Sasha Cooke - If You Love For Beauty Volume 1 - Adams, Mahler, Handel (45RPM)
Sasha Cooke, mezzo-soprano
The Colburn Orchestra
Yehuda Gilad, conductor
1 LP, standard sleeve
Original analog Master tape : YES
Heavy Press : 180g
Record color : black
Speed : 45 RPM
Size : 12'’
Stereo
Live
Record Press : unspecified
Label : Yarlung
Original Label : Yarlung
Recorded in Zipper Hall at The Colburn School, Los Angeles on February 5-7, 2012
Engineered & mixed by Steve Hoffman & Bob Attiyeh
Produced by Bob Attiyeh
Remastered by Bernie Grundman
Originally released in 2012
Reissued in 2019
Tracks:
Side A:
- John Adams - Am I In Your Light?
- Gustav Mahler - Ruckert Lieder - Ich atmet' einen linden Duft
- Gustav Mahler - Ruckert Lieder - Liebst du um Schonheit
- Gustav Mahler - Ruckert Lieder - Blick mir nicht in die Lieder
Side B:
- Gustav Mahler - Ruckert Lieder - Ich bin der Welt abhanden gekommen
- Gustav Mahler - Ruckert Lieder - Um Mitternacht
- George Frideric Handel - Frondi tenere e belle...
- George Frideric Handel - Ombra mai fu
Awards:
The Absolute Sound Super LP List 2020
Reviews:
"Every once in a while, there come along singers who have a quality of singing so beautifully, and touchingly, that it kind of makes you cry, just the sound of their voice," observed Michael Tilson Thomas. "I think Sasha Cooke is one of those people". He's right, so it's curious Cooke isn't better known after performing with many of the leading opera companies, symphony orchestras, and conductors; winning two Grammies; and boasting repertoire from the baroque to contemporary avant-garde. Recorded in analog with minimal miking, Cooke's debut album has been available on CD since 2012, but Yarlung has now released it on vinyl. Cooke's ravishing voice is complemented by her sensitivity and imagination, apparent in the depth of feeling and lyricism she imparts to Mahler's Rucker-Lieder. Also on the program are two Handel arias, including a powerful performance of "Ombra mai fu" (from Xerxes), and the teasingly erotic "Am I In Your Light?" - Cooke's signature piece from John Adams' opera Doctor Atomic. Gilad and his Colburn Orchestra provide accompaniment of exemplary point, purpose, and sympathy, and sonics are extraordinary in their naturalness and integrity." Paul Seydor, The Absolute Sound Magazine, April 2020