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This is a fine introduction to Jessye Norman's work and expands on a couple of her earlier "best of" releases, but even so, it represents a limited portion of her wide repertoire. The first disc is all German Romantic works, beginning with scenes from Wagner that she recorded in the late '80s with the London Philharmonic and Klaus Tennstedt. The first of these are for Elisabeth in Tannhäuser, the role in which she made her opera debut in 1969, followed by one from Tristan und Isolde. These scenes are followed by Wagner's Wesendonck Lieder, a few Schubert Lieder, and an excerpt from Brahms' Deutsche Requiem. The Lieder, and most of the songs on the second disc as well, are with pianist Irwin Gage and are from very early in her professional career. There are a couple of small spots in the Schubert where she seems not entirely comfortable with these works yet and has some trouble getting the right sound for them. She is otherwise impressive for her sound, range, understanding of the text and context of each work, and confidence; and yet she sounds still more comfortable in the French repertoire, found on the second disc. There are selections from Offenbach, an excerpt from Berlioz's Roméo et Juliette, and songs by Ravel and Poulenc. The lighthearted nature of the Offenbach, plus the fact that the scenes involve other singers as well (unlike the Wagner), lets her loosen up a little; the action and emotion of each scene don't depend on her alone. The ease with which she interprets the Poulenc cycle La fraîcheur et le feu is perhaps attributable to her studies with Pierre Bernac, for whom Poulenc wrote most of his songs.
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James Mallinson, Producer - Richard Wagner, Composer, Poet - Jessye Norman, Soprano Vocals, MainArtist - Klaus Tennstedt, Conductor - London Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra
© 2012 EMI Records Ltd ℗ 1988 Warner Classics, Warner Music UK Ltd
James Mallinson, Producer - Richard Wagner, Composer, Poet - Jessye Norman, Soprano Vocals, MainArtist - Klaus Tennstedt, Conductor - London Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra
© 2012 EMI Records Ltd ℗ 1988 Warner Classics, Warner Music UK Ltd
James Mallinson, Producer - Richard Wagner, Composer, Poet - Jessye Norman, Soprano Vocals, MainArtist - Klaus Tennstedt, Conductor - Ambrosian Opera Chorus, Chorus, FeaturedArtist - London Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra
© 2012 EMI Records Ltd ℗ 1988 Warner Classics, Warner Music UK Ltd
James Mallinson, Producer - Richard Wagner, Composer, Poet - Jessye Norman, Soprano Vocals, MainArtist - Klaus Tennstedt, Conductor - London Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra
© 2012 EMI Records Ltd ℗ 1988 Warner Classics, Warner Music UK Ltd
Gerd Berg, Producer - Richard Wagner, Composer - Jessye Norman, Soprano Vocals - Irwin Gage, Piano - Jessye Norman/Irwin Gage, MainArtist
© 2012 EMI Records Ltd ℗ 1970 The copyright in this sound recording is owned by EMI Music Germany GmbH & Co KG. Digital remastering p1995 by EMI Music Germany GmbH & Co KG
Gerd Berg, Producer - Richard Wagner, Composer - Jessye Norman, Soprano Vocals - Irwin Gage, Piano - Jessye Norman/Irwin Gage, MainArtist
© 2012 EMI Records Ltd ℗ 1970 The copyright in this sound recording is owned by EMI Music Germany GmbH & Co KG. Digital remastering p1995 by EMI Music Germany GmbH & Co KG
Gerd Berg, Producer - Richard Wagner, Composer - Jessye Norman, Soprano Vocals - Irwin Gage, Piano - Jessye Norman/Irwin Gage, MainArtist
© 2012 EMI Records Ltd ℗ 1970 The copyright in this sound recording is owned by EMI Music Germany GmbH & Co KG. Digital remastering p1995 by EMI Music Germany GmbH & Co KG
Gerd Berg, Producer - Richard Wagner, Composer - Jessye Norman, Soprano Vocals - Irwin Gage, Piano - Jessye Norman/Irwin Gage, MainArtist
