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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1 Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated) Binding: DVD EAN: 0032031419896 Format: Classical, Color, DVD-Video, NTSC Label: Kultur Video Manufacturer: Kultur Video Number Of Items: 1 Publisher: Kultur Video Region Code: 1 Release Date: May 29, 2007 Running Time: 71 minutes Studio: Kultur Video Sales Rank: 73038 MPN: D4198D
Dawn Upshaw is one of the most versatile and talented of a new generation of American singers, equally at home on the concert platform and the musical stage.
In this specially recorded late-night recital from the Royal Albert Hall during the 1996 Promenade Concerts, Dawn Upshaw ranges widely over the gamut of American operatic arias and popular songs from the 1920s to the present day. Ms Upshaw gives a truly wonderful performance, full of expression, harmony and sublime singing.
Bernstein: Lonely Town, I Feel Pretty, Somewhere, Times Square, Village Vortex Copland: Laurie’s Song Weill: Lonely House, The Saga Of Jenny Sondheim: What More Do I Need?, There Won’t Be Trumpets Rodgers: Manhattan, It Never Entered My Mind, Why Can’t I?, I Could Write A Book, Nobody’s Heart / Little Girl Blue, He Was Too Good To Me Gershwin: Someone To Watch Over Me, Do Do Do
Blitzstein: I Wish It So
Fred Hersch, Piano London Sinfonietta, Conductor Eric Stern
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Rating: - Excellent DVD - Dawn at her best!
My wife and I are both big fans of Dawn Upshaw, particularly her non-classical performances of songs by Sondheim, Bernstein, Vernon Duke, etc. This DVD has a terrific collection of such pieces (taped ... Read More
