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There's a lot of hype and myth surrounding South African soprano Pumeza Matshikiza. She's been billed as the township soprano, for instance, when actually she came from an extremely small town called Lady Frere in Eastern Cape province. Her debut album proclaimed her "The Voice of Hope," a difficult status for anyone to live up to. She had a top-flight musical education at the University of Cape Town and then in Covent Garden's Young Artist Programme, and you can set aside the hype and discover that yes, this young soprano is well above average. There's a particular specialty that fits her to a T, and the program of this selection of arias, which goes all over the map, does not fully play to her strengths. No one would choose Matshikiza in "Dido's Lament;" she overwhelms Paolo Tosti; and she does not seem to connect with Mozart or Gluck. When you put her in the late 19th century, though, watch out. The arias from La Bohème and especially La Wally have the kind of effortless, controlled power and silky richness that come along only rarely, and if you want to hear what everyone is really excited about, sample the "Song of the Moon" from Dvorák's Rusalka and listen all the way to the absolutely nailed conclusion. The Aarhus Symfonieorkester under Tobias Ringborg basically stays out of Matshikiza's way, which is right, and the sound from the Musikhuset in Aarhus is clear. This is one to watch; the right roles for Matshikiza in upcoming years could propel her to superstardom.
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La Bohème / Act 1 (Giacomo Puccini)
Giacomo Puccini, Composer - Luigi Illica, Author - Giuseppe Giacosa, Author - Tobias Ringborg, Conductor, MainArtist - Aarhus Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Philip Siney, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Pumeza Matshikiza, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Dominic Fyfe, Producer, Recording Producer
℗ 2016 Decca Music Group Limited
La Wally / Act 1 (Alfredo Catalani)
Alfredo Catalani, Composer - Luigi Illica, Author - Tobias Ringborg, Conductor, MainArtist - Aarhus Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Philip Siney, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Pumeza Matshikiza, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Dominic Fyfe, Producer, Recording Producer - Wilhelmine von Hillern, Author, Original Text Author
℗ 2016 Decca Music Group Limited
Suor Angelica (Giacomo Puccini)
Giacomo Puccini, Composer - Giovacchino Forzano, Author - Tobias Ringborg, Conductor, MainArtist - Aarhus Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Philip Siney, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Pumeza Matshikiza, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Dominic Fyfe, Producer, Recording Producer
℗ 2016 Decca Music Group Limited
Rusalka, Op. 114, B. 203 / Act 1 (Antonín Dvořák)
Antonín Dvorák, Composer - Jaroslav Kvapil, Author - Tobias Ringborg, Conductor, MainArtist - Aarhus Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Philip Siney, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Pumeza Matshikiza, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Dominic Fyfe, Producer, Recording Producer
℗ 2016 Decca Music Group Limited
Turandot / Act 3 (Giacomo Puccini)
Giacomo Puccini, Composer - Giuseppe Adami, Author - Renato Simoni, Author - Tobias Ringborg, Conductor, MainArtist - Aarhus Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Philip Siney, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Pumeza Matshikiza, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Dominic Fyfe, Producer, Recording Producer - Carlo Gozzi, Author, Original Text Author
℗ 2016 Decca Music Group Limited
L'heure espagnole, Comédie en un acte, M.52 (Maurice Ravel)
Maurice Ravel, Composer - Tobias Ringborg, Conductor, MainArtist - Aarhus Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Franc-Nohain, Author - Philip Siney, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Pumeza Matshikiza, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Dominic Fyfe, Producer, Recording Producer
℗ 2016 Decca Music Group Limited
Douglas Gamley, Arranger, Work Arranger - Sebastian De Yradier, ComposerLyricist - Tobias Ringborg, Conductor, MainArtist - Aarhus Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Philip Siney, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Pumeza Matshikiza, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Dominic Fyfe, Producer, Recording Producer
℗ 2016 Decca Music Group Limited
Cinco canciones negras (Xavier Montsalvatge)
Xavier Montsalvatge, Composer - Tobias Ringborg, Conductor, MainArtist - Aarhus Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Philip Siney, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Pumeza Matshikiza, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Nestor Lujan, Author - Dominic Fyfe, Producer, Recording Producer
℗ 2016 Decca Music Group Limited
Paolo Tosti, ComposerLyricist - Michael Rot, Arranger, Work Arranger - Tobias Ringborg, Conductor, MainArtist - Aarhus Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Philip Siney, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Pumeza Matshikiza, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Dominic Fyfe, Producer, Recording Producer
℗ 2016 Decca Music Group Limited
