Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven, Luigi Cherubini, Pietro Mascagni, Giuseppe Verdi, Richard Wagner
Performer: Lise Davidsen
Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra
Conductor: Sir Mark Elder
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Decca
Release: 2021
Size: 1.04 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: cover
Ludwig van Beethoven:
Fidelio, Op. 72 / Act 1
01. Abscheulicher! Wo eilst du hin?
Ah perfido!, Op. 65
02. Recitativo. Allegro con brio (Ed. Herttrich)
03. Aria. Adagio (Ed. Herttrich)
04. Allegro assai “Ah crudel! crudel!” (Ed. Herttrich)
Luigi Cherubini:
Medea / Act 1
05. Dei tuoi figli la madre (Ed. Testi)
Pietro Mascagni:
Cavalleria rusticana
06. Voi lo sapete, o mama
Giuseppe Verdi:
La forza del destino / Act 4
07. Pace, pace, mio Dio
Otello / Act 4
08. Ave Maria, piena di grazia
Richard Wagner:
Wesendonck Lieder, WWV 91
09. 1. Der Engel (Orch. Mottl)
10. 2. Stehe still! (Orch. Mottl)
11. 3. Im Treibhaus (Orch. Mottl)
12. 4. Schmerzen (Orch. Mottl)
13. 5. Träume (Orch. Wagner)
Her second album explodes from the speakers with Leonore’s aria from Fidelio, the role which bowled over critics in March 2020: “She will surely be the outstanding Leonore of the next generation.” ★★★★ Financial Times. Presenting some of the great operatic heroines from the German and Italian repertoire: Verdi’s Leonora from La forza del destino, Cherubini’s Medea, and Santuzza in Cavalleria rusticana further demonstrating her versatility. Featuring Wagner’s five Wesendonck Lieder which has become a signature piece for Lise and which affords us a glimpse of her future Isolde. Recorded in lockdown with the London Philharmonic Orchestra and the doyen of British opera conductors, Sir Mark Elder.