Rossini: Liederabend (Art Song Evening) 1992 / Horne, Katz

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SWR
Release Date
April 30, 2013
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      ROSSINI, GIOACHINO
    • PERFORMER
      Horne, Katz
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      April 30, 2013
    • UPC
      4010276025924
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      93721
    • LABEL
      SWR
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Vocal
    Works ⌄

    1. Qual voce, quai note

      Composer: Gioachino Rossini

      Performer: Marilyn Horne, Martin Katz

    2. Belta crudele (Amori scendete)

      Composer: Gioachino Rossini

      Performer: Marilyn Horne, Martin Katz

    3. La pastorella

      Composer: Gioachino Rossini

      Performer: Marilyn Horne, Martin Katz

    4. La Francesca da Rimini

      Composer: Gioachino Rossini

      Performer: Marilyn Horne, Martin Katz

    5. Il trovatore

      Composer: Gioachino Rossini

      Performer: Marilyn Horne, Martin Katz

    6. 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

    7. Se il vuol la molinara

      Composer: Gioachino Rossini

      Performer: Marilyn Horne, Martin Katz

    8. Bolero

      Composer: Gioachino Rossini

      Performer: Marilyn Horne, Martin Katz

    9. Mi lagnero tacendo

      Composer: Gioachino Rossini

      Performer: Marilyn Horne, Martin Katz

    10. Sorzico

      Composer: Gioachino Rossini

      Performer: Marilyn Horne, Martin Katz

    11. Peches de vieillesse, Vol. 1: Album italiano: No. 4. Elegia, "L'ultimo ricordo"

      Composer: Gioachino Rossini

      Performer: Marilyn Horne, Martin Katz

    12. Canzonetta spagnuola

      Composer: Gioachino Rossini

      Performer: Marilyn Horne, Martin Katz

    13. No. 10. Giovanna d'Arco

      Composer: Gioachino Rossini

      Performer: Marilyn Horne, Martin Katz

    14. No. 4. A ma belle mere

      Composer: Gioachino Rossini

      Performer: Marilyn Horne, Martin Katz

    15. No. 9. Élégie, "Adieux a la vie"

      Composer: Gioachino Rossini

      Performer: Marilyn Horne, Martin Katz

    16. No. 5. Chanson de Zora

      Composer: Gioachino Rossini

      Performer: Marilyn Horne, Martin Katz

    17. 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

    18. Addio ai viennesi

      Composer: Gioachino Rossini

      Performer: Marilyn Horne, Martin Katz

    19. Tancredi, Act I: Di tanti palpiti (arr. for voice and piano)

      Composer: Gioachino Rossini

      Performer: Marilyn Horne, Martin 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