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Background: As a tribute to the artistry of Lorraine Hunt Lieberson, this retrospective gathers together many of the finest recordings of arias and duets made during her acclaimed association with harmonia mundi. The booklet notes include tributes from her husband, Peter Lieberson, Nicholas McGegan and her obituary from Le Monde.

Lorraine Hunt - who became Lorraine Hunt Lieberson after her marriage to the American composer Peter Lieberson in 1999 - was born on March 1st 1954, in San Francisco. Her father was a music teacher and a conductor, her mother a contralto and a voice teacher. She played viola professionally until she was 26, when she found that her voice could be a better and richer way to express her musicality and secure her professional future. Lorraine would have a professional singing career of only 2 decades (1984-2006), interrupted twice by illness. She died from cancer on July 3, 2006, aged 52.

For harmonia mundi, Lorraine Hunt Lieberson recorded operas, oratorios and Handel arias, conducted notably by Nicholas McGegan. For Erato, she added the rôles of Rameau’s Phèdre and Charpentier’s Medea, under William Christie. Since her death, other taped live performances have been added to her discography, including two Wigmore Hall Live recitals and Peter Lieberson’s Rilke and Neruda Songs.

In 2009 harmonia mundi issued a recital given at the Ravinia Festival in August 2004 with pianist Peter Serkin. More recently, new label Philharmonia Baroque has issued Lorraine’s live performances of Les Nuits d’Eté and Handel Arias.

A formidable musician, a natural-born actress, she was at her best in roles of sacrificed victims, which didn’t prevent her from displaying a dark sense of humour. After having sung during the same evening Stravinsky’s Jocasta and Britten’s Phaedra, she once said: ‘Two suicides in one night! That’s right up my alley’.

CATALOGUE NR: HMU90747172
RECORD LABEL: Harmonia Mundi
FORMAT: 2 CD Set
PRICE: including VAT £ 16.85
RELEASE DATE: 01-Aug-2011

COMPOSER: George Frideric Handel  (other composers in brackets after works)
TITLE: Lorraine Hunt-Lieberson - A Tribute
TRACKS: CD1 - Ariodante : Qui d'amor - Con l'ali di costanza - Scherza infida - Dopo notte atra e funesta. Theodora : Angels ever bright and fair / With Darkness deep / Oh! that I on wings could rise / Duet: To Thee Thou glorious Son. Messiah : Rejoice greatly O daughter of Zion / But who may abide the day of His coming / He was despised / I know that my Redeemer liveth (Handel). Dido & Aeneas : Thy hand Belinda / When I am laid in earth (Purcell). CD2 - Clori Tirsi e Fileno : Va col canto lusingando / Barbaro! tu non credi. Susanna : Bending to the throne of glory / Crystal streams in murmurs flowing / If guiltless blood be your intent / Guilt trembling spoke my doom. Radamisto : Qual nave smarrita. Ottone : Vieni o figlio. Giulio Cesare : Svegliatevi nel core. Arianna : Qual leon. Bist du bei mir BWV508 (JS Bach).
ORCHESTRA: Freiburger Barockorchester and Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: Nicholas McGegan
ARTISTS: Lorraine Hunt Lieberson   Drew Minter    

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