Brahms: Alt-Rhapsodie ∙ hr-Sinfonieorchester ∙ Ann Hallenberg ∙ Philippe Herreweghe 

Vielen Dank fur diese Trostreiche Gesang!

Wunderschön - der Alt singt mit berückender Klarheit - und das Orchester legt einen Klangteppich unter den Gesang und erlaubt es dem Hörer seine Seele fliegen zu lassen! Bravo !

I hear this heartbreakingly beautiful work in concert too few times. Shame that (my wife and) I didn't know about this performance at the time; I'm sure that she, a superb voice pedagogue, would've approved of this mezzo's fine voice and approach...and the whole effort is equally superb, on ALL parts; Herreweghe is a mark of quality, as is the HR orchestra. Thank you so much. JAT

It just doesn't get any better than this. The artistry of the highest, supreme order.

The deep voice of Hallenberg sounds really impressive. Thanks!

Die tiefe Stimme von Hallenberg klingt wirklich eindrucksvoll. Danke!

I love this voice. Ann Hallenberg is the best mezzo from Berganza. ♥♥♥

Comment ne pas tomber sous le charme d'une telle musique !

-- Une des plus belle voix de ce monde --

Brahms hat diese Zeilen aus Goethes "Harzreise im Winter" kongenial vertont - S. Freud lässt grüßen! Hervorragnde Interpretation!

Großer Dank für diese ausgezeichnete und erquickende Interpretation der Alt-Rhapsodie!

Wunderschön!

Beautiful version!!! Amazing singing!!!

Amazing!

Exemplary diction right up there with my former teacher the late Soprano, Chloe Owen who studied with Hans Hotter. This is an exquisite instrument evenness of tone, supple and colored beautifully. Beautiful messa di voce. Some people prefer a contralto singing this.

Wunderschön! Danke!

Dolcissima Have piacevole moments (Ann, do you sing Alto songs? I make some simple songs for Alto. Thank you)

Una cosa que no havia percebut mai, en aquesta orquestra, és veure com els músics toquen de gust; les expressions de solemnitat i sensibilitat acompanyen la música sublim de Brahms. (sobretot per la "Flautista Concertino").

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Well I heard it all, not just the alto soloist. The Men of the Chorus were superb and I enjoyed the alto soloist as well as the hr-S. The only thing that could have been different: I would like to have seen the alto soloist turn around and acknowledge/thank the Men of the Chorus because they were an equal part of the performance. Maybe she did that and the camera didn't show that.

L'urkestra la par indurmentada, senza nerv, senza gnanca al sensu dal tragic da la situazion. La us da la Ann Hallenberg la meritéa un diretur d'urkerstra un pit plü dinamic, cun un pitt plü d'ernergia vitala. ( In lengua pusclavina).

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Ha ragione Aaron de Zibenseisz, nel suo commento dell'anno scorso: forse Herreweghe è più a suo agio con la musica antica, ma qui, in Brahms, perde tutta la potente drammaticità della composizione. Sembra tutto in sordina, e la pur brava Ann Hallenberg, forse per paura di sovrastare un'orchestra asfittica, per lo più bisbiglia e pare anche lei senza fiato...

But she is clearly not a contralto!

Esecuzione un poco in sordina,senza molto coinvolgimento, non entrano nella dimensione assai intima del colloquio tra contralto e coro. Tuttavia mi commuove sempre.

გერმანული რა მაზალო ენაა,სულ მათრახის დარტყმასავით ისმის.მართლა იტალიური სჯობს ლიბრეტოებისთვის,სწორი იყო მადამ დე სტალი

So sad - this woman holds into every rest - or - she releases whenever she feels like it. WHY can't singers observe the silences ????

Not that she didnt made a good job, is that is not to be sung with this technique (Super delicate falseto like, with no true chest voice and dark sound)...