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The 20 tracks on Kaléïdoscope reveal the many facets of Fatma Saïd’s vibrant personality. The soprano—whose first album, El Nour, was so well received it was awarded a Qobuzissime—takes on multiple vocal characters, each equally joyful and delivered in her signature velvety tone. She creates a rich musical landscape, bursting with beautiful pieces from the likes of Offenbach, Massenet, Weill and Gardel.
When it comes to the singer’s choice of repertoire, she states: “Since I was very young, dance has accompanied me everywhere, and I’ve learnt a number of different styles. […] While researching potential repertoire for this album, I found myself drawn to songs from a number of very different countries and peoples, all with strong dance elements—sometimes in the words, but invariably in the music. It’s hard to imagine music without dance, or dance without music. For me, both are inseparable.”
Fatma Saïd completely lets go in this album, and it’s a pleasure to experience the feeling of weightlessness that seems to guide each of these tracks. It’s also wonderful to hear the evolution of her operetta registers, particularly in the bolero from Massenet’s La Fiancée en loterie with its delicious Hispanic flavour.
Kaléidoscope documents the singer’s craft remarkably well, as well as the acting dimension that accompanies it. Saïd’s voice adapts perfectly to every mood and style: unhurried in the Barcarolle from Contes d’Hoffmann, jubilant in I Could Have Danced All Night (an impressive track from the film My Fair Lady) and mysterious and restrained in Youkali. She even offers a stunning yet unexpected jazzy digression with Cheek to Cheek.
Far from being just one more album in a vast catalogue, Kaléïdoscope is a spectacular portrayal of this Egyptian singer. And what a singer she is! © Pierre Lamy/Qobuz
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David Bergmüller, Lute, MainArtist - Fatma Said, Soprano Vocals, MainArtist
A Warner Classics release, © 2022 Parlophone Records Limited. A Warner Classics release, ℗ 2022 Parlophone Records Limited.
Jules Massenet, Composer - Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte-Carlo, Orchestra, MainArtist - Sascha Goetzel, Conductor, MainArtist - Fatma Said, Soprano Vocals, MainArtist
A Warner Classics release, © 2022 Parlophone Records Limited. A Warner Classics release, ℗ 2022 Parlophone Records Limited.
Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte-Carlo, Orchestra, MainArtist - ANDRE MESSAGER, Composer - Sascha Goetzel, Conductor, MainArtist - Fatma Said, Soprano Vocals, MainArtist
A Warner Classics release, © 2022 Parlophone Records Limited. A Warner Classics release, ℗ 2022 Parlophone Records Limited.
Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte-Carlo, Orchestra, MainArtist - Oscar Straus, Composer - Sascha Goetzel, Conductor, MainArtist - Fatma Said, Soprano Vocals, MainArtist
A Warner Classics release, © 2022 Parlophone Records Limited. A Warner Classics release, ℗ 2022 Parlophone Records Limited.
Johann Strauss II, Composer - Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte-Carlo, Orchestra, MainArtist - Sascha Goetzel, Conductor, MainArtist - Fatma Said, Soprano Vocals, MainArtist
A Warner Classics release, © 2022 Parlophone Records Limited. A Warner Classics release, ℗ 2022 Parlophone Records Limited.
Franz Lehár, Composer - Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte-Carlo, Orchestra, MainArtist - Sascha Goetzel, Conductor, MainArtist - Fatma Said, Soprano Vocals, MainArtist
A Warner Classics release, © 2022 Parlophone Records Limited. A Warner Classics release, ℗ 2022 Parlophone Records Limited.
Jacques Offenbach, Composer - Jules Barbier, Poet - Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte-Carlo, Orchestra - Marianne Crebassa, Mezzo-soprano Vocals - Sascha Goetzel, Conductor - Fatma Said, Soprano Vocals, MainArtist
A Warner Classics release, © 2022 Parlophone Records Limited. A Warner Classics release, ℗ 2022 Parlophone Records Limited.
Charles Gounod, Composer - Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte-Carlo, Orchestra, MainArtist - Sascha Goetzel, Conductor, MainArtist - Fatma Said, Soprano Vocals, MainArtist
A Warner Classics release, © 2022 Parlophone Records Limited. A Warner Classics release, ℗ 2022 Parlophone Records Limited.
Geronimo Gimenez, Composer - Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte-Carlo, Orchestra, MainArtist - Sascha Goetzel, Conductor, MainArtist - Fatma Said, Soprano Vocals, MainArtist
A Warner Classics release, © 2022 Parlophone Records Limited. A Warner Classics release, ℗ 2022 Parlophone Records Limited.
Frederick Loewe, Composer - Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte-Carlo, Orchestra, MainArtist - Sascha Goetzel, Conductor, MainArtist - Fatma Said, Soprano Vocals, MainArtist
A Warner Classics release, © 2022 Parlophone Records Limited. A Warner Classics release, ℗ 2022 Parlophone Records Limited.
Heinrich Köbberling, Drums, MainArtist - Henning Sieverts, Double Bass, MainArtist - Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte-Carlo, Orchestra, MainArtist - Friedrich Schröder, Composer - Sascha Goetzel, Conductor, MainArtist - Tim Allhoff, Piano, MainArtist - Fatma Said, Soprano Vocals, MainArtist
A Warner Classics release, © 2022 Parlophone Records Limited. A Warner Classics release, ℗ 2022 Parlophone Records Limited.
