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WOLF: GOETHE-LIEDER, MORIKE-LIEDER.(Review)

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| May 01, 2001 | J.M. | COPYRIGHT 2001 Metropolitan Opera Guild, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Barbara Hendricks

[] "WOLF: GOETHE-LIEDER, MORIKE-LIEDER." Pontinen, piano. Texts and translations. EMI 56988-2

Hugo Wolf is not to be approached by the faint-hearted, from either side of the footlights (or the microphone), and Barbara Hendricks would seem the ideal singer to work without a net. She is fearless and earnest in her musical approach and is able to come at the style both from the context of earlier and later repertoire. Unfortunately, on this disc of Morike and Goethe settings she seems to be constantly wrestling with the music, battling the vocal line, even in the lighter songs. While nearly every track includes a beautiful moment or two, Hendricks is continually tripped up when a phrase dips into her astringent chest voice or needs to be hammered through the passaggio by ...

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