Recital 1 for Cathy / Folk Songs (CD)

The American-Armenian soprano Cathy Berberian was Luciano Berio's first wife and more importantly longstanding inspirational muse. Though she was influential in many of Berio's more important compositions such as quot;Circlesquot; and quot;Sequenza IIIquot;, his avant-garde quot;Recital 1quot; here is often equally fascinating. The quot;Folk Songsquot; in various languages and styles compiled by John Jacob Niles also gives Berberian the chance to demonstrate her unique instrument. Her lovely renditions of three songs by Kurt Weill perfectly conclude this extraordinary recital.