Title: Wonderful Voice United With Keen Mind And Great Heart, Whatever The Singer's Age And State In Life
Review: I have owned this recording for a year and a half, and I could not disagree more with the previous reviewer. Shirley's voice may (or may not) be as arresting as the reviewer recalls it from the past. I have only to assess what is on this disk. What is here is fabulous. The delicacy of phrasing, the gifted actor's touch, the modulation and intonation of emotion, and a spine-tingling ability to span the vocal spectrum from the grand to the tender and sotto voce, Shirley has created a gem and breathed life into music that, to most 21st century Americans, is long dead. I would strongly recommend this disk to anyone who wants to hear music at the heart and soul of the American spirit, interpreted by Shirley and his accompanist with a soaring of heart and soul that dwells in the same emotional space (euphoric melancholy) that Ken Burns created in "The Civil War" documentary.
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