Pumeza: Voice of Hope

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The colours in the haunting, spare accompaniment [of 'Umzi Watsha'] are conveyed with expert precision by the versatile Aurora Orchestra conducted by Iaian Farrington, who should also be congratulated... — Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2014 More…

Release Date: 28th Jul 2014
Catalogue No: 4787605
Label: Decca
Length: 44 minutes

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Excerpt, Puccini: Gianni Schicchi

Work length2:22

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Pumeza Matshikiza (soprano)
Staatsorchester Stuttgart
Simon Hewett
Recorded: 2013-09-13
Recording Venue: Probenzentrum am Loewentor, Stuttgart

"O mio babbino caro"

Track length2:22

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Puccini: Turandot / Act 1

Work length2:49

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Pumeza Matshikiza (soprano)
Staatsorchester Stuttgart
Simon Hewett
Recorded: 2013-09-13
Recording Venue: Probenzentrum am Loewentor, Stuttgart

"Signore, ascolta!"

Track length2:49

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trad.: Thula Baba

Work length3:11

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Pumeza Matshikiza (soprano), Emma Brain Gabbott (background vocalist), Grace Davidson (background vocalist), Martha Mclorinan (background vocalist), Sally Pryce (harp)
Aurora Orchestra
Iain Farrington
Recorded: 2013-08-29
Recording Venue: Abbey Road Studios, London

Fedhile: Malaika

Work length2:47

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Pumeza Matshikiza (soprano)
Aurora Orchestra
Iain Farrington
Recorded: 2013-08-29
Recording Venue: Abbey Road Studios, London

Miriam Makeba, Jerry Ragovoy: Pata Pata

Work length2:10

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Pumeza Matshikiza (soprano)
Aurora Orchestra
Iain Farrington
Recorded: 2013-08-29
Recording Venue: Abbey Road Studios, London

Thomas, N B: The Naughty Little Flea

Work length3:08

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Pumeza Matshikiza (soprano)
Aurora Orchestra
Iain Farrington
Recorded: 2013-08-29
Recording Venue: Abbey Road Studios, London

Mozart: Don Giovanni, ossia Il dissoluto punito, K.527 / Act 2

Work length3:28

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Pumeza Matshikiza (soprano)
Staatsorchester Stuttgart
Simon Hewett
Recorded: 2013-09-13
Recording Venue: Probenzentrum am Loewentor, Stuttgart

"Vedrai, carino"

Track length3:28

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Puccini: La Bohème: Act 3

Work length3:07

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Pumeza Matshikiza (soprano)
Staatsorchester Stuttgart
Simon Hewett
Recorded: 2013-09-13
Recording Venue: Probenzentrum am Loewentor, Stuttgart

"Donde lieta uscì"

Track length3:07

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Volans: Umzi Watsha

Work length3:28

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Pumeza Matshikiza (soprano)
Aurora Orchestra
Iain Farrington
Recorded: 2013-08-29
Recording Venue: Abbey Road Studios, London

Davashe: Saduva

Work length2:43

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Pumeza Matshikiza (soprano)
Aurora Orchestra
Iain Farrington
Recorded: 2013-08-29
Recording Venue: Abbey Road Studios, London

Silinga: Holilili

Work length3:12

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Pumeza Matshikiza (soprano)
Aurora Orchestra
Iain Farrington
Recorded: 2013-08-29
Recording Venue: Abbey Road Studios, London

Nathan Mdledle, Joseph Mogotsi, Rufus Khoza, Ronnie Sehume: The Click Song

Work length2:27

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Pumeza Matshikiza (soprano)
Aurora Orchestra
Iain Farrington
Recorded: 2013-08-29
Recording Venue: Abbey Road Studios, London

Makeba: Iya Gaduza

Work length1:39

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Pumeza Matshikiza (soprano)
Aurora Orchestra
Iain Farrington
Recorded: 2013-08-29
Recording Venue: Abbey Road Studios, London

Mackay Davasche: Lakutshon Ilanga

Work length3:28

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Pumeza Matshikiza (soprano)
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
Iain Farrington
Recorded: 2013-10-25
Recording Venue: Liverpool Friary

Hamish Scott Henderson, John MacLennan: Freedom Come All Ye

Work length4:19

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Phil Cunningham (whistle), Pumeza Matshikiza (soprano), Fiona Hamilton (fiddle), Mamadou Ndiaye Cissokho (percussion), Sura Susso (harp)
Recorded: 2014-06-08
Recording Venue: Castlesound Studios, Pencaitland, Scotland

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Interview, Pumeza Matshikiza - Voice of Hope

4th September 2014

Katherine talks to the soprano about her new disc of opera arias and songs from her native South Africa.

An album charting new star Pumeza’s journey from South African Township to the Opera Houses of the world .

Growing up during apartheid in the townships of South Africa, Pumeza, by chance, heard singing from an open window at a music school. When she auditioned, the college bought her a plane ticket to London where she was immediately offered a full scholarship for the Royal College of Music.

The album celebrates her journey, with beautiful music from her native South Africa including the moving lullaby Thula Baba (Hush, My Baby), the anthem Freedom Come all Yee and music from some of the most famous operas, including Puccini O Mio Babbino Caro.

Pumeza is a leading artist with the Stuttgart Opera.

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Awards Issue 2014

The colours in the haunting, spare accompaniment [of 'Umzi Watsha'] are conveyed with expert precision by the versatile Aurora Orchestra conducted by Iaian Farrington, who should also be congratulated for his arrangements...Pumeza's Mimi is lovingly sung...but 'O mio babbino cao' is a trifle too heavy.

December 2014

Dusky, overtonerich, abundantly sensuous, the timbre has much of the fullness, freshness and purity of a Sibongile Khumalo (the doyenne of South African singers), alloyed to the darker tones of an almost Callas-like palette. The voice is marvellously controlled and suppurted in all registers; she sings without ever a hint of strain. Strikingly impressive, too, is Matshikiza’s artistry, even if one feels that this is not yet fully formed.

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