| Reviews: CD: "This disc is recommended."
Fanfare. * Performance, Recording: "Drucker
is a fine clarinetist who has performed around the world; her playing does
not suffer in comparison to that of her husband, the great Stanley Drucker.
Abram, too, is an esteemed performer and teacher; both string players also
display high credentials. Deirdre Kingsbury brings her stage experience
to bear on the songs, peering deep into their emotional spheres as well
as mastering the vocal requirements." Fanfare.
* "An accomplished and exciting performance of Paul Hindemith's
Quartet rounds out the program." Journal of Singing.
* Zaimont: "Judith Lang Zaimont's cycle is a touching
and sensitive treatment of poems from Frank Buske's Woman's Songs.
Mezzo Deirdre Kingsbury gives a dramatic performance, and the instrumental
work of Blanche Abram and Naomi Drucker is exemplary." Journal
of Singing. * Weigl: "Weigl's 1953 work is conventionally
tonal and instantly attractive. Interplay of color and line between clarinet,
voice, and piano is excellent and gives fresh feeling to the familiar Dickinson
texts." Journal of Singing. * Hindemith:
"Involving music" Fanfare. Recording:
Recording producers: Judith Zaimont (Zaimont) and Marnie Hall (Weigl,
Hindemith). Recording engineers: Michail Liberman (Zaimont) and Paul Goodman
(Weigl, Hindemith). Recorded in 1987 at Hofstra University (Zaimont) and
in New York City at RCA's Studio A. DDD. Support:
This recording is made possible by public funds from The New York
State Council on the Arts, a state agency. Additional funding was provided
by The Joe & Emily Lowe Foundation; The Vally Weigl Recording Fund,
Hofstra University; The New York Community Trust; and The National Heritage
Foundation. Music Publishers:Hindemith: Universal
Edition, distributed in the USA by European American Music. Zaimont and
Weigl: Email Leonarda for information. marnie@leonarda.com. Cover
Photo: Photo: "Elk Lake, New York Adirondacks" by Irving
Abram. Graphic Design: Marnie Hall. ©1989,
Leonarda Productions, Inc. All rights reserved. Made in the U.S.A.
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