Tako,
Alas, checking the score proves my memory wrong: both Iopas and Enee go up
to C, but no further, unless one of those optional or traditional notes has
crept in - the recording I heard had the fine English lyric tenor Ian
Partridge in the role. As consolation Arturo in I Puritani has a big D,
also Robert le Diable and other Bel Canto monsterpieces!
The disc is indeed "Serenade". The copy I heard belongs to someone who
knows Daniels, so maybe he got an advance one? Anyway, to my taste (and the
Gramophone reviewer) Daniels sounds best(!) in the "classical" repertoire -
the Schubert and Gounod items are quite magical. His sound does not become
big and wobbly or anything: his messa di voce is remarkable and his tone is
subtle and serves the music very well. I'd like to hear Brahms sung like
this! Some of his low notes are a bit funny, paradoxically.
Having listened to a few tracks I had to go and put on some Kathleen
Ferrier - yes, she's still queen of the altos, but her dark sound and rich
vibrato may not be to everyone's taste nowadays, while I couldn't imagine
anyone not liking Daniels' singing. john
At 09:36 AM 5/24/00 -0700, you wrote:
>John Alexander Blyth <BLYTHE@B...> wrote:
>> The role of Iopas in "Les Troyens a Carthage" has a high D.
>
>Wow, Berlioz, right? I've never seen this one... what is Iopas' fach?
>
>> Unrelated: there is a recent disc of countertenor David Daniels which
>> makes a very good case for this kind of voice in the classics, including an
>> "Adelaide" to rival Bjoerling's. I wonder if he would do a Brahms disc?
>
>Which album? There's supposed to be something called "Serenade" coming
>out, but I thought it wasn't released yet... Or are you talking about
>"Sento Amor", the album with Mozart and Gluck stuff? Maybe I need to run
>out and buy it :)
>
>Does he change his basic sound to sing 19th century? Supposedly he can
>do the "romantic" production as well as the scaled back early music
>sound. Unfortunately, I've yet to see him in recital, so I've only heard
>him do Baroque and early classical.
>
>-Tako
>
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John Blyth
Baritono robusto e lirico
Brandon, Manitoba, Canada
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