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Includes work(s) by various composers. Soloist: Natalie Dessay.
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Works on This Recording
1.
Songs (14), Op. 34: no 14, Vocalise by Sergei Rachmaninov
Performer:
Natalie Dessay (Soprano)
Conductor:
Michael Schoenwandt
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Berlin Symphony Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1912-1915; Russia
Length: 5 Minutes 15 Secs.
Notes: Composition written: Russia (1912 - 1915).
2.
Agnus Dei, Op. 11 by Samuel Barber
Conductor:
David Hill
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Winchester Cathedral Choir
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1967; USA
Length: 7 Minutes 40 Secs.
Language: Latin
Notes: This work is a vocal arrangement of the composer's 'Adagio for Strings.'
3.
Serse, HWV 40: Ombra mai fu "Largo" by George Frideric Handel
Performer:
Gérard Lesne (Countertenor)
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Seminario Musicale
Period: Baroque
Written: 1738; London, England
Length: 2 Minutes 36 Secs.
Language: Italian
4.
Les contes d'Hoffmann: Belle nuit, o nuit d'amour by Jacques Offenbach
Performer:
Ann Murray (Mezzo Soprano),
Jessye Norman (Soprano)
Conductor:
Sylvain Cambreling
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Brussels Théâtre de la Monnaie Orchestra,
Brussels Théâtre de la Monnaie Chorus
Period: Romantic
Written: 1881; Paris, France
Length: 4 Minutes 17 Secs.
Language: French
5.
Requiem in D minor, K 626: Lacrymosa by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Conductor:
Roger Norrington
Orchestra/Ensemble:
London Heinrich Schütz Choir,
London Classical Players
Period: Classical
Written: 1791; Vienna, Austria
Length: 3 Minutes 35 Secs.
Language: Latin
6.
Giulio Cesare, HWV 17: Son nata a lagrimar by George Frideric Handel
Performer:
Martin Isepp (Harpsichord),
David Daniels (Countertenor),
Stephanie Blythe (Mezzo Soprano)
Conductor:
John Nelson
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Paris Orchestral Ensemble
Period: Baroque
Written: 1724; London, England
Length: 7 Minutes 43 Secs.
Language: Italian
7.
Pavane, Op. 50 by Gabriel Fauré
Conductor:
Carl Davis
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Scottish Chamber Orchestra,
King's Singers
Period: Romantic
Written: 1887; France
Length: 5 Minutes 59 Secs.
8.
Après un rêve, Op. 7 no 1 by Gabriel Fauré
Performer:
Roger Vignoles (Piano),
Véronique Gens (Soprano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1877; France
Length: 2 Minutes 34 Secs.
Language: French
9.
Bachianas brasileiras no 5 for Soprano and 8 Cellos: Aria "Cantilena" by Heitor Villa-Lobos
Performer:
Barbara Hendricks (Soprano),
Manuel Barrueco (Guitar)
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1938-1945; Brazil
Length: 4 Minutes 50 Secs.
Language: Portuguese
10.
Lass, Fürstin, lass noch einen Strahl, BWV 198: no 8, Der Ewigkeit saphirnes Haus by Johann Sebastian Bach
Performer:
Ian Bostridge (Tenor)
Conductor:
Fabio Biondi
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Europa Galante
Period: Baroque
Written: 1727; Leipzig, Germany
Length: 4 Minutes 29 Secs.
Language: German
11.
El Vuelo by Hughes De Courson
Conductor:
Tomás Gubitsch
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Sofia Radio Symphony Orchestra,
Plovdiv Children's Choir,
Dobri Hristov Choir of Sofia
Period: 20th Century
Length: 3 Minutes 38 Secs.
Language: Spanish
Notes: This selection was written in collaboration with Tomás Gubitsch.
12.
Vocalise en forme de Habañera by Maurice Ravel
Performer:
Arleen Augér (Soprano)
Conductor:
Libor Pesek
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Philharmonia Orchestra
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1907; France
Length: 3 Minutes 4 Secs.
Notes: Arranged: Arthur Hoérée
13.
Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen: no 4, Die zwei blauen Augen by Gustav Mahler
Performer:
Ann Murray (Mezzo Soprano)
Conductor:
Andrew Litton
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1883-1896; Germany
Length: 5 Minutes 11 Secs.
Language: German
14.
Berçeuse de Gráinne pour Diarmait by Hughes De Courson
Performer:
Breda Mayock (Soprano)
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Le Orfanelle della Pieta
Period: 20th Century
Length: 4 Minutes 0 Secs.
