Offer, Floyd, C: Wuthering Heights

Georgia Jarman (Catherine), Kelly Markgraf (Heathcliff), Susanne Mentzer (Nelly), Vale Rideout (Edgar Linton), Heather Buck (Isabela Lint), Chad Shelton (Hindley Earnsh), Matthew Burns (Mr. Earnshaw), Frank Kelley (Joseph) & Aaron Short (Lockwood)

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Georgia Jarman and Kelly Markgraf as the doomed couple are terrific, Markgraf’s testosterone-rich baritone a stark contrast to Vale Rideout’s insipid Edgar Linton. Chad Shelton’s Hindley is suitably... — MusicWeb International, 15th October 2016 More…

Release Date: 27th May 2016
Catalogue No: FR721
Label: Reference Recordings
Length: 2 hours 19 minutes

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Floyd, C: Wuthering Heights, Act I

Work length38:04

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Aaron Short (tenor), Frank Kelley (tenor), Heather Buck (soprano), Kelly Markgraf (baritone), Georgia Jarman (soprano), Chad Shelton (tenor), Mathew Burns (bass), Susanne Mentzer (mezzo-soprano), Vale Rideout (tenor)
Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra
Joseph Mechavich
Recorded: 13 and 19 January 2015
Recording Venue: Sharon Lynne Wilson Center for the Arts, Harris Theater, Brookfield, Wisconsin, United States

Act I: Prologue. It Is Lockwood

Track length11:58

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$3.60

Act I: Scene 1, Where Is Heathcliff?

Track length12:21

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$3.60

Act I: Scene 2, As for the Man Who Is Weak in Faith

Track length13:45

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$3.60

Wuthering Heights, Act II

Work length43:03

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$12.00

Recorded: 13 and 19 January 2015
Recording Venue: Sharon Lynne Wilson Center for the Arts, Harris Theater, Brookfield, Wisconsin, United States

Act II: Scene 1, She's Here, Healthcliff

Track length14:57

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Act II: Interlude

Track length2:37

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$1.20

Act II: Scene 2, Nelly, Help Me Get in This Dress!

Track length14:07

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Act II: Scene 2, Call Me Cathy

Track length11:22

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Wuthering Heights, Act III

Work length58:07

Album only

Florentine Opera Chorus
Recorded: 13 and 19 January 2015
Recording Venue: Sharon Lynne Wilson Center for the Arts, Harris Theater, Brookfield, Wisconsin, United States

Act III: Scene 1, Do You Know

Track length24:53

Album only

Act III: Scene 2, Oh, It's You, Miss

Track length18:46

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Act III: Scene 3, Here Is a Turkey's Feather

Track length14:28

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Carlisle Floyd's canon of operas is amongst the most performed by any living American opera composer, however four essential operas have never been commercially released. Wuthering Heights was first performed by Santa Fe Opera in 1958, but never recorded until now. With the composer acting as artistic advisor, this Florentine Opera premiere recording was made in January 2015 at the Sharon Lynne Wilson Center for the Arts, in Brookfield, Wisconsin. It features conductor Joseph Mechavich, soprano Georgia Jarman (Cathy), baritone Kelly Markgraf (Heathcliff), soprano Heather Buck (Isabella), tenor Vale Rideout (Edgar), tenor Chad Shelton (Hindley), mezzo-soprano Susanne Mentzer (Nelly), tenor Frank Kelley (Joseph), the Florentine Opera Chorus and the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra. Reference Recordings is proud to release this exceptional recording.

General Director William Florescu states, “This is a unique and exciting Florentine Opera recording. Carlisle Floyd’s Wuthering Heights, an unjustly neglected American gem, made its Florentine debut in this world premiere recording. We had the honor of welcoming Carlisle Floyd to guide this exceptional creative team and shape the concert and recording. Noele Stollmack (director of design and production), conductor Joseph Mechavich (conductor for the Florentine productions of La Traviata 2013 and Carlisle Floyd’s Susannah 2012), Blanton Alspaugh and John Newton, along with all of the production engineers and recording specialists from SoundMirror assembled their talents to bring this premiere recording and concert to life–for live audiences and the world to experience.”

Carlisle Floyd, 90 years of age in June 2016, is still creating new operas (his newest, Prince of Players, was presented to great acclaim by Houston Grand Opera in March 2016), and is intent on having commercial recordings of all his operas released during his lifetime. Describing the music of Wuthering Heights as highly dramatic and quite melodic, Floyd has said he is thrilled to have it recorded. The Florentine has released plans to follow Wuthering Heights with recordings of Floyd's Willie Stark and Bilby's Doll.

Wuthering Heights was recorded and mastered by the team at Soundmirror, whose outstanding orchestral, solo, opera and chamber recordings have received more than 70 Grammy nominations and awards.

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Florentine Opera Chorus & Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra, Joseph Mechavich

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15th October 2016

Georgia Jarman and Kelly Markgraf as the doomed couple are terrific, Markgraf’s testosterone-rich baritone a stark contrast to Vale Rideout’s insipid Edgar Linton. Chad Shelton’s Hindley is suitably brutish. Diction is clear, the English accents pretty decent...Mechavich’s Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra are outstanding; this doesn’t sound like an easy score to perform.

Offer, Floyd, C: Wuthering Heights

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