Inge Borkh & Ljuba Welitsch - The Decca Recitals - Eloquence: ELQ4820280 - 2 CDs

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Release Date: 6th Nov 2015
Catalogue No: ELQ4820280
Label: Eloquence
Series: The Decca Recitals
Length: 2 hours 8 minutes

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Dvořák: Rusalka, Op. 114, B. 203 / Act 1

Work length7:09

Inge Borkh (soprano)
London Symphony Orchestra
Anatole Fistoulari
Recorded: 1957-11-29
Recording Venue: Kingsway Hall, London

Song to the Moon

Track length7:09

Gluck: Alceste, Wq. 37 / Act 1

Work length5:10

Inge Borkh (soprano)
London Symphony Orchestra
Anatole Fistoulari
Recorded: 1957-11-29
Recording Venue: Kingsway Hall, London

"Divinités du Styx"

Track length5:10

Excerpt, Mascagni: Cavalleria Rusticana

Work length3:56

Inge Borkh (soprano)
London Symphony Orchestra
Anatole Fistoulari
Recorded: 1957-11-29
Recording Venue: Kingsway Hall, London

"Voi lo sapete"

Track length3:56

Verdi: Macbeth / Act 2

Work length4:50

Inge Borkh (soprano)
London Symphony Orchestra
Anatole Fistoulari
Recorded: 1957-11-29
Recording Venue: Kingsway Hall, London

"La luce langue"

Track length4:50

Excerpt, Debussy: L'Enfant Prodigue

Work length5:43

Inge Borkh (soprano)
London Symphony Orchestra
Anatole Fistoulari
Recorded: 1957-11-29
Recording Venue: Kingsway Hall, London

Air de Lia

Track length5:43

Verdi: La forza del destino / Act 2

Work length5:47

Inge Borkh (soprano)
Wiener Philharmoniker
Rudolf Moralt
Recorded: 1958-11-04
Recording Venue: Sofiensaal, Vienna

"Son giunta...Madre pietosa vergine"

Track length5:47

Verdi: Un ballo in maschera / Act 2

Work length8:45

Inge Borkh (soprano)
Wiener Philharmoniker
Rudolf Moralt
Recorded: 1958-11-04
Recording Venue: Sofiensaal, Vienna

"Ecco l'orrido campo...Ma dall'arido stelo divulsa"

Track length8:45

Verdi: Macbeth / Act 1

Work length7:36

Inge Borkh (soprano)
Wiener Philharmoniker
Rudolf Moralt
Recorded: 1958-11-04
Recording Venue: Sofiensaal, Vienna

"Ambizioso spirto...Vieni t'affretta...Or tutti sorgete"

Track length7:36

Giordano, U: Andrea Chénier / Act 3

Work length4:43

Inge Borkh (soprano)
Wiener Philharmoniker
Rudolf Moralt
Recorded: 1958-11-04
Recording Venue: Sofiensaal, Vienna

"La mamma morta"

Track length4:43

Cilea: Adriana Lecouvreur / Act 1

Work length2:41

Inge Borkh (soprano)
Wiener Philharmoniker
Rudolf Moralt
Recorded: 1958-11-04
Recording Venue: Sofiensaal, Vienna

"Io son l'umile ancella"

Track length2:41

Weber: Oberon, J.306 / Act 2

Work length9:12

Inge Borkh (soprano)
Wiener Philharmoniker
Josef Krips
Recorded: 1956-06-21
Recording Venue: Sofiensaal, Vienna

"Ozean! Du Ungeheuer!"

Track length9:12

Beethoven: Ah! Perfido, Op. 65

Work length12:58

Inge Borkh (soprano)
Wiener Philharmoniker
Josef Krips
Recorded: 1956-06-21
Recording Venue: Sofiensaal, Vienna

Excerpt, Strauss, R: Salome

Work length14:38

Inge Borkh (soprano)
Wiener Philharmoniker
Josef Krips
Recorded: 1956-06-21
Recording Venue: Sofiensaal, Vienna

Closing scene (Du wolltest mich nicht deinen Mund)

Track length14:38

Tchaikovsky: Pique Dame (Pikovaya Dama), Op. 68, TH.10 - sung in German / Act 1

Work length4:09

Ljuba Welitsch (soprano)
Wiener Staatsoper
Rudolf Moralt
Recorded: 1950-06
Recording Venue: Grosser Saal, Musikverein, Wien

