This disc compiles material from several discs by the impressive French-Canadian soprano Suzie LeBlanc, some of them originally featuring music by various composers. If you're looking for a singer who will carom daringly around the corners of a showpiece Handel aria like Renée Fleming or Vivica Genaux, LeBlanc is not that performer; her voice is on the light side, and her best virtue is a deeply expressive engagement with the texts she sings. She makes you want to find out where she's singing in Montreal next weekend and ...
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This disc compiles material from several discs by the impressive French-Canadian soprano Suzie LeBlanc, some of them originally featuring music by various composers. If you're looking for a singer who will carom daringly around the corners of a showpiece Handel aria like Renée Fleming or Vivica Genaux, LeBlanc is not that performer; her voice is on the light side, and her best virtue is a deeply expressive engagement with the texts she sings. She makes you want to find out where she's singing in Montreal next weekend and head up there to see her perform. (LeBlanc's recordings of Mozart's songs, by the way, are definitive readings of those underappreciated works.) The centerpiece in this collection is the six-movement Gloria in excelsis deo, a recently discovered work not definitely attributed to Handel but probably a product of his youth. The work certainly carries a principal trait of Handel's music -- his ability to harness local decoration of line, favoring the talents of vocalists, to the...
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Add this copy of Suzie Leblanc Portrait to cart. $21.10, new condition, Sold by newtownvideo rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from huntingdon valley, PA, UNITED STATES, published 2006 by ATMA Classique.
