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Maria Callas died on September 16, 1977; exactly 22 years later, September 16, 1999, Gundula Janowitz gave a recital in Athens, the city where her great colleague had grown up, and dedicated it in Callas’ memory. Now, in time for Janowitz’s 80th birthday, on August 2, 2017, a recording of that occasion – which was to be her very final public recital – is released at last. Callas and Janowitz had hardly shared a repertoire but what they both had were voices that were utterly distinctive, recognisable from the first note. Janowitz worked and recorded extensively throughout the 1960s and 1970s with all the leading conductors of the day: Karajan, Klemperer, Kempe, Kubelík, Kleiber, Solti, Bernstein and Haitink to pick but the most prominent. And the repertoire she focused on was built around two towering figures: Mozart and Richard Strauss. For her Athens recital, Janowitz chose two composers absolutely at the centre of her Lied repertoire, Franz Schubert and Richard Strauss, with a third, Robert Schumann, forming a bridge between the two. She was 62 years old by then, but the voice remains impeccable, crystal-clear, without a trace of a single wobble. One could only wish that all opera and Lied singers were in such remarkable shape at that age. © SM/Qobuz
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Die Gotter Griechenlands, D. 677 (Franz Schubert)
Franz Schubert, Composer - Gundula Janowitz, Artist, MainArtist - Charles Spencer, Artist
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Iphigenia, Op. 98, No. 3, D. 573 (Franz Schubert)
Franz Schubert, Composer - Gundula Janowitz, Artist, MainArtist - Charles Spencer, Artist
(C) 2017 First Hand Records (P) 2017 First Hand Records
An die Leier, Op. 56, No. 2, D. 737 (Franz Schubert)
Franz Schubert, Composer - Gundula Janowitz, Artist, MainArtist - Charles Spencer, Artist
(C) 2017 First Hand Records (P) 2017 First Hand Records
Ellens Gesang I (Raste, Krieger), Op. 52, No. 1, D. 837 (Franz Schubert)
Franz Schubert, Composer - Gundula Janowitz, Artist, MainArtist - Charles Spencer, Artist
(C) 2017 First Hand Records (P) 2017 First Hand Records
Fischerweise, D. 881 (Franz Schubert)
Franz Schubert, Composer - Gundula Janowitz, Artist, MainArtist - Charles Spencer, Artist
(C) 2017 First Hand Records (P) 2017 First Hand Records
Der Fluss, D. 693 (Franz Schubert)
Franz Schubert, Composer - Gundula Janowitz, Artist, MainArtist - Charles Spencer, Artist
(C) 2017 First Hand Records (P) 2017 First Hand Records
Im Abendrot, D. 799 (Franz Schubert)
Franz Schubert, Composer - Gundula Janowitz, Artist, MainArtist - Charles Spencer, Artist
(C) 2017 First Hand Records (P) 2017 First Hand Records
Winterreise, Op. 89, D. 911 (Franz Schubert)
Franz Schubert, Composer - Gundula Janowitz, Artist, MainArtist - Charles Spencer, Artist
(C) 2017 First Hand Records (P) 2017 First Hand Records
Das Lied im Grunen, Op. 115, No. 1, D. 917 (Franz Schubert)
Franz Schubert, Composer - Gundula Janowitz, Artist, MainArtist - Charles Spencer, Artist
(C) 2017 First Hand Records (P) 2017 First Hand Records
Myrthen, op. 25 (Robert Schumann)
Robert Schumann, Composer - Gundula Janowitz, Artist, MainArtist - Charles Spencer, Artist
(C) 2017 First Hand Records (P) 2017 First Hand Records
Lieder-Album fur die Jugend, Op. 79 (Robert Schumann)
Robert Schumann, Composer - Gundula Janowitz, Artist, MainArtist - Charles Spencer, Artist
(C) 2017 First Hand Records (P) 2017 First Hand Records
Myrthen, op. 25 (Robert Schumann)
Robert Schumann, Composer - Gundula Janowitz, Artist, MainArtist - Charles Spencer, Artist
(C) 2017 First Hand Records (P) 2017 First Hand Records
6 Gedichte von N. Lenau und Requiem, Op. 90 (Robert Schumann)
Robert Schumann, Composer - Gundula Janowitz, Artist, MainArtist - Charles Spencer, Artist
(C) 2017 First Hand Records (P) 2017 First Hand Records
Myrthen, op. 25 (Robert Schumann)
Robert Schumann, Composer - Gundula Janowitz, Artist, MainArtist - Charles Spencer, Artist
(C) 2017 First Hand Records (P) 2017 First Hand Records
5 Lieder, Op. 15, TrV 148 (Richard Strauss)
Richard Strauss, Composer - Gundula Janowitz, Artist, MainArtist - Charles Spencer, Artist
(C) 2017 First Hand Records (P) 2017 First Hand Records
8 Gedichte aus "Letzte Blätter", Op. 10, TrV 141 (Richard Strauss)
Richard Strauss, Composer - Gundula Janowitz, Artist, MainArtist - Charles Spencer, Artist
(C) 2017 First Hand Records (P) 2017 First Hand Records
4 Lieder, Op. 27, TrV 170 (Richard Strauss)
Richard Strauss, Composer - Gundula Janowitz, Artist, MainArtist - Charles Spencer, Artist
(C) 2017 First Hand Records (P) 2017 First Hand Records
3 Lieder, Op. 29, TrV 172 (Richard Strauss)
Richard Strauss, Composer - Gundula Janowitz, Artist, MainArtist - Charles Spencer, Artist
(C) 2017 First Hand Records (P) 2017 First Hand Records
5 Lieder, Op. 39, TrV 189 (Richard Strauss)
Richard Strauss, Composer - Gundula Janowitz, Artist, MainArtist - Charles Spencer, Artist
(C) 2017 First Hand Records (P) 2017 First Hand Records
Die Forelle, D. 550 (Franz Schubert)
Franz Schubert, Composer - Gundula Janowitz, Artist, MainArtist - Charles Spencer, Artist
(C) 2017 First Hand Records (P) 2017 First Hand Records
Album review
Maria Callas died on September 16, 1977; exactly 22 years later, September 16, 1999, Gundula Janowitz gave a recital in Athens, the city where her great colleague had grown up, and dedicated it in Callas’ memory. Now, in time for Janowitz’s 80th birthday, on August 2, 2017, a recording of that occasion – which was to be her very final public recital – is released at last. Callas and Janowitz had hardly shared a repertoire but what they both had were voices that were utterly distinctive, recognisable from the first note. Janowitz worked and recorded extensively throughout the 1960s and 1970s with all the leading conductors of the day: Karajan, Klemperer, Kempe, Kubelík, Kleiber, Solti, Bernstein and Haitink to pick but the most prominent. And the repertoire she focused on was built around two towering figures: Mozart and Richard Strauss. For her Athens recital, Janowitz chose two composers absolutely at the centre of her Lied repertoire, Franz Schubert and Richard Strauss, with a third, Robert Schumann, forming a bridge between the two. She was 62 years old by then, but the voice remains impeccable, crystal-clear, without a trace of a single wobble. One could only wish that all opera and Lied singers were in such remarkable shape at that age. © SM/Qobuz
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 20 track(s)
- Total length: 01:22:27
- 1 Digital booklet
- Main artists: Gundula Janowitz Charles Spencer
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: First Hand Records
- Genre: Classical
(C) 2017 First Hand Records (P) 2017 First Hand Records
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