Nicolai Gedda sings Arias & Lieder
1954, 1957, 1960, 1965
2012
Adolphe Adam
Alfredo Casella
Christoph Willibald Gluck
Claude Debussy
Francesco Balilla Pratella
Francis Poulenc
Franz Schubert
Gioachino Rossini
Joaquín Nin
Michael Glinka
Nikolai Rimsky-Korssakoff
Ottorino Respighi
Sergej Rachmaninow
Vito C
Nicolai Gedda
Werner Singer
Erik Werba
SWR Sinfonieorchester Baden-Baden und Freiburg
Ernest Bour
Tr. 1 Adolphe Adam: Mes amis écoutez l'histoire d'un jeune et galant postillon (from: Der Postillon von Lonjumeau)
Tr. 2 Christoph Willibald Gluck: Welch Gefühl schwellt meine Brust (from: Alceste)
Tr. 3 Christoph Willibald Gluck: Auf Kalchas falle dieses Schwert (from: Iphigenie in Aulis)
Tr. 4 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Qual mi conturba i sensi - Fuor del mar
Tr. 5 Gioachino Rossini: Que les destins prospèrent aqueillent vos prières (from: Le Comte Ory)
Tr. 6 Michael Glinka: Brüder, im Sturm (from: Ein Leben für den Zaren)
Tr. 7 Franz Schubert: Im Frühling D 882
Tr. 8 Franz Schubert: Die Liebe hat gelogen D 751
Tr. 9 Franz Schubert: Nacht und Träume D 827
Tr. 10 Franz Schubert: Der Schiffer D 536
Tr. 11 Francis Poulenc: Paganini
Tr. 12 Francis Poulenc: Air grave
Tr. 13 Francis Poulenc: Air champêtre
Tr. 14 Nikolai Rimsky-Korssakoff: Die fliegende Wolkenbank lichtet sich op. 42 No. 3
Tr. 15 Nikolai Rimsky-Korssakoff: El i pal'ma op. 3 No. 1
Tr. 16 Nikolai Rimsky-Korssakoff: Klingender ist das Lied der Lerche op. 43 No. 1
Tr. 17 Sergej Rachmaninow: In the silence of the mysterious night op. 4 No. 3
Tr. 18 Sergej Rachmaninow: Fragment from Musset op. 21 No. 6 (Mainacht, 1902)
Tr. 19 Claude Debussy: Beau Soir
Tr. 20 Claude Debussy: Mandoline
Tr. 21 Joaquín Nin: Granadina No. 7
Tr. 22 Ottorino Respighi: Notte
Tr. 23 Ottorino Respighi: Stornellatrice
Tr. 24 Francesco Balilla Pratella: La strada bianca
Tr. 25 Alfredo Casella: La storia della fanciulla rapita dal pirate
Tr. 26 Vito Carnevali: Stornelli capricciosi
hänssler CLASSIC is proud to present this valuable compilation of songs and arias recorded by Gedda from the years 1954 to 1965. This anthology features the full range of Gedda's interpretive genius, from a bel canto tenor, to a stylish Mozartean, a sensitive Schubert interpreter, as master exponent of the French art song (Debussy, Poulenc, etc.) and of course, a towering master of authentic Russian repertoire. One can only marvel at the different nuances Gedda places on Gluck in comparison to his approach to Mozart, or his throbbing Russian 'Heldentenor' in the 'Brothers, in the storm' aria from Glinka's A Life for the Tsar, or the intimacy of his Lieder, song and chanson singing (one need only compare one by Rimski-Korsakov to Debussy's 'Beau soir' to that of Schubert's 'Nacht und Träume'). Seldom in the history of the vocal arts has there been a singer of such versatility and sensitivity. To this day, Gedda remains a true global singer and a master of all styles, disciplines and languages.
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