Paysages, soprano Susanna Phillips' solo debut album, marks what seems destined to be an impressive career. Her voice has plenty of power and it's sweet and warmly rounded, with a seamless legato. The absolute security of her technique is apparent in this repertoire, and she seems undaunted even by the workout Messiaen gives her. She invests each phrase with a depth of understanding and personality that can't help but communicate with listeners. It's no wonder that she has been showered with awards, accolades, and ...
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Paysages, soprano Susanna Phillips' solo debut album, marks what seems destined to be an impressive career. Her voice has plenty of power and it's sweet and warmly rounded, with a seamless legato. The absolute security of her technique is apparent in this repertoire, and she seems undaunted even by the workout Messiaen gives her. She invests each phrase with a depth of understanding and personality that can't help but communicate with listeners. It's no wonder that she has been showered with awards, accolades, and prestigious performance opportunities in her brief career leading up to this recording.Happily, more and more sopranos are recording and performing Messiaen's remarkable 1936 song cycle, Poèmes pour Mi, long considered so difficult that it was a rarity in concert or on disc. Other sopranos have beautifully negotiated its interpretive eccentricities and extreme vocal demands, which veer from hammered declamation to extravagantly soaring melismas and compass an outrageous range, but Phillips...
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New in very good packaging. Originally released: 2011. (AIL0002) PLEASE READ THE FOLLOWING SPECIAL DESCRIPTION CAREFULLY: This sale is for MUSIC on CD( SET OF 1 Discs Music). There is no visible Scratches on this disc) Case or Box and cover tab (Good), Insidee disc s Holding tab is (Good), Cover or insert pamphlet (not issued). These is no Marking ON the Discs. if you ve received the item and you are not at most 65% satisfied with this item, return the item.
