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Voyage intime

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Voyage intime
Voyage intime

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Voyage intime

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No one can accuse soprano of ever resting on her laurels, and with this 2023 release, she began, in her late fifties, a new partnership with accompanist . It is a bit hard to tell what the theme is supposed to be all about. Only some of the songs are "intimes," and many are not about voyages; also notes that some of the songs are about "the theme of people being snatched away from the land of the living," not an especially intimate concept. Best just to listen and take the songs one by one, and this will reveal not only strong performances but organizational principles the performers don't mention. The first part of the program is devoted to German lieder, the second to French melodies (before a final return to ), with one piano piece in each set. is arguably the greatest French interpreter of German song, and her , has nothing trite about it as she inhabits but doesn't make opera characters out of the three characters in the piece. Another "theme" is that really makes songs by women her own. There is a group by , with an excellent setting of 's that owes something to but is in no way a knockoff, and a fine group by that fits beautifully. Sample . Perhaps the Mignon songs do not fit her quite so well at this late date, but the heftier numbers by and more than make up for this. Yet another theme is that these are all songs that give the pianist a great deal to do, and 's interactions with are sensitive and detailed enough to make one eagerly anticipate future collaborations. Superbly recorded by at the Teldex Studio in Berlin, the album made classical best-seller charts in early 2023. ~ James Manheim

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