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Ben Heppner - Dedication (Lieder of Beethoven, Liszt, Schumann and Strauss)
Heppner, Beethoven, Liszt
Ben Heppner - Dedication (Lieder of Beethoven, Liszt, Schumann and Strauss)
Genres: Pop, Classical
 
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What an appealing title for this wonderful selection of romantic, ardent songs, sung with such radiant, glowing eloquence! Ben Heppner is a two-fold "crossover" phenomenon: a great operatic heldentenor completely at home i...  more »

     
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All Artists: Heppner, Beethoven, Liszt, Schumann, Strauss
Title: Ben Heppner - Dedication (Lieder of Beethoven, Liszt, Schumann and Strauss)
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Label: RCA
Release Date: 5/19/1998
Genres: Pop, Classical
Styles: Vocal Pop, Opera & Classical Vocal, Historical Periods, Classical (c.1770-1830)
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPC: 090266310425

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What an appealing title for this wonderful selection of romantic, ardent songs, sung with such radiant, glowing eloquence! Ben Heppner is a two-fold "crossover" phenomenon: a great operatic heldentenor completely at home in the lieder repertoire, and a Canadian who sings German like a native. He captures the warm and lyrical simplicity, the dreamy inwardness, the poetic longing, and the passionate intensity of these love songs perfectly, coloring his incomparable voice with infinite flexibility and subtlety to fit the expression. Heppner reserves its glorious, ringing quality for the climaxes and for Liszt's three Sonnets of Petrarch--Italian opera arias in disguise--the first complete with a dramatic recitative (and one of the program's two high B's), the others rapturous, yearning romances. All are very beautiful, with lush, swooping virtuoso piano parts. Craig Rutenberg, an exemplary partner, plays them marvelously. This is a record to delight the ear and warm the heart. --Edith Eisler
 

CD Reviews

Heppner's Stauss, Liszt, and Beethoven are invigorating
James Walters | Seattle, WA USA | 04/27/2000
(5 out of 5 stars)

"The collection of lieder on this disc are some of my favorite pieces, and here they are sung by one of my favorite tenors. The Strauss is beautiful, and it fills me with excitement, and energy every time I listen to him sing them. His "Adelaide" is also captivating. This was my first expierence with the Liszt pieces on this cd, and they are now among my favorite songs. Heppner never dissapoints, and this CD is no exception."