La Zingarella - Through Romany Songland / Isabel Bayrakdarian

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Avie Records
Release Date
May 20, 2022
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      Georges Bizet, Johannes Brahms, Antonin Dvorak, Henry F. B. Gilbert, Victor Herbert, Sebastian Iradi
    • PERFORMER
      Isabel Bayrakdarian, Mark Fewer, Jamie Parker, Juan-Miguel Hernandez, Roman Borys, Annalee Patipatan
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      May 20, 2022
    • UPC
      822252250626
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      AV2506
    • LABEL
      Avie Records
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Classical
    Works ⌄

    1. Die drei Zigeuner, S320/R612 (arr. P. Tiefenbach for voice, violin and piano)

      Composer: Franz Liszt

      Performer: Isabel Bayrakdarian, Mark Fewer, Jamie Parker

    2. No. 1. He, Zigeuner, greife in die Saiten ein!

      Composer: Johannes Brahms

      Ensemble: Gryphon Trio

      Performer: Isabel Bayrakdarian, Mark Fewer, Juan Miguel Hernandez

    3. No. 2. Hochgetürmte Rimaflut

      Composer: Johannes Brahms

      Ensemble: Gryphon Trio

      Performer: Isabel Bayrakdarian, Mark Fewer, Juan Miguel Hernandez

    4. No. 3. Wisst ihr, wann mein Kindchen

      Composer: Johannes Brahms

      Ensemble: Gryphon Trio

      Performer: Isabel Bayrakdarian, Mark Fewer, Juan Miguel Hernandez

    5. No. 4. Lieber Gott, du weisst

      Composer: Johannes Brahms

      Ensemble: Gryphon Trio

      Performer: Isabel Bayrakdarian, Mark Fewer, Juan Miguel Hernandez

    6. No. 5. Brauner Bursche führt zum Tanze

      Composer: Johannes Brahms

      Ensemble: Gryphon Trio

      Performer: Isabel Bayrakdarian, Mark Fewer, Juan Miguel Hernandez

    7. No. 6. Röslein dreie in der Reihe

      Composer: Johannes Brahms

      Ensemble: Gryphon Trio

      Performer: Isabel Bayrakdarian, Mark Fewer, Juan Miguel Hernandez

    8. No. 7. Kommt dir manchmal in den Sinn

      Composer: Johannes Brahms

      Ensemble: Gryphon Trio

      Performer: Isabel Bayrakdarian, Mark Fewer, Juan Miguel Hernandez

    9. No. 8. Rote Abendwolken

      Composer: Johannes Brahms

      Ensemble: Gryphon Trio

      Performer: Isabel Bayrakdarian, Mark Fewer, Juan Miguel Hernandez

    10. No. 1. Má píseň zas mi láskou zní

      Composer: Antonín Dvořák

      Performer: Isabel Bayrakdarian, Mark Fewer, Jamie Parker

    11. No. 2. Aj! Kterak trojhranec můj

      Composer: Antonín Dvořák

      Performer: Isabel Bayrakdarian, Mark Fewer, Jamie Parker

    12. No. 3. A les je tichý kolem kol

      Composer: Antonín Dvořák

      Performer: Isabel Bayrakdarian, Mark Fewer, Jamie Parker

    13. No. 4. Když mne stará matka

      Composer: Antonín Dvořák

      Performer: Isabel Bayrakdarian, Mark Fewer, Jamie Parker

    14. No. 5. Struna naladěna

      Composer: Antonín Dvořák

      Performer: Isabel Bayrakdarian, Mark Fewer, Jamie Parker

    15. No. 6. Široké rukávy a široké gate

      Composer: Antonín Dvořák

      Performer: Isabel Bayrakdarian, Mark Fewer, Jamie Parker

    16. No. 7. Dejte klec jestřábu

      Composer: Antonín Dvořák

      Performer: Isabel Bayrakdarian, Mark Fewer, Jamie Parker

    17. Juanita ó la perla de Aragon (arr. P. Tiefenbach for voice, violin and piano)

      Composer: Sebastián de Iradier

      Performer: Isabel Bayrakdarian, Mark Fewer, Jamie Parker

    18. La perla de Triana (arr. P. Tiefenbach for voice and string quartet)

      Composer: Sebastián de Iradier

      Ensemble: Gryphon Trio

      Performer: Isabel Bayrakdarian, Mark Fewer, Juan Miguel Hernandez

    19. El arreglito (arr. P. Tiefenbach for voice, violin and piano)

      Composer: Sebastián de Iradier

      Performer: Isabel Bayrakdarian, Mark Fewer, Jamie Parker

    20. Carmen, Act I: L'amour est un oiseau rebelle, "Habanera" (arr. P. Tiefenbach for voice, violin and piano)

      Composer: Georges Bizet

