Lorraine Hunt Lieberson; Boston Symphony Orchestra/James Levine
Nonesuch
Reviewers were deeply touched by the love story behind this recording of music composed by Peter Lieberson for his wife, and her death from cancer just six months after this recording was made. So there was no doubt some sentimentality in the warmth with which the album was received - but the quality of the music wasn't in doubt either. James H North in Fanfare: "It is hard to say which is more beautiful, the music
or the singing, because they are inseparable. His compositions have
never been so simple, so pure, cleansed of all excess, all adornment.
Her singing has never seemed so true, so removed from the necessary
artifices of vocal production. He subtly captures the Spanish aura of
the songs, which she recreates indelibly."
Runners-up:
Rautavaara: "Song of my heart". Gabriel Suovanen; Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra/Leif Segerstam [Ondine]
Lauridsen: "Nocturnes". Polyphony; Britten Sinfonia/Stephen Layton [Hyperion]
Bingham: The Secret Garden; Salt in the Blood; etc. BBC Symphony Chorus/Stephen Jackson; Fine Arts Brass Ensemble [Naxos]
Vasks: Pater Noster; Dona nobis pacem; Missa. Latvian Radio Choir; Sinfonietta Riga/Sigvards Klava [Ondine]
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