Language: French
Notes: This work was conceived and composed in collaboration with Youenn Le Berre and incorporates works of Antonio Vivaldi and Irish folk music.
15.
Lieder (5), Op. 41: no 1, Wiegenlied by Richard Strauss
Performer:
Gundula Janowitz (Soprano)
Conductor:
Richard Stamp
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Academy of London
Period: Romantic
Written: 1899; Germany
Length: 3 Minutes 53 Secs.
Language: German
16.
Porgy and Bess: Summertime by George Gershwin
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Swingle Singers
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1935; USA
Length: 3 Minutes 27 Secs.
Language: English
Notes: Arranged: J. Rathborne
17.
Requiem, Op. 48: In paradisum by Gabriel Fauré
Performer:
Stephen Farr (Organ)
Conductor:
David Hill
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Bournemouth Sinfonietta,
Winchester Cathedral Choir
Period: Romantic
Written: 1887-1890; France
Length: 3 Minutes 36 Secs.
Language: Latin
Notes: Composition written: France (1877 - 1890).
18.
Die Zauberflöte, K 620: Ach, ich fühl's, es ist verschwunden by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Performer:
Dawn Upshaw (Soprano)
Conductor:
Roger Norrington
Orchestra/Ensemble:
London Classical Players
Period: Classical
Written: 1791; Vienna, Austria
Length: 2 Minutes 53 Secs.
Language: German
19.
Carmina burana: no 3, Veris leta facies by Carl Orff
Conductor:
David Hill
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra,
Bournemouth Chorus
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1936; Germany
Length: 3 Minutes 44 Secs.
Language: Latin
20.
Miserere mei Deus: Miserere mei by Gregorio Allegri
Conductor:
Andrew Parrott
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Taverner Consort
Period: Baroque
Written: 17th Century; Italy
Length: 6 Minutes 47 Secs.
Language: Latin
21.
Madrigals, Book 8: Hor ch'el ciel e la terra by Claudio Monteverdi
Conductor:
Anthony Rooley
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Consort of Musicke
Period: Baroque
Written: by 1638; Italy
Length: 4 Minutes 49 Secs.
Language: Italian
22.
Cantique de Jean Racine, Op. 11 by Gabriel Fauré
Performer:
Stephen Farr (Organ)
Conductor:
David Hill
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Winchester Cathedral Choir
Period: Romantic
Written: 1865; France
Length: 5 Minutes 45 Secs.
Language: French
23.
Madama Butterfly: Humming Chorus by Giacomo Puccini
Conductor:
Lamberto Gardelli
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra,
Royal Opera House Covent Garden Chorus
Period: Romantic
Written: 1904; Italy
Length: 3 Minutes 7 Secs.
24.
Peer Gynt, Op. 23: no 18, Solvejg's Song by Edvard Grieg
Performer:
Lucia Popp (Soprano)
Conductor:
Sir Neville Marriner
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Academy of St. Martin in the Fields
Period: Romantic
Written: 1874-1875; Norway
Length: 5 Minutes 43 Secs.
Language: Norwegian
25.
Le nozze di Figaro, K 492: Porgi, amor, qualche ristoro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Performer:
Véronique Gens (Soprano)
Conductor:
Ivor Bolton
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
Period: Classical
Written: 1786; Vienna, Austria
Length: 3 Minutes 15 Secs.
Language: Italian
26.
Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings, Op. 31: no 2, Pastoral "The day's grown old" by Benjamin Britten
Performer:
Martyn Hill (Tenor),
Frank Lloyd (French Horn)
Conductor:
Richard Hickox
Orchestra/Ensemble:
City of London Sinfonia
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1943; England
Length: 3 Minutes 33 Secs.
Language: English
27.
Pulcinella Suite: 2nd movement, Serenata by Igor Stravinsky
Performer:
Martyn Hill (Tenor),
Nicholas Daniel (Oboe)
Conductor:
Richard Hickox
Orchestra/Ensemble:
City of London Sinfonia
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1922/1947; France
Length: 3 Minutes 17 Secs.
Language: Italian
28.
Shéhérazade: no 2, La flûte enchantée by Maurice Ravel
Performer:
Arleen Augér (Soprano)
Conductor:
Libor Pesek
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Philharmonia Orchestra
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1903; France
Length: 3 Minutes 17 Secs.
