My Heart Alone: Favorite Operetta Arias and Duets

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What impresses is not only the natural brilliance of the singers' vocal production but also the way in which pure display is subordinated to expression of true feeling. — Gramophone Magazine, September 2008 More…

Release Date: 23rd Jun 2008
Catalogue No: 88697286002
Label: Sony
Length: 68 minutes

Gramophone Magazine

September 2008

Editor's Choice

Excerpt, Kalman: Die Csárdásfürstin

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Angelika Kirchschlager (mezzo-soprano), Simon Keenlyside (baritone)
Tonkünstlerorchester Niederösterreich
Alfred Eschwé

Weißt du es noch

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Excerpt, Lehár: Giuditta

Work length4:36

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Angelika Kirchschlager (mezzo-soprano)
Tonkünstlerorchester Niederösterreich
Alfred Eschwé

Meine Lippen, die küssen so heiß

Track length4:36

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Excerpt, Kalman: Die Csárdásfürstin

Work length3:32

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Angelika Kirchschlager (mezzo-soprano), Simon Keenlyside (baritone)
Tonkünstlerorchester Niederösterreich
Alfred Eschwé

Tanzen möcht' ich

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Excerpt, Lehár: Die Lustige Witwe

Work length12:00

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Angelika Kirchschlager (mezzo-soprano), Simon Keenlyside (baritone)
Tonkünstlerorchester Niederösterreich
Alfred Eschwé

Da geh' ich zu Maxim

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Es lebt eine Vilja (Vilja-Lied)

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Lippen schweigen, 's flüstern Geigen

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Excerpt, Millöcker: Gasparone

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Simon Keenlyside (baritone)
Tonkünstlerorchester Niederösterreich
Alfred Eschwé

Dunkelrote Rosen

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Excerpt, Strauss, J, II: Die Fledermaus

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Angelika Kirchschlager (mezzo-soprano)
Tonkünstlerorchester Niederösterreich
Alfred Eschwé

Ich lade gern mir Gäste ein

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Excerpt, Suppe: Boccaccio

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Simon Keenlyside (baritone), Angelika Kirchschlager (mezzo-soprano)
Tonkünstlerorchester Niederösterreich
Alfred Eschwé

Mia bella fiorentina

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Hab' ich nur deine Liebe

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Excerpt, Kalman: Das Veilchen von Montmartre

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Simon Keenlyside (baritone)
Tonkünstlerorchester Niederösterreich
Alfred Eschwé

Heut' Nacht hab' ich geträumt von dir

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Excerpt, Stolz, R: Der Favorit

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Angelika Kirchschlager (mezzo-soprano)
Tonkünstlerorchester Niederösterreich
Alfred Eschwé

Du sollst der Kaiser meiner Seele sein

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Excerpt, Kalman: Die Zirkusprinzessin

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Simon Keenlyside (baritone)
Tonkünstlerorchester Niederösterreich
Alfred Eschwé

Wieder hinaus ins strahlende Licht

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Strauss, J, II: Die Tänzerin Fanny Elssler

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Angelika Kirchschlager (mezzo-soprano)
Tonkünstlerorchester Niederösterreich
Alfred Eschwé

Draußen in Sievering blüht schon der Flieder

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Excerpt, Lehár: Zigeunerliebe (Gipsy Love)

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Angelika Kirchschlager (mezzo-soprano), Simon Keenlyside (baritone)
Tonkünstlerorchester Niederösterreich
Alfred Eschwé

Nur die Liebe macht uns jung

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Excerpt, Lehár: Das Land des Lächelns

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Simon Keenlyside (baritone)
Tonkünstlerorchester Niederösterreich
Alfred Eschwé

Dein ist mein ganzes Herz

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My Heart Alone is the new recording from Austrian mezzo-soprano Angelika Kirchschlager and British baritone Simon Keenlyside, and proves that Operetta is still alive. Both singers are highly respected in the fields of opera and Lieder recital, and have appeared several times as a partnership, notably in the title roles in Pelléas et Mélisande at the Salzburg Easter Festival and at Covent Garden, where they have been feted as the dream couple of the opera world.

This is the duo’s first Operetta recording, following in the great tradition of famous opera singers like Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Fritz Wunderlich and Hermann Prey, whose careers blossomed beyond the opera stage. The choice of repertoire for this programme ranges widely from the golden age to the silver age, and includes gems from Die Fledermaus and Die Tänzerin Fanny Elssler by the father of Viennese operetta and waltz king Johann Strauss, as well as titles from popular works such as Franz von Suppé's masterwork Boccaccio and Franz Léhar's Merry Widow. The duet Nur die Liebe macht uns jung from Franz Léhar's Zigeunerliebe however, is an absolute rarity.

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September 2008

What impresses is not only the natural brilliance of the singers' vocal production but also the way in which pure display is subordinated to expression of true feeling.

2nd August 2008

Kirchschlager tries too hard as the dissolute Orlofsky ( Die Fledermaus ) but makes amends with a tenderly phrased "Vilja" and a sinuous, seductive "Meine Lippen, die küssen so heiss" from Lehár's Giuditta. Simon Keenlyside, in glorious voice, is by turns dulcet and virile, even if he doesn't quite muster the insouciant charm of a Nicolai Gedda for Danilo's "Da geh' ich zu Maxim". Drawbacks include some distinctly schmaltzy accompaniments and a booklet long on pretentious waffle but criminally short on texts and translations.

4th July 2008

Keenlyside sings operetta like a student, learning the ropes, too quick to pitch volume and intensity at a level fit for Verdi, but not the sweetmeats of Vienna...Best to concentrate on Kirchschlager, who is frequently marvellous. As an Austrian, the operetta lilt lives in Kirchschlager’s blood; she’s a natural at pausing and easing the speeds, and she sings with that indefinable glow.

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