Avie Records will be releasing previously unissued recordings of
Lorraine Hunt Lieberson at Emmanuel Music, Boston through their US
distributor, Forte Distribution, on July 8, 2008. They are taking
preorders at
http://www.shopforte.com/product_info.php?products_id=6299

Following is copy from the release announcement.

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Few people in the operatic world hold the iconic status that Lorraine
Hunt Leiberson achieved. Some have compared Lorraine to Maria Callas,
Mahalia Jackson and Jessye Norman, but to many Lorraine was simply
herself, an amazingly natural and wonderful talent. Not only did she
possess an inimitable, beautiful voice but she also had the qualities
of a truly great singer: technique, perfect intonation and clarity of
each word she sang coupled with a marvellous sense of theatre, always
to the service of the composer's written score.

One of her most beloved friends was the conductor Craig Smith, who
sadly died late last year. Few people are aware that Smith was a key
figure in putting Lorraine onto the world stage, inviting her back for
performances of works by Bach and Handel at Boston's landmark Emmanuel
Church during the 1980's and 1990's before she became one of the most
sought after performers in the world. This partnership was so dear to
Lorraine that her stardom and busy schedule never stopped her from
coming back time and time again for performances in the church.

Avie Records is proud to announce a collection of previously
unreleased performances from 1992 to 1999 by the incomparable Lorraine
Hunt Lieberson – in repertiore new to her substantial discography!
This beautiful collection of music for voice and orchestra by Johann
Sebastian Bach and Georg Frideric Handel is also a celebration of the
important artistic collaborations between Lorraine and Craig Smith.

LORRAINE AT EMMANUEL

Bach: Kommt ihr angefochtnen Sünder (from Freue dich, erlöste Schar,
BWV30)
Handel: Recitatives, Arias & Duet from Hercules, HWV60*
-- O Hercules! Why art thou absent from me?... The world when day's
career is run (Act 1 Scene 1)
-- Then I am lost! O dreadful oracle!... There in myrtle shades
reclined (Act 1 Scene 2)
-- Ye lying omens, hence!... Begone, my fears, fly, hence, away (Act 1
Scene 3)
-- It must be so! fame speaks aloud my wrongs... When beauty sorrow's
liv'ry wears (Act 2 Scene 2)
-- O glorious pattern of heroic deeds!... Resign thy club and lion's
spoils (Act 2 Scene 5)
-- Cease, ruler of the day, to rise (Act 2 Scene 6)
-- Joys of freedom, joys of pow'r (Act 2 Scene 8)
-- Mad Scene: Where shall I fly? Where hide this guilty head? (Act 3
Scene 3)
Bach: Wie fürchtsam wankten meine Schritte (from Allein zu dir, Herr
Jesu Christ , BWV33)†

Lorraine Hunt Lieberson
with * Jayne West, soprano / Danielle Maddon and Lena Wong, violins /
Shannon Snapp, cello
The Orchestra of Emmanuel Music, Boston
Craig Smith and † John Harbison, conductor

Avie AVI-2130
Classical: Vocal | Baroque | TPT 60:58
1 CD | Booklet includes full texts
Price Code I

Street Date: July 8, 2008