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February 2005 |
So much to tell, Soprano Measha Brueggergosman, Manitoba Chamber Orchestra, CBC Records, SMCD 5234, 65:19 minutes
By Alidė Kohlhaas
If you are as much a fan of Emily Dickinson's poetry, as I am, then you will love Aaron Copland's eight songs he wrote for voice and orchestra that seem to embrace the poems he chose for his lyrics from her vast output. Both music and poetry are truly wondrous to hear, especially when sung by such a fine artist as soprano Measha Brueggergosman. This young Canadian singer's voice has matured over the past five years to a formidable instrument.
Brueggergosman first came to my attention at the December 31, 1999 New Year's Eve Concert at Roy Thomson Hall, when some of this country's greatest artists gathered to see us into the new millennium. She was good then, but now her voice has achieved a full, resonant, yet mellow timbre that far exceeds her age. I think, based on the CD, So Much To Tell, which is being reviewed here, I can say without hesitation, "Meash Brueggergosman has arrived." We need no longer remark on her youth, but simply concentrate from now on, on her performances.
So Much To Tell, a CBC Records disc, features an all American line-up. Brueggergosman understands the music that comes out of this continent. One is so happy to hear such well-sung tracks of music that one has considered some of the finest for a long time . . .
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