      Performer: Isabel Bayrakdarian, Mark Fewer, Jamie Parker

    21. Clavelitos (arr. P. Tiefenbach for voice and piano quintet)

      Composer: Joaquín Valverde

      Ensemble: Gryphon Trio

      Performer: Isabel Bayrakdarian, Mark Fewer, Juan Miguel Hernandez

    22. No. 1. La montonera

      Composer: Henry F. Gilbert

      Performer: Isabel Bayrakdarian, Mark Fewer, Jamie Parker

    23. No. 2. La zambullidora

      Composer: Henry F. Gilbert

      Performer: Isabel Bayrakdarian, Mark Fewer, Jamie Parker

    24. Chanson gitane, Act I: Air d’entrée: La zingarella (arr. P. Tiefenbach for voice and piano quintet)

      Composer: Maurice Yvain

      Ensemble: Gryphon Trio

      Performer: Isabel Bayrakdarian, Mark Fewer, Juan Miguel Hernandez

    25. Zigeunerliebe, Act III: Lied und Csárdás: Hör’ ich Cymbalklänge (arr. P. Tiefenbach for voice and piano quintet)

      Composer: Franz Lehár

      Ensemble: Gryphon Trio

      Performer: Isabel Bayrakdarian, Mark Fewer, Juan Miguel Hernandez

    26. Die Csárdásfürstin (The Gypsy Princess), Act I: Aria: Heia, heia, in den Bergen (arr. P. Tiefenbach for voice and piano quintet)

      Composer: Emmerich Kálmán

      Ensemble: Gryphon Trio

      Performer: Isabel Bayrakdarian, Mark Fewer, Juan Miguel Hernandez

    27. The Fortune Teller, Act II: Gypsy Love Song (arr. P. Tiefenbach for voice and piano quintet)

      Composer: Victor Herbert

      Ensemble: Gryphon Trio

      Performer: Isabel Bayrakdarian, Mark Fewer, Juan Miguel Hernandez


Soprano Isabel Bayrakdarian has travelled far and wide, as an international opera star and an Armenian who was born in Lebanon, immigrated to Canada, and is now settled in southern California. Her life is a journey that informs her new recording, La Zingarella: Through Romany Songland. “The music transcends geography,” she says. “It taps into human nature and unites us all. It’s about freedom of the spirit, about living life without knowing what tomorrow holds. It’s about enjoying every single minute.” Isabel embarked on an album of art songs that draw on Romani melodies – Brahms’ Zigeunerlieder, Dvorák’s Cigánské Melodie, Bizet’s Habanera – and while those appear here, her journey also led to a wealth of recherché gems.

The title track by French composer Maurice Yvain commingles with fellow-operetta composers Franz Lehár (‘Lied und Csárdás’ from Zigeunerliebe), Emmerich Kálmán (‘Heia, heia, in den Bergen’ from The Csárdás Princess) and Victor Herbert ("Gypsy Love Song" from The Fortune Teller). Two South American Gypsy Songs by American folk song collector Henry F.B. Gilbert set words by ethnomusicologist Laura Alexandrine Smith, whose book lends the album its subtitle. The ever-adventurous Isabel commissioned new arrangements for the songs on this album, with violin, viola, cello, and piano lending a laser beam lucidity to the music that “has a lot of fire in it,” she says with a glint in her eye.

REVIEWS:

Bayrakdarian reigns supreme here. She is nominally a soprano, but her range extends well below the treble staff. She takes on Liszt’s opening `3 Gypsies’ and the succeeding Brahms and Dvorak sets with assurance, and when she moves on to Sebastian Iradier she cleverly follows his `Habanera’ with Bizet’s, so obviously based on it and so obviously a natural improvement in carrying the opening scale further down. The latter half of the disc is excerpts from operettas: Maurice Yvain’s Chanson Gitane, Franz Lehar’s Zigeunerliebe, Emmerich Kalman’s Czardasfurstin, and Victor Herbert’s Fortune Teller. The distance from Romany originals is greatest here, and yet I hear, not cultural appropriation, but cultural appreciation.

-- American Record Guide

Bayrakdarian is in fine voice and exuberant high spirits for these mostly high-spirited selections, yet poignant or sensuous when appropriate. This exhilarating cross-cultural excursion is enthusiastically recommended.

-- The Whole Note (Canada)