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August 7, 2005
Wow.
I'm sitting in a coffee shop and the radio is playing "He's Got the Whole World in his Hands," and it's an operatic soprano with the most dramatic backing ever.
"HEEEEEE'S GAUUUUT THAH WHOOOOOOLE WOOOOOOOLD IIIIIIN...
HIIIIIIIIIIS HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHNDS!"
I love Korea.
Posted by b-applegate at August 7, 2005 1:01 PM
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You know, that's probably Jesse Norman. She's better on Strauss. Her recording of "The Last Four Songs" if pretty definitive. I don't generally like opera singers doing "spirituals". Listening to "It's a gift to be simple" sung by a voice that has obviously been perfected over a lifetime is a little odd. But then, Copland wrote a fugue based on "... gift to be simple" but I always thought that was a joke.
Posted by: Dad at August 8, 2005 6:24 AM