Dawn Upshaw with Gilbert Kalish - Voices of Light (2004)
Dawn Upshaw with Gilbert Kalish: Voices of Light (2004)
Classical | EAC (APE & CUE) | 193 MB
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Classical | EAC (APE & CUE) | 193 MB
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Voices of Light certainly shows the singer in effortless form, and the sensitive keyboard contribution from Gilbert Kalish is a joy. The program is anchored by soft-hued French sets from Debussy and Fauré, and the latter’s La Chanson d’Ève might be the highlight of the entire recording. In between are songs by Messiaen and a single one by Golijov, which provide good textural breaks between the two more ephemeral bookends. The Golijov, which translates as “Moon, Colorless,” has the flavor of a luminous folksong and shows Upshaw in great empathy with this idiom as well.
- Tracklist
Olivier Messiaen
1 Poèmes pour Mi, song cycle for soprano & piano (or orchestra), I/17b: Le Collier 3:52
Claude Debussy
2 Chansons de Bilitis (3), song cycle for voice & piano, L. 90 9:29
Olivier Messiaen
Harawi, song cycle for soprano & piano, I/28:
3 L'Escalier redit, gestes du soleil 5:40
4 Amour oiseau d'étoile 4:21
Osvaldo Golijov
5 Lúa descolorida, for voice & piano 5:41
Olivier Messiaen
6 Poèmes pour Mi, song cycle for soprano & piano (or orchestra), I/17b: Priére exaucée 3:09
Gabriel Fauré
7 La chanson d'Eve, song cycle (10) for voice & piano, Op. 95 25:22
Olivier Messiaen
8 Chants de terre et de ciel, song cycle for soprano & piano, I/19: Résurrection 4:08
Dawn Upshaw, soprano
Gilbert Kalish, piano
Nonesuch 79812-2
