The Heart That Flutters / Lawrence Brownlee

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‘Perhaps the finest bel canto tenor of our times’ (The Washington Times), Lawrence Brownlee displays the breadth of his repertoire – from art song to spectacular bel canto to spirituals – and unveils a ‘supple, luminous’ lyric tenor voice that has won acclaim from New York's Metropolitan Opera to the concert halls of Europe.WorksSPIRITUAL arr. H.T. BURLEIGH 1866–1949 Deep River HENRI DUPARC 1848–1933 Chanson triste Le Manoir de Rosemonde Extase Phidylé FRANZ LISZT 1811–1886 3 Petrarch Sonnets GAETANO DONIZETTI 1797–1848 Ah! mes amis…Pour mon âme BEN MOORE b.1960 I Would in that Sweet Bosom be The Cloak, the Boat and the Shoes This Heart That Flutters The Lake Isle of Innisfree GIOACHINO ROSSINI 1792–1868 Tu seconda il mio disegno ALBERTO GINASTERA 1916–1983 Cinco canciones populares argentinas SPIRITUAL arr. H.T. BURLEIGH 1866–1949 Sometimes I feel like a motherless childPress Reviews"... one of the world's leading bel canto tenors is Lawrence Brownlee. He has a smooth vocal style with a gleaming top. His new album, “This Heart that Flutters,” with pianist Iain Burnside, contains pieces from both live concerts and studio recordings. It's been a long wait for another star African-American tenor since the time of George Shirley but Brownlee has the talent, both as an opera singer and as a recitalist." (Epoch Times) "Brownlee has a prodigious technique in florid music...One does not have to listen beyond the first two lines of Duparc's Chanson triste to realize that Brownlee commands a laudable legato...This is a recital of many delights, with both Brownlee and Burnside on top form." (International Record Review)"[Lawrence Brownlee's voice] possess a warm timbre and a sensational accuracy in the top notes." (Der neue Merkur)CastLawrence Brownlee (Tenor)Iain Burnside (Piano)ProductionCompany: Rosenblatt RecitalsDisc InformationCatalogue Number: OACD9015DDate of Performance: 2013Label: Opus Arte