Which means that I \u2013 a New Yorker \u2013 routinely use such \u201cSouthern\u201d sounding expressions as \u201cGol-darnit,\u201d and \u201cDagnabbit.\u201d<\/p>\n
Well, I can\u2019t say never<\/em>, anymore. And it\u2019s the fault of that giant Welshman, the Terfel.<\/p>\n I picked up this CD used, at Amazon, and by the third number I was gasping, \u201cJ**** C*****, that son of a gun can sing!\u201d<\/p>\n What power, what range, what remarkable delicacy of expression.<\/p>\n Renee Fleming & Bryn Terfel here sing songs from Sweeney Todd, Phantom of the Opera (egad, but he would be a glorious Phantom, he brings remarkable expression to the role), Ragtime, Woman of the Year, The Music Man, Secret Garden and Edwin Drood, among other shows. It\u2019s really good, with some unusual selections.<\/p>\n I\u2019m not a big fan of female voices, and Renee Fleming sometimes over-colors or tries too hard to move away from what she does best, and then I want to smack her, (she is \u2013 at least to me \u2013 just unlistenable on All The Wasted Time<\/em>) but other times she is swooningly good, as in the haunting Moonfall<\/em> from Edwin Drood.<\/p>\n Anyway, if you can\u2019t tell, I\u2019m listening to it right now (I have found after a lifetime of not being able to write or work with music playing, I can work very well with Bryn in the background\u2026he\u2019s like basso profundo<\/em> wallpaper \u2013 every once in a while I look up and appreciate \u2013 the rest of the time he\u2019s just there)<\/p>\n UPDATE:<\/strong> Oh, my! I\u2019m getting lots of emails from people assigning me penances! One gent suggested that I kiss the floor. A good blogger friend is teasing me that I am a hussy! :-)<\/p>\n Oh, I\u2019m ashamed\u2026I really am! But as I told her, the guy\u2019s voice just plumbs my depths. And it\u2019s not like I\u2019m manic about it, either\u2026I\u2019ll be typing along not even listening then he\u2019ll sing a phrase \u2013 loud or soft, tender or tough, it doesn\u2019t matter \u2013 and my stomach drops down to my knees and I\u2019m like a little puddle of egad<\/em>!<\/p>\n Anyway, if you like showtunes and are tired of hearing the same old stuff, you should check it out, I think you\u2019d like it.<\/p>\n Related:<\/strong> While I would never claim to have the pristine mouth of an angel (I worked around stockbrokers too long for that\u2026) I do not, no matter how provoked I might feel, take the Name of the Lord in vain \u2013 never. Buster will tell you this because one of the few times I ever reached […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":112,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,261],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2526","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-anchoress-bookshelf","category-tvpop-culturemusic"],"yoast_head":"\n<\/p>\n
\nYes, I am this pathetic<\/a>
\nMy Eventual Waking<\/a>
\n A Lyric, A Tone, It Made Me Weep<\/a>
\n Bryn Terfel Celebrity Blogs<\/a>
\nMy Afternoon with Bryn<\/a>
\nI know He Understands<\/a><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"