Heinrich Köbberling, Drums - Henning Sieverts, Double Bass - Irving Berlin, Composer - Lucienne Renaudin Vary, Trumpet - Tim Allhoff, Piano - Fatma Said, Soprano Vocals, MainArtist
A Warner Classics release, © 2022 Parlophone Records Limited. A Warner Classics release, ℗ 2022 Parlophone Records Limited.
Kurt Weill, Composer - Heinrich Köbberling, Percussion, MainArtist - Tim Allhoff, Piano, MainArtist - Fatma Said, Soprano Vocals, MainArtist - Quinteto Ángel, Ensemble, MainArtist
A Warner Classics release, © 2022 Parlophone Records Limited. A Warner Classics release, ℗ 2022 Parlophone Records Limited.
Carlos Gardel, Composer - Fatma Said, Soprano Vocals, MainArtist - Quinteto Ángel, Ensemble, MainArtist
A Warner Classics release, © 2022 Parlophone Records Limited. A Warner Classics release, ℗ 2022 Parlophone Records Limited.
Angel Gregorio Villoldos, Composer - Fatma Said, Soprano Vocals, MainArtist - Quinteto Ángel, Ensemble
A Warner Classics release, © 2022 Parlophone Records Limited. A Warner Classics release, ℗ 2022 Parlophone Records Limited.
Heinrich Köbberling, Percussion - Astor Piazzolla, Composer - Horacio Ferrer, Librettist - Philip Krause, Percussion - Fatma Said, Soprano Vocals, MainArtist - Quinteto Ángel, Ensemble
A Warner Classics release, © 2022 Parlophone Records Limited. A Warner Classics release, ℗ 2022 Parlophone Records Limited.
Heinrich Köbberling, Drums, MainArtist - Astor Piazzolla, Composer - Henning Sieverts, Double Bass, MainArtist - Tim Allhoff, Piano, MainArtist - Christian Gerber, Bandoneon, MainArtist - Rageed William, Panpipes, MainArtist - Fatma Said, Soprano Vocals, MainArtist
A Warner Classics release, © 2022 Parlophone Records Limited. A Warner Classics release, ℗ 2022 Parlophone Records Limited.
Heinrich Köbberling, Drums, MainArtist - Henning Sieverts, Double Bass, MainArtist - Serge Gainsbourg, Composer, Lyricist - Tim Allhoff, Piano, MainArtist - Christian Gerber, Bandoneon, MainArtist - Fatma Said, Soprano Vocals, MainArtist - vision string quartet, String Quartet, MainArtist
A Warner Classics release, © 2022 Parlophone Records Limited. A Warner Classics release, ℗ 2022 Parlophone Records Limited.
Heinrich Köbberling, Drums, MainArtist - Henning Sieverts, Double Bass, MainArtist - Gino Paoli, Composer - Tim Allhoff, Piano, MainArtist - Christian Gerber, Bandoneon, MainArtist - Fatma Said, Soprano Vocals, MainArtist - vision string quartet, String Quartet, MainArtist
A Warner Classics release, © 2022 Parlophone Records Limited. A Warner Classics release, ℗ 2022 Parlophone Records Limited.
George Merill, Composer - Tim Allhoff, Piano, MainArtist - Fatma Said, Soprano Vocals, MainArtist - vision string quartet, String Quartet, MainArtist
A Warner Classics release, © 2022 Parlophone Records Limited. A Warner Classics release, ℗ 2022 Parlophone Records Limited.
Album review
The 20 tracks on Kaléïdoscope reveal the many facets of Fatma Saïd’s vibrant personality. The soprano—whose first album, El Nour, was so well received it was awarded a Qobuzissime—takes on multiple vocal characters, each equally joyful and delivered in her signature velvety tone. She creates a rich musical landscape, bursting with beautiful pieces from the likes of Offenbach, Massenet, Weill and Gardel.
When it comes to the singer’s choice of repertoire, she states: “Since I was very young, dance has accompanied me everywhere, and I’ve learnt a number of different styles. […] While researching potential repertoire for this album, I found myself drawn to songs from a number of very different countries and peoples, all with strong dance elements—sometimes in the words, but invariably in the music. It’s hard to imagine music without dance, or dance without music. For me, both are inseparable.”
Fatma Saïd completely lets go in this album, and it’s a pleasure to experience the feeling of weightlessness that seems to guide each of these tracks. It’s also wonderful to hear the evolution of her operetta registers, particularly in the bolero from Massenet’s La Fiancée en loterie with its delicious Hispanic flavour.
Kaléidoscope documents the singer’s craft remarkably well, as well as the acting dimension that accompanies it. Saïd’s voice adapts perfectly to every mood and style: unhurried in the Barcarolle from Contes d’Hoffmann, jubilant in I Could Have Danced All Night (an impressive track from the film My Fair Lady) and mysterious and restrained in Youkali. She even offers a stunning yet unexpected jazzy digression with Cheek to Cheek.
Far from being just one more album in a vast catalogue, Kaléïdoscope is a spectacular portrayal of this Egyptian singer. And what a singer she is! © Pierre Lamy/Qobuz
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 20 track(s)
- Total length: 01:08:06
- 1 Digital booklet
- Main artists: Fatma Said
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Warner Classics
- Genre: Classical
A Warner Classics release, © 2022 Parlophone Records Limited. A Warner Classics release, ℗ 2022 Parlophone Records Limited.
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