Emma Matthews, Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte Carlo & Brad Cohen - Emma Matthews in Monte Carlo (2018)

Tracklist
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01. Bernstein: Candide / Act I-Glitter And Be Gay
02. Delibes: Lakmé / Act 2-Où va la jeune Indoue (Bell song)
03. Stevenson: The Last Rose Of Summer
04. Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor / Act 1-"Ancor non giunse!"
05. Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor / Act 1-Regnava nel silenzio
06. Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor / Act 1-Quando rapito in estasi
07. Bellini: I Capuleti e i Montecchi: Eccomi in lieta vesta / Act 1-I Capuleti e i Montecchi: Eccomi in lieta vesta
08. Bellini: I Capuleti e i Montecchi: Eccomi in lieta vesta / Act 1-Oh! quante volte
09. Gounod: Roméo et Juliette, CG 9 / Act 4-Dieu! Quel frisson court dans mes veines
10. Gounod: Roméo et Juliette, CG 9 / Act 4-Amour, ranime mon courage
11. Thomas: Hamlet / Act 4-Hamlet: A vos jeux
12. Thomas: Hamlet / Act 4-Hamlet: Partagez-vous mes fleurs
13. Thomas: Hamlet / Act 5-Hamlet: Pale et blonde
14. Thomas: Hamlet / Act 5-Hamlet: La Sirene passe et vous entraine
15. Offenbach: Les Contes d'Hoffmann / Act 1-Les oiseaux dans la charmille
16. Proch: Deh! torna, mio ben-Deh! torna mi bene: 1. Theme
17. Proch: Deh! torna, mio ben-Deh! torna mi bene: 2. Variation 1
18. Proch: Deh! torna, mio ben-Deh! torna mi bene: 3. Variation 2
19. Proch: Deh! torna, mio ben-Deh! torna mi bene: 4. Variation 3
20. Bowman: Now Touch The Air Softly
21. Mills: The Love Of The Nightingale-The Nightingale's Song

Bel Canto Emma Matthews is the brightest star out of Australia, the most anticipated since Dame Joan Sutherland. A co-production between ABC Classics and Universal Music in Australia, this CD combines jewels from French and Italian operatic repertoire, as well as music by Bernstein and 2 Australian composers Richard Mills and Calvin Bowman.

Emma made her Covent Garden debut in March/April 2010 in the title role of Cunning Little Vixen at the Royal Opera House, conducted by Sir Charles Mackerras and her European concert debut with Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte-Carlo in Mahler’s Fourth Symphony and also her debut with conductor Vladimir Ashkenazy as soloist in Mahler’s 4.

This release highlights Romantic opera heroines the Doll Song from Tales of Hoffmann, the Bell Song from Lakme, as well as fearless and thrilling coloratura moments in Proch’s Theme and Variations and Bernstein’s Glitter and Be Gay. There are two world premiere recordings on the disc both from Australian composers - The Nightingale’s Song at the close of Richard Mills opera The Love of the Nightingale and Calvin Bowman’s song Now touch the air softly.

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