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This recital release has multiple purposes. It is part of a series introducing protégées of mezzo-soprano Cecilia Bartoli, and it is a survey of pieces written for the famed 19th century mezzo Pauline Viardot. Further, the orchestral accompaniment from Les Musiciens du Prince-Monaco is among the few to use period instruments in this repertory. On top of all this, the recital concludes with an Armenian song, Krunk, reflecting the background of singer Varduhi Abrahamyan. It seems like a lot, although Viardot did perform Armenian music from time to time. Viardot did give the premiere of Brahms' Alto Rhapsody, Op. 53, but it seems doubtful that she would have plunked it down between Gluck and Rossini, and it might have done better at the beginning or the end. Abrahamyan may seem an odd follower for Bartoli; she doesn't sound much like her with her heavy vibrato and rounded sound. She doesn't seem a terribly text-based singer; her articulation in the various languages here drops consonants, but there's real charisma in her singing, and even if the program is a bit of a jumble, it plays to her strengths. She chooses large chunks of music that showcase her ability to find the long line and carry a scene. Listen to the pair of pieces from Saint-Saëns' Samson et Dalila, which lie squarely in the heart of Viardot's repertory and lets Abrahamyan stretch out. This release undoubtedly promises things to come from its young singer.
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Semiramide (Gioachino Rossini)
Gioachino Rossini, Composer - Alberto Zedda, Contributor, Work Editor - Giacomo Rossi, Author - Arend Prohmann, Producer, Editor, Recording Producer, StudioPersonnel - Voltaire, Author, Original Text Author - Gianluca Capuano, Conductor, MainArtist - Philip Siney, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Philip Gossett, Contributor, Work Editor - Varduhi Abrahamyan, Mezzo-Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Les Musiciens du Prince-Monaco, Orchestra, MainArtist
℗ 2021 Cecilia Bartoli Music Foundation
La donna del lago (Gioachino Rossini)
Gioachino Rossini, Composer - Walter Scott, Author, Original Text Author - Cecilia Bartoli, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Andrea Leone Tottola, Author - Arend Prohmann, Producer, Editor, Recording Producer, StudioPersonnel - Gianluca Capuano, Conductor, MainArtist - Philip Siney, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Varduhi Abrahamyan, Mezzo-Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Les Musiciens du Prince-Monaco, Orchestra, MainArtist
℗ 2021 Cecilia Bartoli Music Foundation
Orfeo ed Euridice, Wq. 30 (Christoph Willibald von Gluck)
Christoph Willibald Gluck, Composer - Hector Berlioz, Contributor, Revision - Arend Prohmann, Producer, Editor, Recording Producer, StudioPersonnel - Ranieri de' Calzabigi, Author - Gianluca Capuano, Conductor, MainArtist - Philip Siney, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Varduhi Abrahamyan, Mezzo-Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Les Musiciens du Prince-Monaco, Orchestra, MainArtist
℗ 2021 Cecilia Bartoli Music Foundation
Johannes Brahms, Composer - JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE, Author, Original Text Author - Arend Prohmann, Producer, Editor, Recording Producer, StudioPersonnel - Gianluca Capuano, Conductor, MainArtist - Philip Siney, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Il Canto di Orfeo, Choir, MainArtist - Varduhi Abrahamyan, Mezzo-Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Les Musiciens du Prince-Monaco, Orchestra, MainArtist
℗ 2021 Cecilia Bartoli Music Foundation
La donna del lago (Gioachino Rossini)
Gioachino Rossini, Composer - Walter Scott, Author, Original Text Author - Andrea Leone Tottola, Author - Arend Prohmann, Producer, Editor, Recording Producer, StudioPersonnel - Gianluca Capuano, Conductor, MainArtist - Philip Siney, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Varduhi Abrahamyan, Mezzo-Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Les Musiciens du Prince-Monaco, Orchestra, MainArtist
