Sibelius: Luonnotar (2012 Hannigan/Rattle)

[@galas062]

danke!

[@fballiache]

Just crushed me

[@N_Loco_Parenthesis]

I wonder how this compares, in terms of difficulty, with the Icelandic lays composed by Jón Leifs (The Lay of Gudrun, The Lay of Helgi, Groa's Spell)?

[@henrygingercat]

Huge admirer of Hannigan but this piece is far too heavy for her. It's distressing to hear her voice under such pressure.

[@patdaley9098]

I don't hear that. She sang on pitch, did the high notes both loud and soft, and all in all, gave a very effective performance.

[@alantempleton8324]

No, I don't hear that, as others have mentioned. The voice is crystal clear, on the note (a couple of dodgy ones, but who's counting??!!) most of the time. I find the whole performance incredible, touching and terrifying. The final three/four minutes are hair-raising. How I wish Barbara Hannigan had recorded this commercially! Maybe some enterprising company will do it before it's too late.

[@vincentvanbuuren]

Any singer taking on this challenging score that very few soprano's dare to sing deserves a compliment. Vocally she is certainly able to sing it, I just do not like her vibrato, it spoils it all for me. The echo she does sing without vibrato and also the end. The vibrato adds a sentimentality that to my opinion does do Sibelius justice.

[@3232siobhan]

wrong voice for this

[@pietstamitz1]

everything so exaggerated and mannered, even egocentric..respect for her craftmanship and hard work, but this is not Sibelius, nor Kalevala. Rattle does it right.