Elina Garanca - Aria Cantilena
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Composer: Jacques OffenbachComposer: Jules Massenet
Composer: Richard Strauss
Composer: Gioachino Rossini
Composer: Ruperto Chapi y Lorenta
Composer: Xavier Montsalvatge
Composer: Heitor Villa-Lobos
Conductor: Fabio Luisi
Orchestra: Dresden Staatskapelle
Performer: Elina Garanca
Edition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2007-02-13
Music Label: Deutsche Grammophon
Soundtracks:
- CHAPI: The Daughters of Zebedeo Carceleras (Luisa): "Al pensar en el dueno de mis amores"
- MASSENET: Werther Letter Scene (Charlotte): "Werther, Werther"
- OFFENBACH: The Tales of Hoffmann No. 15 Romance (Nicklausse): "C'est l'amour vainqueur"
- ROSSINI: Cinderella Rondo finale (Cenerentola): "Nacqui all'affanno..."
- VILLA-LOBOS: Bachianas brasileiras no. 5 "Aria-Cantilena"
- OFFENBACH: La Grande-Duchesse de Gerolstein No.3a Choer, Recit et Rondeau (La Grande-Duchesse): "Ah! que j'aime les militaires"
- ROSSINI: The Italian Girl in Algiers No. 11 Cavatina (Isabella): "Per lui che adoro"
- MONTSALVATGE: Madrigal on a Folksong
- STRAUSS: Der Rosenkavalier Trio & Duet(Octavian): "`Marie Theres'!""Ist ein Traum, kann nicht wirklich sein"
Free Music Notes for Elina Garanca - Aria Cantilena
Free Music Review: A wonderful mezzo voice
Hit: 5 Stars
Elina Garanca displays a lush, rich mezzo voice in this CD. She also shows strong coloratura technique and handles the bel canto repertoire with aplomb. The liner notes have her mentioning that some have suggested that she might try the soprano repertoire; however, her mezzo portfolio is superb, and I hope that she stays there.
A few representative cuts from this CD.
Chapi, "Al pensar en el dueno de mis amores" (from "The Daughters of Zebedeo"). The first cut on this CD immediately introduces the listener to her rich mezzo soprano voice. This is an animated piece, and she handles it with great agility in her singing. As the pace picks up more toward the end, she picks up her pace, too. Well sung.
Offenbach, "Vois sous l'archet fremmisant" (from "The Tales of Hoffmann"). This is a more poignant song, and slower paced. Garanca plays Hoffmann's younger friend (a male) and sings of love. A poignant piece sung poignantly. She shows good range from lower to higher notes in her singing, and finishes with a nicely executed high note.
Rossini, "Nacqui all'affanno e al pianto" (from "La Cenerentola"). Very nice agile singing here! She displays nice coloratura technique. In the closing portion, she does very well indeed, concluding with a nice high note. Her voice does not quite soar over the ensemble toward the end, but--overall--a very nicely done work. Much fun to listen to!
Rossini, "Per lui che adoro" (from "L'Italiana in Algeri"). Another well sung work, once more illustrating her rich voice and once more showing off excellent technique.
All in all, a most enjoyable CD. She joins a number of excellent mezzo sopranos in the current era (including Vivica Genaux, Magdalena Kozena, and so on), and holds her own in comparison with them.
Elina Garanca - Aria Cantilena Poster
Latvian mezzo-soprano Elina Garanča has quickly reached the top rank internationally. Her debut album for Deutsche Grammophon covers an unusually varied repertoire, sung in five languages. Besides the operatic material, Garanča includes a zarzuela aria, a Spanish song, and Villa-Lobos's ever-popular "Aria (Cantilena)" from Bachianas Basileiras no. 5 (hence the album's title). At any speed or dynamic level through a wide range, Garanča negotiates everything effortlessly. Such complete technical command is impressive, especially in such a young singer. It would have been even more exciting, however, to have that technique serve a truly individual vocal timbre and a specific, meaningful delivery of the words. Where are fervent Nicklausse, anguished Charlotte, sexy Isabella, and warm-hearted Cenerentola? These very different personalities come to life only intermittently in their arias. The Villa-Lobos (where Garanča isn't portraying a character and sings frequently on just "Ah") registers most strongly. DG gives Garanča terrific colleagues for the Rosenkavalier trio (sopranos Adrianne Pieczonka and Diana Damrau), magnificent support from the Staatskapelle Dresden under Fabio Luisi, and a CD booklet with eight photos of the glamorous young star. Promising she certainly is, but she still has some distance to travel artistically to deserve this kind of attention. --Roger PinesThe young mezzo-soprano Elina Garanca has quickly established herself as one of the music world's newest stars through her performances with leading opera theaters and symphony orchestras around the world. She has captured critical and popular acclaim for her beautiful voice, intelligent musicianship, and compelling stage portrayals. For her debut recording on Deutsche Grammophon, Aria Cantilena, Elina Garanca has selected some of her favorite arias and scenes from current and future stage roles--ranging from the coloratura tour-de-force of Rossini's Cenerentola to the sparkling wit of Offenbach's Grande-Duchesse to the emotional intensity of Charlotte's "Letter Scene" from Massenet's Werther.
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