What's new? March 2015

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CD RELEASES

March 2 – Bryan Hymel «Héroïque - French Opera Arias» (Warner Classics)

Tracklist:

[1] GIOACHINO ROSSINI (1792-1868) - Guillaume Tell
Ne m’abandonne point… Asile héréditaire…..Amis, amis secondez ma vengeance

[2] HECTOR BERLIOZ (1803-1869) - La Damnation de Faust
Nature Immense

[3] GIUSEPPE VERDI (1813-1901) - Jérusalem
L’Emir auprès de lui m’appelle…. Je veux encore entendre ta Voix

[4] GIUSEPPE VERDI (1813-1901) - Les Vêpres siciliennes ‘
‘C'est Guy de Monfort….’ O jour de peine et de souffrance

[5] HECTOR BERLIOZ (1803-1869) - Les Troyens
Inutiles regrets

[6] CHARLES GOUNOD (1818-1893) - La Reine de Saba
Faiblesse de la race humaine….Inspirez-moi, race divine

[7] GIACOMO MEYERBEER (1791-1864) - L'Africaine
Pays merveilleux…O Paradis …Conduisez-moi vers ce navire

[8] JULES MASSENET (1842-1912) - Hérodiade
Ne pouvant réprimer les élans de la foi

[9] ERNEST REYER (1823-1909) - Sigurd
Le bruit des chants s’étend….Esprits, gardiens de ces lieux

[10] ALFRED BRUNEAU (1857-1934) - L’attaque du Moulin
Le jour tombe…..Adieu, forêt profonde

[11] HENRI RABAUD (1873 – 1949) - Rolande et le mauvais garçon
Chante vieux jardin ta chanson de cigale

Bryan Hymel, tenor

PKF – Prague Philharmonia / Emmanuel Villaume,
Czech Philharmonic Choir of Brno [1] & [7] / Petr Fiala, chorus master

 March 2 – Elena Zaremba «Russian Romances» (Melodiya)

Tracklist:

Mikhail Glinka

01. The Fire of Longing Burns in My Heart

02. I Recall a Wonderful Moment

03. Venetian Night

04. How Sweet It Is to Be with You

05. To Her

Alexander Dargomyzhsky

06. Night’s Soft Breeze

Cesar Cui

07. The Statue at Tsarskoye Selo, Op. 57 No. 17

Anton Rubinstein

08. Desire

09. The Night

Pyotr Tchaikovsky

10. Song of a Gypsy Girl, Op. 60 No. 7

11. Serenade: O Child! Beneath Your Window, Op. 63 No. 6

12. Amid the Din of the Ball, Op. 38 No. 3

Nikolai Medtner

13. Winter Evening, Op. 13 No. 1

Sergei Rachmaninoff

14. Morning, Op. 4 No. 2

15. I Have Grown Fond of Sorrow, Op. 8No. 4

16. Lilacs, Op. 21 No. 5

17. I Wait for Thee, Op. 14 No. 1

18. Let Us Rest, Op. 26 No. 3

19. Oh No, I Beg You, Forsake Me Not!, Op. 4 No. 1

20. She is as Lovely as the Noon, Op. 14 No. 9

21. In the Silence of the Secret Night, Op. 4 No. 3

22. Do Not Sing, My Beauty, Op. 4 No. 4

23. Spring Waters, Op. 14 No. 11

Elena Zaremba - mezzo-soprano
Antonina Kadobnova – piano

 March 2 – Gerald Finley «Liszt: The Complete Songs Volume 3» (Hyperion)

Tracklist:

01. Morgens steh’ ich auf und frage S290 Third version

02. Ein Fichtenbaum steht einsam S309 Second setting

03. Anfangs wollt’ ich fast verzagen S311 Fourth version

04. Weimars Toten S303

05. Wer nie sein Brot mit Tränen ass S297 Second setting

Tre sonetti di Petrarca S270 Second version

06. Benedetto sia ’l giorno

07. Pace non trovo

08. I’ vidi in terra angelici costumi

09. Die Fischerstochter S325

10. Und wir dachten der Toten S338

11. Die Vätergruft S281 Second version

12. Gastibelza ‘Bolero’ S286

13. La tombe et la rose S285

14. Le vieux vagabond S304

15. Go not, happy day S335

Gerald Finley - baritone
Julius Drake – piano

March 27 – Diana Damrau «Fiamma Del Belcanto» (Warner Classics)

Tracklist:

01. Rosmonda D'inghilterra, Act 1: "Ancor Non Giunse" (Rosmonda)

02. Rosmonda D'inghilterra, Act 1: "Perchè Non Ho Del Vento" (Rosmonda)

03. Rosmonda D'inghilterra, Act 1: "Torna Torna, O Caro Oggetto" (Rosmonda)

04. I Puritani, Act 2: "O Rendetemi La Speme" (Elvira)

05. I Puritani, Act 2: "Qui La Voce Suave" (Elvira)

06. I Puritani, Act 2: "Vien Diletto" (Elvira)

07. Maria Stuarda, Act 2: "Allenta Il Piè, Regina" (Maria, Stuarda, Anna)

08. Maria Stuarda, Act 2: "O Nube! Che Lieve Per L'aria Ti Aggiri..." (Maria, Stuarda)

09. Maria Stuarda, Act 2: "Nella Pace Del Mesto Riposo" (Maria, Stuarda, Anna)

10. La Sonnambula, Act 2: "Oh ! Se Una Volta Sola" (Amina)

11. La Sonnambula, Act 2: "Ah, Non Credea Mirarti" (Amina)

12. La Sonnambula, Act 2: "Ah, Non Giunge Uman Pensiero" (Amina)

13. I Masnadieri, Act 1: "Venerabile, O Padre, è Il Tuo Sembiante" (Amalia)

14. I Masnadieri, Act 1: "Lo Sguardo Avea Degli Angelilo" (Amalia)

15. La Traviata, Act 1: "E Strano! è Strano! " (Violetta)

16. La Traviata, Act 1: "Ah, Fors'è Lui " (Violetta)

17. La Traviata, Act 1: "Follie ! Follie !" (Violetta)

18. Verdi: La Traviata, Act 1: "Sempre Libera" (Violetta, Alfredo)

19. Luisa Miller, Act 2: "Il Padre Tuo" (Luisa, Wurm)

20. Luisa Miller, Act 2: "Tu Puniscimi, O Signore" (Luisa)

Diana Damrau - soprano

Orchestra Teatro Regio Torino, Gianandrea Noseda

DVD/BLU-RAY RELEASES

March 2 – Donizetti «La Favorite» (Opus Arte)

Recorded live at Theatre du Capitole de Toulouse, February 2014

Kate Aldrich (Leonor de Guzman), Yijie Shi (Fernand), Ludovic Tézier (Alphonse XI, King of Castile), Giovanni Furlanetto (Balthazar), Marie-Benedicte Souquet (Ines), Alain Gabriel (Don Gaspar) & Dongjin Ahn (A lord)

Choeur du Capitole de Toulouse & Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse, Antonello Allemandi (conductor) & Vincent Boussard (director)

March 16 – Verdi «Nabucco» (Sony)

A live-recording of Nabucco from the Royal Opera House in London in April 2013

Plácido Domingo (Nabucco), Liudmyla Monastyrska (Abigaille), Andrea Caré (Ismaele), Marianna Pizzolato (Fenena) & Vitalij Kowaljow (Zaccaria)

Orchestra and Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Nicola Luisotti (conductor) & Daniele Abbado (director)

P.S. All information about these releases is taken from Presto Classical and MDT.