A very valid point. But would you stop at a true contralto who pronounced her vowels as Elgar must have heard them with a fruity wobble..... or is that authenticity taken too far?
For all of the effort and attention and gathering appropriate instruments for a recording the one historically appropriate component that is missing…..and what Elgar himself would have heard….is a Contralto to sing the part of The Angel.A light voiced mezzo is just not as effective if the depth and security of a well trained Contralto sings the part.True the breed is very thin on the ground these days but for all of the effort taken with this new recording the missing historical singer makes the whole enterprise incomplete.
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