This title is sick!
E. Montoya | Coral Gables, FL | 04/26/2005
(5 out of 5 stars)
"This is probably the most incredible classical CD known to man - it posseses the Lobsgesang (Song of Praise) by Mendelssohn on it, it's sung by Barbara Bonney and Edith Wiens at the Leipzig Gewandhaus - Europe's most unknown, but ultimately finest house of classical music. I honestly felt that I had died and that angels were singing in the middle of my living room when I first heard that hauntingly beautiful duet with full chorus. The CD has other wonders like the Bach aria "Wie freudig ist mein Herz," Mozart's Exsultate, a few rarer Mozart sacred arias, and her Pie Jesu (Faure). What's absolutely incredible to think is that these pieces were mostly recorded in Germany in small churches and performance hall - no one who likes Germany and classical music could be disappointed. It's also a great buy for lovers of die deutsche Romantik. I can't believe it's for sale, because it's discontinued with many record stores, and it could easily go for 3 times the price - it's a rare import."
Sacred and heavenly
Markku Ojanen | Lempäälä Finland | 10/24/2005
(5 out of 5 stars)
"Beside Barbara Bonney there is Finnish soprano Soile Isokoski who has really natural, beautiful voice. How can so fully trained voice be so natural! Some singers do have some kind of cold and hard voice, but Barbara Bonney surely is not one of those.
Having no musical talent I can but simply enjoy and I need not bother about keeping right notes, etc. That seems to be a blessing."
A glorious sound!
C. Verbruggen | 03/12/2007
(5 out of 5 stars)
"A beautiful voice: pure, very agile, never straining. A voice ideally suited to this type of music. Something to listen to with your eyes closed, letting it wash over you. Barbara Bonney is one of the best voices today."