Comments on: Stratas Sings Weill http://bestdiabetesproducts.com/stratas-sings-weill Mon, 06 Sep 2010 14:36:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Jonathan Dorsch http://bestdiabetesproducts.com/stratas-sings-weill/comment-page-1#comment-635 Jonathan Dorsch Tue, 09 Mar 2010 08:30:43 +0000 http://bestdiabetesproducts.com/stratas-sings-weill#comment-635 Until I heard this and the Unknown Weill, I was a "stranger myself here,' as Stratas sings in the first selection. I simply did not appreciate nor understand the immediacy and importance of Weill to our musical heritage. Stratas simply transcends and reveals this music so intuitively that it is amazing. Rating: 5 / 5 Until I heard this and the Unknown Weill, I was a “stranger myself here,’ as Stratas sings in the first selection. I simply did not appreciate nor understand the immediacy and importance of Weill to our musical heritage. Stratas simply transcends and reveals this music so intuitively that it is amazing.
Rating: 5 / 5

]]> By: tobb delow http://bestdiabetesproducts.com/stratas-sings-weill/comment-page-1#comment-634 tobb delow Tue, 09 Mar 2010 08:19:17 +0000 http://bestdiabetesproducts.com/stratas-sings-weill#comment-634 Stratas's interpretations make one rush headlong into that danger.<p>Many singers have done beautiful Surabaya Johnnys but have any been as shattering as Stratas? Though years later she stumbled with her ill-concieved and eccentric Seven Deadly Sins, this CD is Stratas at in her prime, making bold choices about the material that blows the cobwebs off song we thought we knew. Even 15 years later, this album is fresh, uncliched, deeply affecting, and enthralling.<p>Stratas proves herself not only a great singer, but a great actress as well. Rating: 5 / 5 Stratas’s interpretations make one rush headlong into that danger.

Many singers have done beautiful Surabaya Johnnys but have any been as shattering as Stratas? Though years later she stumbled with her ill-concieved and eccentric Seven Deadly Sins, this CD is Stratas at in her prime, making bold choices about the material that blows the cobwebs off song we thought we knew. Even 15 years later, this album is fresh, uncliched, deeply affecting, and enthralling.

Stratas proves herself not only a great singer, but a great actress as well.
Rating: 5 / 5

]]> By: George Grella http://bestdiabetesproducts.com/stratas-sings-weill/comment-page-1#comment-633 George Grella Tue, 09 Mar 2010 07:53:16 +0000 http://bestdiabetesproducts.com/stratas-sings-weill#comment-633 Stratas is the Weill singer, and everyone else is an also-ran. Ute Lemper is just a poser, and while Lenya was an important figure for Weill and she has her charms, but Weill wanted trained, operatic voices to sing his music, but not in the style of Verdi or Mozart. Here, Stratas delivers the composer's wish. Her voice is beautiful and cultivated in the best way, but it is her manner that is so important; straightforward, sincere, artless. From the opening "I'm a Stranger Here Myself" her affinity for this music is fully apparent. The selections span Weill's career and are delivered in many English, French and German, and regardless of the language, Stratas communicates completely. The orchestra plays the original orchestrations, and the sound is simply wonderful, nostalgic and modern all at once. This is where all Weill listeners and lovers should start. Rating: 5 / 5 Stratas is the Weill singer, and everyone else is an also-ran. Ute Lemper is just a poser, and while Lenya was an important figure for Weill and she has her charms, but Weill wanted trained, operatic voices to sing his music, but not in the style of Verdi or Mozart. Here, Stratas delivers the composer’s wish. Her voice is beautiful and cultivated in the best way, but it is her manner that is so important; straightforward, sincere, artless. From the opening “I’m a Stranger Here Myself” her affinity for this music is fully apparent. The selections span Weill’s career and are delivered in many English, French and German, and regardless of the language, Stratas communicates completely. The orchestra plays the original orchestrations, and the sound is simply wonderful, nostalgic and modern all at once. This is where all Weill listeners and lovers should start.
Rating: 5 / 5

]]> By: Ted VanWhy http://bestdiabetesproducts.com/stratas-sings-weill/comment-page-1#comment-632 Ted VanWhy Tue, 09 Mar 2010 06:21:48 +0000 http://bestdiabetesproducts.com/stratas-sings-weill#comment-632 Teresa Stratas is one of those singers whose reputation as a temperamental diva precedes her. Well, in my book, if it takes being temperamental to accomplish a collection like this, the end justifies the means. She is a singer of tremendous vocal and emotional range, and Weill's music provides what seems to be a perfect vehicle for both. <br /> <br />I've had this CD for at least 12 or 13 years and, no matter how many times I listen, I still notice new details in her interpretations. Rating: 5 / 5 Teresa Stratas is one of those singers whose reputation as a temperamental diva precedes her. Well, in my book, if it takes being temperamental to accomplish a collection like this, the end justifies the means. She is a singer of tremendous vocal and emotional range, and Weill’s music provides what seems to be a perfect vehicle for both.

I’ve had this CD for at least 12 or 13 years and, no matter how many times I listen, I still notice new details in her interpretations.
Rating: 5 / 5

]]> By: Anonymous http://bestdiabetesproducts.com/stratas-sings-weill/comment-page-1#comment-631 Anonymous Tue, 09 Mar 2010 03:27:21 +0000 http://bestdiabetesproducts.com/stratas-sings-weill#comment-631 Stratas focused closely on Weill mood and then the uniqueness of each selection within the Weill mood Rating: 5 / 5 Stratas focused closely on Weill mood and then the uniqueness of each selection within the Weill mood
Rating: 5 / 5

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