Word: sung
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...telling. Instead, the slim Mississippi farm girl is basking in the news that her Ode to Billie Joe, which she cut for Capitol Records on July 10, has passed the million-sales mark, and that her first LP album (including Billie Joe and eight other songs written and sung by her) has an initial run of 500,000 copies...
This song is heard these days in the rugged jungle country of southeastern Bolivia, where it is sung by a band of Castro-style guerrillas who are harassing the eleven-month-old regime of President René Barrientos. Though they number only about 100 men (some say as few as 60), the guerrillas have caused consternation in the Bolivian government and army. At first, Bolivia's army promised a speedy campaign and victory over the guerrillas. But it has found them so tough and elusive that President Barrientos three weeks ago even asked neighboring Argentina to send in some...
...gentle music. Yet the results probably fall short of Monteverdi's intentions. In his day, singers, not composers or conductors, were kings; and no modern revival can ever recapture their singular contributions to a performance. For instance, two major roles in Poppea, scored for castrato voices, are sung in this recording by a countertenor and tenor, who provide earnest but ghostly approximations of the old score. The album, however, gives fine hints of how early Italian baroque opera sounded: intimate, civilized, and a trifle boring to modern ears...
...Russian phonography, is disappointing. As the wife, Niconora Andreyeva has spirited dramatic presence, but vocally she is insecure. Tenor Vyascheslav Radzievsky, as her husband, has a thin, weary voice, possibly because he forces it at top volume no matter what the circumstances. The many supporting roles are also sung unevenly, with the emphasis on dramatic display rather than well-placed singing...
HANDEL: THE MESSIAH (Angel; 3 LPs). There are fine readings of Handel's greatest work for every taste, most recently the beautifully sung, small-scale version conducted by Colin Davis, who scrupulously observed the spirit of baroque musical convention. Nevertheless, this newest entry is even more faithful to the composer and serves as a good introduction to the sensitive baton of Charles Mackerass, an Australian-trained conductor steeped in 18th century lore. His soloists (including Janet Baker and Elizabeth Harwood) do not equal those of the Davis recording; but this is a wonderfully stirring performance, astringent with a heavy...