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All Music Guide - Stephen Eddins
This album of three very different song cycles comes from a live 2012 recording Czech mezzo-soprano Magdalena Kozená made with the Berlin Philharmonic, led by Simon Rattle. It's a hugely successful recording by one the most multifaceted, expressive, and distinctive mezzo-sopranos of her time. From the first notes of Dvorák's "Biblical Songs," Kozená warm, limpid voice and lyrical phrasing envelop the listener. The "Biblical Songs" are relatively reserved, understated settings of selections from Psalms that highlight the deeply personal, passionate interior focus the singer is capable of evoking. The songs may not be overtly showy, but they put Kozená's dark amber tone ...
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All Music Guide - Stephen Eddins
This album of three very different song cycles comes from a live 2012 recording Czech mezzo-soprano Magdalena Kozená made with the Berlin Philharmonic, led by Simon Rattle. It's a hugely successful recording by one the most multifaceted, expressive, and distinctive mezzo-sopranos of her time. From the first notes of Dvorák's "Biblical Songs," Kozená warm, limpid voice and lyrical phrasing envelop the listener. The "Biblical Songs" are relatively reserved, understated settings of selections from Psalms that highlight the deeply personal, passionate interior focus the singer is capable of evoking. The songs may not be overtly showy, but they put Kozená's dark amber tone and the velvety seamlessness of her delivery on full display. Ravel's "Shéhérazade" and Mahler's "Rückert Lieder" on the other hand give Kozená the opportunity to cut loose and soar ecstatically over the orchestra. In the Ravel she sings with an appropriately Gallic transparency. She brings a sound to the Mahler that is both solid and refined and there are many moments, such as at the ending of "Um Mitternacht" where her voice has a shimmering radiance. The three cycles are stylistically diverse but heartfelt emotion is at the root of each of them, and Kozená gives voice to those passions with nuanced tonal coloring and musically varied delivery. Her singing is matched by the lustrous playing of the Berlin Philharmonic. Rattle is a sympathetic collaborator and is acutely sensitive to the give and take between singer and orchestra, particularly in the sensuous rhythmic fluidity and timbral translucence of the Ravel. Deutsche Grammophon's sound is so clean, present, and well-balanced that it could easily be mistaken for a studio recording.
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Product Details

  • Release Date: 5/1/2012
  • Label: Deutsche Grammophon
  • UPC: 028947900658
  • Catalog Number: 001676102
  • Sales rank: 47,699

Tracks

Disc 1
  1. 1–10 Biblical Songs (Biblické písne) (10) for voice & orchestra, B. 189 (Op. 99) - Antonin Dvorak & Antonin Dvorák (26:51)
    Composed byAntonin Dvorak, Antonin Dvorák
    Conducted bySimon Rattle
    Performed byBerlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Magdalena Kozená, Simon Rattle
    1. 1Oblak a mrákota jest vukol neho
    2. 2Skrýse má a paveza má Ty jsi
    3. 3Slys, ó Boze, slys modlitbu mou
    4. 4Hospodin jest muj pastýr
    5. 5Boze, Boze, písen novou
    6. 6Slys, ó Boze, volání mé
    7. 7Pri rekách babylonských
    8. 8Popatriz na mne a smiluj se nade mnou
    9. 9Pozdvihuji ocí svých k horám
    10. 10Zpívejte Hospodiun písen novou
  2. 11–13 Shéhérazade, poems (3) for soprano (or tenor) & orchestra (or piano) - Maurice Ravel & Maurice Ravel (17:33)
    Composed byMaurice Ravel, Maurice Ravel
    Conducted bySimon Rattle
    Performed byBerlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Magdalena Kozená, Simon Rattle
    1. 11Asia
    2. 12La Flûte enchantée
    3. 13L'Indifférent
  3. 14 Liebst du um Schönheit, song for voice & piano in C major (Rückert Lieder No. 5) - Gustav Mahler & Gustav Mahler (2:26)
    Composed byGustav Mahler, Gustav Mahler
    Conducted bySimon Rattle
    Performed byBerlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Magdalena Kozená, Simon Rattle
  4. 15 Blicke mir nicht in die Lieder, song for voice & piano (or orchestra) in F major (Rückert Lieder No. 1) - Gustav Mahler & Gustav Mahler (1:30)
    Composed byGustav Mahler, Gustav Mahler
    Conducted bySimon Rattle
    Performed byBerlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Magdalena Kozená, Simon Rattle
  5. 16 Um Mitternacht, song for voice & piano (or orchestra) in B minor (Rückert Lieder No. 4) - Gustav Mahler & Gustav Mahler (5:53)
    Composed byGustav Mahler, Gustav Mahler
    Conducted bySimon Rattle
    Performed byBerlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Magdalena Kozená, Simon Rattle
  6. 17 Ich atmet' einen linden Duft, song for voice & piano (or orchestra) in D major (Rückert Lieder No. 2) - Gustav Mahler & Gustav Mahler (2:48)
    Composed byGustav Mahler, Gustav Mahler
    Conducted bySimon Rattle
    Performed byBerlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Magdalena Kozená, Simon Rattle
  7. 18 Ich bin der Welt abhanden gekommen, song for voice & piano (or orchestra) (Rückert Lieder No. 3) - Gustav Mahler & Gustav Mahler (6:59)
    Composed byGustav Mahler, Gustav Mahler
    Conducted bySimon Rattle
    Performed byBerlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Magdalena Kozená, Simon Rattle
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Magdalena Kozená Primary Artist
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