January 11, 1997

Bryn Terfel: Something Wonderful
Songs by Rodgers and Hammerstein. English Northern Phil., Daniel. Texts. DG 449163

Terfel's Rodgers and Hammerstein collection, Something Wonderful, isn't quite the party record of 1996, but if you enjoyed the version of "One for My Baby" that Mary Richards sang for Lou Grant, you'll want to hear Terfel in "It Might as Well Be Spring." It's regrettable that in a twenty-page booklet, DG was unable to find space to name the orchestrators.

- WILLIAM R. BRAUN