A Portrait [3 CD set]

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HANDEL / VERDI / BELINNI / MOZART / ROSSINI
A Portrait [3 CD set]
Joan Sutherland (Soprano) with various orchestras & conductors

[ Regis Records / 3 CD Box Set ]

Release Date: Saturday 10 March 2012

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"In her own time there was a tendency to take Sutherland for granted, so consistent were her high standards of technique, musicianship and, yes, acting. Her total command of the stage was always formidable." (Gramophone)

Regis presents a tribute to the incomparable soprano Joan Sutherland. Her artistry is showcased in three CDs of varied repertoire. The first displays her Handelian credentials, the second features the arias of Verdi and Bellini which established her reputation and the third presents the principal tracks from her incredibly successful solo albums, The Art of the Prima Donna Vols. 1&2.

3 CDs for the price of 2

Tracks:

Arne:
The Soldier Tir'd of War's Alarms (Artaxerxes)

Bellini:
Sediziose voci (from Norma)
Casta Diva (from Norma)
Son vergin vezzosa (from I Puritani)
O rendetemi la speme...Qui la voce sua soave...Vien, diletto (from I Puritani)
Care compagne, et voi, teneri amici ... Come per me sereno (from La Sonnambula)

Delibes:
Où va la jeune Indoue? 'Bell Song' (from Lakmé)

Gounod:
Ah! Je veux vivre dans ce rêve (from Roméo et Juliette)
Ah! Je ris de me voir (from Faust)

Handel:
Acis and Galatea: highlights
Joan Sutherland (Galatea), Peter Pears (Acis), Owen Brannigan (Polyphemus)
Philomusica of London, St Anthony Singers, Sir Adrian Boult

Messiah: Rejoice Greatly, O Daughter of Zion
Messiah: How beautiful are the feet
Messiah: I know that my Redeemer liveth
Messiah: If God be for us
George Malcolm (harpsichord)
London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Adrian Boult

Tornami a vagheggiar (from Alcina)
Ombre pallide (from Alcina)
Samson: Let the bright seraphim
Philomusica of London, Sir Anthony Lewis

Meyerbeer:
O beau pays de la Touraine (from Les Huguenots)

Mozart:
Martern aller Arten (from Die Entführung aus dem Serail)

Rossini:
Bel raggio lusinghier (from Semiramide)

Thomas, Ambroise:
A vos jeux, mes amis (from Hamlet)

Verdi:
Mi parea … Piangea cantando 'Willow Song' (from Otello)
Ah, fors'è lui che l'anima (from La Traviata)
Sempre libera (from La Traviata)
Caro nome (from Rigoletto)