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Kathleen Battle - Kathleen Battle Edition [15CDs Box Set] (2023) FLAC
A Limited Edition, Original Jackets collection showcasing the artistry of the magnificent American soprano, Kathleen Battle. Kathleen Battle enraptured opera audiences of the 1980s and 1990s. Here was a lyric soprano combining unsurpassable beauty of tone with a keen musical intelligence, a way with words and a communicative warmth that drew listeners to Strauss and spirituals alike. She has the easy phrasing of a great jazz singer combined with the breath, breadth and precise projection of a trained voice.James Levine coached her at the Metropolitan Opera, and when he accompanied her at the 1984 Salzburg Festival and DG recorded the recital as Battle’s debut solo album, nothing less than a phenomenon was launched. She had been admired as a gifted singer since the age of eight, and a 1985 article in Time Magazine declared that she was ‘the greatest lyric coloratura soprano in the world’.
“A radiant and joyous experience for performers and listeners alike. The Faure songs are so seductively coloured, and the spirituals convey at once such animation and so much unassuming dignity.” Stereo Review, April 1987 (Carnegie Hall Recital)
“There’s something about Battle’s singing which disarms me completely. In the long-lined numbers especially, she is so poised, pure, and breathtakingly lovely that I hang, ensorcelled, on every phrase.” Fanfare, March 1989 (Schubert: Lieder)
“The singing is con amore throughout the programme, with just the right touch of humour or tenderness or whatever each selection calls for.” Stereo Review, October 1989 (‘Live in Tokyo’)
“The scene from L’elisir d’amore … is graceful in character, wholly delightful, and the Romeo and Juliet nuptial duet combines passion and musical sensitivity… Warmly recommended.”
Flac, Lossless (track) | Classical, Vocal | 3,5 Gb
Contains CDs:
A Limited Edition, Original Jackets collection showcasing the artistry of the magnificent American soprano, Kathleen Battle. Kathleen Battle enraptured opera audiences of the 1980s and 1990s. Here was a lyric soprano combining unsurpassable beauty of tone with a keen musical intelligence, a way with words and a communicative warmth that drew listeners to Strauss and spirituals alike. She has the easy phrasing of a great jazz singer combined with the breath, breadth and precise projection of a trained voice.James Levine coached her at the Metropolitan Opera, and when he accompanied her at the 1984 Salzburg Festival and DG recorded the recital as Battle’s debut solo album, nothing less than a phenomenon was launched. She had been admired as a gifted singer since the age of eight, and a 1985 article in Time Magazine declared that she was ‘the greatest lyric coloratura soprano in the world’.
“A radiant and joyous experience for performers and listeners alike. The Faure songs are so seductively coloured, and the spirituals convey at once such animation and so much unassuming dignity.” Stereo Review, April 1987 (Carnegie Hall Recital)
“There’s something about Battle’s singing which disarms me completely. In the long-lined numbers especially, she is so poised, pure, and breathtakingly lovely that I hang, ensorcelled, on every phrase.” Fanfare, March 1989 (Schubert: Lieder)
“The singing is con amore throughout the programme, with just the right touch of humour or tenderness or whatever each selection calls for.” Stereo Review, October 1989 (‘Live in Tokyo’)
“The scene from L’elisir d’amore … is graceful in character, wholly delightful, and the Romeo and Juliet nuptial duet combines passion and musical sensitivity… Warmly recommended.”
Flac, Lossless (track) | Classical, Vocal | 3,5 Gb
Contains CDs:
