Menotti: To this we've come (from The Consul) (Magda's aria)
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We were delighted when the internationally renowned soprano Christine Brewer agreed to record some of her favourite repertoire pieces on her first recital disc for Chandos in 2005. No surprise that it was a huge success – so we were even more delighted when she returned to record this second volume – repertoire which you would never hear in a single concert or operatic performance, but here capturing Brewer’s glorious range, wonderfully supported by Judith Howarth, Timothy Robinson and the London Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by David Parry.
Christine Brewer’s earlier recital (CHAN3127) introduced into this series the dramatic soprano voice and included in its programme, as does its successor, arias from Gluck’s Alceste and Wagner’s Tannhäuser. In a previous age both operas were sung by Kirsten Flagstad, by general consent the greatest heroic-dramatic soprano of all. Christine Brewer now adds one of the most formidable challenges in the repertoire, Leonore’s solo in Act I of Beethoven’s Fidelio. Otherwise, the two significant extensions are in time, backward to Handel and forward to Britten and Menotti.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), K. 492
Act II: Porgi, amor, qualche ristoro
Act III: Che soave zeffiretto
Christoph Willibald Gluck: Alceste
Alceste, Act I: Aria: Ou suis-je? (Sung in English)
Richard Wagner: Tannhauser
Tannhauser, Act III: Allmacht'ge Jungfrau! Hor mein Flehen! (Sung in English)
Benjamin Britten: Peter Grimes, Op. 13
Peter Grimes, Op. 13, Act III: Embroidery in childhood was a luxury of idleness
Ludwig van Beethoven: Fidelio, Op. 72
Fidelio, Op. 72, Act I: Komm, Hoffnung, sie blass und abseitig Stern (Sung in English)
George Frideric Handel: Rodelinda, HWV 19
Rodelinda, HWV 19, Act III: Se il mio duol non e si forte (Sung in English)
Alceste
Alceste, Act I: Grands dieux! Du destin qui m'accable (Sung in English)
Richard Wagner: Lohengrin
Lohengrin, Act I: Einsam in truben Tagen (Sung in English)
Gian Carlo Menotti: The Consul
The Consul, Act II: To this we've come
Erich Wolfgang Korngold: Die tote Stadt, Op. 12
Die tote Stadt, Op. 12, Act I: Gluck, das mir verblieb (Sung in English)
Antonin Dvorak: Zigeunermelodien (Gypsy Melodies), Op. 55, B. 104 (sang in German)
Zigeunermelodien (Gypsy Melodies), Op. 55, B. 104: No. 4. Als die alte Mutter (Sung in English)
Franz Lehar: Das Land des Lachelns (The Land of Smiles)
Das Land des Lachelns (The Land of Smiles), Act II: Wer hat die Liebe uns ins Herz geschenkt? (Sung in English)
Richard Rodgers: The Sound of Music
The Sound of Music: Climb ev'ry mountain
July 2009
“This is a spectacular demonstration not only of Christine Brewer's vocal strength with every note firm from top to bottom, but of her extraordinary versatility in this wide range of repertory. She starts with a flawless account of the Countess's "Porgi amor" from Figaro with a wonderful range of tone colour. The Wagner items include both Elisabeth's Prayer from Tannhäuser and Elsa's Dream from Lohengrin, again both flawless, making one want to hear Brewer in a complete Wagner opera. ...when it comes to the aria from Korngold's Die tote Stadt and Magda's big aria from Menotti's The Consul one marvels at the power and tonal range of the voice.”
Opera Britannia
30th July 2009
“[The Beethoven] is the finest piece of singing on this disc by a country mile. Brewer’s diction is superb, whilst the voice cuts through the orchestra with laser-like precision. Furious and unyielding, it is a performance to treasure.”
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Act II: Porgi, amor, qualche ristoro