Elly Ameling - The Artistry of Elly Ameling (5CD) (2003)

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Title: The Artistry of Elly Ameling
Year Of Release: 2003
Label: Philips
Genre: Classical
Quality: FLAC (tracks) / MP3 320 Kbps
Total Time: 05:33:56
Total Size: 1.7 Gb / 1 Gb
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Tracklist:

CD 1
St. Matthew Passion / Part 1 (Johann Sebastian Bach)
1 No.8 Aria (Soprano): "Blute nur, du liebes Herz" 05:17
2 No.12 Recitative (Soprano): "Wiewohl mein Herz in Tränen schwimmt" 01:37
3 No.13 Aria (Soprano): "Ich will dir mein Herz schenken" 03:50
St. John Passion, BWV 245 / Part One (Johann Sebastian Bach)
4 No.9 Aria(Sopran): Ich folge dir gleichfalls" 04:26
St. John Passion, BWV 245 - Part Two (Johann Sebastian Bach)
5 No.35 Aria (soprano): " Zerfließe, mein Herz " 06:52
Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248 - Part Four - For New Year's Day (Johann Sebastian Bach)
6 No.39 Aria (Soprano, Echo-soprano): "Flösst, mein Heiland, flösst dein Namen" 06:19
Juditha Triumphans, R.644 / Pars prior (Antonio Vivaldi)
7 "Matrona inimica" 04:28
8 "Matrona inimica" (Alternative version) 03:52
9 "Quem vides prope" 00:43
10 "Quamvis ferro" 03:38
Juditha Triumphans, R.644 / Pars altera (Antonio Vivaldi)
11 "Umbrae carae" 06:22
12 "Jam non procul" 01:57
13 "Armatae face" 03:18
14 Handel: Crudel tiranno Amor, HWV 97 17:09
Messiah / Part 2 (Georg Friedrich Händel)
15 "How beautiful are the feet" 03:20
Messiah, HWV 56 / Pt. 3 (Georg Friedrich Händel)
16 "I Know That My Redeemer Liveth" 05:14

CD 2
The Creation (Die Schöpfung), H.XI/II / Part 1 (Sung in German) (Joseph Haydn)
1 Und Gott sprach...Nun beut die Flur 05:48
The Creation (Die Schöpfung), H.XI/II / Part 2 (Sung in German) (Joseph Haydn)
2 Und Gott sprach...Auf starkem Fittiche 07:49
Orlando paladino / Act 1 (Joseph Haydn)
3 "Ah se dire io vi potessi" 03:29
4 Haydn: Das strickende Mädchen, Hob.XXVIa:1 02:39
5 Haydn: Der erste Kuß, Hob.XXVIa:3 02:16
6 Haydn: An Iris 02:25
7 Haydn: Liebeslied 03:04
8 Haydn: Geistliches Lied 04:44
9 Haydn: Das Leben ist ein Traum 03:53
10 Haydn: Abschiedslied 03:33
11 Mozart: Ch'io mi scordi di te... Non temer, amato bene, K.505 10:43
Le nozze di Figaro, K.492 - Original version, Vienna 1786 - Act 2 (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart)
12 "Voi che sapete" 03:02
Le nozze di Figaro, K.492 - Original version, Vienna 1786 - Act 1 (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart)
13 "Non so più cosa son, cosa faccio" 02:40
14 Mozart: Misera! dove son!... Ah! non son'io, K.369 - (Metastasio) 07:07
Exsultate, jubilate, K.165 (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart)
15 1. Exsultate, jubilate 04:56
16 2. Fulget amica dies 00:54
17 3. Tu virginum corona 08:24
18 4. Alleluia 02:40

CD 3
1 Schubert: Die Sterne, D.939 03:04
2 Schubert: Der Einsame, D.800 03:55
3 Schubert: An Sylvia, D.891 02:52
4 Schubert: Minnelied, D. 429 01:33
5 Schubert: An die Laute, D.905 01:35
6 Schubert: Seligkeit, D. 433 01:50
7 Schubert: Das Lied im Grünen, D.917 05:11
8 Schubert: Im Freien, D.880 04:31
9 Schubert: "Kennst du das Land" D.321 (Mignons Gesang) 04:32
10 Schubert: Heidenröslein, D. 257 (Op.3/3) 01:55
11 Schubert: Die junge Nonne, D.828 04:46
12 Schubert: Gretchen am Spinnrade, D.118 03:46
13 Schubert: Ave Maria, "Ellens Gesang III", D839 05:47
14 Schubert: An die Musik, D.547 02:56
15 Schubert: Der Knabe, D.692 01:45
16 Schubert: Der Musensohn, D.764 (Op.92/1) 02:06
17 Schubert: Die Forelle, D.550 (Op.32) 02:14
18 Schubert: Auf dem Wasser zu singen, D.774 03:52
Frauenliebe und -leben Op.42 (Robert Schumann)
19 1. Seit ich ihn gesehen 02:45
20 2. Er, der Herrlichste von allen 03:02
21 3. Ich kann's nicht fassen, nicht glauben 01:50
22 4. Du Ring an meinem Finger 02:32
23 5. Helft mir, ihr Schwestern 01:49
24 6. Süsser Freund, du blickest mich verwundert an 04:55
25 7. An meinem Herzen, an meiner Brust 01:22
26 8. Nun hast du mir den ersten Schmerz getan 04:11

