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Sony Masterworks

In Concert / Kathleen Battle, Jean-Pierre Rampal

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Details

Artist
Battle & Rampal
Format
CD
Label
Sony Masterworks
Released
Jun 21, 2011
Catalog #
SONY 53106
UPC
074645310626

About

'With flute obbligato': it used to be a regular feature of concerts and recordings by the great madames of old. If their programmes had been as enterprising as this one, they would not have provoked so readily, if unwittingly, the odious term 'canary-fancier'... The bell-like purity of [Battle's] voice is delightful in itself... Her fluency and evenness, her free production of perfectly steady tone, are all admirable and none too common in the world today (but then, she is generally acknowledged to be one of the leading singers in that world). She is also highly skilled in making effective use of her naturally limited power, as, for instance, when she fills out the tone towards the end of "Sweet Bird" or repeats the words "can you be" in "There's not a swain". The enervated droop of some high sopranos is not for her, and she can turn from mere pleasantness to gaiety, as in some of the Spanish songs...

Among the songs, Roussel's settings of Ronsard for voice and flute without accompaniment make a strong impression: fine two-part writing and perfect for the occasion. Several others are remarkably happy 'finds', including the Bird-song of Michael Head. But musical interest centres on Martinu's Flute Sonata, a marvellous work... Written in a week at Cape Cod in 1945, it has inexhaustible vitality: apparently simple (but never commonplace), and sometimes dizzyingly intricate and diverse in form and reference...

-- Gramophone [9/1994]

Tracklist 19 tracks

  1. 1 Nel dolce dell'oblio, HWV 134 06:54
    Track
    1
    Title
    Nel dolce dell'oblio, HWV 134
    Duration
    06:54
    Composer
    George Frideric Handel
    Performer
    Kathleen Battle, Jean-Pierre Rampal
  2. 2 L'Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato, HWV 55: Part I: Aria: Sweet bird 10:29
    Track
    2
    Title
    L'Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato, HWV 55: Part I: Aria: Sweet bird
    Duration
    10:29
    Composer
    George Frideric Handel
    Performer
    Kathleen Battle, Jean-Pierre Rampal
  3. 3 If music be the food of love, Z. 379 02:03
    Track
    3
    Title
    If music be the food of love, Z. 379
    Duration
    02:03
    Composer
    Henry Purcell
    Performer
    Kathleen Battle, Jean-Pierre Rampal
  4. 4 Rule a Wife and Have a Wife, Z. 587: There's not a swain on the plain 00:54
    Track
    4
    Title
    Rule a Wife and Have a Wife, Z. 587: There's not a swain on the plain
    Duration
    00:54
    Composer
    Henry Purcell
    Performer
    Kathleen Battle, Jean-Pierre Rampal
  5. 5 What Can We Poor Females Do?, Z. 518 01:27
    Track
    5
    Title
    What Can We Poor Females Do?, Z. 518
    Duration
    01:27
    Composer
    Henry Purcell
    Performer
    Kathleen Battle, Jean-Pierre Rampal
  6. 6 Oedipus, King of Thebes, Z. 583: Music for a While 03:56
    Track
    6
    Title
    Oedipus, King of Thebes, Z. 583: Music for a While
    Duration
    03:56
    Composer
    Henry Purcell
    Performer
    Kathleen Battle, Jean-Pierre Rampal
  7. 7 Hippolyte et Aricie, Act V: Rossignols amoureux 04:49
    Track
    7
    Title
    Hippolyte et Aricie, Act V: Rossignols amoureux
    Duration
    04:49
    Composer
    Jean-Philippe Rameau
    Performer
    Kathleen Battle, Jean-Pierre Rampal
  8. 8 Une flute invisible 03:05
    Track
    8
    Title
    Une flute invisible
    Duration
    03:05
    Composer
    Camille Saint-Saëns
    Performer
    Kathleen Battle, Jean-Pierre Rampal
  9. 9 No. 1. Rossignol, mon mignon 03:33
    Track
    9
    Title
    No. 1. Rossignol, mon mignon
    Duration
    03:33
    Composer
    Albert Roussel
    Performer
    Kathleen Battle, Jean-Pierre Rampal
  10. 10 No. 2. Ciel, aer et vens 02:40
    Track
    10
    Title
    No. 2. Ciel, aer et vens
    Duration
    02:40
    Composer
    Albert Roussel
    Performer
    Kathleen Battle, Jean-Pierre Rampal
  11. 11 No. 4. La mi sola, Laureola 02:52
    Track
    11
    Title
    No. 4. La mi sola, Laureola
    Duration
    02:52
    Composer
    Fernando Obradors
    Performer
    Kathleen Battle, Jean-Pierre Rampal
  12. 12 No. 2. Al amor 01:05
    Track
    12
    Title
    No. 2. Al amor
    Duration
    01:05
    Composer
    Fernando Obradors
    Performer
    Kathleen Battle, Jean-Pierre Rampal
  13. 13 No. 5. Del cabello mas sutil 01:41
    Track
    13
    Title
    No. 5. Del cabello mas sutil
    Duration
    01:41
    Composer
    Fernando Obradors
    Performer
    Kathleen Battle, Jean-Pierre Rampal
  14. 14 No. 6. Chiquitita la novia 02:21
    Track
    14
    Title
    No. 6. Chiquitita la novia
    Duration
    02:21
    Composer
    Fernando Obradors
    Performer
    Kathleen Battle, Jean-Pierre Rampal
  15. 15 I. Allegro moderato 06:55
    Track
    15
    Title
    I. Allegro moderato
    Duration
    06:55
    Composer
    Bohuslav Martinů
    Performer
    Jean-Pierre Rampal
  16. 16 II. Adagio 05:42
    Track
    16
    Title
    II. Adagio
    Duration
    05:42
    Composer
    Bohuslav Martinů
    Performer
    Jean-Pierre Rampal
  17. 17 III. Allegro poco moderato 04:51
    Track
    17
    Title
    III. Allegro poco moderato
    Duration
    04:51
    Composer
    Bohuslav Martinů
    Performer
    Jean-Pierre Rampal
  18. 18 Bird-song 04:54
    Track
    18
    Title
    Bird-song
    Duration
    04:54
    Composer
    Michael Head
    Performer
    Kathleen Battle, Jean-Pierre Rampal
  19. 19 Lo, Here the Gentle Lark 04:40
    Track
    19
    Title
    Lo, Here the Gentle Lark
    Duration
    04:40
    Composer
    Henry Bishop
    Performer
    Kathleen Battle, Jean-Pierre Rampal