Notes and Editorial Reviews
With one of the richest and most powerful voices of the age, Alessandra Marc has not been taken up, as one might have expected, by the major record companies. It cannot be because she lacks adequate musical resources, for her published recordings include works such as Schoenberg’s Lieder and Erwartung. The present recital disc was drawn from orchestral concerts in Dallas, and from the start it leaves no doubt as to tone and volume, the one of an exceptional roundness and purity, the other all-enveloping. She sings her Bellini and Donizetti with evenness and skill, though that seems not to extend to the possession of a genuine trill. Her real triumph comes with the solo from Die aegyptische Helena. Here the voice is in its element, and it is
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thrilling to find that so ample a voice can soar so freely and with never a suggestion of harshness.
Fine playing by the Dallas orchestra under Andrew Litton contributes to the success of the record and provides a more unexpected interest in Puccini’s youthful Preludio sinfonico. The hall’s acoustic is resonant but not to the detriment of orchestral clarity.
-- John Steane, Gramophone [1/2001]
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Works on This Recording
1.
La forza del destino: Overture by Giuseppe Verdi
Conductor:
Andrew Litton
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Dallas Symphony Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1862/1869; Italy
Date of Recording: 09/1998
Venue: Live Eugene McDermott Concert Hall, Dallas
Length: 7 Minutes 41 Secs.
2.
Luisa Miller: Overture by Giuseppe Verdi
Conductor:
Andrew Litton
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Dallas Symphony Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1849; Italy
Date of Recording: 09/1998
Venue: Live Eugene McDermott Concert Hall, Dallas
Length: 5 Minutes 48 Secs.
3.
Norma: Casta diva by Vincenzo Bellini
Performer:
Alessandra Marc (Soprano)
Conductor:
Andrew Litton
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Dallas Symphony Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1831; Italy
Date of Recording: 09/1998
Venue: Live Eugene McDermott Concert Hall, Dallas
Length: 7 Minutes 44 Secs.
Language: Italian
4.
Norma: Guerra, guerra le Galliche selve by Vincenzo Bellini
Performer:
Alessandra Marc (Soprano)
Conductor:
Andrew Litton
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Dallas Symphony Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1831; Italy
Date of Recording: 09/1998
Venue: Live Eugene McDermott Concert Hall, Dallas
Length: 4 Minutes 42 Secs.
Language: Italian
5.
Anna Bolena: Al dolce guidami castel natio by Gaetano Donizetti
Performer:
Alessandra Marc (Soprano)
Conductor:
Andrew Litton
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Dallas Symphony Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1830; Italy
Date of Recording: 09/1998
Venue: Live Eugene McDermott Concert Hall, Dallas
Length: 8 Minutes 37 Secs.
Language: Italian
7.
Antony and Cleopatra, Op. 40: Give me my robe by Samuel Barber
Performer:
Alessandra Marc (Soprano)
Conductor:
Andrew Litton
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Dallas Symphony Orchestra
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1966; USA
Date of Recording: 09/1998
Venue: Live Eugene McDermott Concert Hall, Dallas
Length: 9 Minutes 30 Secs.
Language: Italian
8.
Tosca: Vissi d'arte, vissi d'amore by Giacomo Puccini
Performer:
Alessandra Marc (Soprano)
Conductor:
Andrew Litton
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Dallas Symphony Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1900; Italy
Date of Recording: 09/1998
Venue: Live Eugene McDermott Concert Hall, Dallas
Length: 3 Minutes 25 Secs.
Language: Italian
9.
Turandot: In questa reggia by Giacomo Puccini
Performer:
Alessandra Marc (Soprano)
Conductor:
Andrew Litton
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Dallas Symphony Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1926; Italy
Date of Recording: 09/1998
Venue: Live Eugene McDermott Concert Hall, Dallas
Length: 7 Minutes 5 Secs.
Language: Italian
10.
Preludio Sinfonico by Giacomo Puccini
Conductor:
Andrew Litton
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Dallas Symphony Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1876; Italy
Date of Recording: 09/1998
Venue: Live Eugene McDermott Concert Hall, Dallas
Length: 8 Minutes 36 Secs.
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