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With this concert, broadcast live on March 14, 2022, New York's Metropolitan Opera became one of the first musical organizations to respond decisively to the war in Ukraine. The concert featured the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus, conducted by Yannick Nézet-Séguin, with soloists, and it was quite a stirring event. As with the concert itself, sales of this album will benefit Ukraine relief efforts. Buyers will get some excellent performances for their money. There is a mix of patriotic pieces, two Ukrainian (the country's national anthem, plus the Prayer for Ukraine written by composer Valentin Silvestrov during the 2014 demonstrations in the country) and one Italian (the "Va, pensiero" chorus from Verdi's Nabucco, which long served as an unofficial anthem of Italian unification). There are also pieces referring to more generalized tragedy (Barber's Adagio for strings, Op. 11, and the Four Last Songs of Richard Strauss). Perhaps these were included because, at the time, a quick and unfavorable end to the war still seemed possible. Soprano Lise Davidsen seems less confident than usual in the Strauss, but the music returns to a more vibrant assertion of the ideal of freedom at the end, with the finale of Beethoven's Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125 ("Choral"). This is an impressive performance of the piece, with some younger singers just hitting their strides (try the opening vocal turn by bass Ryan Speedo Green for a sample). Apart from the financial benefits to Ukraine given by purchasers of this album, it is an interesting document in its own right.
© James Manheim /TiVo
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Metropolitan Opera Chorus, Chorus, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Conductor, MainArtist - Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Pavlo Platonovich Chyubynsky, Author - Mykhaylo Verbytsky, Composer - David Frost, Producer, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Silas Brown, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dominic Fyfe, Producer, Executive Producer - John Kerswell, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ed Hartley, Additional Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Vladyslav Buialskyi, Baritone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2022 The Metropolitan Opera
Metropolitan Opera Chorus, Orchestra, Chorus, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Conductor, MainArtist - Valentin Silvestrov, ComposerLyricist - David Frost, Producer, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Silas Brown, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dominic Fyfe, Producer, Executive Producer - John Kerswell, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ed Hartley, Additional Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2022 The Metropolitan Opera
Samuel Barber, Composer - Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Conductor, MainArtist - Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - David Frost, Producer, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Silas Brown, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dominic Fyfe, Producer, Executive Producer - John Kerswell, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ed Hartley, Additional Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2022 The Metropolitan Opera
Nabucco / Act III (Giuseppe Verdi)
Metropolitan Opera Chorus, Orchestra, Chorus, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Giuseppe Verdi, Composer - Temistocle Solera, Author - Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Conductor, MainArtist - David Frost, Producer, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Silas Brown, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dominic Fyfe, Producer, Executive Producer - John Kerswell, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ed Hartley, Additional Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2022 The Metropolitan Opera
Vier letzte Lieder, TrV 296 (Richard Strauss)
Richard Strauss, Composer - Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Conductor, MainArtist - Hermann Hesse, Author - Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - David Frost, Producer, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Silas Brown, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dominic Fyfe, Producer, Executive Producer - Lise Davidsen, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - John Kerswell, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ed Hartley, Additional Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2022 The Metropolitan Opera
Richard Strauss, Composer - Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Conductor, MainArtist - Hermann Hesse, Author - Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - David Frost, Producer, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Silas Brown, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dominic Fyfe, Producer, Executive Producer - Lise Davidsen, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - John Kerswell, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ed Hartley, Additional Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2022 The Metropolitan Opera
Richard Strauss, Composer - Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Conductor, MainArtist - Hermann Hesse, Author - Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - David Frost, Producer, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Silas Brown, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dominic Fyfe, Producer, Executive Producer - Lise Davidsen, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - John Kerswell, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ed Hartley, Additional Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2022 The Metropolitan Opera
Richard Strauss, Composer - Joseph Von Eichendorff, Author - Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Conductor, MainArtist - Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - David Frost, Producer, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Silas Brown, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dominic Fyfe, Producer, Executive Producer - Lise Davidsen, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - John Kerswell, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ed Hartley, Additional Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2022 The Metropolitan Opera
Symphony No. 9 in D Minor, Op. 125 "Choral" (Ludwig van Beethoven)
Metropolitan Opera Chorus, Chorus, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Conductor, MainArtist - Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Piotr Beczala, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jamie Barton, Mezzo-Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - David Frost, Producer, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Silas Brown, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Elza van den Heever, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Dominic Fyfe, Producer, Executive Producer - John Kerswell, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jonathan Del Mar, Contributor, Work Editor - Ryan Speedo Green, Bass-Baritone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Ed Hartley, Additional Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2022 The Metropolitan Opera
Album review
With this concert, broadcast live on March 14, 2022, New York's Metropolitan Opera became one of the first musical organizations to respond decisively to the war in Ukraine. The concert featured the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus, conducted by Yannick Nézet-Séguin, with soloists, and it was quite a stirring event. As with the concert itself, sales of this album will benefit Ukraine relief efforts. Buyers will get some excellent performances for their money. There is a mix of patriotic pieces, two Ukrainian (the country's national anthem, plus the Prayer for Ukraine written by composer Valentin Silvestrov during the 2014 demonstrations in the country) and one Italian (the "Va, pensiero" chorus from Verdi's Nabucco, which long served as an unofficial anthem of Italian unification). There are also pieces referring to more generalized tragedy (Barber's Adagio for strings, Op. 11, and the Four Last Songs of Richard Strauss). Perhaps these were included because, at the time, a quick and unfavorable end to the war still seemed possible. Soprano Lise Davidsen seems less confident than usual in the Strauss, but the music returns to a more vibrant assertion of the ideal of freedom at the end, with the finale of Beethoven's Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125 ("Choral"). This is an impressive performance of the piece, with some younger singers just hitting their strides (try the opening vocal turn by bass Ryan Speedo Green for a sample). Apart from the financial benefits to Ukraine given by purchasers of this album, it is an interesting document in its own right.
© James Manheim /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 9 track(s)
- Total length: 01:07:48
- Main artists: Metropolitan Opera Orchestra Yannick Nézet-Séguin
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Decca Music Group Ltd.
- Genre: Classical
© 2022 The Metropolitan Opera ℗ 2022 The Metropolitan Opera
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