© 2012 EMI Records Ltd ℗ 1970 The copyright in this sound recording is owned by EMI Music Germany GmbH & Co KG. Digital remastering p1995 by EMI Music Germany GmbH & Co KG
Gerd Berg, Producer - Richard Wagner, Composer - Jessye Norman, Soprano Vocals - Irwin Gage, Piano - Jessye Norman/Irwin Gage, MainArtist
© 2012 EMI Records Ltd ℗ 1970 The copyright in this sound recording is owned by EMI Music Germany GmbH & Co KG. Digital remastering p1995 by EMI Music Germany GmbH & Co KG
Gerd Berg, Producer - Franz Schubert, Composer - Jessye Norman, Soprano Vocals - Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock, Poet - Irwin Gage, Piano, FeaturedArtist - Jessye Norman/Irwin Gage, MainArtist
© 2012 EMI Records Ltd A Warner Classics release, ℗ 1970, 1995 Warner Music Group Germany Holding GmbH
Gerd Berg, Producer - Franz Schubert, Composer - Jessye Norman, Soprano Vocals - Karl Gottfried von Leitner, Poet - Irwin Gage, Piano, FeaturedArtist - Jessye Norman/Irwin Gage, MainArtist
© 2012 EMI Records Ltd A Warner Classics release, ℗ 1970, 1995 Warner Music Group Germany Holding GmbH
Gerd Berg, Producer - Franz Schubert, Composer - Jessye Norman, Soprano Vocals - Irwin Gage, Piano, FeaturedArtist - Jessye Norman/Irwin Gage, MainArtist
© 2012 EMI Records Ltd A Warner Classics release, ℗ 1970, 1995 Warner Music Group Germany Holding GmbH
John Willan, Producer - Johannes Brahms, Composer - Michael Sheady, Engineer - Jessye Norman, Soprano Vocals - London Philharmonic Choir, Choir - Klaus Tennstedt, Conductor - London Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra - BBC Symphony Chorus, Choir - Richard Cooke, Conductor - Jessye Norman/BBC Symphony Chorus/London Philharmonic Choir/Richard Cooke/London Philharmonic Orchestra/Klaus Tennstedt, MainArtist
© 2012 EMI Records Ltd ℗ 1985 Warner Classics, Warner Music UK Ltd
DISC 2
Jacques Offenbach, Composer - Sylvain Cambreling, Conductor, MainArtist - Ann Murray , Mezzo-soprano Vocals, FeaturedArtist - Jessye Norman, Soprano Vocals, FeaturedArtist - Jules Barbier, Poet - Choeurs de l’Opéra National du Théâtre Royal de la Monnaie de Bruxelles, Chorus - Orchestre de l’Opéra National du Théâtre Royal de la Monnaie de Bruxelles, Orchestra
© 2012 EMI Records Ltd ℗ 1988 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company
Michael Gray, BalanceEngineer - Neil Shicoff, Tenor Vocals, MainArtist - David R. Murray, Producer - Brussels National Opera Chorus, MainArtist - Orchestre Symphonique de l'Opéra National, Bruxelles, MainArtist - Jacques Offenbach, Composer - Sylvain Cambreling, Conductor, MainArtist - Jessye Norman, Soprano Vocals, MainArtist - Gunter Wagner, Director - Dale Duesing, Baritone Vocals, MainArtist - Orchestra of the Théâtre Royal de La Monnaie, Brussels, Orchestra - Chorus of the Théâtre Royal de La Monnaie, Brussels, Chorus
© 2012 EMI Records Ltd ℗ 1988 Warner Classics, Warner Music UK Ltd
Michael Gray, BalanceEngineer - Neil Shicoff, Tenor Vocals, MainArtist - David R. Murray, Producer - Brussels National Opera Chorus, MainArtist - Orchestre Symphonique de l'Opéra National, Bruxelles, MainArtist - Jacques Offenbach, Composer - Sylvain Cambreling, Conductor, MainArtist - Ann Murray , Mezzo-soprano Vocals, MainArtist - Jessye Norman, Soprano Vocals, MainArtist - Gunter Wagner, Director - Orchestra of the Théâtre Royal de La Monnaie, Brussels, Orchestra - Chorus of the Théâtre Royal de La Monnaie, Brussels, Chorus
© 2012 EMI Records Ltd ℗ 1988 Warner Classics, Warner Music UK Ltd
Michael Gray, BalanceEngineer - Neil Shicoff, Tenor Vocals, MainArtist - David R. Murray, Producer - Orchestre Symphonique de l'Opéra National, Bruxelles, MainArtist - Jacques Offenbach, Composer - Sylvain Cambreling, Conductor, MainArtist - Jessye Norman, Soprano Vocals, MainArtist - Orchestra of the Théâtre Royal de La Monnaie, Brussels, Orchestra
