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In this collection of orchestral songs by Richard Strauss, including the Four Last Songs, Finnish soprano Soile Isokoski demonstrates that this is obviously repertoire in which she is fully at ease and which is ideally suited to her voice. Strauss demands a nuanced command of a broad range of vocal colors and weights, and Isokoski shows an idiomatic mastery of his style. She has the suppleness and lightness to make "Säusle, liebe Myrte" really sparkle, and she brings a rich warmth to "September" and "Im Abendrot." And she can radiantly soar over the orchestra in "Befreit," and in all the Four Last Songs. Isokoski's voice doesn't have the natural luminosity or openness to put this in the very top ranks of recordings of these songs, but hers is a very fine performance; it should delight her fans and also be of interest to listeners who love the songs and who savor hearing a variety of interpretations. Marek Janowski leads Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin in a rhythmically supple performance, although the strings don't have the richness of the most acclaimed orchestras. He doesn't fully capture the twilight glow of the Four Last Songs, and the ending of "Im Abendrot" comes across as flaccid rather than evocative. The sound of Ondine's 2001 recording is warm and nicely ambient, but it tends to slightly favor the orchestra, so that Isokoski doesn't always shine with the brightness of which she is clearly capable.
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4 Lieder, Op. 36, TrV 186 (Richard Strauss)
Soile Isokoski, Artist, MainArtist - Richard Strauss, Composer - Marek Janowski, Conductor - Berlin Rundfunkorchester, Orchestra
(C) 2002 Ondine (P) 2002 Ondine
6 Lieder, Op. 68, TrV 235 (version for voice and orchestra) (Richard Strauss)
Soile Isokoski, Artist, MainArtist - Richard Strauss, Composer - Marek Janowski, Conductor - Berlin Rundfunkorchester, Orchestra
(C) 2002 Ondine (P) 2002 Ondine
Soile Isokoski, Artist, MainArtist - Richard Strauss, Composer - Marek Janowski, Conductor - Berlin Rundfunkorchester, Orchestra
(C) 2002 Ondine (P) 2002 Ondine
Soile Isokoski, Artist, MainArtist - Richard Strauss, Composer - Marek Janowski, Conductor - Berlin Rundfunkorchester, Orchestra
(C) 2002 Ondine (P) 2002 Ondine
5 Lieder, Op. 39, TrV 189 (version for voice and orchestra) (text by R. Dehmel) (Richard Strauss)
Soile Isokoski, Artist, MainArtist - Richard Strauss, Composer - Marek Janowski, Conductor - Berlin Rundfunkorchester, Orchestra
(C) 2002 Ondine (P) 2002 Ondine
4 Lieder, Op. 27, TrV 170 (version for soprano and orchestra) (text by K.F. Henckell) (Richard Strauss)
Soile Isokoski, Artist, MainArtist - Richard Strauss, Composer - Marek Janowski, Conductor - Berlin Rundfunkorchester, Orchestra
(C) 2002 Ondine (P) 2002 Ondine
5 Lieder, Op. 41, TrV 195 (version for soprano and orchestra) (text by R. Dehmel) (Richard Strauss)
Soile Isokoski, Artist, MainArtist - Richard Strauss, Composer - Marek Janowski, Conductor - Berlin Rundfunkorchester, Orchestra
(C) 2002 Ondine (P) 2002 Ondine
6 Lieder, Op. 37, TrV 187: No. 3. Meinem Kinde (version for voice and orchestra) (text by G. Falke) (Richard Strauss)
Soile Isokoski, Artist, MainArtist - Richard Strauss, Composer - Marek Janowski, Conductor - Berlin Rundfunkorchester, Orchestra
(C) 2002 Ondine (P) 2002 Ondine
8 Gedichte aus Letzte Blatter, Op. 10, TrV 141 (version for voice and orchestra) (Richard Strauss)
Soile Isokoski, Artist, MainArtist - Richard Strauss, Composer - Marek Janowski, Conductor - Berlin Rundfunkorchester, Orchestra
(C) 2002 Ondine (P) 2002 Ondine
4 Lieder, Op. 27, TrV 170 (version for voice and orchestra) (text by J.H. Mackay) (Richard Strauss)
Soile Isokoski, Artist, MainArtist - Richard Strauss, Composer - Marek Janowski, Conductor - Arnold Wilke, Composer - Berlin Rundfunkorchester, Orchestra
(C) 2002 Ondine (P) 2002 Ondine
6 Lieder, Op. 56, TrV 220: No. 6. Die heiligen drei Könige aus Morgenland (version for voice and orchestra) (text by H. Heine) (Richard Strauss)
Soile Isokoski, Artist, MainArtist - Richard Strauss, Composer - Marek Janowski, Conductor - Berlin Rundfunkorchester, Orchestra
(C) 2002 Ondine (P) 2002 Ondine
4 Letzte Lieder (4 Last Songs), TrV 296 (Richard Strauss)
Soile Isokoski, Artist, MainArtist - Richard Strauss, Composer - Marek Janowski, Conductor - Berlin Rundfunkorchester, Orchestra
(C) 2002 Ondine (P) 2002 Ondine
Soile Isokoski, Artist, MainArtist - Richard Strauss, Composer - Marek Janowski, Conductor - Berlin Rundfunkorchester, Orchestra
(C) 2002 Ondine (P) 2002 Ondine
Soile Isokoski, Artist, MainArtist - Richard Strauss, Composer - Marek Janowski, Conductor - Berlin Rundfunkorchester, Orchestra
(C) 2002 Ondine (P) 2002 Ondine
Soile Isokoski, Artist, MainArtist - Richard Strauss, Composer - Marek Janowski, Conductor - Berlin Rundfunkorchester, Orchestra
(C) 2002 Ondine (P) 2002 Ondine
Album review
In this collection of orchestral songs by Richard Strauss, including the Four Last Songs, Finnish soprano Soile Isokoski demonstrates that this is obviously repertoire in which she is fully at ease and which is ideally suited to her voice. Strauss demands a nuanced command of a broad range of vocal colors and weights, and Isokoski shows an idiomatic mastery of his style. She has the suppleness and lightness to make "Säusle, liebe Myrte" really sparkle, and she brings a rich warmth to "September" and "Im Abendrot." And she can radiantly soar over the orchestra in "Befreit," and in all the Four Last Songs. Isokoski's voice doesn't have the natural luminosity or openness to put this in the very top ranks of recordings of these songs, but hers is a very fine performance; it should delight her fans and also be of interest to listeners who love the songs and who savor hearing a variety of interpretations. Marek Janowski leads Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin in a rhythmically supple performance, although the strings don't have the richness of the most acclaimed orchestras. He doesn't fully capture the twilight glow of the Four Last Songs, and the ending of "Im Abendrot" comes across as flaccid rather than evocative. The sound of Ondine's 2001 recording is warm and nicely ambient, but it tends to slightly favor the orchestra, so that Isokoski doesn't always shine with the brightness of which she is clearly capable.
© TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 15 track(s)
- Total length: 01:04:18
- 1 Digital booklet
- Main artists: Soile Isokoski Berlin Rundfunkorchester Marek Janowski
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Ondine
- Genre: Classical Vocal Music (Secular and Sacred)
(C) 2002 Ondine (P) 2002 Ondine
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