★★★★★
Only five years ago, at age 26, the willowy, Nashville-born Dawn Upshaw was doing walk-ons at the Metropolitan Opera; even then she had amassed a following for her enterprising recital programs and the sweet radiance of her vocal style. Now she is an international star, and the enterprise and sweet radiance remain...
- ew.com
2009-06-12
★★★★★
Summary for the Busy Executive: A modern classic and one that might be. Luciano Berio, I suspect, looms in most music-lovers' minds a bit like the cartoonist Koren's shaggy monsters. One doesn't look forward to spending time listening to him. I admit I don't care for some of his work, but in general, he strikes me as an extremely lyrical composer, nowhere more so than in his Folk Songs (1964)...
- www.classical.net
2009-06-06
★★★★★
Called "American Élégies," the album contains music mainly of a quiet, reflective nature. You might expect a long evening, but somehow the program flies. The Unanswered Question, of course, is a classic, recorded many times. Adams does fine, without really grabbing you like Bernstein, Thomas, or Dohnányi. The angry wind parts are the best things here. The strings, however, come across as unremarkable, rather than rapt. The songs fare better...
- www.classical.net
2009-06-06
★★★★★
Dawn Upshaw proves to be an exception to the general rule that opera singers can't sing popular music on this enjoyable effort. She gets considerable help from show tune expert Tommy Krasker, the producer, and from some excellent arrangers and orchestrators, who come up with interesting ideas to give new interpretations to old Rodgers & Hart classics. "Sing for Your Supper," for example, finds her overdubbing herself into a chirpy girl group in a vocal arrangement by Hugh Martin and Ralph Blane...
- music.aol.com
2008-08-27
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