© 2012 EMI Records Ltd ℗ 1988 Warner Classics, Warner Music UK Ltd
Maurice Ravel, Composer - Jessye Norman, Soprano Vocals, MainArtist - Michel Debost, Flute, MainArtist - Dalton Baldwin, Piano, MainArtist - Eric Macleod, Producer - Renaud Fontanarosa, Cello, MainArtist - Évariste de Parny, Poet
© 2012 EMI Records Ltd A Warner Classics/Erato release, ℗ 1984 Warner Music France
Maurice Ravel, Composer - Jessye Norman, Soprano Vocals, MainArtist - Michel Debost, Flute, MainArtist - Dalton Baldwin, Piano, MainArtist - Eric Macleod, Producer - Renaud Fontanarosa, Cello, MainArtist - Évariste de Parny, Poet
© 2012 EMI Records Ltd A Warner Classics/Erato release, ℗ 1984 Warner Music France
Maurice Ravel, Composer - Jessye Norman, Soprano Vocals, MainArtist - Michel Debost, Flute, MainArtist - Dalton Baldwin, Piano, MainArtist - Eric Macleod, Producer - Renaud Fontanarosa, Cello, MainArtist - Évariste de Parny, Poet
© 2012 EMI Records Ltd A Warner Classics/Erato release, ℗ 1984 Warner Music France
The Philadelphia Orchestra, Orchestra - The Westminster Choir, Chorus - James Mallinson, Producer - Riccardo Muti, Conductor - Jessye Norman, Soprano Vocals - Hector Berlioz, Composer - John Kurlander, BalanceEngineer - Joseph Flummerfelt, Director - Jessye Norman/Philadelphia Orchestra/Riccardo Muti, MainArtist
© 2012 EMI Records Ltd ℗ 1986 Warner Classics, Warner Music UK Ltd
Maurice Ravel, Composer - Jessye Norman, Soprano Vocals, MainArtist - Leconte de Lisle, Poet - Dalton Baldwin, Piano, MainArtist - Eric Macleod, Producer
© 2012 EMI Records Ltd A Warner Classics/Erato release, ℗ 1984 Warner Music France
Maurice Ravel, Composer - Jessye Norman, Soprano Vocals, MainArtist - Dalton Baldwin, Piano, MainArtist - Eric Macleod, Producer - Emile Verhaeren, Poet
© 2012 EMI Records Ltd A Warner Classics/Erato release, ℗ 1984 Warner Music France
Gerd Berg, Producer - Jessye Norman, Soprano Vocals - Francis Poulenc, Composer - Irwin Gage, Piano, FeaturedArtist - Jessye Norman/Irwin Gage, MainArtist
© 2012 EMI Records Ltd A Warner Classics release, ℗ 1970, 1995 Warner Music Group Germany Holding GmbH
Gerd Berg, Producer - Jessye Norman, Soprano Vocals - Francis Poulenc, Composer - Irwin Gage, Piano, FeaturedArtist - Jessye Norman/Irwin Gage, MainArtist
© 2012 EMI Records Ltd A Warner Classics release, ℗ 1970, 1995 Warner Music Group Germany Holding GmbH
Gerd Berg, Producer - Jessye Norman, Soprano Vocals - Francis Poulenc, Composer - Irwin Gage, Piano, FeaturedArtist - Jessye Norman/Irwin Gage, MainArtist
© 2012 EMI Records Ltd A Warner Classics release, ℗ 1970, 1995 Warner Music Group Germany Holding GmbH
Gerd Berg, Producer - Jessye Norman, Soprano Vocals - Francis Poulenc, Composer - Irwin Gage, Piano, FeaturedArtist - Jessye Norman/Irwin Gage, MainArtist
© 2012 EMI Records Ltd A Warner Classics release, ℗ 1970, 1995 Warner Music Group Germany Holding GmbH
Gerd Berg, Producer - Jessye Norman, Soprano Vocals - Francis Poulenc, Composer - Irwin Gage, Piano, FeaturedArtist - Jessye Norman/Irwin Gage, MainArtist
© 2012 EMI Records Ltd A Warner Classics release, ℗ 1970, 1995 Warner Music Group Germany Holding GmbH
Gerd Berg, Producer - Jessye Norman, Soprano Vocals - Francis Poulenc, Composer - Irwin Gage, Piano, FeaturedArtist - Jessye Norman/Irwin Gage, MainArtist
© 2012 EMI Records Ltd A Warner Classics release, ℗ 1970, 1995 Warner Music Group Germany Holding GmbH
Gerd Berg, Producer - Jessye Norman, Soprano Vocals - Francis Poulenc, Composer - Irwin Gage, Piano, FeaturedArtist - Jessye Norman/Irwin Gage, MainArtist
© 2012 EMI Records Ltd A Warner Classics release, ℗ 1970, 1995 Warner Music Group Germany Holding GmbH
Gerd Berg, Producer - Jessye Norman, Soprano Vocals - Francis Poulenc, Composer - Irwin Gage, Piano, FeaturedArtist - Jessye Norman/Irwin Gage, MainArtist
