Souvenir of a Golden Era - Opera Arias
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Performer: Marilyn HorneEdition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2008-03-11
Music Label: Decca
Soundtracks:
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- Una voce poco fa
- Se Romeo t'uccise un figlio...La tremenda altrice spada
- Abscheulicher! Wo eilst du hin? (Leonore)
- Assisa a pie d'un salice
- Di tanti palpiti
- Bel raggio lusinghier
- Pronti abbiamo e ferri e mani...Pensa alla patria
- J'ai perdu mon Eurydice
- O? suis-je?...O ma lyre immortelle
- Ah! mon fils, soit b?ni!
- Divinit?s du Styx
- Stride la vampa...Condotta ell' era in ceppi
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Free Music Review: Not competition for Cecilia's "Maria," but worthy indeed
Hit: 5 Stars
Since both Cecilia Bartoli's "Maria" and the re-issue of Horne's "Souvenir" were attempts to recall the repertory and style of Maria Malibran (and, with Horne's album, her equally accomplished sister Pauline), I had expected some overlap of programs, perhaps enough to say I preferred one over the other. No such overlap occurs: "Maria" capitalizes on little-heard arias and encore songs, delightful in themselves; Horne devotes most attention to well-known Rossini show stoppers, and one each of Beethoven, Bellini, Gluck, Gounod and Verdi. So I can prize both releases without having to worry about a head-to-head evaluation.
Horne's old appearance on a DVD (from a black-and-white Italian RAI-TV recording) with Caballe in Rossini's "Semiramide," her live recording with Sills in La Scala's "The Siege of Corinth," and her spectacular solos on the Bonynge/Sutherland collection "The Art of Bel Canto" awoke me to the incredible range and early magnificence of Horne ca. 1960. The metallic, somewhat nasal quality of lower register that I associated with her later, post-1980 appearances is here sometimes, but less pronounced, and more than compensating are wonderful turns in the upper register, an agility to rival any and a authoritative early command of bel canto techique.
Henry Lewis's orchestra sounds full and fine, the chorus likewise. This is not a compilation excerpted from recordings of individual operas, as with most aria collections, but that rare bird, the studio recording of an opera recital against full orchestra and chorus, with all the silken continuity that implies.
The transfer from the 60's Decca masters seems to have been accomplished optimally. I am only a recent opera enthusiast, I should admit, and will await correction from my betters, if any is needed. But I daresay for most bel canto lovers and fans of Horne, this set is welcome indeed.
Souvenir of a Golden Era - Opera Arias Poster
This collection of arias is conceived as a tribute from the great Marilyn Horne to two of the greatest singers of the nineteenth century, Maria Malibran and Pauline Viardot, who happened to be sisters and daughters of the legendary tenor, Manuel Garcia. This much-praised program was first released as a 2-LP set in 1966 and now appears complete on CD for the first time! Full sung texts and articles are included in the booklet along with the illustrations which were included in the original LP booklet.Classical Music CDs
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