Richard Strauss: Four Last Songs
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Performer: Jeremy WhiteComposer: Richard Strauss
Conductor: Antonio Pappano
Performer: Richard Clews
Performer: Liora Grodnikaite
Orchestra: Royal Opera House Chorus and Orchestra Covent Garden
Performer: Nina Stemme
Performer: Gerhard Siegel
Performer: Peter Manning
Edition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2007-05-08
Music Label: EMI Classics
Soundtracks:
- Letzte Szene: "Ah! Du wolltest mich nicht deinen Mund"
- Mondscheinmusik
- Letzte Szene: "Morgen mittag um elf!"
- Fr?hling (Hermann Hesse)
- September (Hermann Hesse)
- Beim Schlafengehn (Hermann Hesse)
- Im Abendrot (Joseph von Eichendorff)
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Free Music Review: Not great
Hit: 2 Stars
Since I love Strauss I decided to purchase this CD and although I will refrain from making a final judgement until I hear her live my initial reaction was one of disappointment. In the history of opera there have been so many voices that records couldn't do justice to and that were much better heard live. Lets hope this is one of those instances. After listening to the CD she reminds me of a voice similar to Inga Bork's; a big clunky voice that manages to hit all the notes but that doesn't move me at all. Inga Bork had a big career so maybe hers too was a voice that had to be heard live. I don't know I guess I will wait and see. Now, if you really want to hear someone amazing singing the same repertoire try buying a record or attending a performance of Anne Schwanewilms, now that is a voice that will BLOW YOUR SOCKS OFF!!!
Richard Strauss: Four Last Songs Poster
This gifted Swedish soprano, rapturously praised internationally in Wagner, is clearly eager to stake a claim in Strauss. She has the necessary vocal strength, wide range, fine musicianship, clear textual delivery, and flexibility. But listen to legendary benchmarks of Strauss singing (Ljuba Welitsch in the Salome scene, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf or Lisa della Casa in the other material on this disc) and you'll hear voices of pristine timbre and absolute steadiness, both of which Stemme lacks; her vibrato might be less intrusive in the theater, but on records it consistently puts her at a disadvantage, especially in Strauss. Even if the Salome finale offers a certainly amount of feverish excitement, throughout the program the singing generally wants variety of color. With the Capriccio Countess, the line-by-line specificity for this demanding characterization - above all, the lady's abundant charm - is conspicuously missing. Likewise, phrase after phrase of the Four Last Songs lacks profile, and here the vibrato prevents Stemme from achieving the serenity so crucial to this sublime music. EMI provides fine supporting singers (but why weren't the Capriccio Majordomo's opening lines included?) and a splendid Strauss orchestra, that of London's Royal Opera House, elegantly led by music director Antonio Pappano. --Roger PinesTracklisting:
Richard Strauss- Songs & Scenes
Salome (Hedwig Lachmann after Oscar Wilde)
1. Letzte Szene: "Ah! Du wolltest mich nicht deinen Mund"
Capriccio (Clemens Krauss/Richard Strauss)
2. Mondscheinmusik
3. Letzte Szene: "Morgen mittag um elf!"
Four Last Songs
4. Fr??hling (Hermann Hesse)
5. September (Hermann Hesse)
6. Beim Schlafengehn (Hermann Hesse)
7. Im Abendrot (Joseph von Eichendorff)
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