The Art of Grace Bumbry (CDs plus DVD)

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The Art of Grace Bumbry (CDs plus DVD)
Grace Bumbry (soprano) with various soloists, orchestras and conductors

[ Deutsche Grammophon / 9 CD/DVD Box Set ]

Release Date: Friday 10 March 2017

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Marking the 80th birthday of Grace Bumbry in January 2017, this box set celebrates her magnificent career across opera, oratorio and Lieder and soul in a handsome original jackets collection of 8CDs and a DVD of her legendary Carmen.

'A strong-minded artist who has always done things in her own way, and who possesses the elusive yet unmistakable quality of charisma.'
- Stephen Pruslin, International Record Review

With 8CDs and 1 DVD, this generously-filled cap box presents:

• An original jackets collection

• A pair of 2CD sets of oratorios, including the first ever CD release of Israel in Egypt, and a first DG CD release of Judas Maccabaeus, newly remastered

• A DVD of her legendary 1967 film production of Carmen as part of a uniformly-strong quartet of principals including Mirella Freni as Micaela, accompanied by the Wiener Philharmoniker under Herbert von Karajan

• 2 CDs of arias by Gluck, Mascagni, Bizet, Gounod, Saint-Saens, Tchaikovsky, de Falla, Verdi; and of Verdi, Wagner and Brahms

• One DG Album of Lieder by Schubert, Brahms, Liszt, Wolf

• 'With Love', a soulful pop album featuring performances with Dionne Warwick

• A 48-page booklet with new artist photos and a new interview article with Grace Bumbry by Björn Woll

"As Lotte Lehmann's star pupil, Bumbry had already become an accomplished Schubert and Brahms interpreter. She follows Lehmann as one of the few female singers to tackle Der Doppelgänger, fully conveying the 'saddened amazement' at 'doch steht noch das Haus'. As Alan Blyth comments in his notes, these large-scale dramatic songs suited her. Erik Werba is the accompanist for the earlier sessions from 1962, which also include Liszt's Es muss ein Wunderbares sein, beautiful in its simplicity. All the Brahms Lieder are successful; indeed the Zigeunerlieder, with Sebastian Peschko at the piano, must rank as one of the best versions of this cycle; it might have been composed with a voice such as Bumbry's in mind." Gramophone on the Lieder recital

Tracks:

Includes:
HANDEL
Judas Maccabaeus (Act III): "Father of Heaven! From thy eternal throne"
Israel in Egypt: "Their land brought forth frogs"
Israel in Egypt: "Thou shalt bring them in"
Messiah: "Behold, a virgin shall conceive…O thou that tallest"
Messiah: "He was despised"

LISZT:
Es muss ein Wunderbares sein, S. 314

MASCAGNI:
Voi lo sapete o mamma (from Cavalleria rusticana)

SAINT-SAENS:
Mon cœur s'ouvre à ta voix (from Samson et Dalila)

SCHUBERT:
An die Musik D547
Die junge Nonne, D828
Litanei auf das Fest Allerseelen, D343
Rastlose Liebe, D138
Der Doppelgänger D957 No. 13
Fahrt zum Hades, D526 (Mayrhofer)
Der Wanderer, D493
Nacht und Träume, D827
Auflösung, D807
Die Forelle, D550

GLUCK: Orfeo
"Che farò senza Euridice"
"Che puro ciel"

BIZET: Carmen
"L'amour est un oiseau rebelle"
"Près des remparts de Séville"
"En vain pour éviter"

GOUNOD
Sapho: "O ma lyre immortelle"

TCHAIKOVSKY
Jeanne d'Arc: "Oui, Dieu le veut!/Adieu, forêts"

FALLA: El amor brujo
"Canción del amor dolido"
"Canción del fugeo fatuo"
"Danza del juego de amor"
"Las campanas del amanecer"

VERDI
Un ballo in maschera: "Le dell'abisso affrettati"
Don Carlo: "O don fatale"
Don Carlo: "Tu che la vanità"
Il Trovatore: "Stride la vampa"
Il Trovatore: "Condotta ell'era in ceppi"
Aida: "Ritorno vincitor"
Macbeth: "Nel dì della vittoria/Ambizioso spirto tu sei/Vieni t'affretta"
Macbeth: "La luce langue"
Macbeth: "Una macchia è qui tuttora"

WAGNER: Tannhäuser (I. Akt)
"Geliebter, komm! Sieh dort die Grotte"
"Stets soll nur dir mein Lied ertönen"
12 "Zieh hin, Wahnsinniger, zieh hin!"

BRAHMS
Wie Melodien zieht es mir op.105 no.1
Sapphische Ode op.94 no.4
An eine Äolsharfe op.19 no.5
O kühler Wald op.72 no.3
Alte Liebe op.72 no.1
Trennung op.14 no.5

BRAHMS: Zigeunerlieder, Op.103
1. "He, Zigeuner!"
2 "Hochgetürmte Rimaflut"
3 "Wisst ihr, wann mein Kindchen"
4 "Lieber Gott, du weißt"
5 "Brauner Bursche führt zum Tanze"
6 "Röslein dreie"
7 "Kommt dir manchmal in den Sinn"
8 "Rote Abendwolken"
9 "Der Tod, das ist die kühle Nacht op.96"
10 "Vergebliches Ständchen op.84"

WOLF
"Gesang Weylas"
"Schlafendes Jesuskind"
"Anakreons Grab"
"Verborgenheit"

R. STRAUSS
Zueignung op.10 no.1
Die Georgine op.10 no.4
Sehnsucht op.32 no.2
Ständchen op.17 no.2

Plus
CD
"With Love" - Soul Pop Record with Grace Bumbry (featuring Dionne Warwick)

Plus
DVD
Bizet: Carmen - Bumbry, Freni, Hamari, Diaz, Vickers / Wiener Philharmoniker / Karajan

Mon coeur s'ouvre a ta voix (Samson et Dalila)