Verisimo Arias On 180g Vinyl LP!
For Eternamente, her first studio recording in six years, soprano Angela Gheorghiu focuses on Italian composers of the generation that followed Verdi and predominantly on repertoire she has not sung before including some fascinating rarities. Joining her for duets from Mascagnis Cavalleria rusticana and Giordanos Andrea Chénieris another star of todays opera stage, tenor Joseph Calleja. Eternamenteis described as a collection of verismo the term used generically for Italian opera of the immediate post-Verdi era. No matter when they were composed, and no matter what their subject matter, all these operas demand great passion and commitment from their performers and they get it from Angela Gheorghiu. "It is like my soul, it is something different, it is not the voice," she explained in an interview with Opera magazine. "The voice is also there, it has to be there, and it has had to be prepared but at that moment of the performance, there is more. The response is never a conscious exaggeration it is a natural expression. I am never pretending. It is just how I am at that moment." The character and impact of her voice was summarized thus in Gramophone: "With her smooth and dark-toned soprano, a voice at once powerfully firm and vulnerable, Gheorghiu stands out from an entire generation of talented singers. Her sound is convincingly Italianate in the great tradition; her voice, once heard, is never forgotten."
Features:
180g Vinyl LP
Made in the EU
Limited time album download
Musicians:
Angela Gheorghiu, soprano
Joseph Calleja, tenor
Richard Novak, bass (B1)
Emmanuel von Oeyen, spoken voice (B6)
Prague Philharmonic Choir
Emmanuel Villaume, conductor
Selections:
Side A:
Pietro Mascagni (1863-1945)
Cavalleria rusticana
1. Regina coeli
2. Voi lo sapete, o mamma
3. Tu qui, Santuzza?
Stefano Donaudy (1879-1925)
Orchestration: Andrei Tudor
4. O del mio amato ben
Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924)
Tosca (Act II)
5. Vissi d'arte
Side B:
Arrigo Boito (1842-1918)
Mefistofele (Act III)
1. Spunta l'aurora pallida
Angelo Mascheroni (1855-1905)
Orchestration: Andrei Tudor
2. Eternamente
Licinio Refice (1883-1954)
3. Ombra di nube
Amilcare Ponchielli (1834-1886)
La Gioconda (Act IV)
4. Suicidio
Ruggero Leoncavallo (1857-1919)
Zingari (Act II)
5. Tagliami! Abbruciami!
Umberto Giordano (1867-1948)
Andrea Chenier (Act IV)
6. Vicino a te s'acqueta
For Eternamente, her first studio recording in six years, soprano Angela Gheorghiu focuses on Italian composers of the generation that followed Verdi and predominantly on repertoire she has not sung before including some fascinating rarities. Joining her for duets from Mascagnis Cavalleria rusticana and Giordanos Andrea Chénieris another star of todays opera stage, tenor Joseph Calleja. Eternamenteis described as a collection of verismo the term used generically for Italian opera of the immediate post-Verdi era. No matter when they were composed, and no matter what their subject matter, all these operas demand great passion and commitment from their performers and they get it from Angela Gheorghiu. "It is like my soul, it is something different, it is not the voice," she explained in an interview with Opera magazine. "The voice is also there, it has to be there, and it has had to be prepared but at that moment of the performance, there is more. The response is never a conscious exaggeration it is a natural expression. I am never pretending. It is just how I am at that moment." The character and impact of her voice was summarized thus in Gramophone: "With her smooth and dark-toned soprano, a voice at once powerfully firm and vulnerable, Gheorghiu stands out from an entire generation of talented singers. Her sound is convincingly Italianate in the great tradition; her voice, once heard, is never forgotten."
Features:
180g Vinyl LP
Made in the EU
Limited time album download
Musicians:
Angela Gheorghiu, soprano
Joseph Calleja, tenor
Richard Novak, bass (B1)
Emmanuel von Oeyen, spoken voice (B6)
Prague Philharmonic Choir
Emmanuel Villaume, conductor
Selections:
Side A:
Pietro Mascagni (1863-1945)
Cavalleria rusticana
1. Regina coeli
2. Voi lo sapete, o mamma
3. Tu qui, Santuzza?
Stefano Donaudy (1879-1925)
Orchestration: Andrei Tudor
4. O del mio amato ben
Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924)
Tosca (Act II)
5. Vissi d'arte
Side B:
Arrigo Boito (1842-1918)
Mefistofele (Act III)
1. Spunta l'aurora pallida
Angelo Mascheroni (1855-1905)
Orchestration: Andrei Tudor
2. Eternamente
Licinio Refice (1883-1954)
3. Ombra di nube
Amilcare Ponchielli (1834-1886)
La Gioconda (Act IV)
4. Suicidio
Ruggero Leoncavallo (1857-1919)
Zingari (Act II)
5. Tagliami! Abbruciami!
Umberto Giordano (1867-1948)
Andrea Chenier (Act IV)
6. Vicino a te s'acqueta
