Bernstein: "Extinguish My Eyes" - Joyce DiDonato, David Zobel

[WayneHinton]

And did you play the piano yourself? Please ALWAYS credit your collaborator at the piano. They are just as important to realizing the composer's intent. Thank you.

[SsteinwayS]

@WayneHinton Sorry, I don't know who it is but I will try to find out. If I did, I would have posted it. I am a pianist myself, after all. :)

[pianomags]

aww NEVER heard this before tonight, it's an amazing piece. Wouldn't have described it as crossover, sounds classical / Art Song to me

[SsteinwayS]

Well Marion (thecelticspirit) isn't a hardcore musician like us so... :) But she is a big fan of DiDonato's! It is far from crossover, even if crossover is a rather large umbrella of music. It's a 20th century classical art song by Leonard Berstein, so it is still very much within the Western classical music heading as a sort of post-Romantic lied. Music technicalities aside, I'm glad you enjoyed it!

[SsteinwayS]

Bernstein, sorry...

[mezzodanielle]

What beautiful artistry. I would love to own a recording of this.

[SsteinwayS]

It would be great if a recording of this were available! It's really something.

[thecelticspirit]

Great song and great singing! I love when she's doing cross-over ^^

[SsteinwayS]

It's really great, especially the final note! I'm not sure if you can consider it crossover though. It's still an "art song", so it doesn't really go under the "pop" or "jazz" category...but it really is amazing when she sings something beyond Handel and Mozart so well!

[thecelticspirit]

Hum, for me, cross-over is everything that is not stricly "operatic". Maybe it's not the proper definition, but anyway ^^

[SsteinwayS]

Scandalous! :O

[thecelticspirit]

Oh, please ^^ I'm not comparing pop to Bernstein either, but still, it's different from what she sings in an opera.

[SsteinwayS]

:P Hehe...