Graun: Opera Arias

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Lezhneva often scintillates. Using her instrument and extemporisations to breathe life into her characters — BBC Music Magazine, October 2017, 2 out of 5 stars More…

Release Date: 13th Apr 2017
Catalogue No: 4831518
Label: Decca
Length: 65 minutes

Opus Klassik Awards

2018

Winner - Solo Recording (Opera Arias)

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Graun, C H: L'Orfeo

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Julia Lezhneva (soprano)
Concerto Köln
Mikhail Antonenko
Recorded: 2016-09-30
Recording Venue: Deutschlandfunk Kammermusiksaal, Köln

"Sento una pena"

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Graun, C H: Ifigenia in Aulide / Act 1

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Julia Lezhneva (soprano)
Concerto Köln
Mikhail Antonenko
Recorded: 2016-09-30
Recording Venue: Deutschlandfunk Kammermusiksaal, Köln

"Sforzero d'avverso mare"

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Graun, C H: Coriolano / Act 2

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Julia Lezhneva (soprano)
Concerto Köln
Mikhail Antonenko
Recorded: 2016-09-30
Recording Venue: Deutschlandfunk Kammermusiksaal, Köln

"Senza di te, mio bene"

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Graun, C H: L'Armida / Act 3

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Julia Lezhneva (soprano)
Concerto Köln
Mikhail Antonenko
Recorded: 2016-09-30
Recording Venue: Deutschlandfunk Kammermusiksaal, Köln

"La gloria t'invita"

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Graun, C H: Il Mithridate

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Julia Lezhneva (soprano)
Concerto Köln
Mikhail Antonenko
Recorded: 2016-09-30
Recording Venue: Deutschlandfunk Kammermusiksaal, Köln

"Piangete, o mesti lumi"

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Graun, C H: Silla / Act 3

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Julia Lezhneva (soprano)
Concerto Köln
Mikhail Antonenko
Recorded: 2016-09-30
Recording Venue: Deutschlandfunk Kammermusiksaal, Köln

"Parmi, ah no! Pur troppo, o Dio!"

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Graun, C H: Rodelinda, regina de' langobardi

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Concerto Köln
Mikhail Antonenko
Recorded: 2016-09-30
Recording Venue: Deutschlandfunk Kammermusiksaal, Köln

Sinfonia

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Graun, C H: L'Orfeo / Act 1

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Julia Lezhneva (soprano)
Concerto Köln
Mikhail Antonenko
Recorded: 2016-09-30
Recording Venue: Deutschlandfunk Kammermusiksaal, Köln

"Il mar s'inalza e freme"

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Graun, C H: L'Orfeo / Act 2

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Julia Lezhneva (soprano)
Concerto Köln
Mikhail Antonenko
Recorded: 2016-09-30
Recording Venue: Deutschlandfunk Kammermusiksaal, Köln

"D'ogni aura al mormorar"

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Graun, C H: Silla / Act 2

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Julia Lezhneva (soprano)
Concerto Köln
Mikhail Antonenko
Recorded: 2016-09-30
Recording Venue: Deutschlandfunk Kammermusiksaal, Köln

"No, no di Libia fra l'arene"

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Graun, C H: L'Armida / Act 3

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Julia Lezhneva (soprano)
Concerto Köln
Mikhail Antonenko
Recorded: 2016-09-30
Recording Venue: Deutschlandfunk Kammermusiksaal, Köln

"A tanti pianti miei"

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Graun, C H: Britannico / Act 2

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Julia Lezhneva (soprano)
Concerto Köln
Mikhail Antonenko
Recorded: 2016-09-30
Recording Venue: Deutschlandfunk Kammermusiksaal, Köln

"Mi paventi il figlio indegno"

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Interview, Julia Lezhneva sings Carl Heinrich Graun

4th July 2017

Katherine talks to the Russian soprano about unearthing a treasure-trove of Italian opera arias by the German baroque composer.

A journey of discovery for Lezhneva, who spent days in a Berlin library unearthing this music: incredible undiscovered arias from Carl Heinrich Graun (1704-1759), one of the most important German composers of Italian baroque opera but almost unknown today. Music of great virtuosity: vibrant, joyful and fiery arias contrast with tragic and deeply felt laments.

Concerto Köln, one of Germany’s finest period instrument orchestras, are led by young conductor (and pianist) Mikhail Antonenko and feature an array of world-class baroque musicians including violinist Dmitry Sinkovsky and lutenist Luca Pianca.

11 World Premiere Recordings.

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October 2017

Lezhneva often scintillates. Using her instrument and extemporisations to breathe life into her characters

20th April 2017

Antonenko and his energetic Concerto Köln set mercilessly swift tempos throughout...Lezhneva, for her part, dispatches barrages of notes as fluently as if she were sitting picking them out on the piano...Yet she’s expressive throughout; she may not sing the text very clearly, but she’s still responsive to it.

21st April 2017

Lezhneva, still in her twenties, throws herself at this repertoire with the healthy appetite and frenetic hyperactivity of a pedigree puppy. Equipped with phaser-gun trills, a range that happily devours the music of the stratosphere and tremendous vocal agility, the Russian has a formidable instrument.

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Interview, Julia Lezhneva sings Carl Heinrich Graun

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