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Not everything shows her at her best. The least successful piece here is the Alcina aria…, in which the tone occasionally sours of else dips beneath pitch; but such faults are rare, and throughout... — Opera, November 2018 More…

Release Date: 29th Jun 2018
Catalogue No: 900325
Label: BR Klassik
Length: 74 minutes

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Excerpt, Mozart: Exsultate, jubilate, K165

Work length14:24

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Edita Gruberova (soprano)
Munich Radio Orchestra
Leopold Hager

III. Alleluia

Track length14:24

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Haydn, M: Lauft ihr Hirten allzugleich

Work length8:51

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Edita Gruberova (soprano)
Regensburger Domspatzen, Munich Radio Orchestra
Leopold Hager

Excerpt, Mozart: Vesperae solennes de confessore in C, K339

Work length5:30

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Edita Gruberova (soprano)
Regensburger Domspatzen, Munich Radio Orchestra
Leopold Hager

V. Laudate Dominum (Live)

Track length5:30

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Excerpt, Handel: Alcina

Work length6:27

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Edita Gruberova (soprano)
Munich Radio Orchestra
Mark Elder

Alcina, HWV 34: Ah! Mio cor, schernito sei! (Live)

Track length6:27

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Excerpt, Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor

Work length15:33

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Edita Gruberova (soprano), Herbert Segl (flute)
Munich Radio Orchestra
Lamberto Gardelli

Lucia di Lammermoor: Il dolce suono mi colpì di sua voce! - Ardon gl'incensi - Spargi d'amaro pianto (Live)

Track length15:33

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Excerpt, Donizetti: Linda di Chamounix

Work length5:38

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Edita Gruberova (soprano)
Munich Radio Orchestra
Pinchas Steinberg

Linda di Chamounix: Ah, tardai troppo - O luce di quest'anima (Live)

Track length5:38

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Excerpt, Bellini: Beatrice di Tenda

Work length7:17

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Edita Gruberova (soprano)
Munich Radio Orchestra
Pinchas Steinberg

Beatrice di Tenda: Ah! Se un'urna è a me (Live)

Track length7:17

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Excerpt, Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia

Work length6:16

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Edita Gruberova (soprano)
Munich Radio Orchestra
Mark Elder

Il barbiere di Siviglia: Una voce poco fa (Live)

Track length6:16

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Excerpt, Strauss, J, II: Die Fledermaus

Work length4:45

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Edita Gruberova (soprano)
Munich Radio Orchestra
Marcello Viotti

Die Fledermaus: Spiel ich die Unschuld vom Lande (Live)

Track length4:45

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Slovak soprano Edita Gruberova is undoubtedly one of today's most well-known interpreters of colouratura opera singing, and especially of Italian bel canto. She made her debut in 1970 as Queen of the Night in Mozart's Magic Flute at the Vienna State Opera and, ever since her performances in the same role at Glyndebourne and Salzburg in 1974, she has been a regular fixture on the world's leading operatic stages and concert podiums. Flattering epithets such as 'the Queen of colouratura', 'the Slovak Nightingale' or 'prima donna assoluta' are hardly exaggerated, for they really do represent what Edita Gruberova has embodied for almost half a century. She is celebrated all over the world for her perfect mastery of vocal technique, her astonishing ability to master even the most difficult colouraturas and highest notes, her clear and precise intonation and, most importantly, for something that overshadows and transfigures everything else: the seductive and beguiling timbre of her voice. This CD released by BR-KLASSIK to celebrate her 50th stage anniversary (Gruberova debuted on February 19, 1968 at the age of 21 as Rosina in Rossini's 'Barber of Seville' at the National Theatre in her hometown of Bratislava) presents nine recordings made between October 1983 and June 2000 at Bayerischer Rundfunk concerts. In addition to well-known and well as lesser-known arias from operas by Handel ('Alcina'), Rossini ('Il barbiere di Siviglia'), Donizetti ('Lucia di Lammermoor', 'Linda di Chamounix') and Bellini ('Beatrice di Tenda'), and also the Couplet of Adele from Johann Strauss' operetta 'Die Fledermaus', Edita Gruberova can also be heard in interpretations from Mozart's 'Exsultate, jubilate', his 'Laudate Dominum' from the 'Vesperae solennes de confessore' (performed together with the Regensburger Domspatzen), and also Michael Haydn's far too rarely performed Christmas cantata 'Lauft, ihr Hirten, allzugleich.' This CD is more than a historical portrait – it offers a representative musical cross-section of Edita Gruberova's wide-ranging repertoire, and also includes several surprises that complement and enrich her comprehensive discography.

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November 2018

Not everything shows her at her best. The least successful piece here is the Alcina aria…, in which the tone occasionally sours of else dips beneath pitch; but such faults are rare, and throughout the rest of the disc it is impossible not to admire not only Gruberová’s comprehensive technical mastery but equally her ability to turn it to expressive advantage.

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