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Jessye Norman CD celebrates 20th anniversary

Philips CD #422 893-2. Jessye Norman — mezzo-soprano. Various

orchestras and accompanists.

HIS IS a bargain-priced two-CD set that constitutes a
“best of” collection released last year in celebration
of Jessye Norman’s 20th anniversary with Philips.

And it’s important to mention
that Norman, who performed in
Vancouver yesterday at the Or-
pheum Theatre, has a lot of pull
around the Philips offices regard-
ing control of her own stuff and
she’s particularly happy with this
package.

You will be too if you're a fan of
Norman’s roundly resonant mez-
zo. There are 30 examples of that
here, ranging across a musical
medley of classical, pops, gospel
and show tunes.

But fortunately, there hasn't
been too much mixing and mat-
ching going on so that each CD
more or less separates the straight
classical from the pops, gospel and
show tunes, allowing you to suit

Ross MacDonald
CLASSICAL MUSIC

These two CDs are a veritable
cross-section of Norman’s entire
career.

The first CD contains the pops,
gospel and show tunes,

4&4 These two CDs are a veritable
cross-section of Norman's entire

Career .

your taste or mood appropriately.

The Georgia-born Norman has
been at this a iong time, beginning
her professional life as a member

_ of the Deutsche Oper Berlin in
1969 singing Elisabeth in Wagner's
bombastic tale of redemption and
the Holy Grail, Tannhauser.

Of course, she was immediately

recognized as an up-and-comer
with invitations for further operas,
concerts, recitals and TV shows
automatically piling in.

As a result, Norman toured ex-
tensively in the ‘70s throughout
the United States, South America,
Australia, Canada and Europe,
garnering heaps more invitations
to return wherever she appeared.

She’s obviously been listening,
too - she performed in Vancouver
yesterday as a joint presentation of
the Vancouver Recital Society and
Vancouver Opera.

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- highlighted by popular favorites

like Ail the Things You Are, With a
Song in My Heart, Amazing Grace,
Do Lawd, Oh Do Lawd and He's
Got the Whole World in His
Hands,

Like so many divas, however,
Norman has a knack for injecting
everything she sings with a
classical concoction of tight enun-
ciation and rigid discipline, so that
even the gospel comes across as
somewhat rectally retentive. ~

This fusion of styles has proven
very popular, however, as demon-
strated by the overwhelming litter
of similar efforts from just about .
every current opera star of late —
so this half of the set is likely to
appeal to a much larger audience
than | would normally anticipate.

Classical-wise, the second CD
offers a scope that's just as wide as
the first with excerpts from

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