Music: Not the fourth tenor

Christian label is over-hyping its young classical star | Terry Yount

Once in a great while, a stunning tenor voice comes forward in the universe of singing. First there was Enrico Caruso, then Richard Tucker, and later Luciano Pavarotti. These are voices that have combined spine-tingling beauty of line along with effortless technique.

There have been dozens of would-be Pavarottis, pretenders to the heights. Along comes Frederico, who according to his Christian music label has one of the great tenor voices of this century. Not in this recording. The technique of this talented young singer is flawed by irregular breath support, mumbled words, and intonation problems. His musicianship leaves the listener with the very strong impression that Frederico has not lived long enough to sing much of the music on this CD.

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