℗ 2021 Cecilia Bartoli Music Foundation
Sapho, CG 1 (Charles Gounod)
Charles Gounod, Composer - Arend Prohmann, Producer, Editor, Recording Producer, StudioPersonnel - Gianluca Capuano, Conductor, MainArtist - Philip Siney, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Guillaume Victor Emile Augier, Author - Varduhi Abrahamyan, Mezzo-Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Les Musiciens du Prince-Monaco, Orchestra, MainArtist
℗ 2021 Cecilia Bartoli Music Foundation
Samson et Dalila, Op. 47, R. 288 (Camille Saint-Saëns)
CAMILLE SAINT-SAENS, Composer - FERDINAND LEMAIRE, Author - Arend Prohmann, Producer, Editor, Recording Producer, StudioPersonnel - Gianluca Capuano, Conductor, MainArtist - Philip Siney, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Les Musiciens du Prince-Monaco, Orchestra, MainArtist
℗ 2021 Cecilia Bartoli Music Foundation
CAMILLE SAINT-SAENS, Composer - FERDINAND LEMAIRE, Author - Arend Prohmann, Producer, Editor, Recording Producer, StudioPersonnel - Gianluca Capuano, Conductor, MainArtist - Philip Siney, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Varduhi Abrahamyan, Mezzo-Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Les Musiciens du Prince-Monaco, Orchestra, MainArtist
℗ 2021 Cecilia Bartoli Music Foundation
Le prophète (Giacomo Meyerbeer)
Eugene Scribe, Author - Giacomo Meyerbeer, Composer - Arend Prohmann, Producer, Editor, Recording Producer, StudioPersonnel - Gianluca Capuano, Conductor, MainArtist - Philip Siney, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Varduhi Abrahamyan, Mezzo-Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Les Musiciens du Prince-Monaco, Orchestra, MainArtist - Matthias Brzoska, Contributor, Work Editor
℗ 2021 Cecilia Bartoli Music Foundation
Komitas, Composer - Arend Prohmann, Producer, Editor, Recording Producer, StudioPersonnel - Gianluca Capuano, Conductor, MainArtist - Philip Siney, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Araik Bartikian, Duduk, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Araik Bakhtikyan, Duduk, AssociatedPerformer - Varduhi Abrahamyan, Mezzo-Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Les Musiciens du Prince-Monaco, Orchestra, MainArtist
℗ 2021 Cecilia Bartoli Music Foundation
Albumbeschreibung
This recital release has multiple purposes. It is part of a series introducing protégées of mezzo-soprano Cecilia Bartoli, and it is a survey of pieces written for the famed 19th century mezzo Pauline Viardot. Further, the orchestral accompaniment from Les Musiciens du Prince-Monaco is among the few to use period instruments in this repertory. On top of all this, the recital concludes with an Armenian song, Krunk, reflecting the background of singer Varduhi Abrahamyan. It seems like a lot, although Viardot did perform Armenian music from time to time. Viardot did give the premiere of Brahms' Alto Rhapsody, Op. 53, but it seems doubtful that she would have plunked it down between Gluck and Rossini, and it might have done better at the beginning or the end. Abrahamyan may seem an odd follower for Bartoli; she doesn't sound much like her with her heavy vibrato and rounded sound. She doesn't seem a terribly text-based singer; her articulation in the various languages here drops consonants, but there's real charisma in her singing, and even if the program is a bit of a jumble, it plays to her strengths. She chooses large chunks of music that showcase her ability to find the long line and carry a scene. Listen to the pair of pieces from Saint-Saëns' Samson et Dalila, which lie squarely in the heart of Viardot's repertory and lets Abrahamyan stretch out. This release undoubtedly promises things to come from its young singer.
© TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 10 track(s)
- Total length: 01:12:48
- 1 Digital booklet
- Main artists: Varduhi Abrahamyan Les Musiciens du Prince-Monaco Gianluca Capuano
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Decca Music Group Ltd.
- Genre: Klassiek
© 2021 Universal Music Operations Limited ℗ 2021 Cecilia Bartoli Music Foundation
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