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See Terms & Conditions for p&p rates. | |  | A Russian RomanceSung in Russian
Cui: | I have Touched a Flower | Dargomïzhsky: | Yunosha I deva (A girl and a boy) I Still Love Him | Glinka: | Fire in my Veins To the Zither Do not Tempt me Tell me Why | Rachmaninov: | Sing not, O lovely one (Ne poi, krasavitsa, pri mne), Op. 4 No. 4 Lilacs, Op. 21 No. 5 The Soldier’s Wife, Op. 8, No. 4 At night in my garden, Op. 38 No. 1 Daisies, Op. 38 No. 3 I await you, Op.14 No. 1 | Rimsky Korsakov: | Eastern Song: Enslaved by the rose, the nightingale Op. 2 No. 2 Of What in the Quiet Night Early Spring, Op. 43, No. 4 | Tchaikovsky: | Lullaby, Op. 16 No. 1 If only I had known, Op.47, No.1 Zabït tak skoro (So soon forgotten) Sred' shumnogo bala (Amid the din of the ball), Op. 38 No. 3 Was I not a blade of grass?, Op. 47 No. 7 | Vlasov: | The Fountain of Bakhchisarai |
Elena Kelessidi is one of opera’s most touching and fiery artists and the most international Greek soprano of today. Here she makes her recital debut with this heartfelt programme of songs from a country whose language is natural to her. Born in Kazakhstan of Greek parentage, Kelessidi sprang to International attention in 1996 when she made a highly auspicious stage debut at London's Royal Opera House as Violetta in La traviata and was hailed as an important new discovery by the British musical press. She has returned to sing with the Royal Opera every year since and graced every important world opera house including Paris, the Met, Berlin and Vienna. Her signature roles apart from Violetta are Mimi in La Boheme and Liu in Turandot. Elena’s programme runs the gamut of Russian song, from Glinka and Rimsky-Korsakov, some familiar songs from Tchaikovsky and Rachmaninov through to some real discoveries from Cui, Darghomyzhsky and the 20th century composer Vladmir Vlasov. Elena’s pianist is the ever-superb Malcolm Martineau, also appearing this month on ONYX in Susan Graham’s recital, with previous ONYX releases from Amanda Roocroft and Barbara Bonney and a forthcoming recital from the outstanding Austrian bass-baritone Florian Boesch. | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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Weinberg’s Requiem, composed for soprano, boys’ choir, chorus and orchestra is a huge and complex work. This series opens a door into the incredible richness of this forgotten composer’s works. His opera, The Passenger is being performed by ENO in September and October. | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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Michelle Breedt (Lisa), Roberto Sacca (Walter), Elena Kelessidi (Martha), Artur Rucinski (Tadeusz), Svetlana Doneva (Katja), Angelica Voje (Krzystina), Elzbieta Wroblewska (Vlasta), Talia Or (Ivette), Agnieska Rehlis (Hannah), Helen Field (Old Woman), Liuba Sokolova (Bronka) Vienna Symphony Orchestra & Prague Philharmonic Choir, Teodor Currentzis, David Pountney (director) The Passenger is based on the eponymous novel by the Polish writer and survivor of Auschwitz, Zofia Posmycz, and the plot concerns a meeting on an ocean liner of a German SS Officer and a survivor from Auschwitz. This is a world premiere recording and this performance, directed by David Pountney, took place at the Breganzer Festspiele 2010. The booklet includes a libretto. The opera is sung in German, English, French, Russian and Yiddish. Extras: Documentary "In der Fremde" (German, with English Subtitles, approx. 30 min.) Also included is a documentary about Weinberg’s life and Zofia Posmycz’s novel and life. “[Weinberg's] loud music is very Baba Yar-ish; but in the quieter moments, he's closer to Britten at his sublime simplest...we melt at Svetlana Doneva's mesmerising delivery of Katja's unaccompanied number. The two leads match more-than-acting with top vocal quality...Teodor Currentzis conducts with a focus brilliantly rendered in the Neos sound.” BBC Music Magazine, June 2011 ***** “Breedt conveys the vulnerability and inconsistency at the centre of Lisa's guilt, while Roberto Sacca projects the vacillation and self-centredness of Walter...Pride of place, though, must go to Elena Kelessidi, whose eloquent portrayal of Martha in all her defiance and anger makes it a role with few equals in post-war opera...The production has been expertly filmed and vividly reproduced for DVD” International Record Review, September 2011  BBC Music Magazine
DVD Choice - June 2011 |
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Michelle Breedt (Lisa), Roberto Sacca (Walter), Elena Kelessidi (Martha), Artur Rucinski (Tadeusz), Svetlana Doneva (Katja), Angelica Voje (Krzystina), Elzbieta Wroblewska (Vlasta), Talia Or (Ivette), Agnieska Rehlis (Hannah), Helen Field (Old Woman), Liuba Sokolova (Bronka) Vienna Symphony Orchestra & Prague Philharmonic Choir, Teodor Currentzis, David Pountney (director) The Passenger is based on the eponymous novel for the Polish writer and survivor of Auschwitz, Zofia Posmycz and the plot concerns a meeting on an ocean liner of a German SS Officer and a survivor from Auschwitz. This is a world premiere recording and this performance directed by David Pountney took place at the Breganzer Festspiele 2010. This is a Blu-ray edition and the booklet includes a libretto. The opera is sung in German, English, French, Russian and Yiddish. Also included is a documentary about Weinberg’s life and Zofia Posmycz’s novel and life. “[Weinberg's] loud music is very Baba Yar-ish; but in the quieter moments, he's closer to Britten at his sublime simplest...we melt at Svetlana Doneva's mesmerising delivery of Katja's unaccompanied number. The two leads match more-than-acting with top vocal quality...Teodor Currentzis conducts with a focus brilliantly rendered in the Neos sound.” BBC Music Magazine, June 2011 ***** “Breedt conveys the vulnerability and inconsistency at the centre of Lisa's guilt, while Roberto Sacca projects the vacillation and self-centredness of Walter...Pride of place, though, must go to Elena Kelessidi, whose eloquent portrayal of Martha in all her defiance and anger makes it a role with few equals in post-war opera...The production has been expertly filmed and vividly reproduced for DVD” International Record Review, September 2011 BBC Music Magazine DVD Choice - June 2011 |
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José Van Dam (baritone), Elena Kelessidi (soprano) & Philip Sheffield (narrator) Chorus and Symphony Orchestra of the Flanders & Opera Ghent, Edwig Abrath In his lavishly scored oratorio The Liturgy of Orpheus Yannis Markopoulos combines fragments of Orphic poems with a narrative text by Panos Theodoridis to create a work brimming with melodies, rhythms and instrumental tone colours. The work is scored for a wide range of timbrally interesting instruments, including guitar, lute, kanonaki (a Greek harp used in folk music), lyre, harp and piano, beside full symphony orchestra, chorus, soloists and narrator. Inspired by “the eloquent silence of ancient texts”, it is a remarkable song of the earth that revitalises the myth of the prophet-musician for those who seek the restoration of the natural environment. “This is a satisfying piece providing for reflection and gentle discourse.” MusicWeb International | | | (also available to download from $6.00) | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. (Available now to download.) |
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