Steve Schwartz wrote:

>Giuseppe Martucci:
>La Canzone dei Ricordi*
>Notturno, op. 70, no. 1 for orchestra
>Ottorino Respighi:
>Il Tramonto*
>
>*Brigitte Balleys (mezzo), Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne/Jesus Lopez-Cobos
>Claves CD50-9807 Total time: 50:42 ...
>
>...Much of the impact comes down to Balleys's singing, a bit like
>hearing a superior reader of poetry.  She gives all kinds of shading
>to each line, without calling attention to her art.  This is my first
>hearing of her, and I'd love to know how well she does Schubert or Faure.

Please make an effort to hear her in Harmonia Mundi HMC 901522 \ Berlioz:
"Nuits d'Ete" (the best "Nuits" I have ever heard, having the added bonus
of a wonderful rendition of HB's "Herminie" by Mireille Delunsch).

Gene H.