Barbara Bonney Operetta Album

Piano and voice album focused on famous Operetta music. 

It does bow graciously to a classic Elisabeth Schwarzkopf recording  from 1959. and in fact this collection has a quite a few of the same songs, but where Schwarzkopf was surrounded with philharmonic orchestra and huge chorus, Barbara Bonney relies only on a simple but elegant piano - the results are actually very good as they present these well known gems in a different light, let's say more intimate - where 1959. recording was full-colored MGM extravaganza, this is after-dinner salon music, very refined and pretty nevertheless.

Bonney's beautiful, sparkling voice is cleverly used with different shades (from seductive and whispery to booming and powerful) and Ronald Schneider obviously has a fun with this music. Pretty ear candy.