Language: French
29.
Infant Joy by Hughes De Courson
Conductor:
Tomás Gubitsch
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Sofia Radio Symphony Orchestra,
Plovdiv Children's Choir,
Dobri Hristov Choir of Sofia
Period: 20th Century
Length: 2 Minutes 11 Secs.
Language: English
Notes: This selection was written in collaboration with Tomás Gubitsch.
30.
Carmina burana: no 21, In trutina by Carl Orff
Performer:
Janice Watson (Soprano)
Conductor:
David Hill
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1936; Germany
Length: 2 Minutes 42 Secs.
Language: Latin
31.
Morning Star by Traditional
Performer:
Mell Mercier (Bodhran),
Christopher Layer (Flute),
Robert Mealy (Fiddle),
Caitríona O'Leary (Voice),
Jay Elfenbein (Viola)
Written: Ireland
32.
Le Temps Retrouvé: Vocalise by Jorge Arriagada
Performer:
Natalie Dessay (Soprano)
Conductor:
Jean-Louis Negro
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Orchestra
Period: 20th Century
Written: by 1999
Length: 3 Minutes 36 Secs.
33.
Platée: Soleil, fuis de ces lieux by Jean-Philippe Rameau
Performer:
Patricia Petibon (Soprano)
Conductor:
Patrick Cohën-Akenine
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Les Folies Françoises
Period: Baroque
Written: 1745; France
Length: 2 Minutes 12 Secs.
Language: French
34.
Song for Athene by John Tavener
Conductor:
David Hill
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Winchester Cathedral Choir
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1993; England
Length: 5 Minutes 59 Secs.
Language: English
35.
L'Incoronazione di Poppea: Pur ti miro [Final Duet] by Claudio Monteverdi
Performer:
Della Jones (Soprano),
Arleen Augér (Soprano)
Conductor:
Richard Hickox
Orchestra/Ensemble:
City of London Baroque Sinfonia
Period: Baroque
Written: 1642; Venice, Italy
Length: 5 Minutes 37 Secs.
Language: Italian
Sound Samples
Serse: Aria: Ombra mai fu
Les Contes d'Hoffmann, ACT FOUR: Belle nuit, ô nuit d'amour (Nicklausse/Giulietta/Choeurs)
Mass No. 19 in D minor K626, 'Requiem' (completed by Duncan Druce), Sequenz: Lacrimosa
Giulio Cesare, 'Julius Caesar' HWV17, ACT 1: Son nata a lagrimar
Après un rêve Op. 7 No. 1 (Romaine Bussine)
Aria (Cantilena) from Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5
Lass, Fürstin, lass noch einen Strahl : Trauer-Ode auf das Ableben der Gehmahlin Augusts des Starken Christiane Eberhardine, BWV 198: Aria: Der Ewigkeit saphirnes Haus
Platée: Air de Clarine: Soleil, fuis de ces lieux (Act 1 Scène 6)
Vocalise en forme de habanera (orch. Arthur Hoérée)
Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen: Die zwei blauen Augen
Berçeuse de Grainne pour Diarmait (after motet 'Nisi Dominus')
Wiegenlied Op. 41 No. 1 (Dehmel)
Summertime (from'Porgy and Bess')
Requiem Op. 48: VII. In Paradisum
Die Zauberflöte, ZWEITER AUFZUG, Nr.17 Aria & Dialog: Aria: Ach ich fühl's ... (Pamina)
Carmina Burana: Veris leta facies
Carmina Burana: In trutina
L'Incoronazione di Poppea, Act Three, Scene 8: Pur ti miro
Madrigals, Book 8 (Madrigali guerrieri et amorosi...libro ottavo), Madrigali guerrieri, Hor che'l ciel: 'Hor ch'el ciel e la terra, e'l vento tace'
Cantique de Jean Racine Op. 11 (version with organ)
Madama Butterfly (1987 Digital Remaster): Humming Chorus (Act II)
Peer Gynt - Incidental Music Op. 23: Solveig's Song
Le Nozze di Figaro, '(The) Marriage of Figaro' K492: Porgi, amor
Serenade Op. 31: 1. Pastoral: The day's grown old (Charles Cotton)
Vocalise from 'Le temps retrouvé'
Pulcinella - Ballet with song in one act: Serenata: Mentre l'erbetta pasce l'agnella (tenor)
Shéhérazade: II. La flûte enchantée
Realta na Maidne (Morning Star)
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