Thomas Hampson - A Portrait [Import]

Thomas Hampson (Performer), Erich Wolfgang Korngold (Composer), Richard [Classical] Wagner (Composer), Franz Lehar (Composer), Charles Gounod (Composer), Jules Massenet (Composer), Giuseppe Verdi (Composer), Gioachino Rossini (Composer), Franz Liszt (Composer), Robert Schumann (Composer), Haydn Wood (Composer), Stephen [1] Foster (Composer), Kurt Weill (Composer), Cole Porter (Composer), Jerome Kern (Composer), Irving Berlin (Composer), Alan Menken (Composer), Fabio Luisi (Conductor), Franz Welser-Möst (Conductor), Michel Plasson (Conductor) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Performer: Thomas Hampson
• Conductor: Fabio Luisi, Franz Welser-Möst, Michel Plasson
• Composer: Erich Wolfgang Korngold, Richard [Classical] Wagner, Franz Lehar, Charles Gounod, Jules Massenet, et al.
• Audio CD (October 30, 2001)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: EMI
• ASIN: B000024D1I
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #386,960 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Die tote Stadt (The Dead City), opera, Op. 12: Mein Sehnen, mein Wahnen

2. Tannhäuser, opera, WWV 70: Wie Todesahnung...O, du mein holder Abendstern

3. O Vaterland, du machst bei Tag, for voice & piano (or orchestra) (from'Die lustige Witwe')

4. Faust, opera: Avnt de quitter ces lieux

5. Hérodiade, opera in 4 acts: Ce breuvage pourrait me donner un tel reve...vision fugitive

6. Don Carlo, opera: Carlos, ecoute...

7. Il barbiere di Siviglia (The Barber of Seville), opera: La ran le lera...Largo al factotum

8. L'ultimo ricordo, song for baritone & piano (Péchés de vieillesse, book 1), QR iv/19

9. Oh! quand je dors (I), song for voice & piano, S. 282i (LW N11/1)

10. Im Rhein, im heiligen Strome, song for voice & piano (Dichterliebe), Op. 48/6

11. Ich grolle nicht, song for voice & piano (Dichterliebe), Op. 48/7

12. Roses of Picardy for voice & piano

13. Beautiful Dreamer, for voice & piano

14. Johnny's Song, for voice & piano (from 'Johnny Johnson')

15. It was written in the stars, song (from 'Du Barry Was a Lady')

16. The Last Time I Saw Paris, song (from the film 'Lady Be Good')

17. Where is the life that late I led?, song (from 'Kiss Me Kate')

18. Anything You Can Do, song (for the musical Annie Get Your Gun)

19. Beauty and the Beast, musical play: If I Can't Love Her

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Great Showcase of Hampson's Voice and Artistry, February 22, 2002

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M. Ramos - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Thomas Hampson - A Portrait (Audio CD)

Thomas Hampson is definitely one of the greatest artists on today's musical scene. This CD displays the beauty of Hampson's voice and the intelligence and artistry that he brings to a great variety of musical styles (German, French and Italian Opera; Italian, French and German art song, and American music). Among the highlights are the first selection, the beautiful "Mein Sehnen, mein Wähnen" from DIE TOTE STADT by Korngold, sung with great control and melting pianissimos. The same can be said of the aria from TANNHAUSER. His live "Largo al Factotum" from IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA is just virtuosistic, with effortless high notes (even a cadenza up to high C) and energetic vocal acting. In the art songs he is no less impressive, with total involvement in the style and mood of the songs, being particularly impressive "Oh, quand je dors" by Lizt. The American repertoire is also a delight. Hampson displays all kind of nuances for this repertoire, from the estatic quality of "Beautiful Dreamer" to the humor and bawdiness of "Where Is The Life that Late I Led". In summary, this is a delightful and eclectic souvenir from one of the most charismatic and intelligent singers of our time.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Comprehensive coverage of Hampson's range in song, October 31, 2001

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Jill B. Whitburn (London, England) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Thomas Hampson - A Portrait (Audio CD)

This EMI disc, "Thomas Hampson, Portrait" is an excellent example of the wide range of this melliflous baritone. From the first German aria, Korngold's "Mein Sehnen, mein Wahnen" one of my personal favourites, to Jerome Kern's "The Last Time I saw Paris" you have great variety of opera, lieder and popular song offering you examples of Hampson's great talent. Buy and enjoy! Jill Whitburn

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars The best is wonderful, but there are a few duds, July 17, 2006

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Santa Fe Listener (Santa Fe, NM USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Thomas Hampson - A Portrait (Audio CD)

No portrait of a singer can satisfy all cmers, so EMI has shrugged its shoulders and tossed a bit of everything into the pot. (Without including any bonus tracks, one should note.) Hampson is without a doubt the successor to Fischer-Dieskau as the world's most famous operatic baritone. His strengths, like F-D's, are in song, especially American song. Seven of the 19 cuts here are American songs, which isn't enough. We don't really need Hampson's rather plodding and earnest Viennese operetta aria, nor his duet, "Anything You Can Do, I Can Do Better" with the shrill Kim Criswell (to tell the truth, neither does very well). Two small slivers from Schumann's Dichterlieve cycle seems rather silly, too.

But that leaves a lot that's wonderful--all the American selections, the Rossini and Liszt songs, the aria form Korngold's Die Tote Stadt, and above all Hampson's rollicking, let-'er-rip rendition of Figaro's aria form the Barber of Seville. If this omnium gatherum entices listeners to bu the complete recordings, it will serve a very good purpose.