Berlioz: Les Nuits D'Ete / Ravel: Sheherazade ~ Jessye Norman

Berlioz: Les Nuits D'Ete / Ravel: Sheherazade ~ Jessye Norman

The most important thing to remember about Les Nuits d'Ã©tÃ© is that there's only one quick song and one moderate one to balance out three long, slow ones. Although the work is not a cycle in any coherent sense, most performers do the pieces in Berlioz's final order: the quick one first, then the three slow ones, then the moderate one. This makes for a very long middle. Norman's rich, dark voice might be thought a bit heavy for this particular order, but she has another card up her sleeve: Her singing is so gorgeous that one simply forgets about time and just drowns in the tone. Ravel's exotic oriental song cycle provides just the right pick-me-up after the Romantic excesses of the Berlioz. --David Hurwitz
Country USA
Manufacturer Philips
Binding Audio CD
ReleaseDate 1987-07-07
UPCs 028941249326
EANs 0028941249326

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