Great Operatic Arias 20 - Christine Brewer Volume 2 - Chandos: CHAN3159 - CD or download

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This is a spectacular demonstration not only of Christine Brewer's vocal strength with every note firm from top to bottom, but of her extraordinary versatility in this wide range of repertory.... — Gramophone Magazine, July 2009 More…

Release Date: 2nd Mar 2009
Catalogue No: CHAN3159
Label: Chandos
Series: Opera in English, Great Operatic Arias
Length: 69 minutes

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Mozart: The Marriage of Figaro, K. 492, Act II

Work length3:55

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David Parry, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Christine Brewer

Hear my prayer, I humbly beg you (Porgi, amor, qualche ristoro) (Countess)

Track length3:55

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Mozart: The Marriage of Figaro, K. 492, Act III

Work length3:56

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David Parry, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Christine Brewer, Judith Howarth

The breezes… (Che soave zeffireto) (Countess, Susanna)

Track length3:56

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Gluck: Alceste, Wq. 44, Act I: Where am I (Ou suis-je?) (Alceste)

Work length4:59

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David Parry, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Christine Brewer

Wagner: Tannhäuser, WWV 70, Act III: Almighty Virgin (Allmacht'ge Jungfrau! Hor mein Flehen!) (Elisabeth)

Work length4:38

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David Parry, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Christine Brewer

Britten: Peter Grimes, Op. 13, Act III: Embroidery in childhood, "Embroidery Aria" (Ellen Orford)

Work length4:10

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David Parry, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Christine Brewer

Beethoven: Fidelio, Op. 72, Act I: Come hope, you faint and distant star (Komm, Hoffnung, sie blass und abseitig Stern) (Leonora)

Work length7:14

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David Parry, Philharmonia Orchestra, Christine Brewer

Handel: Rodelinda, HWV 19, Act III: If my pain, my bitter sighing (Se il mio duol non e si forte) (Rodelinda)

Work length5:58

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David Parry, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Christine Brewer

Gluck: Alceste, Wq. 44, Act I: Great Gods! Cruel fortune has cursed me (Grands dieux! Du destin qui m'accable) (Alceste)

Work length4:00

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David Parry, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Christine Brewer

Wagner: Lohengrin, WWV 75, Act I: When all my hopes departed (Einsam in truben Tagen) (Elsa)

Work length7:49

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David Parry, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Christine Brewer

Menotti: The Consul, Act II: To this we've come (Magda)

Work length7:14

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David Parry, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Christine Brewer

Korngold: Die tote Stadt, Op. 12, Act I: My joy lives in you (Gluck, das mir verblieb), "Marietta's Lied" (Marietta)

Work length5:18

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David Parry, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Christine Brewer, Timothy Robinson

Dvořák: Zigeunermelodien, Op. 55, B. 104: IV. Songs my mother taught me (Als die alte Mutter)

Work length2:22

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David Parry, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Christine Brewer

Lehár: Das Land des Lächelns, Act II: Love, what has given you this magic pow'r (Wer hat die Liebe uns ins Herz geschenkt?) (Lisa, Sou-Chong)

Work length4:41

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David Parry, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Christine Brewer, Timothy Robinson

Rodgers, R: The Sound of Music: Climb ev'ry mountain (Reverend Mother)

Work length3:12

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David Parry, Philharmonia Orchestra, Christine Brewer

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We were delighted when the internationally renowned soprano Christine Brewer agreed to record some of her favourite repertoire pieces on her first recital disc for Chandos in 2005. No surprise that it was a huge success – so we were even more delighted when she returned to record this second volume – repertoire which you would never hear in a single concert or operatic performance, but here capturing Brewer’s glorious range, wonderfully supported by Judith Howarth, Timothy Robinson and the London Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by David Parry.

Christine Brewer’s earlier recital (CHAN3127) introduced into this series the dramatic soprano voice and included in its programme, as does its successor, arias from Gluck’s Alceste and Wagner’s Tannhäuser. In a previous age both operas were sung by Kirsten Flagstad, by general consent the greatest heroic-dramatic soprano of all. Christine Brewer now adds one of the most formidable challenges in the repertoire, Leonore’s solo in Act I of Beethoven’s Fidelio. Otherwise, the two significant extensions are in time, backward to Handel and forward to Britten and Menotti.

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July 2009

This is a spectacular demonstration not only of Christine Brewer's vocal strength with every note firm from top to bottom, but of her extraordinary versatility in this wide range of repertory. She starts with a flawless account of the Countess's "Porgi amor" from Figaro with a wonderful range of tone colour. The Wagner items include both Elisabeth's Prayer from Tannhäuser and Elsa's Dream from Lohengrin, again both flawless, making one want to hear Brewer in a complete Wagner opera. ...when it comes to the aria from Korngold's Die tote Stadt and Magda's big aria from Menotti's The Consul one marvels at the power and tonal range of the voice.

Opera Britannia 30th July 2009

[The Beethoven] is the finest piece of singing on this disc by a country mile. Brewer’s diction is superb, whilst the voice cuts through the orchestra with laser-like precision. Furious and unyielding, it is a performance to treasure.

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