Leonard Warren on Tour in Russia

Leonard Warren (Performer), Anonymous (Composer), Johann Sebastian Bach (Composer), Ludwig van Beethoven (Composer), Georges Bizet (Composer), Frank Bridge (Composer), Francesca Caccini (Composer), Giulio Caccini (Composer), Pietro Cimara (Composer), Stefano Donaudy (Composer), Gabriel Faure (Composer), Vittorio Giannini (Composer), Umberto Giordano (Composer), Charles Gounod (Composer), Charles Tomlinson Griffes (Composer), George Frederick Handel (Composer), Ruggero Leoncavallo (Composer), Maurice Ravel (Composer), Francesco Santoliquido (Composer), Paolo Tosti (Composer)

Product Details

• Performer: Leonard Warren
• Composer: Anonymous, Johann Sebastian Bach, Ludwig van Beethoven, Georges Bizet, Frank Bridge, et al.
• Audio CD (July 2, 1991)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: RCA
• ASIN: B000003ERI
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #268,821 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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Track Listings

1. Acis and Galatea, oratorio, HWV 49: I Rage, I Melt, I Burn... O Ruddier Than the Cherry

2. In questa tomba oscura, arietta for voice and piano (or orchestra), WoO 133

3. Amarilli mia bella, for voice & continuo (from 'Le Nuove musiche')

4. Cantata No. 212, 'Mer hahn en neue Oberkeet,' (Peasant Cantata), BWV 212 (BC G32): Dein Wachstum sei feste und lache vor Lust

5. O del mio amato ben

6. Nel giardino, for voice & piano

7. Canto Populare for voice & piano

8. Canto Di Primavera for voice & piano

9. Les berceaux, song for voice & piano in B flat minor, Op. 23/1

10. Don Quichotte à Dulcinée, song cycle for voice & orchestra (or piano): Chanson à boire

11. Madrigal dans le style ancien for voice & piano, Op 4

12. Agnus Dei, for voice & piano (or orchestra) (Intermezzo from L'arlésienne Suite No. 2/6, arranged by Ernest Guirard)

13. Tell Me, Oh Blue, Blue Sky for voice & piano

14. An Old Song Re-sung, song for voice & piano (Poems by John Masefield No. 1), A. 56

15. Colorado Trail for voice & piano

16. O That It Were So, for voice & piano

17. Faust, opera: O sainte médaille... Avant de quitter ces lieux

18. Falstaff, opera: È sogno? O realtà?

19. Andrea Chénier, opera: Nemico della patria

20. Mattinata ('L'aurora di bianco vestita'), song for voice & piano (or orchestra)

See all 22 tracks on this disc

Customer Reviews

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A strange collection with some real gems, August 13, 2004

By	madamemusico "madamemusico" (Cincinnati, Ohio USA) - See all my reviews (TOP 1000 REVIEWER)

Leonard Warren was a baritone noted mostly for the power of his dark baritone voice, but he could also sing quite sensitively as this collection proves. Unfortunately, he does NOT sing sensitively in the heavy-handed, old-fashioned readings of Handel, Bach, "Aamarilli" or "O del mio amato ben," but his performances of tracks 3, 7, 9, 10, 13, 17-22 and 24 are superb. Especially interesting is his baritone version of the tenor specialty "Mattinata," which he turns into an intimate love ballad...I have never heard the like, and it is surprisingly effective. In the arias, of course, Warren is in his element; the "Faust" is sung much like Alexandru Agache in the Rizzi recording, and "Nemico della patria" is a predictable tour-de-force. William Sektberg's pianism is competent and perfunctory, nothing more. American-based singers of this era (among them Steber, Merrill and Bjorling) didn't exactly use the best pianists most of the time; the singing was the focus of things. Recommended, then, with a few reservations.