The Art of Sandor Konya
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PUCCINi / DONIZETTI / VERDI / MEYERBEER / WAGNER / FLOWTOW
The Art of Sandor Konya
Sandor Konya (tenor) with various conductors
[ SBS Deutsche Grammophon Australian Eloquence / 2 CD ]
Release Date: Thursday 10 April 2014
The celebrated Hungarian tenor Sándor Kónya (1923-2002) made regrettably few recordings. With a voice of 'lirico-heroic splendour' (Andrew Porter, Opera magazine), he brought strength of purpose and real nobility to his portrayals on stage, with generously warm vocal projection. He was described by Opera magazine as 'the finest Lohengrin since Franz Völker'. Collected here are his three studio recital recordings - two for Deutsche Grammophon and one for American Decca (MCA). They showcase Kónya in a selection of Puccini and Verdi arias, including (as was sometimes the practice in the late-1950s and early 1960s) four Verdi arias sung in German. The rare 1967 American Decca recording consists not of arias, but songs by two opera composers championed by Konya - Verdi and Wagner. Much of this material appears internationally on CD for the first time.
'Konya has a fine voice, a very beautiful, firm, pure tenor [in the Wagner songs] … The voice also sounds well in the seven Verdi songs … Konya does have a feeling for line, for joining note to note, and the sheer sound of his manly voice is a pleasure. The recording is excellent and voice and piano are well balanced.'
Gramophone, September 1968 (Verdi & Wagner songs)
Tracks:
CD 1
1. Recondita armonia (from Puccini's Tosca)
featuring Giorgio Giogetti, baritone
2. Una parola sola ... Or son sei mesi (from Puccini's La fanciulla del West)
3. Addio, fiorio asil (from Madama Butterfly)
4. Non piangere Liu (from Turandot)
featuring Emma Bruno, soprano
Giorgio Giogetti, baritone
5. Firenze è come un albero fiorito (from Gianni Schicchi)
6. Donna non vidi mai (from Manon Lescaut)
7 Che gelida manina (Act I) La bohème
8 Nessun dorma (Act III) Turandot
9 Ch'ella mi creda libero e lontano (Act III) La fanciulla del West
10 Hai ben ragione (Il tabarro)
11 E lucevan le stelle (Act III) Tosca
12 Che avvien! ... Ah! non v'avvicinate ... Guardate, pazzo son (Act III) Manon Lescaut
Giorgio Giorgetti, baritone
GAETANO DONIZETTI (1797-1848)
L'elisir d'amore
13 Una furtiva lagrima (Act II)
GIACOMO MEYERBEER (1791-1864)
L'Africaine
14 Mi batti il cor ... O paradiso (Act IV)
AMILCARE PONCHIELLI (1834-1886)
La Gioconda
15 Cielo e mar (Act II)
FRIEDRICH VON FLOTOW (1812-1883)
Martha
16 Ach, so fromm (Act III)
GIUSEPPE VERDI (1813-1901)
Aida
17 Celeste Aida (Act I)
Il trovatore
sung in German
18 Laβ die Sorgen entschwinden … Daβ nur für mich dein Herz erbebt (Act III)
19 Lodern zum Himmel (Act III)
Rigoletto
sung in German
20 Sie wurde mir entrissen … Ich seh die heiβen Zähren (Act II)
21 Ach wie so trügerisch (Act III)
CD 2
GIUSEPPE VERDI (1813-1901)
from Sei Romanze, 1838
1 I Non t'accostare all'urna (Jacopo Vittorelli)
2 II More, Elisa, lo stanco poeta (Tommaso Bianchi)
3 III In solitaria stanza (Jacopo Vittorelli)
from Sei Romanze, 1845
4 I Il tramonto (Andrea Maffei)
5 V Il mistero (Felice Romani)
6 Il poveretto (Manfredo Maggioni)
from Sei Romanze, 1845
7 VI Brindisi (Andrea Maffei)
RICHARD WAGNER (1813-1883)
8 Karnevalslied
9 IV Der Tannenbaum
10 II Die Rose
Wesendonck Lieder
11 IV Schmerzen
12 V Träume
13 Die beiden Grenadiere
Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
14 Am stillen Herd (Act I)
15 Morgenlich leuchtend (Act III)
Lohengrin
16 In fernem Land, unnahbar euren Scritten (Act III)
17 Mein lieber Schwan (Act III)
