Performer: Pilar Lorengar, Richard Klemm, Siegfried Behrend, Hertha Klust, RIAS-Kammerchor
Orchestra: RIAS Symphony Orchestra, Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Berliner Philharmoniker
Conductor: Arthur Rother, Ferdinand Liva, Fried Walter
Number of Discs: 3
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Audite
Catalogue: AUDITE21420
Release: 2014
Size: 558 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
CD 01
Bellini: Norma
01. Act I: Casta diva, che inargenti – Ah! bello, a me ritorna
Puccini: Turandot
02. Act I: Signore, ascolta! Ah, signore ascolta
Handel: Giulio Cesare in EgittoHWV 17
03. Act III: Piangero la sorte mia si crudele e tanto ria
Granados: Goyescas (piano suite)
04. Part I: La maja y el ruisenor
Puccini: Madame Butterfly
05. Act II: Un bel di, vedremo levarsi un fil di fumo
Puccini: La Bohème
06. Act I: Si Mi chiamano Mimi
Scarlatti: Pirro e Demetrio
07. Arieatta (Canzone): Le violette
Mozart: Die Zauberflöte, K620
08. Act II: Ach, ich fuhl’s
Mozart: Don Giovanni, K527
09. Act II: Crudele
Verdi: Ernani
10. Act I: Ernani, involami
Verdi: La Traviata
11. Act I: E strano!
CD 02
Rodrigo: Cuatro madrigales amatorios
01. No. 1. Con que la lavare? (With what shall I bathe?)
02. No. 2. Vos me matasteis (You have slain me)
03. No. 3. De donde venis, amore? (Where have you been, my love?)
04. No. 4. De los alamos vengo, madre (I come from the poplars, Mother)
Nin: Cantos populares españoles (20), for voice and piano
05. No. 14. Asturiana
06. No. 15. Pano murciano
Leoz: Triptico de Canciones
07. No. 1. Por el aire van
08. No. 2. De Cadiz a Gibraltar
09. No. 3. A la flor, a la pitiflor
Bidaola: 6 Canciones castellanas
10. No. 4. No quiero tus avellanas
11. No. 5. Como quieres que adivine
12. No. 6. Mananita de San Juan
Granados: Tonadillas
13. No. 3. El majo discreto
14. No. 7. El tra la la y Punteado
15. No. 6. El mirar de la maja
Toldrà: 6 Canciones
16. No. 2. Madre, unos ojuelos vi
17. No. 5. Cantarcillo
18. No. 6. Despues que te conoci
Verdi: Romanze, 1845
19. No. 1. La zingara
20. No. 3. Ad una stella
21. Verdi: Stornello
Verdi: Romanze, 1845
22. No. 4. Lo spazzacamino
Verdi: Romanze, 1838
23. No. 5. Perduta ho la pace
CD 03
01. Bellini: Dolente immagine di Fille mia
02. Mozart: Die Zufriedenheit,K.349
03. Mozart: Komm, liebe Zither, K351
04. Mozart: Das Kinderspiel, K598
05. Myslivecek: Ridente la calma (arr. W.A. Mozart for voice and piano, K. 152 / 210a)
06. Handel: No se emendará jamás, HWV 140: “Cantata spagnuola”: Aria: No se emendara jamas
07. anon.: Tres morillas m’enamoran [ca. 16th Century] (arr. J. de Azpiazu for voice and guitar)
08. Milarte: A la sombra de mis cabellos (arr. J. de Azpiazu for voice and guitar)
09. Daza: Enfermo estaba antioco (arr. J. de Azpiazu for voice and guitar)
10. Bermudo: Mira nero de Tarpeya (arr. J. de Azpiazu for voice and guitar)
11. Narvaez: Los Seys libros del Delphin, Vol. 5: No. 6. Con que la lavare (arr. J. de Azpiazu for voice and guitar)
12. Vasquez: De los alamos vengo (arr. J. de Azpiazu for voice and guitar)
13. Mudarra: Triste estaba el rey David (arr. J. de Azpiazu for voice and guitar)
14. Milán: Romance de Durandarte (arr. J. de Azpiazu for voice and guitar)
15. Pisador: Guarte el rey Don Sancho (arr. J. de Azpiazu for voice and guitar)
16. Pisador: La manana de San Juan (arr. J. de Azpiazu for voice and guitar)
17. Valderrabano: Ay, de mi (arr. J. de Azpiazu for voice and guitar)
Behrend: 9 Altspanische Lieder und Romanzen
18. No. 1. Zorongo
19. No. 2. Las tres hojas
20. No. 3. El cafe de chinitas
21. No. 4. Las reyes de la baraja
22. No. 5. Anda jaleo
23. No. 6. Los cuatro muleros
24. No. 7. Romance de Don Boiso
25. No. 8. Los Pelegrinitos
26. No. 9. La Tarara
Pilar Lorengar [1928-1996], the Spanish singer whose adopted home city was Berlin, especially owed her worldwide but unobtrusive fame to the operatic stage. She had one of the most beautiful voices heard in the post-war years: creamy-toned and perfectly placed, her voice remained firm and youthful in timbre for more than 30 years. She was famous for a repertoire ranging from the youthful heroines of Mozart, the youthful dramatic heroines of Verdi and Puccini to tragic girlish figures such as Tchaikovsky‘s Tatiana and Janácek‘s Jenufa. These three CDs of arias and Lieder contain sound documents from the singer‘s early Berlin years, in studio and live recordings made between 1959 and 1962.
Audite present Lorengar from unusual perspectives, both in the field of opera and in the Lieder eg she is not heard here in her established Mozart role of Donna Elvira, but as Donna Anna. In addition, she can be heard singing repertoire that was unusual for her: the prayer “Casta Diva” from Bellini‘s Norma, “Piangerò la sorte mia“ from Handel‘s Cleopatra and a Handel cantata; an aria from a Scarlatti opera; Elvira’s aria “Ernani, involami” from the eponymous early Verdi opera and the role of Rosario from the opera ‘Goyescas’ by Granados. The Mozart singer also reveals herself here to be an agreeable Lied singer.
The remaining two thirds of this anthology pays homage to the musical traditions of her homeland. As a young schoolgirl in Madrid, she acquired extensive experience in the music cafes and the zarzuela theatre. In the present release, she unfolds a panorama of Spanish music history extending over five centuries, ranging from the vocal art of the 16th- century vihuelistas to the folklore collections and adaptations of Federico García Lorca.