Gundula Janowitz & Charles Spencer - The Last Recital: in Memoriam Maria Callas (Live) (2017)
BAND/ARTIST: Gundula Janowitz, Charles Spencer
- Title: The Last Recital: in Memoriam Maria Callas (Live)
- Year Of Release: 2017
- Label: First Hand Records
- Genre: Classical
- Quality: lac lossless +booklet
- Total Time: 01:22:38
- Total Size: 367 mb
- WebSite: Album Preview
Tracklist
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01. Die Götter Griechenlands, D. 677 (Live)
02. Iphigenia, Op. 98 No. 3, D. 573 (Live)
03. An die Leier, Op. 56 No. 2, D. 737 (Live)
04. Ellens Gesang I, Op. 52 No. 1, D. 837 (Live)
05. Fischerweise, Op. 96 No. 4, D. 881 (Live)
06. Der Fluss, D. 693 (Live)
07. Im Abendrot, D. 799 (Live)
08. Winterreise, Op. 89, D. 911: No. 5, Der Lindenbaum (Live)
09. Das Lied im Grünen, Op. 115 No. 1, D. 917 (Live)
10. Myrthen, Op. 25: No. 9, Lied der Suleika (Live)
11. Lieder-Album für die Jugend, Op. 79: No. 26, Schneeglöckchen (Live)
12. Myrthen, Op. 25: No. 7, Die Lotosblume (Live)
13. 6 Gedichte von N. Lenau und Requiem, Op. 90: No. 2, Meine Rose (Live)
14. Myrthen, Op. 25: No. 3, Der Nussbaum (Live)
15. 5 Lieder, Op. 15, TrV 148: No. 3, Lob des Leidens (Live)
16. 8 Gedichte aus "Letzte Blätter", Op. 10, TrV 141: No. 8, Allerseelen (Live)
17. 4 Lieder, Op. 27, TrV 170: No. 4, Morgen! (Live)
18. 3 Lieder, Op. 29, TrV 172: No. 3, Nachtgang (Live)
19. 5 Lieder, Op. 39, TrV 189: No. 4, Befreit (Live)
20. Die Forelle, Op. 32, D. 550 (Live)
Janowitz's voice was regarded as one of the most beautiful of its time, with a rich timbre that was ideal for the more poetic and serene operatic roles, such as the Countess in Le nozze di Figaro, and particularly Strauss heroines such as the Countess in Capriccio, Ariadne, Arabella, and the Marschallin. She was also celebrated for her Verdi, particularly Elisabetta in Don Carlo, Amelia in Simon Boccanegra, and Aida. Some critics found her performances lacking in flamboyance, calling her tepid, but others found them elegantly underestated, relying on the music and the line rather than histrionics.
She studied voice at the Graz Conservatory, winning a competition to make her opera debut in 1960 as Barbarina in Nozze at the Vienna State Opera and beginning a lifelong association with that house. Later that year, she made her Bayreuth Festival debut as a flowermaiden in Parsifal. She began to sing leads at the VSO, including, at Herbert von Karajan's urging, the Empress in Strauss' Die Frau ohne Schatten, at the age of 27. (Karajan had a habit of urging singers into heavy repertoire, often to their detriment; however, her fine technique and caution kept her voice from suffering.) Her Glyndebourne debut came in 1964, as Ilia in Mozart's Idomeneo (with a new young Italian tenor, Luciano Pavarotti, singing Idamante). She made her Metropolitan Opera debut in 1967 as Sieglinde in Wagner's Die Walküre. Her Covent Garden debut was not until 1976, as Donna Anna in Don Giovanni.
Throughout her career, she was as engaged with concerts and recitals as with operatic performances, becoming especially acclaimed for her renditions of Strauss' Four Last Songs. She retired from the stage in 1990, though she still gave the occasional concert.
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01. Die Götter Griechenlands, D. 677 (Live)
02. Iphigenia, Op. 98 No. 3, D. 573 (Live)
03. An die Leier, Op. 56 No. 2, D. 737 (Live)
04. Ellens Gesang I, Op. 52 No. 1, D. 837 (Live)
05. Fischerweise, Op. 96 No. 4, D. 881 (Live)
06. Der Fluss, D. 693 (Live)
07. Im Abendrot, D. 799 (Live)
08. Winterreise, Op. 89, D. 911: No. 5, Der Lindenbaum (Live)
09. Das Lied im Grünen, Op. 115 No. 1, D. 917 (Live)
10. Myrthen, Op. 25: No. 9, Lied der Suleika (Live)
11. Lieder-Album für die Jugend, Op. 79: No. 26, Schneeglöckchen (Live)
12. Myrthen, Op. 25: No. 7, Die Lotosblume (Live)
13. 6 Gedichte von N. Lenau und Requiem, Op. 90: No. 2, Meine Rose (Live)
14. Myrthen, Op. 25: No. 3, Der Nussbaum (Live)
15. 5 Lieder, Op. 15, TrV 148: No. 3, Lob des Leidens (Live)
16. 8 Gedichte aus "Letzte Blätter", Op. 10, TrV 141: No. 8, Allerseelen (Live)
17. 4 Lieder, Op. 27, TrV 170: No. 4, Morgen! (Live)
18. 3 Lieder, Op. 29, TrV 172: No. 3, Nachtgang (Live)
19. 5 Lieder, Op. 39, TrV 189: No. 4, Befreit (Live)
20. Die Forelle, Op. 32, D. 550 (Live)
Janowitz's voice was regarded as one of the most beautiful of its time, with a rich timbre that was ideal for the more poetic and serene operatic roles, such as the Countess in Le nozze di Figaro, and particularly Strauss heroines such as the Countess in Capriccio, Ariadne, Arabella, and the Marschallin. She was also celebrated for her Verdi, particularly Elisabetta in Don Carlo, Amelia in Simon Boccanegra, and Aida. Some critics found her performances lacking in flamboyance, calling her tepid, but others found them elegantly underestated, relying on the music and the line rather than histrionics.
She studied voice at the Graz Conservatory, winning a competition to make her opera debut in 1960 as Barbarina in Nozze at the Vienna State Opera and beginning a lifelong association with that house. Later that year, she made her Bayreuth Festival debut as a flowermaiden in Parsifal. She began to sing leads at the VSO, including, at Herbert von Karajan's urging, the Empress in Strauss' Die Frau ohne Schatten, at the age of 27. (Karajan had a habit of urging singers into heavy repertoire, often to their detriment; however, her fine technique and caution kept her voice from suffering.) Her Glyndebourne debut came in 1964, as Ilia in Mozart's Idomeneo (with a new young Italian tenor, Luciano Pavarotti, singing Idamante). She made her Metropolitan Opera debut in 1967 as Sieglinde in Wagner's Die Walküre. Her Covent Garden debut was not until 1976, as Donna Anna in Don Giovanni.
Throughout her career, she was as engaged with concerts and recitals as with operatic performances, becoming especially acclaimed for her renditions of Strauss' Four Last Songs. She retired from the stage in 1990, though she still gave the occasional concert.
Year 2017 | Classical | FLAC / APE
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