"Ich muß am Fenster lehnen"

Track length4:09

Tchaikovsky: Pique Dame (Pikovaya Dama), Op. 68, TH.10 - sung in German / Act 3

Work length4:58

Ljuba Welitsch (soprano)
Wiener Staatsoper
Rudolf Moralt
Recorded: 1950-06
Recording Venue: Grosser Saal, Musikverein, Wien

"Es geht auf Mitternacht"

Track length4:58

Verdi: Un ballo in maschera / Act 2

Work length4:51

Ljuba Welitsch (soprano)
Wiener Staatsoper
Rudolf Moralt
Recorded: 1950-06
Recording Venue: Grosser Saal, Musikverein, Wien

"Ma dall'arido stelo divulsa"

Track length4:51

Verdi: Un ballo in maschera / Act 3

Work length3:56

Ljuba Welitsch (soprano)
Wiener Staatsoper
Rudolf Moralt
Recorded: 1950-06
Recording Venue: Grosser Saal, Musikverein, Wien

"Morrò, ma prima in grazia"

Track length3:56

Excerpt, Lehár: Zigeunerliebe (Gipsy Love)

Work length4:06

Ljuba Welitsch (soprano)
Wiener Staatsoper
Rudolf Moralt
Recorded: 1950-06
Recording Venue: Grosser Saal, Musikverein, Wien

Lied und Csárdas

Track length4:06

Lehár: The Merry Widow (Die lustige Witwe) / Act 2

Work length4:46

Ljuba Welitsch (soprano)
Wiener Staatsoper
Rudolf Moralt
Recorded: 1950-06
Recording Venue: Grosser Saal, Musikverein, Wien

Vilja-Lied

Track length4:46

Millöcker: Die Dubarry - operetta

Work length3:03

Ljuba Welitsch (soprano)
Wiener Staatsoper
Rudolf Moralt
Recorded: 1950-06
Recording Venue: Grosser Saal, Musikverein, Wien

"Ich schenk' mein Herz"

Track length3:03

Lehár: Der Zarewitsch, Operetta in 3 Acts / Act 1

Work length3:26

Ljuba Welitsch (soprano)
Wiener Staatsoper
Rudolf Moralt
Recorded: 1950-06
Recording Venue: Grosser Saal, Musikverein, Wien

"Einer wird kommen"

Track length3:26

Siecynski: Wien, Wien nur du Allein (Vienna, City of My Dreams)

Work length1:37

Ljuba Welitsch (soprano)
Recorded: 1960

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These recordings of the voices of Inge Borkh and Ljuba Welitsch are very fine examples of the art of the dramatic soprano from the 1950s and early 1960s. Borkh acquired a considerable reputation as Aida, Tosca, Turandot, and Medea in Cherubini’s opera of the same name, as well as Leonora in Fidelio. On this anthology, bringing together her recital records for Decca, we are given two mixed recitals and one of three great operatic scenes (Beethoven, Strauss, Weber).

Bulgarian-born Ljuba Welitsch liked to sing and play the violin as a child and studied Philosophy at Sofia University she began to train her voice at the Sofia Conservatory and then in Vienna at the Music Academy. It was in Vienna that her performance as the Composer in Ariadne auf Naxos attracted the attention of Richard Strauss who suggested that she sing Salome. Her first Salome was in 1944 at a performance conducted by the composer himself to mark his 80th birthday. By the mid-1950s Welitsch had begun to switch to smaller roles and comic parts after having driven her voice mercilessly and undergoing a throat operation. Her only recital disc for Decca (and one of her very few studio recordings) was recorded in Vienna in 1950. By way of a ‘bonus’ we have Rudolf Sieczyński’s nostalgic song ‘Wien, Wien, nur du allein’ from Vienna, City of my Dreams, composed in 1913 and performed here in a 1960 recording of Die Fledermaus as part of a ‘gala’ featuring a host of famous singers at Prince Orlofsky’s ball. Welitsch had been coaxed out of retirement to take part in this bit of fun (which was not without precedent in Vienna) and her contribution is very moving.

Inge Borkh & Ljuba Welitsch - The Decca Recitals

2 CDs

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