World Opera Stars: Ewa Podles

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DUX
Release Date
June 9, 2015
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      GLUCK ROSSINI PROKOFIEV
    • ORCHESTRA / ENSEMBLE
      Poznan Philharmonic Orchestra
    • PERFORMER
      Podles, Borowicz
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      June 09, 2015
    • UPC
      5902547011349
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      DUX1134
    • LABEL
      DUX
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Orchestral & Symphonic
    Works ⌄

    1. Iphigenie en Aulide: Overture (arr. R. Wagner for orchestra)

      Composer: Christoph Willibald Gluck

      Ensemble: Poznań Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: Łukasz Borowicz

    2. Orphee et Euridice, Act III: Malheureux, que j'ai fait - J'ai perdu mon Eurydice

      Composer: Christoph Willibald Gluck

      Ensemble: Poznań Philharmonic Orchestra

      Performer: Ewa Podleś

      Conductor: Łukasz Borowicz

    3. Aureliano in Palmira: Overture

      Composer: Gioachino Rossini

      Ensemble: Poznań Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: Łukasz Borowicz

    4. Ciro in Babilonia (Cyrus in Babylon), Act I: Ciro infelice

      Composer: Gioachino Rossini

      Ensemble: Poznań Philharmonic Orchestra

      Performer: Ewa Podleś

      Conductor: Łukasz Borowicz

    5. Lucrezia Borgia, Act II Scene 5: Il segreto per esser felici

      Composer: Gaetano Donizetti

      Ensemble: Poznań Philharmonic Orchestra

      Performer: Ewa Podleś

      Conductor: Łukasz Borowicz

    6. Alexander Nevsky, Op. 78: The Field of Death

      Composer: Sergei Prokofiev

      Ensemble: Poznań Philharmonic Orchestra

      Performer: Ewa Podleś

      Conductor: Łukasz Borowicz

    7. La Gioconda, Act I Scene 5: Voce di donna o d'angelo

      Composer: Amilcare Ponchielli

      Ensemble: Poznań Philharmonic Orchestra

      Performer: Ewa Podleś

      Conductor: Łukasz Borowicz

    8. Cavalleria Rusticana: Intermezzo

      Composer: Pietro Mascagni

      Ensemble: Poznań Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: Łukasz Borowicz

    9. Il trovatore, Act II: Coro di zingari

      Composer: Giuseppe Verdi

      Ensemble: Poznań Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: Łukasz Borowicz

    10. Il trovatore, Act II: Stride la vampa!

      Composer: Giuseppe Verdi

      Ensemble: Poznań Philharmonic Orchestra

      Performer: Ewa Podleś

      Conductor: Łukasz Borowicz

    11. Cendrillon, Act III: Tirade of Madame de la Haltiere

      Composer: Jules Massenet

      Ensemble: Poznań Philharmonic Orchestra

      Performer: Ewa Podleś

      Conductor: Łukasz Borowicz

    12. L'Italiana in Algeri (The Italian Girl in Algiers), Act I Scene 4: Cruda sorte! Amor tiranno!

      Composer: Gioachino Rossini

      Ensemble: Poznań Philharmonic Orchestra

      Performer: Ewa Podleś

      Conductor: Łukasz Borowicz


It is the successful combination of the low, chest baritone and high, head soprano registers that has come to characteristically define the rare and unique contralto singing voice at it's finest. This register combination results in a natural, three octave scale. Another specific contralto feature is a natural agility that, with professional training, becomes an overwhelming coloratura. Ewa Podles, considered the most authentic contralto of her generation, features her distinctive, dramatic and agile voice on this new Dux release of well-known 18th-20th c. operatic excerpts.