© 2012 EMI Records Ltd A Warner Classics release, ℗ 1970, 1995 Warner Music Group Germany Holding GmbH
Jacques Offenbach, Composer - Orchestre Du Capitole De Toulouse, Orchestra, MainArtist - Michel Plasson, Conductor, MainArtist - Jessye Norman, Soprano Vocals, MainArtist - John Aler, MainArtist - Jean-Philippe Lafont, MainArtist - Charles Burles, MainArtist - Gabriel Bacquier, MainArtist - Choeur Du Capitole De Toulouse, MainArtist - Colette Alliot-Lugaz, MainArtist - Nicole Carreras, MainArtist - Choeurs du Capitole de Toulouse, Chorus
© 2012 EMI Records Ltd 1984 ℗ 1985 The copyright in this sound recording is owned by EMI Music France
Jacques Offenbach, Composer - Orchestre Du Capitole De Toulouse, Orchestra - Michel Plasson, Conductor, MainArtist - Jessye Norman, Soprano Vocals, FeaturedArtist
© 2012 EMI Records Ltd A Warner Classics/Erato Disques release, ℗ 1984 Warner Music France
Jacques Offenbach, Composer - Orchestre Du Capitole De Toulouse, Orchestra - Michel Plasson, Conductor, MainArtist - Jessye Norman, Soprano Vocals, FeaturedArtist
© 2012 EMI Records Ltd A Warner Classics/Erato Disques release, ℗ 1985 Warner Music France
Jacques Offenbach, Composer - Orchestre Du Capitole De Toulouse, Orchestra - Michel Plasson, Conductor, MainArtist - Jessye Norman, Soprano Vocals, FeaturedArtist - John Aler, Tenor Vocals, FeaturedArtist - Jean-Philippe Lafont, FeaturedArtist, Bass-Baritone Vocals - Charles Burles, Tenor Vocals, FeaturedArtist - Gabriel Bacquier, Baritone Vocals, FeaturedArtist - Colette Alliot-Lugaz, Soprano Vocals, FeaturedArtist - Jacques Loreau, Tenor Vocals, FeaturedArtist - Roger Trentin, Tenor Vocals, FeaturedArtist - Gérard Desroches, Baritone Vocals, FeaturedArtist - Chœur du Capitole de Toulouse, Chorus, FeaturedArtist
© 2012 EMI Records Ltd A Warner Classics/Erato Disques release, ℗ 1985 Warner Music France
Album review
This is a fine introduction to Jessye Norman's work and expands on a couple of her earlier "best of" releases, but even so, it represents a limited portion of her wide repertoire. The first disc is all German Romantic works, beginning with scenes from Wagner that she recorded in the late '80s with the London Philharmonic and Klaus Tennstedt. The first of these are for Elisabeth in Tannhäuser, the role in which she made her opera debut in 1969, followed by one from Tristan und Isolde. These scenes are followed by Wagner's Wesendonck Lieder, a few Schubert Lieder, and an excerpt from Brahms' Deutsche Requiem. The Lieder, and most of the songs on the second disc as well, are with pianist Irwin Gage and are from very early in her professional career. There are a couple of small spots in the Schubert where she seems not entirely comfortable with these works yet and has some trouble getting the right sound for them. She is otherwise impressive for her sound, range, understanding of the text and context of each work, and confidence; and yet she sounds still more comfortable in the French repertoire, found on the second disc. There are selections from Offenbach, an excerpt from Berlioz's Roméo et Juliette, and songs by Ravel and Poulenc. The lighthearted nature of the Offenbach, plus the fact that the scenes involve other singers as well (unlike the Wagner), lets her loosen up a little; the action and emotion of each scene don't depend on her alone. The ease with which she interprets the Poulenc cycle La fraîcheur et le feu is perhaps attributable to her studies with Pierre Bernac, for whom Poulenc wrote most of his songs.
© TiVo
About the album
- 2 disc(s) - 35 track(s)
- Total length: 02:23:57
- Main artists: Jessye Norman
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Warner Classics
- Genre: Classical
© 2012 EMI Records Ltd ℗ This compilation 2012 EMI Records Ltd
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