Diane Taraz
If Ever I Would Leave You
Alan Jay Lerner / Frederick Loewe 1960. License purchased from Chappell and Co.
Recorded and mastered by Larry Luddecke at Straight Up Music in Arlington, Mass.
Produced by Diane Taraz.
Diane Taraz
vocals, dulcimer
Peter Tillotson
bass
Billy Novick
clarinet
I am always a sucker for a rising vocal line, and this one is superb. Also superb is the playing of Peter and Billy, making this a soothing antidote to cynicism. Lerner's clever lyrics and Loewe's gorgeous meolody from Camelot will live forever, capturing emotion with such elegance.