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Jessye Norman Classics Reviews
Jessye Norman Classics Reviews
| 13 of 14 people found the following review helpful  A monumental talent, By A Customer This review is from: Jessye Norman Classics (Audio CD) Jessye Norman has a landmark voice. It has such warmth, variety of colour, strength and depth that few can surpass her interpretations. The tracks on this CD are a good mixture that show off the best qualities of her voice. Of course few CDs are perfect and, I'm afraid this is not one of them. Although the Poulenc and Brahms songs are supurbly executed and the Strauss song and aria are similarly noteworthy I must take exception to two of the renditions. Jessye's Dido leaves something to be desired. For me, and those others I have discussed this with, her voice is too rich and uncharacteristic for a touching Baroque aria. I've had the good fortune to play continuo in a live performance of Dido and Aeneas and the Dido in that performance was much colder, though still emotional. For me too Jessye's vibrato is a little too much for the work. Likewise unsatisfactory for me was the Gerschwin. I thought it was a little too much like a vacuum cleaner at points (no offence... Read more 16 of 18 people found the following review helpful Simply Wonderful, By A Customer This review is from: Jessye Norman Classics (Audio CD) I have always loved Jessye Norman since the first time I heard her voice. That occasion occurred when I bought a completely unknown Verdi opera, Il Corsaro, and was delighted with the result. I knew who Caballe was (I had recordings of her singing, and enjoyed them), but Jessye Norman was a complete unknown to me. I was taken back by the rich vibrant spacious voice that I heard. What also interested me was the fact she could do coloratura work, and float a very beautiful high B flat. The voice then was not as fully developed as now, nor was her artistry as deep, but what I heard was simply breathtaking and I was hooked on her as an artist from that time forth.This disk is simply a sampling of her singing, and it does show her singing a wide variety of things. She is not perfect in everything she sings (and even the Great Maria Callas was not successful in everything she sang, and I doubt any artist is; some works simply are better suited to their voices and their temperments than... Read more 1 of 1 people found the following review helpful a voice teacher and early music fan, By This review is from: Jessye Norman Classics (Audio CD) JESSYE NORMAN: THE ULTIMATE DIVA!Jessye Norman is a dramatic soprano with a majestic stage presence. She is known for the direct and emotionally expressive qualities of her singing, and for her formidable intellectual understanding of the music and the style, as well as first-rate musicianship. And, indeed, to render an album such as this one with its variety of languages and styles is accomplished by very few successfully! As a performer she displays a magnetic and dramatic personality, and with her imposing physical presence cuts an impressive figure before audiences. According to Curt Sanburn of LIFE, Norman on stage creates a perception of one who "veritably looms behind her lyrics". Norman's public manner combines an apparent hauteur with flashes of discerning humor, putting her squarely in the venerable operatic tradition of the 'Diva', to the extent that many credit her as the inspiration for the title character in the 1981 French film 'Diva'... Read more |
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