Composer: Jurriaan Andriessen, Georges Bizet, Ernesto de Curtis, Claude Achille Debussy, Charles François Gounod, Frederick Loewe, Jules Emile Frederic Massenet, Giacomo Antonio Domenico Michele Secondo Maria Puccini, Pyotr Il’yich Tchaikovsky
Performer: Angela Gheorghiu, Janine Jansen, Elaine Rodrigues, Jeroen Willems, Henk Verhoef
Orchestra: Radio Filharmonisch Orkest Holland
Conductor: Paolo Olmi
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Warner
Catalogue: 9029630607
Release: 2005
Size: 322 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: cover
01. Vlieger: Paleisprelude
02. Andriessen: Entrata della Regina
03. Puccini: La rondine, Act 1: “Chi il bel sogno di Doretta”
04. Gounod: Faust, Act 3: “Ô Dieu, que de bijoux !” – Air des bijoux. “Ah, je ris de me voir si belle”
05. Massenet: Thaïs, Act 2: Méditation
06. Massenet: Le Cid, Act 3: “De cet affreux combat” – “Pleurez, pleurez mes yeux”
07. Bizet: Carmen, WD 31, Act 1: Habanera. “L’amour est un oiseau rebelle”
08. Loewe: My Fair Lady: I Could Have Danced All Night
09. Curtis: Non ti scordar di me
10. Debussy: Tarantelle styrienne, CD 77, L. 69 (Orch. Ravel as M. A 26)
11. Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker, Op. 71, Act 2: No. 10, The Enchanted Palace of Confiturembourg, the Kingdom of Sweets
12. Puccini: Gianni Schicchi: “O mio babbino caro”
13. Jouannest: La chanson des vieux amants
14. Vlieger: Finale festivo
In 2005, on the occasion of Queen Beatrix of Netherlands’ 25th anniversary of the crowning, Angela Gheorghiu gave a splendid jubilee recital with the Orchestra of the Dutch Radio. It includes famous opera and musical arias, and Jacques Brel’s La Chanson des vieux amants sung both in French and Dutch in a moving duet with Jeroen Willems. This gala concert live from the royal palace of Amsterdam is a hidden gem of Angela’s discography, made available for the very first time in digital, and featuring special guests such as Eliane Rodrigues or Janine Jansen in the Meditation from Thaïs!