Let Yourself Go: Celebrating Fred Astaire
Let Yourself Go: Celebrating Fred Astaire
表演者: Stacey Kent
介质: Audio CD
发行时间: 2000-03-28
唱片数: 1
出版者: Candid Records
条形码: 0708857976423
专辑简介
Fred Astaire's contributions to the vocal art. With his low key, narrow ranged voice, Astaire probably introduced and/or made popular more songs that were destined to become standard entries in the Great American Songbook than any other artist. Kent delivers this selective play list with one of three musical combinations, just piano, with piano plus rhythm, and with a larger aggregation which includes sax and guitar. Irrespective of the instrumental context, all of the tunes are delivered with Stacey's pleasant nasal twang to help her create the impression that the lyrics she's singing are part of an intimate one on one conversation with each listener. There's nothing over dramatic on this album. No gimmicks, just a voice as engaging as any on the scene conveying the meaning of a melody in the tradition of the person she is honoring, the inestimable
曲目
By Myself (Howard Dietz/Arthur Schwartz)