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For her first recital with orchestra album, young Franco-Danish soprano Elsa Dreisig had the idea of presenting five pairs of songs in which each part of the pair is ambiguously related to the other, like a mirror’s reflection. This process leads to striking juxtapositions of different musical styles, dramatic moments, historical periods and contrasting voices; classicism and romanticism complement each other, terror answers joy, and the result is a view of the feminine soul all its facets. The first pairing involves two mirrors: the one in which Marguerite from Gounod's Faust admires herself and Thaïs's mirror in Massenet's opera (Thaïs). There follows Puccini's vision of Manon Lescaut, and then Manon (sans Lescaut) as imagined by Massenet. Following this we have Juliette, this is a rather daring pairing of the largely-forgotten early romantic German composer Daniel Steibelt with Gounod's Juliette. Elsa Dreisig then moves onto the two famous Figaros, one from Rossini's Barber (Rosina) and the other from Mozart's Marriage, with the gentle tones of the Countess. Finally, and more daring still, we end with the Salome of the Hérodiade by Massenet, a tender young woman who is not after anyone's head; and then Strauss's Salome, with her sanguinary madness. Probably in order to avoid the temptation of comparisons with other recordings, our singer has opted for the 1907 French version – note that this work by Oscar Wilde was itself originally written in French. This is the most extraordinary selection that one could hope for in a first recording from any artist, all accompanied by the Montpelier Orchestra, conducted by Michael Schønwandt. © SM/Qobuz
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Charles Gounod, Composer - Michel Carre, Poet - Jules Barbier, Poet - Michael Schønwandt, Conductor - Elsa Dreisig, Soprano Vocals, MainArtist - Orchestre national Montpellier Occitanie, Orchestra
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Jules Massenet, Composer - Louis Gallet, Poet - Michael Schønwandt, Conductor - Orchestre national de Montpellier Occitanie, Orchestra - Elsa Dreisig, Soprano Vocals, MainArtist
© 2018 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company A Warner Classics/Erato release, ℗ 2018 Parlophone Records Limited
Giacomo Puccini, Composer - Michael Schønwandt, Conductor - Elsa Dreisig, Soprano Vocals, MainArtist - Orchestre national Montpellier Occitanie, Orchestra
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Jules Massenet, Composer - Philippe Gille, Poet - Henri Meilhac, Poet - Michael Schønwandt, Conductor - Orchestre national de Montpellier Occitanie, Orchestra - Elsa Dreisig, Soprano Vocals, MainArtist
© 2018 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company A Warner Classics/Erato release, ℗ 2018 Parlophone Records Limited
Michael Schønwandt, Conductor - Daniel Steibelt, Composer - Elsa Dreisig, Soprano Vocals, MainArtist - Orchestre national Montpellier Occitanie, Orchestra
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Charles Gounod, Composer - Michael Schønwandt, Conductor - Elsa Dreisig, Soprano Vocals, MainArtist - Orchestre national Montpellier Occitanie, Orchestra
© 2018 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2018 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company
Gioachino Rossini, Composer - Cesare Sterbini, Poet - Michael Schønwandt, Conductor - Elsa Dreisig, Soprano Vocals, MainArtist - Orchestre national Montpellier Occitanie, Orchestra
© 2018 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2018 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer - Lorenzo Da Ponte, Poet - Michael Schønwandt, Conductor - Elsa Dreisig, Soprano Vocals, MainArtist - Orchestre national Montpellier Occitanie, Orchestra
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Jules Massenet, Composer - Michael Schønwandt, Conductor - Orchestre national de Montpellier Occitanie, Orchestra - Elsa Dreisig, Soprano Vocals, MainArtist
© 2018 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company A Warner Classics/Erato release, ℗ 2018 Parlophone Records Limited
Richard Strauss, Composer - Michael Schønwandt, Conductor - Orchestre national de Montpellier Occitanie, Orchestra - Elsa Dreisig, Soprano Vocals, MainArtist
© 2018 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company A Warner Classics/Erato release, ℗ 2018 Parlophone Records Limited
Album review
For her first recital with orchestra album, young Franco-Danish soprano Elsa Dreisig had the idea of presenting five pairs of songs in which each part of the pair is ambiguously related to the other, like a mirror’s reflection. This process leads to striking juxtapositions of different musical styles, dramatic moments, historical periods and contrasting voices; classicism and romanticism complement each other, terror answers joy, and the result is a view of the feminine soul all its facets. The first pairing involves two mirrors: the one in which Marguerite from Gounod's Faust admires herself and Thaïs's mirror in Massenet's opera (Thaïs). There follows Puccini's vision of Manon Lescaut, and then Manon (sans Lescaut) as imagined by Massenet. Following this we have Juliette, this is a rather daring pairing of the largely-forgotten early romantic German composer Daniel Steibelt with Gounod's Juliette. Elsa Dreisig then moves onto the two famous Figaros, one from Rossini's Barber (Rosina) and the other from Mozart's Marriage, with the gentle tones of the Countess. Finally, and more daring still, we end with the Salome of the Hérodiade by Massenet, a tender young woman who is not after anyone's head; and then Strauss's Salome, with her sanguinary madness. Probably in order to avoid the temptation of comparisons with other recordings, our singer has opted for the 1907 French version – note that this work by Oscar Wilde was itself originally written in French. This is the most extraordinary selection that one could hope for in a first recording from any artist, all accompanied by the Montpelier Orchestra, conducted by Michael Schønwandt. © SM/Qobuz
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 10 track(s)
- Total length: 01:10:16
- 1 Digital booklet
- Main artists: Elsa Dreisig
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Warner Classics
- Genre: Classical
© 2018 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2018 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company
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