Performer: Aleksandra Kurzak
Orchestra: Morphing Chamber Orchestra
Conductor: Bassem Akiki
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Aparté
Catalogue: AP353
Release: 2024
Size: 1.19 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
Mozart: Don Giovanni, K. 527
01. Act II: Crudele? Ah no, mio bene! (Donna Anna)
02. Act II: Non mi dir, bell’idol mio (Donna Anna)
Beethoven: Ah Perfido!, Op. 65
03. Ah, Perfido!
04. Aria. Per pietà, non dirmi addio
05. Ah crudel! tu vuoi ch’io mora!
Spontini: La vestale
06. Act II: Air. Toi que j’implore avec effroi (Julia)
07. Act II: Récit et air. Sur cet autel sacré que ma douleur assiège (Julia)
Halévy: La Juive
08. Act II: Romance. Il va venir (Rachel)
Meyerbeer: Les Huguenots
09. Act IV: Récitatif et air. Je suis seule chez moi… Parmi les pleurs, mon rêve se ranime (Valentine)
Niedermeyer: Stradella
10. Récit et air. Ah ! quel songe affreux (Léonor)
Rossini: Le Comte Ory
11. Act I: En proie à la tristesse (La Comtesse)
12. Berlioz: Le jeune pâtre breton , H.65
Weber: Der Freischütz, J. 277
13. Act II: Wie nahte mir der Schlummer… Leise, leise, fromme Weise! (Agathe)
With “Falcon”, Polish soprano Aleksandra Kurzak pays tribute to one of the most beautiful voices of the 19th century: Cornélie Falcon.
An exceptional singer with generous, powerful lows, capable of reaching impressive heights, she gave her name to a well-known voice type: the “Falcon soprano”.
A contemporary of Pauline Viardot and her sister Maria Malibran, she was one of the stars of French singing, with a career that was as exceptional as it was dazzling. She suffered a tragic fate with the early loss of her voice, launched too early into the limelight.
She was also the creator of two of the most important operas of her time: Halévy’s La Juive, in which she played a sublime Rachel in 1835, and Meyerbeer’s Les Hugenots, a triumph at its premiere.
Accompanied by the Morphing Chamber Orchestra conducted by Bassem Akiki, Aleksandra Kurzak embraces her repertoire, taking on the roles that have made her famous, from Donna Anna (Don Giovanni) and the Countess of Rossini (Le Comte Ory) to Spontini (La Vestale) and Niedermeyer, as well as Halévy and Meyerbeer. She brilliantly embodies the roles of Cornélie Falcon in a programme that is as ambitious as it is demanding.
With a very active international career, Aleksandra Kurzak will sing Tosca in Puccini’s opera at the Metropolitan Opera in New York in September 2024, and Fedora in Umberto Giordano’s opera at the Grand Théâtre de Genève in November 2024.