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Born in a small Norwegian village in 1987 (and is thus inevitably compared to her long-time compatriot Kirsten Flagstad), soprano Lise Davidsen was almost built to embody Wagnerian and Straussian heroines. For her first record under the label Decca, with whom she has signed an exclusive contract, she has chosen to present several facets of femininity in the vocal stylings of Elisabeth (Tannhäuser), Ariane (Ariane à Naxos) and… Pauline. Pauline being Richard Strauss’ beloved wife to whom he dedicated many Lieder from his opus 27 - the 1894 cycle offered to his wife as a wedding gift - until the last Vier letzte Lieder in 1948.
Under the supple baton of Esa-Pekka Salonen, the Philharmonic Orchestra embraces the brassy voice of the Norwegian soprano with finesse and elegance. As you will see, this record, with its carefully devised programme, oscillates between youth and old age, in the presence of ghosts and death. You may wonder how one can express mortality at just 30 years old with such a powerful timbre, radiant health and a whole life ahead of you. The answer lies in Lise Davidsen’s voice, which upsurges as if it were a promise of immortality, the music of the last Strauss piece returning one last time to its past, to a Europe in ruins.
Discovered in 1984, after the death of the singer and dedicatee Maria Jeritza, Malven (“The Mallows") is Richard Strauss’ true “last song”. Lighter in tone than the Vier letzte Lieder to which it might have belonged, it is presented here in an orchestration by Wolfgang Rihm. © François Hudry/Qobuz
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Tannhäuser, WWV 70, Act II (Richard Wagner)
Philharmonia Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Richard Wagner, ComposerLyricist - Neil Hutchinson, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Esa-Pekka Salonen, Conductor, MainArtist - Jonathan Stokes, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Job Maarse, Producer - Lise Davidsen, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2019 Decca Music Group Limited
Tannhäuser, WWV 70, Act III (Richard Wagner)
Philharmonia Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Richard Wagner, ComposerLyricist - Neil Hutchinson, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Esa-Pekka Salonen, Conductor, MainArtist - Jonathan Stokes, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Job Maarse, Producer - Lise Davidsen, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2019 Decca Music Group Limited
Ariadne auf Naxos, Op. 60, TrV 228 (Richard Strauss)
Philharmonia Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Richard Strauss, Composer - Hugo Von Hofmannsthal, Author - Neil Hutchinson, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Esa-Pekka Salonen, Conductor, MainArtist - Jonathan Stokes, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Job Maarse, Producer - Lise Davidsen, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2019 Decca Music Group Limited
4 Lieder, Op. 27, TrV 170 (Richard Strauss)
Philharmonia Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Richard Strauss, Composer - Neil Hutchinson, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Esa-Pekka Salonen, Conductor, MainArtist - Jonathan Stokes, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Karl Henckell, Author - Job Maarse, Producer - Lise Davidsen, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2019 Decca Music Group Limited
Philharmonia Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Richard Strauss, Composer - Heinrich Hart, Author - Neil Hutchinson, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Esa-Pekka Salonen, Conductor, MainArtist - Jonathan Stokes, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Job Maarse, Producer - Lise Davidsen, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2019 Decca Music Group Limited
Philharmonia Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Richard Strauss, Composer - Robert Heger, Arranger, Work Arranger - Neil Hutchinson, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Esa-Pekka Salonen, Conductor, MainArtist - Jonathan Stokes, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Job Maarse, Producer - Lise Davidsen, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2019 Decca Music Group Limited
Philharmonia Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Richard Strauss, Composer - John Henry MacKay, Author - Neil Hutchinson, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Esa-Pekka Salonen, Conductor, MainArtist - Jonathan Stokes, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Job Maarse, Producer - Zsolt-Tihamér Visontay, Violin, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Lise Davidsen, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2019 Decca Music Group Limited
5 Lieder, Op. 41, TrV 195 (Richard Strauss)
Philharmonia Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Richard Strauss, Composer - Neil Hutchinson, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Esa-Pekka Salonen, Conductor, MainArtist - Richard Dehmel, Author - Jonathan Stokes, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Job Maarse, Producer - Lise Davidsen, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2019 Decca Music Group Limited
Philharmonia Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Richard Strauss, Composer - Neil Hutchinson, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Esa-Pekka Salonen, Conductor, MainArtist - Wolfgang Rihm, Arranger, Work Arranger - Jonathan Stokes, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Betty Knobel, Author - Job Maarse, Producer - Lise Davidsen, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2019 Decca Music Group Limited
4 Letzte Lieder, TrV 296 (Richard Strauss)
Philharmonia Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Richard Strauss, Composer - Hermann Hesse, Author - Neil Hutchinson, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Esa-Pekka Salonen, Conductor, MainArtist - Jonathan Stokes, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Job Maarse, Producer - Lise Davidsen, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2019 Decca Music Group Limited
Philharmonia Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Richard Strauss, Composer - Hermann Hesse, Author - Neil Hutchinson, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Esa-Pekka Salonen, Conductor, MainArtist - Jonathan Stokes, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Job Maarse, Producer - Lise Davidsen, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2019 Decca Music Group Limited
Philharmonia Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Richard Strauss, Composer - Hermann Hesse, Author - Neil Hutchinson, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Esa-Pekka Salonen, Conductor, MainArtist - Jonathan Stokes, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Job Maarse, Producer - Zsolt-Tihamér Visontay, Violin, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Lise Davidsen, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2019 Decca Music Group Limited
Philharmonia Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Richard Strauss, Composer - Joseph Von Eichendorff, Author - Neil Hutchinson, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Esa-Pekka Salonen, Conductor, MainArtist - Jonathan Stokes, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Job Maarse, Producer - Lise Davidsen, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2019 Decca Music Group Limited
Album review
Born in a small Norwegian village in 1987 (and is thus inevitably compared to her long-time compatriot Kirsten Flagstad), soprano Lise Davidsen was almost built to embody Wagnerian and Straussian heroines. For her first record under the label Decca, with whom she has signed an exclusive contract, she has chosen to present several facets of femininity in the vocal stylings of Elisabeth (Tannhäuser), Ariane (Ariane à Naxos) and… Pauline. Pauline being Richard Strauss’ beloved wife to whom he dedicated many Lieder from his opus 27 - the 1894 cycle offered to his wife as a wedding gift - until the last Vier letzte Lieder in 1948.
Under the supple baton of Esa-Pekka Salonen, the Philharmonic Orchestra embraces the brassy voice of the Norwegian soprano with finesse and elegance. As you will see, this record, with its carefully devised programme, oscillates between youth and old age, in the presence of ghosts and death. You may wonder how one can express mortality at just 30 years old with such a powerful timbre, radiant health and a whole life ahead of you. The answer lies in Lise Davidsen’s voice, which upsurges as if it were a promise of immortality, the music of the last Strauss piece returning one last time to its past, to a Europe in ruins.
Discovered in 1984, after the death of the singer and dedicatee Maria Jeritza, Malven (“The Mallows") is Richard Strauss’ true “last song”. Lighter in tone than the Vier letzte Lieder to which it might have belonged, it is presented here in an orchestration by Wolfgang Rihm. © François Hudry/Qobuz
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 13 track(s)
- Total length: 01:03:48
- 1 Digital booklet
- Main artists: Lise Davidsen Philharmonia Orchestra Esa-Pekka Salonen
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Decca Music Group Ltd.
- Genre: Classical
© 2019 Decca Music Group Limited ℗ 2019 Decca Music Group Limited
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