Sherrill Milnes In Recital, Vol. 1

Sherrill Milnes (Performer), Benedetto Marcello (Composer), Johannes Brahms (Composer), Henri Duparc (Composer), Aaron Copland (Composer), John Woods Duke (Composer), Peter Warlock (Composer), Umberto Giordano (Composer), Frederick Loewe (Composer), Victor Hutchinson (Composer), Leonard Bernstein (Composer), Jon Spong (Performer) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Performer: Sherrill Milnes, Jon Spong
• Composer: Benedetto Marcello, Johannes Brahms, Henri Duparc, Aaron Copland, John Woods Duke, et al.
• Audio CD (January 21, 1997)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Video Artists Int'l
• ASIN: B000003LLJ
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #52,643 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Marcello: I cieli immensi narrano

2. Marcello: solo Cantata, Pslam 42

3. Marcello: II mio bel foco...Quella fiamma

4. Brahms: Four Serious Songs, Op.121: Denn es gehet dem Menschen

5. Brahms: Four Serious Songs, Op.121: Ich wandte mich

6. Brahms: Four Serious Songs, Op.121: O Tod, wie bitter

7. Brahms: Four Serious Songs, Op.121: Wenn ich mit Menschen

8. Duparc: La Vie Anterieure

9. Duparc: La Vague et la Cloche

10. Duparc: Chanso triste

11. Duparc: Lamento

12. Duparc Le manoir de Rosemonde

13. Copland: The World Feels Dusty

14. Copland: At The River

15. Duke: Luke Havergal

16. Warlock: Yarmouth Fair

17. Giordano: 'Nemico della patria'

18. Lerner-Loewe: 'There but for You Go I'

19. Hutchinson: Old Mother Hubbard

20. Bernstein: 'Maria'

Customer Reviews

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7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Some fine singing, August 21, 2007

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Brent D. Youlden "TTR2121" - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Sherrill Milnes In Recital, Vol. 1 (Audio CD)

For me these CDs are a real treat. Sherrill Milnes was, of course, a huge star of opera, and it is for this that he is renowned, but his work in recital on this collection is quite pleasing. He has a baritone voice that lead the way for a generation. It's a big ringing masculine voice with a truly spectacular upper register, and while there are some places here where he out sings the material, in the main he uses the power with discretion and demonstrates a wonderful artistry. His voice is not so warm as Prey's or Terfel's, but on the other hand it is stunningly nimble and shiny and he sings quite passionately. The top, big or small, is truly, truly amazing. His sense of humor is also quite apparent in several wonderful little asides that defy the stuffiness we associate with the classical crowd. There are a couple arias thrown in for good measure and he delivers them smashingly, of course. The recordings are live and the quality is good, not great, with a few exceptions. I would recommend these CDs to anyone who enjoys lieder and art song. This is a different side of Milnes and well worth the price of admission. I had the pleasure of seeing him in recital twenty five years ago, and these CDs confirm that he was just as good as I remember him.