Great Operatic Arias Vol. 2

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MOZART / GLUCK / WAGNER / BRITTEN / BEETHOVEN / etc
Great Operatic Arias Vol. 2
Christine Brewer (soprano) with Judith Howarth (soprano) Timothy Robinson (tenor) / London Philharmonic Orchestra, David Parry

[ Chandos / CD ]

Release Date: Sunday 1 March 2009

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"Hats off, gentlemen. A diva. The real, rare, wondrous thing. Her name is Christine Brewer." Evening Standard

Chandos remark:

We were delighted when the internationally renowned soprano Christine Brewer agreed to record some of her favourite repertoire pieces on her first recital disc for Chandos in 2005. No surprise that it was a huge success - so we were even more delighted when she returned to record this second volume - repertoire which you would never hear in a single concert or operatic performance, but here capturing Brewer's glorious range, wonderfully supported by Judith Howarth, Timothy Robinson and the London Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by David Parry.

Christine Brewer's earlier recital (CHAN3127) introduced into this series the dramatic soprano voice and included in its programme, as does its successor, arias from Gluck's Alceste and Wagner's Tannhäuser. In a previous age both operas were sung by Kirsten Flagstad, by general consent the greatest heroic-dramatic soprano of all. Christine Brewer now adds one of the most formidable challenges in the repertoire, Leonore's solo in Act I of Beethoven's Fidelio. Otherwise, the two significant extensions are in time, backward to Handel and forward to Britten and Menotti.

Tracks:

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
Countess' Cavatina (Porgi, amor) from The Marriage of Figaro 'Hear my prayer, I humbly beg you'
Countess and Susanna's Recitative and Duettino (Che soave zeffiretto) from The Marriage of Figaro 'That's amazing! How did he react?'

Christoph Willibald Gluck (1714-1787)
Alceste's Aria (Ou suis-je?) from Alceste 'Where am I?'

Richard Wagner (1813-1883)
Elisabeth's Prayer (Allmachtige Jungfrau) from Tannhauser 'Almighty Virgin'

Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)
Embroidery Aria from Peter Grimes 'Embroidery in childhood was a luxury of idleness'

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
Leonora's Recitative and Aria (Komm, Hoffnung) from Fidelio 'Vile murderer! Sadistic swine!' - 'Come hope, you faint and distant star'

George Frederic Handel (1685-1750)
Rodelinda's Aria (Se il mio duol non e si forte) from Rodelinda 'If my pain, my bitter sighing'

Christoph Willibald Gluck
Alceste's Aria (Grands dieux) from Alceste 'Great Gods! Cruel fortune has cursed me'

Richard Wagner
Elsa's Dream (Einsam in truben Tagen) from Lohengrin 'When all my hopes departed'

Gian Carlo Menotti (1911-2007)
Magda's Aria from The Consul 'To this we've come'

Erich Wolfgang Korngold (1857-1957)
Marietta's Song (Gluck, das mir verblieb) from Die tote Stadt (The Dead City) 'My joy lives in you'

Antonin Dvorak (1841-1904)
'Songs my mother taught me' from Gypsy Songs, Op. 55

Franz Lehar (1870-1948)
Lisa and Sou-Chong's Duet (Wer hat die Liebe uns ins Herz geschenkt?) from The Land of Smiles 'Love, what has given you this magic pow'r?'

Richard Rodgers (1902-1979)
'Climb ev'ry mountain' from The Sound of Music