Emalie Savoy, Jonathan Ware, Brandenburg State Orchestra Frankfurt, Matthias Foremny - A Portrait: Works by Ravel, Tchaikovsky, Dvořák, Weber & Barber (2016) [Hi-Res]

Tracklist

01. Shéhérazade, M. 41: No. 1, Asie
02. Shéhérazade, M. 41: No. 2, La flûte enchantée
03. Shéhérazade, M. 41: No. 3, L'indifférent
04. Iolanta, Op. 69, TH 11: Why, Until Now, Have I Not Shed Tears
05. Rusalka, Op. 114, B. 203: Lieblicher Mond
06. Der Freischütz, Op. 77, J. 277: Wie nahte mir der Schlummer-Leise, leise, fromme Weise
07. Hermit Songs, Op. 29: No. 1, At Saint Patrick's Purgatory
08. Hermit Songs, Op. 29: No. 2, Church Bells at Night
09. Hermit Songs, Op. 29: No. 3, Saint Ita's Vision
10. Hermit Songs, Op. 29: No. 4, The Heavenly Banquet
11. Hermit Songs, Op. 29: No. 5, The Crucifixion
12. Hermit Songs, Op. 29: No. 6, Sea-snatch
13. Hermit Songs, Op. 29: No. 7, Promiscuity
14. Hermit Songs, Op. 29: No. 8, The Monk and His Cat
15. Hermit Songs, Op. 29: No. 9, The Praises of God
16. Hermit Songs, Op. 29: No. 10, The Desire for Hermitage


GENUIN couldn’t have done better than start its new series – showcasing winners of the ARD International Music Competition – with splendid soprano Emalie Savoy. Her warm voice literally envelops the audience, carrying them off to the distant lands of Ravel’s Shéhérazade and Tchaikovsky’s Iolanta, and back to the bygone era evoked by Samuel Barber in his Hermit Songs. This music is all about solitude, about focusing on what is essential in life.

And the American soprano conveys this superbly in every measure. We almost wish we were in Barber’s hermitage, undisturbed by the outside world, so we could savor this CD over and over again…

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