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...next release, Monday, Monday. Papa John Phillips, 25, an Annapolis dropout, is the group's songsmith, and what his lyrics lack in depth his melodies make up in lilting appeal. Phillips' wife Michelle, a willowy ex-model, is the spiraling soprano; Denny Doherty, 24, sings a secure tenor. Anchor girl is rotund (200 lbs.) Cass Elliot, 23, whose ringing contralto gives the quartet its oomph. Together they build a buoyant vocal blend that floats easily through intricate harmonic shifts, toying with rhythms that are as fresh and bracing as ocean breezes. The quartet is now on a highly...
...MAMAS AND THE PAPAS (Dunhill). The hottest new group of the past year consists of Contralto Cass Elliot, Tenor Denny Doherty, Soprano Michelle Phillips and her husband John Phillips, baritone and songwriter. Like their first album, If You Can Believe Your Eyes and Ears, this one has relatively sophisticated sliding harmonies and an adjustable beat that appeals not only to kids but also to other mamas and papas. The group even works over that song of middle age, My Heart Stood Still...
...primer course in the mythology of six cultures in order to be fathomed, moves murkily between the spirit world, the human world of an impoverished dyer and his sensuous wife (Baritone Walter Berry and Soprano Christa Ludwig), and the go-between world of an emperor and his wife (Tenor James King and Soprano Leonie Rysanek). The empress, alas, is without a shadow-she cannot bear children-and with the aid of a Mephistophelean nurse (Mezzo-Soprano Irene Dalis) she attempts to divest the dyer's wife of her shadow with promises of riches. In the end, after wading knee...
...plot evolves, or rather meanders, in a kind of metaphysical Disneyland setting thick with mountainous stalactites and stalagmites, behind, over and under which lurk new magical wonders to behold. Fog billows, backdrops quaver with psychedelic patterns, a sword springs from nowhere, an orange fountain gushes from center stage, a tenor flies into the flies. The singing, which requires a display of vocal acrobatics that few performers can successfully negotiate, was excellent. Loudest bravas went to Christa Ludwig, whose lusty soprano and hip-swinging histrionics had bite and conviction...
PUCCINI: LA BOHÈME (2 LPs; Seraphim). The recording dates from 1956, a wonderful year to catch Soprano Victoria de los Angeles as the purest of Mimis, Tenor Jussi Bjoerling as the most poetic of Rodolfos, and Conductor Sir Thomas Beecham as an expressive Puccinist. The album was produced by the European firm EMI and originally sold by RCA Victor in the U.S. When EMI severed ties with Victor, the album was dropped from Victor's catalogue, only to be resurrected now with its new trademark of little seraphim wings. Mono only...