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Brava, Jessye! - The Very Best of Jessye Norman

Jessye Norman (Soprano), Irwin Gage (Piano), Geoffrey Parsons (Piano), Phillip Moll (Piano)

Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne, London Symphony Orchestra, The Ambrosian Singers, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, English Chamber Orchestra, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra,...

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Contents

Haydn: La vera costanza / Act 2

Work length2:46
$0.85
$1.15
  • Jessye Norman (soprano)
  • Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne
  • Antal Dorati
  • Recorded: 1976-05
  • Recording Venue: Municipalité, Grande Salle, Epalinges

"Dove fuggo, ove m'ascondo"

Track length2:46
$0.85
$1.15

Excerpt, Berlioz: Les Nuits d'été, Op. 7

Work length2:22
$1.10
$1.50
  • Jessye Norman (soprano)
  • London Symphony Orchestra
  • Sir Colin Davis
  • Recorded: 1979-12-23
  • Recording Venue: Henry Wood Hall, London

1. Villanelle

Track length2:22
$1.10
$1.50

Verdi: Un giorno di regno / Act 1

Work length6:01
$0.85
$1.15
  • Jessye Norman (soprano)
  • Ambrosian Singers, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Lamberto Gardelli
  • Recorded: 1973-08

"Non san quant'io nel petto" - "Non vo' quel vecchio, non son sì sciocca"

Track length6:01
$0.85
$1.15

Excerpt, Wagner: Wesendonck-Lieder (5)

Work length2:31
$1.10
$1.50
  • Jessye Norman (soprano)
  • London Symphony Orchestra
  • Sir Colin Davis
  • Recorded: 1975-02-23
  • Recording Venue: Wembley Town Hall, London

Schmerzen

Track length2:31
$1.10
$1.50

Strauss, R: Vier letzte Lieder

Work length6:06
$1.10
$1.50
  • Jessye Norman (soprano)
  • Gewandhausorchester Leipzig
  • Kurt Masur
  • Recorded: 1982-06-04
  • Recording Venue: Paul Gerhardt Kirche , Leipzig

3. Beim Schlafengehen

Track length6:06
$1.10
$1.50

Excerpt, Strauss, R: Acht Gedichte aus 'Letzte Blätter', Op. 10

Work length1:47
$1.10
$1.50
  • Jessye Norman (soprano)
  • Gewandhausorchester Leipzig
  • Kurt Masur
  • Recorded: 1982-06-04
  • Recording Venue: Paul Gerhardt Kirche , Leipzig

1. Zueignung

Track length1:47
$1.10
$1.50

Purcell: Dido and Aeneas / Act 3

Work length5:27
$0.85
$1.15
  • Jessye Norman (soprano)
  • English Chamber Orchestra
  • Raymond Leppard
  • Recorded: 1985-05

"Thy hand, Belinda...When I am laid in earth"

Track length5:27
$0.85
$1.15

Strauss, R: Ariadne auf Naxos, Op. 60 / Opera

Work length5:47
$1.10
$1.50
  • Jessye Norman (soprano)
  • Gewandhausorchester Leipzig
  • Kurt Masur
  • Recorded: 1988-01
  • Recording Venue: Neues Gewandhaus, Leipzig

"Es gibt ein Reich"

Track length5:47
$1.10
$1.50

Excerpt, Mahler: Des Knaben Wunderhorn (1899 version)

Work length10:28
$3.30
$4.50
  • Jessye Norman (soprano), Irwin Gage (piano)
  • Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
  • Bernard Haitink
  • Recorded: 1970-05-29
  • Recording Venue: Concertgebouw, Grote Zaal, Amsterdam

4. Wer hat dies Liedlein erdacht?

Track length1:59
$1.10
$1.50

8. Rheinlegendchen

Track length3:29
$1.10
$1.50

Urlicht

Track length5:00
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Excerpt, Schumann: Myrthen, Op. 25

Work length2:06
$1.10
$1.50
  • Jessye Norman (soprano), Geoffrey Parsons (piano)
  • Recorded: 1987-06-16
  • Recording Venue: Feldkirch

1. Widmung

Track length2:06
$1.10
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Schubert: Erlkönig, D.328 (Op. 1)

Work length4:02
$1.10
$1.50
  • Jessye Norman (soprano), Phillip Moll (piano)
  • Recorded: 1984-04-28
  • Recording Venue: St. John's Smith Square, London

Ravel: Vocalise-Etude (en forme de Habanera) M.51

Work length3:59
$0.85
$1.15
  • Jessye Norman (soprano), Geoffrey Parsons (piano)
  • Recorded: 1987-11

trad.: He's Got The Whole World

Work length3:01
$1.10
$1.50
  • Jessye Norman (soprano), Geoffrey Parsons (piano)
  • Recorded: 1987-06-16
  • Recording Venue: Feldkirch

Excerpt, Berlioz: Les Nuits d'été, Op. 7

Work length4:09
$1.10
$1.50
  • Jessye Norman (soprano)
  • London Symphony Orchestra
  • Sir Colin Davis
  • Recorded: 1979-12-23
  • Recording Venue: Henry Wood Hall, London

6. L'île inconnue

Track length4:09
$1.10
$1.50