Gabriel Fauré, Composer - Michael Rot, Arranger, Work Arranger - Romain Bussine, Author - Tobias Ringborg, Conductor, MainArtist - Aarhus Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Philip Siney, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Pumeza Matshikiza, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Dominic Fyfe, Producer, Recording Producer
℗ 2016 Decca Music Group Limited
Chris Hazell, Arranger, Work Arranger - Reynaldo Hahn, ComposerLyricist - Tobias Ringborg, Conductor, MainArtist - Aarhus Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Philip Siney, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Pumeza Matshikiza, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Dominic Fyfe, Producer, Recording Producer
℗ 2016 Decca Music Group Limited
Chris Hazell, Arranger, Work Arranger - Douglas Gamley, Arranger, Work Arranger - Giuseppe Sarti, Composer - Tobias Ringborg, Conductor, MainArtist - Aarhus Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Philip Siney, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Pumeza Matshikiza, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Pietro Giovannini, Author - Dominic Fyfe, Producer, Recording Producer
℗ 2016 Decca Music Group Limited
Le nozze di Figaro, K.492 / Act 3 (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer - Lorenzo Da Ponte, Author - Pierre Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais, Author, Original Text Author - Tobias Ringborg, Conductor, MainArtist - Aarhus Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Philip Siney, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Pumeza Matshikiza, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Dominic Fyfe, Producer, Recording Producer
℗ 2016 Decca Music Group Limited
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer - Lorenzo Da Ponte, Author - Pierre Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais, Author, Original Text Author - Tobias Ringborg, Conductor, MainArtist - Aarhus Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Philip Siney, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Pumeza Matshikiza, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Dominic Fyfe, Producer, Recording Producer
℗ 2016 Decca Music Group Limited
Orfeo ed Euridice (Orphée et Eurydice), Wq. 30
Christoph Willibald Gluck, Composer - Ranieri de' Calzabigi, Author - Tobias Ringborg, Conductor, MainArtist - Aarhus Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Philip Siney, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Pumeza Matshikiza, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Dominic Fyfe, Producer, Recording Producer - Ludwig Finscher, Contributor, Work Editor - Anna Amalie Abert, Contributor, Work Editor
℗ 2016 Decca Music Group Limited
Dido and Aeneas, Z.626 / Act 3 (Henry Purcell)
Nahum Tate, Author - Henry Purcell, Composer - Thurston Dart, Contributor, Work Editor - Tobias Ringborg, Conductor, MainArtist - Aarhus Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Philip Siney, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Pumeza Matshikiza, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Dominic Fyfe, Producer, Recording Producer - Margaret Laurie, Contributor, Work Editor
℗ 2016 Decca Music Group Limited
Albumbeschreibung
There's a lot of hype and myth surrounding South African soprano Pumeza Matshikiza. She's been billed as the township soprano, for instance, when actually she came from an extremely small town called Lady Frere in Eastern Cape province. Her debut album proclaimed her "The Voice of Hope," a difficult status for anyone to live up to. She had a top-flight musical education at the University of Cape Town and then in Covent Garden's Young Artist Programme, and you can set aside the hype and discover that yes, this young soprano is well above average. There's a particular specialty that fits her to a T, and the program of this selection of arias, which goes all over the map, does not fully play to her strengths. No one would choose Matshikiza in "Dido's Lament;" she overwhelms Paolo Tosti; and she does not seem to connect with Mozart or Gluck. When you put her in the late 19th century, though, watch out. The arias from La Bohème and especially La Wally have the kind of effortless, controlled power and silky richness that come along only rarely, and if you want to hear what everyone is really excited about, sample the "Song of the Moon" from Dvorák's Rusalka and listen all the way to the absolutely nailed conclusion. The Aarhus Symfonieorkester under Tobias Ringborg basically stays out of Matshikiza's way, which is right, and the sound from the Musikhuset in Aarhus is clear. This is one to watch; the right roles for Matshikiza in upcoming years could propel her to superstardom.
© TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 16 track(s)
- Total length: 00:52:22
- 1 Digital booklet
- Main artists: Pumeza Matshikiza Aarhus Symphony Orchestra Tobias Ringborg
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Decca Music Group Ltd.
- Genre: Klassiek
© 2016 Decca Music Group Limited, under exclusive license to Universal Music Classics, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc. ℗ 2016 Decca Music Group Limited, under exclusive license to Universal Music Classics, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
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