Marking the 80th birthday of Grace Bumbry in January 2017, this box set celebrates her magnificent career across opera, oratorio and Lieder and soul in a handsome original jackets collection of 8CDs and a DVD of her legendary Carmen.
‘A strong-minded artist who has always done things in her own way, and who possesses the elusive yet unmistakable quality of charisma.’
– Stephen Pruslin, International Record Review
With 8CDs and 1 DVD, this generously-filled cap box presents:
• An original jackets collection
• A pair of 2CD sets of oratorios, including the first ever CD release of Israel in Egypt, and a first DG CD release of Judas Maccabaeus, newly remastered
• A DVD of her legendary 1967 film production of Carmen as part of a uniformly-strong quartet of principals including Mirella Freni as Micaela, accompanied by the Wiener Philharmoniker under Herbert von Karajan
• 2 CDs of arias by Gluck, Mascagni, Bizet, Gounod, Saint-Saens, Tchaikovsky, de Falla, Verdi; and of Verdi, Wagner and Brahms
• One DG Album of Lieder by Schubert, Brahms, Liszt, Wolf
• ‘With Love’, a soulful pop album featuring performances with Dionne Warwick
• A 48-page booklet with new artist photos and a new interview article with Grace Bumbry by Björn Woll
