I Carry Your Heart

Ruth Ann Swenson (Artist), Vincenzo Bellini (Artist), Gioachino Rossini (Artist), Giuseppe Verdi (Artist), Franz Schubert (Artist), Reynaldo Hahn (Artist), Fernando J. Obradors (Artist), Alfred Bachelet (Artist), John Woods Duke (Artist), Warren Jones (Performer) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Performer: Warren Jones
• Audio CD (November 26, 1996)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Angel Records
• ASIN: B000002RWL
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #112,211 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #59 in Music > Classical > Opera & Vocal > Vocal Non-Opera > Chansons

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8 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Ravishing vocalism; Ruth Ann Swenson makes magic., September 25, 1998

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This review is from: I Carry Your Heart (Audio CD)

This recital is splendid. Swenson has chosen a program that not only suits her voice perfectly, but that also has its own continuity.

In "Stornello," Swenson coveys a blend of coyness and blatant nonchalance. The Schubert cycle is beautifully done, intimate in tone and wholly appealing. Swenson does an especially lovely job on the Hahn selections: "Si mes vers avaient des ailes" and "L'heure exquise." This is a CD to listen to again and again. A disc to cherish.

4 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Lovely material for a soprano.., May 20, 2006

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B. Marold "Bruce W. Marold" (Bethlehem, PA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: I Carry Your Heart (Audio CD)

'i carry your heart' by soprano Ruth Ann Swenson, accompanied by Warren Jones on piano is an excellent collection of amuse bouche for the ear, as Ms. Swenson covers material by eight different composers writing in four different languages (Italian, French, German, and English). So, this is not a disk you will get if you happen to be a big fan of Reynaldo Hahn or Franz Schubert.

Ms. Swenson's virtuosity throughout is as good or better than her contemporaries. I compared her renditions of her two Hahn songs to a recent release by mezzo-soprano, Susan Graham, and could find nothing upon which to prefer one over the other, except for a preference for the soprano versus the mezzo-soprano range.

I was especially fond of her treatment of the Schubert 'Der Hirt auf dem Felsen'. I liked the fine accompaniment by Charles Nedich' clarinet.

Recommended.