program, though a little bit...
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