CD 4
1 Brahms: Heimweh, Op.63, No.8 03:45
2 Brahms: Der Jäger, Op.95, No.4 01:10
3 Brahms: Agnes, Op.59, No.5 03:12
4 Brahms: In den Beeren, Op.84, No.3 01:33
5 Brahms: Der Frühling, Op.6, No.2 02:39
Sechs Gesänge op.7 (Johannes Brahms)
6 5. Die Trauernde (Volkslied) 01:50
7 Brahms: Vergebliches Ständchen, Op.84, No.4 01:48
Sechs Gesänge op.6 (Johannes Brahms)
8 1. Spanisches Lied (aus dem Spanischen von Paul Heyse) 02:21
9 Brahms: Von waldbekränzter Höhe, Op.57, No.1 02:24
10 Brahms: Wiegenlied, Op.49, No.4 02:09
11 Brahms: Immer leiser wird mein Schlummer, Op.105, No.2 03:56
Mörike-Lieder (Hugo Wolf)
12 16. Elfenlied 02:05
13 47. Die Geister am Mummelsee 03:39
14 45. Nixe Binsefuss 02:11
15 6. Er ist's! 01:23
16 20. Auf eine Christblume I 05:13
17 21. Auf eine Christblume II 01:55
18 8. "Begegnung" 01:28
19 7. Das verlassene Mägdlein 03:04
20 36. "Lebe wohl" 02:15
21 38. Lied vom Winde 02:38
22 25. Schlafendes Jesuskind 03:25
23 2. Der Knabe und das Immlein 02:42
24 3. Ein Stündlein wohl vor Tag 02:10
25 24. "In der Frühe" 02:38
26 28. Gebet 02:31
27 52. Selbstgeständnis 01:15
28 51. "Bei einer Trauung" 02:05
29 11. An eine Äolsharfe 05:42
30 41. Rat einer Alten 02:08
31 9. Nimmersatte Liebe 02:26

CD 5
1 Fauré: Après un rêve, Op.7 No.1 02:42
2 Debussy: Beau Soir, L.6 02:22
3 Debussy: Mandoline, L.29 01:17
4 Hahn: L'amitié 03:08
5 Hahn: La vie est belle 01:51
6 Satie: La diva de l'empire 02:36
7 Gershwin: Embraceable You [Girl Crazy] 04:45
8 Gershwin: The Man I Love [Lady, Be Good] 05:20
9 Gershwin: I've Got A Crush On You 02:45
10 Gershwin: But Not For Me 04:52
11 Aan de Amsterdamse grachten 03:08
12 Porter: I Get A Kick Out Of You 02:29
13 Kern: All The Things You Are 02:56
14 Porter: What Is This Thing Called Love? 01:26
15 Porter: You Do Something To Me 01:22
16 Porter: Begin The Beguine 04:13
17 Sondheim: Can That Boy Foxtrot! 04:23
18 Jobim: The Girl From Ipanema 02:58
19 Giraud: Sous le ciel de Paris 03:17
20 Porter: Night And Day 04:13
21 Ellington, Milner, Mills: Caravan 02:33
22 Ellington: Sophisticated Lady 04:18
23 Ellington: Solitude 02:19
24 Ellington: It Don't Mean A Thing 01:38
25 Ellington: In A Sentimental Mood 02:21

Performers:
Elly Ameling (soprano)
Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra, Karl Münchinger
Kammerorchester Berlin, Vittorio Negri
English Chamber Orchestra, Raymond Leppard
Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields Chorus, Sir Neville Marriner
Wiener Philharmoniker, Karl Münchinger

Ameling, one of the world's most beloved recitalists is captured here in a 5 CD collection offering some of her most beautiful recordings of song. While we are used to her perfection in songs of Bach, Mozart, Schubert, Schumann, Faure and Hahn, an added joy is her "pop" side, tackling - without a whiff of pretension, Porter, Kern, Gershwin, Ellington, et al.

What an absolute joy it is listening to this amazing artist sing these songs with an almost uncanny natural ease. There is no resorting to a "pop" voice and yet most of these pop standards songs sound as though they could have been written for her. Clean attacks, sometimes a bit of the pop technique of hanging on to a consonant longer than a classical artist normally would shows an appreciation and understanding of the style. Still, there is never once a compromise of her vocal beauty.

I like the way the songs have been arranged for her voice in that she sort of sings them clean, unaffected in the first half and then lets loose and kinda "swings" with it adding embellishments but never really changing her voice (Price, von Stade and other favorite singers of mine seem to have always added a breathy quality to much of their crossover material.)

Ameling doesn't resort to trying to "let her hair down" or get down and dirty, but rather the honest with which she approaches every one of these songs shows how much she enjoys singing them and her style is as refreshing as stumbling onto a cool spring on a sweltering summer's afternoon. A wonderful surprise.