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Looking at the
Contemplation
title of this aria recital by baritone
Huw Montague Rendall
, one may wonder what contemplation has to do with the likes of the "Pa-pa-pa-pa-gena! / Pa-pa-pa-pa-geno!" duet from
Mozart
's
Die Zauberflöte, K. 620
, and other extrovert material on the program. One won't get much help from
Rendall
's note, filled with such imponderables as "Who are we, what is our purpose, and what is left of us after we are gone?" However, one can safely set such questions aside.
is a rising baritone who has already attracted a good deal of attention for the sheer beauty of his voice, which seems to emerge with improbable intensity from his slender frame. It is not a huge voice, but he picks material that fits it. Sample "Ô sainte médaille" from
Gounod
Faust
, which gives an idea of how colors can bloom forth in his voice as a melody proceeds. However, even better is the new versatility
shows here. He sings in French, German, Italian, British English, and (reasonable) American English in the "Soliloquy" from
Carousel
. He also adapts his voice nicely to this variety of national traditions. His rendition of "Look! Through the port comes the moonshine astray" from
Britten
Billy Budd
is especially lovely, and he manages well in the utterly different refined folkishness of
Mahler
Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen
and in the profundity of
Ich bin der Welt abhanden gekommen
(which, to be fair, might fit the contemplation theme).
gets quietly sensitive support from the
Opéra Orchestre Normandie Rouen
under conductor
Ben Glassberg
, and
Erato
's sound from the Opéra de Rouen is well suited to the project. Anyone thinking this baritone is one to watch will have the impression strongly confirmed by this release, which made classical best-seller lists in the summer of 2024. ~ James Manheim
Contemplation
title of this aria recital by baritone
Huw Montague Rendall
, one may wonder what contemplation has to do with the likes of the "Pa-pa-pa-pa-gena! / Pa-pa-pa-pa-geno!" duet from
Mozart
's
Die Zauberflöte, K. 620
, and other extrovert material on the program. One won't get much help from
Rendall
's note, filled with such imponderables as "Who are we, what is our purpose, and what is left of us after we are gone?" However, one can safely set such questions aside.
is a rising baritone who has already attracted a good deal of attention for the sheer beauty of his voice, which seems to emerge with improbable intensity from his slender frame. It is not a huge voice, but he picks material that fits it. Sample "Ô sainte médaille" from
Gounod
Faust
, which gives an idea of how colors can bloom forth in his voice as a melody proceeds. However, even better is the new versatility
shows here. He sings in French, German, Italian, British English, and (reasonable) American English in the "Soliloquy" from
Carousel
. He also adapts his voice nicely to this variety of national traditions. His rendition of "Look! Through the port comes the moonshine astray" from
Britten
Billy Budd
is especially lovely, and he manages well in the utterly different refined folkishness of
Mahler
Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen
and in the profundity of
Ich bin der Welt abhanden gekommen
(which, to be fair, might fit the contemplation theme).
gets quietly sensitive support from the
Opéra Orchestre Normandie Rouen
under conductor
Ben Glassberg
, and
Erato
's sound from the Opéra de Rouen is well suited to the project. Anyone thinking this baritone is one to watch will have the impression strongly confirmed by this release, which made classical best-seller lists in the summer of 2024. ~ James Manheim
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