Prices shown exclude VAT. (UK tax is not payable for deliveries to United States.) See Terms & Conditions for p&p rates. | |  | René Pape - Gods, Kings and Demons
Rene Pape’s solo debut for DG gives an overview of the roles that have made his career plus a few rarities.. Accompanied by the Dresden Staatskapelle under Sebastian Weigle, Pape performs his signature piece: King Mark’s monologue from Tristan und Isolde, as well as arias from Gounod’s Faust (the role of Méphistophélès), Mussorgsky’s Boris Godunov and wonderful arias of the rarely performed Demon (Rubinstein) among others. “René Pape is an artist who thrills his audiences with charisma, intelligence and a one-in-a-million voice.” (Opera News) The operatic roles on this album have to a large extend been performed by Pape to the highest critical acclaim in the world’s major opera houses, from the Metropolitan Opera to the Berlin Staatsoper. As Pape’s first solo recording and his DG solo debut, this album is long overdue and is eagerly awaited not only by the music press but also by the singer’s international fan base. “Very welcome on this recording… are less usual arias from Mefestofele… and Dvorák's Rusalka… with brisk support provided throughout by the Dresden Saatskapelle and Staatsopernchor under the direction of Sebastian Weigle, this is a fine showcase.” BBC Music Magazine, November 2008 **** “Probably the premier basso cantante of our time, René Pape is a good god, a good king and a still better singer…” Gramophone Magazine, December 2008 | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| | Korobyeiniki: Oy, polna, polna karobushka Folk Songs Osipov Russian Folk Orchestra, Nikolai Kalinin Elegia: Kodga, dusha Folk Songs Osipov Russian Folk Orchestra, Nikolai Kalinin Kalinka Folk Song St Petersburg Chamber Choir, Nikolai Korniev | Bellini: | Or dove fuggo … Ah! Per sempre io ti perdei (from Il Pirata) | Caldara: | Selve amiche La constanza in amor vince l’inganno Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Sir Neville Marriner | Donizetti: | Come Paride vezzoso (from L'elisir d'amore) L’elisir d’amore Cruda, funesta smania (from Lucia di Lammermoor) Lucia di Lammermoor Bella siccome un angelo (from Don Pasquale) Don Pasquale Philharmonia Orchestra, Ion Marin | Gluck: | Che faro' senza Euridice? (from Orfeo ed Euridice) Orfeo ed Euridice | Handel: | Frondi tenere e belle ... Ombra mai fù (from Serse) Serse | Mussorgsky: | Songs and Dances of Death (orch. Shostakovich) Kirov Orchestra, Mariinsky Theatre, St Petersburg, Valery Gergiev | Rachmaninov: | Sing not, O lovely one (Ne poi, krasavitsa, pri mne), Op. 4 No. 4 V molchanii nochi taynoy, Op. 4 No. 3 | Rimsky Korsakov: | Gorod kamennyi Sadko S uma neidyot krasavitsa! The Tsar’s Bride with Olga Borodina Kirov Orchestra, Mariinsky Theatre, St Petersburg, Valery Gergiev Zachem ty? The Tsar’s Bride with Olga Borodina Kirov Orchestra, Mariinsky Theatre, St Petersburg, Valery Gergiev | Rossini: | Largo al factotum (from Il barbiere di Siviglia) Il barbiere di Siviglia | Rubinstein: | Na vozdushnom okeane The Demon | Syrewicz: | Tears Russia’s War — Blood Upon The Snow Cantus Dei Choir of Moscow, Red Army Choir & State Symphonic Orchestra of Cinematography, Sergei Skripka | Tchaikovsky: | Vy mne pisali…Kogda by zhizn domashnim krugom (from Eugene Onegin) Eugene Onegin Uzhel ta samaya Tatyana (from Eugene Onegin) Eugene Onegin Vy tak pechalny, dorogaya (from The Queen of Spades) The Queen of Spades Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra, Valery Gergiev Kto mozhet sravnitsa s Matildoyu moyei (Robert's aria from Iolanta) Iolante None but the lonely heart, Op. 6 No. 6 Oleg Boshnyakovich (piano) O, yesli b ty mogla (O, if only you could), Op. 38 No. 4 Mikhail Arkadiev (piano) Solitude ('Again, as before, alone'), Op. 73 No. 6 Oleg Boshnyakovich (piano) | Verdi: | Di provenza il mar (from La Traviata) Il balen del suo sorriso (from Il Trovatore) Il trovatore Per me giunto è il di (from Don Carlo) Don Carlo Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra, Valery Gergiev | Vivaldi: | Se il cor guerriero (from Tito Manlio) Tito Manlio |
“A well-rounded portrait of Hvorostovsky's extensive repertoire” BBC Music Magazine, August 2010 | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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