Varduhi Abrahamyan - Rhapsody

 
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ROSSINI / GLUCK / GOUNOD / SAINT-SAENS / MEYERBEER / BRAHMS
Varduhi Abrahamyan - Rhapsody
Varduhi Abrahamyan (mezzo-soprano) / Les Musiciens du Prince-Monaco Gianluca Capuano, with Araik Bartikian (duduk) & Cecilia Bartoli (mezzo)

[ Decca / CD ]

Release Date: Friday 2 April 2021

This item is only available to us via Special Import.

FOLLOWING JAVIER CAMARENA'S CONTRABANDISTA, NOW COMES THE NEXT IN THE 'MENTORED BY BARTOLI' SERIES. CELEBRATING PAULINE VIARDOT IN THE 200TH ANNIVERSARY YEAR OF HER BIRTH.

Varduhi is a Franco-Armenian mezzo-soprano. She appeared with Cecilia Bartoli in Alcina. Her upcoming house debut at the Met Opera as the title role in Carmen. The album features a duet with Cecilia Bartoli (track 2). It includes an Armenian piece (featuring a duduk player) as a nod to Varduhi's heritage, Komitas' Krunk.

Tracks:

Rossini: Eccomi alfine in Babilonia (from Semiramide)

Rossini: Vivere io non potrò (from La donna del lago)

Gluck: Amour, viens rendre a mon ame (from Orphée et Eurydice, after Bertini)

Brahms: Alto Rhapsody, Op. 53

Rossini: Mura felici (from La donna del lago)

Gounod: Ô ma lyre immortelle (from Sapho)

Saint-Saëns: Samson et Dalila, Op. 47: Bacchanale

Saint-Saëns: Mon cœur s'ouvre à ta voix (from Samson et Dalila)

Meyerbeer: Donnez, donnez pour une pauvre ame! (from Le Prophète)

Vardapet: Krunk