Rossini: Liederabend (Art Song Evening) 1992 / Horne, Katz
Although Marilyn Horne was 58 years old at the time of this concert, no weakness clouded the beauty of her voice. Among the recordings over the course of Horne's career, there are many Rossini operas. This all-Rossini program shows that she could convincingly dominate the smaller forms as well.
REVIEW:
Little needs be said about Marilyn Horne, one of the greatest singers of all time, with a highly distinctive voice, immediately recognizable and colorful, a deep sense of musicality, and a vocal technique that is awe-inspiring. No ornamentation, no roulade, no trill, not the longest phrase, were beyond her phenomenal breath control. Add to this her almost magical personality.
Liederabend does need a word of explanation. The Liederbands (Liederabenden) were an extensive series of vocal recitals (over 60 years) performed at the Schwetzingen South- West Radio (Germany) Festivals. For all its touting as a Liederabend Horne’s program is all-Italian, all-Rossini (a Horne specialty). 19 songs, early and late, familiar and unfamiliar; all musical delights. Among the better known are ‘La pastorella’, ‘Bolero’, ‘La molinara’, the arias ‘Cruda sorte!’ (Italiana in Algeri and ‘Di tanti palpiti’ Tancredi. A few from ‘Sins of my Old Age’ are included.
Here is a great singer at the top of her form with most entertaining music. No texts, but a biography of Horne and a history of the Festival are included.
-- American Record Guide
Product Description:
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Release Date: April 30, 2013
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UPC: 4010276025924
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Catalog Number: 93721
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Label: SWR
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Number of Discs: 1
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Period: Romantic
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Composer: Gioachino Rossini
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Performer: Marilyn Horne, Martin Katz
Works:
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Qual voce, quai note
Composer: Gioachino Rossini
Performer: Marilyn Horne, Martin Katz
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Belta crudele (Amori scendete)
Composer: Gioachino Rossini
Performer: Marilyn Horne, Martin Katz
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La pastorella
Composer: Gioachino Rossini
Performer: Marilyn Horne, Martin Katz
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La Francesca da Rimini
Composer: Gioachino Rossini
Performer: Marilyn Horne, Martin Katz
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Il trovatore
Composer: Gioachino Rossini
Performer: Marilyn Horne, Martin Katz
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Otello, ossia Il moro di Venezia, Act III: Assisa a pie d'un salice (arr. for voice and piano)
Composer: Gioachino Rossini
Performer: Marilyn Horne, Martin Katz
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Se il vuol la molinara
Composer: Gioachino Rossini
Performer: Marilyn Horne, Martin Katz
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Bolero
Composer: Gioachino Rossini
Performer: Marilyn Horne, Martin Katz
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Mi lagnero tacendo
Composer: Gioachino Rossini
Performer: Marilyn Horne, Martin Katz
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Sorzico
Composer: Gioachino Rossini
Performer: Marilyn Horne, Martin Katz
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Péchés de vieillesse, Vol. 1: Album italiano: No. 4. Elegia, "L'ultimo ricordo"
Composer: Gioachino Rossini
Performer: Marilyn Horne, Martin Katz
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Canzonetta spagnuola
Composer: Gioachino Rossini
Performer: Marilyn Horne, Martin Katz
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Péchés de vieillesse, Vol. 11: Miscellanée de musique vocale: No. 10. Giovanna d'Arco
Composer: Gioachino Rossini
Performer: Marilyn Horne, Martin Katz
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Péchés de vieillesse, Vol. 11: Miscellanée de musique vocale: No. 4. A ma belle mere
Composer: Gioachino Rossini
Performer: Marilyn Horne, Martin Katz
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Péchés de vieillesse, Vol. 2: Album français (excerpts): No. 9. Élégie, "Adieux a la vie"
Composer: Gioachino Rossini
Performer: Marilyn Horne, Martin Katz
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Péchés de vieillesse, Vol. 2: Album français (excerpts): No. 5. Chanson de Zora
Composer: Gioachino Rossini
Performer: Marilyn Horne, Martin Katz
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L'Italiana in Algeri (The Italian Girl in Algiers), Act I: Cruda sorte! Amor tiranno! (arr. for voice and piano)
Composer: Gioachino Rossini
Performer: Marilyn Horne, Martin Katz
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Addio ai viennesi
Composer: Gioachino Rossini
Performer: Marilyn Horne, Martin Katz
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Tancredi, Act I: Di tanti palpiti (arr. for voice and piano)
Composer: Gioachino Rossini
Performer: Marilyn Horne, Martin Katz