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Natalie Dessay à l'Opéra

Natalie Dessay à l'Opéra

by Natalie Dessay Natalie Dessay
Natalie Dessay à l'Opéra

Natalie Dessay à l'Opéra

by Natalie Dessay Natalie Dessay

Overview

A good retrospective anthology of Natalie Dessay's career has been needed ever since she retired from the operatic stage in 2013, and this one fills the bill. In the case of the great soprano, the task is made easier by the fact that most of her solo albums appeared on a single label, Erato, as well as simply by the wealth of material from which compilers can choose. In the late 1990s and early 2000s, from which the bulk of the selections here come, Dessay very rarely did anything wrong. Natalie Dessay à l'Opéra does not include anything from the recordings-only phase of Dessay's career in the late 2010s when she began to record for Sony Classical, but in that phase, she focused on non-operatic material, and the collection here does its job well. The compilers do well to avoid a chronological approach: instead, devoting one CD each to French, Italian, and German repertory (with encores from Stravinsky and Leonard Bernstein). Dessay's versatility was and is part of her brilliance, and she created different vocal worlds by nationality. Listeners will have their own "highlights of the highlights," but has any soprano ever made Mozart's Queen of the Night aria "Der Hölle Rache" sound so natural? Brought such sheer vocal charisma to "Manon"'s "Obéissons quand leur voix appelle"? A few selections show Dessay moving into the vocally darker second phase of her career, and these too are consistently appealing. A variety of orchestras, conductors, and venues are featured, and the remastering smooths over the differences well. Certainly, this release is a good choice for those new to Natalie Dessay, but it may also be that longtime Dessay fans will want to hear it as well.

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Product Details

Release Date: 04/09/2021
Label: Erato
UPC: 0190295057787
catalogNumber: 505778
Rank: 120441

Tracks

Disc 1

  1. Roméo et Juliette, opera, CG 9: Act I: Valse de Juliette: Ah! Je veux vivre

    1. Act I: Valse de Juliette: Ah! Je veux vivre  (03:36)

  2. Manon, opera in 5 acts: Act III: Suis-je gentille ainsi?

    1. Act III: Suis-je gentille ainsi?  (02:55)

  3. Manon, opera in 5 acts: Act III: Obéissons quand leur voix appelle

    1. Act III: Obéissons quand leur voix appelle  (03:03)

  4. Dinorah (Le pardon de Ploërmel), comic opera in 3 acts: Act II: Ombre légère

    1. Act II: Ombre légère  (07:54)

  5. Hamlet, opera in 5 acts: Act IV, Scène de la folie: À vos jeux mes amis

    1. Act IV, Scène de la folie: À vos jeux mes amis  (13:28)

  6. Mignon, opera in 3 acts: Act II: Oui, pour ce soir... Je suis Titania la bl

    1. Act II: Oui, pour ce soir... Je suis Titania la blonde  (06:02)

  7. Lakmé, opera: Act I: Dôme épais, le jasmin

    1. Act I: Dôme épais, le jasmin  (04:52)

  8. Lakmé, opera: Act I: Les fleurs me paraissent plus belles

    1. Act I: Les fleurs me paraissent plus belles  (04:05)

  9. Lakmé, opera: Act II, Air des clochettes: Ah!... Par les dieux i

    1. Act II, Air des clochettes: Ah!... Par les dieux inspirés... Où va la jeune indoue  (08:27)

  10. Les contes d'Hoffmann, opera in 4 acts: Act II, Chanson d'Olympia: Les oiseaux dans la cha

    1. Act II, Chanson d'Olympia: Les oiseaux dans la charmille  (05:27)

  11. Orphée aux enfers, operetta: Act II: Couplets des regrets: Ah! quelle triste de

    1. Act II: Couplets des regrets: Ah! quelle triste destinée  (02:16)

  12. Orphée aux enfers, operetta: Act II: Duo de la mouche: Il m'a semblé sur mon ép

    1. Act II: Duo de la mouche: Il m'a semblé sur mon épaule  (05:07)

  13. L'enfant et les sortilèges, opera-ballet in 2 parts, M. 71: Air du Feu: Arrière! Je réchauffe les bons

    1. Air du Feu: Arrière! Je réchauffe les bons  (02:51)

Disc 2

  1. La sonnambula, opera: Act I: Compagne...teneri amici... Come per me sere

    1. Act I: Compagne...teneri amici... Come per me sereno  (03:12)

  2. La sonnambula, opera: Act I: Sovra il sen la man mi posa

    1. Act I: Sovra il sen la man mi posa  (04:39)

  3. La sonnambula, opera: Act II: Oh! se una volta sola

    1. Act II: Oh! se una volta sola  (05:20)

  4. La sonnambula, opera: Act II: Ah! no credea mirarti

    1. Act II: Ah! no credea mirarti  (06:43)

  5. La sonnambula, opera: Act II: Ah! non giunge uman pensiero

    1. Act II: Ah! non giunge uman pensiero  (03:51)

  6. La Traviata, opera: Act I: E strano!... Ah, fors' è lui...

    1. Act I: E strano!... Ah, fors' è lui...  (06:04)

  7. La Traviata, opera: Act I: Follie! Follie... Sempre libera

    1. Act I: Follie! Follie... Sempre libera  (04:47)

  8. I Puritani, opera: Act II: O rendetemi la speme

    1. Act II: O rendetemi la speme  (02:08)

  9. I Puritani, opera: Act II: Qui la voce sua soave

    1. Act II: Qui la voce sua soave  (09:03)

  10. I Puritani, opera: Act II: Vien diletto

    1. Act II: Vien diletto  (05:26)

  11. Rigoletto, opera: Act I: Gualtier Maldé... Caro nome

    1. Act I: Gualtier Maldé... Caro nome  (06:43)

  12. I Capuleti e i Montecchi, opera: Act I: Oh! quante volte

    1. Act I: Oh! quante volte  (03:57)

  13. Lucia di Lammermoor, opera: Act I: Il dolce suono

    1. Act I: Il dolce suono  (02:40)

  14. Lucia di Lammermoor, opera: Act III: Ardon gli incensi

    1. Act III: Ardon gli incensi  (04:52)

  15. Lucia di Lammermoor, opera: Act III: S'avanza Enrico

    1. Act III: S'avanza Enrico  (02:57)

  16. Lucia di Lammermoor, opera: Act III: Spargi d'amaro pianto

    1. Act III: Spargi d'amaro pianto  (04:18)

Disc 3

  1. Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), opera, K. 620: Act II: Der Hölle Rache

    1. Act II: Der Hölle Rache  (02:57)

  2. Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), opera, K. 620: Act II: Ach, ich fühl's

    1. Act II: Ach, ich fühl's  (03:54)

  3. Giulio Cesare in Egitto, opera, HWV 17: Act II: Se pietà di me non senti

    1. Act II: Se pietà di me non senti  (09:11)

  4. Giulio Cesare in Egitto, opera, HWV 17: Act III: Piangerò la sorte mia

    1. Act III: Piangerò la sorte mia  (06:30)

  5. Giulio Cesare in Egitto, opera, HWV 17: Act III: Da tempeste il legno infranto

    1. Act III: Da tempeste il legno infranto  (05:57)

  6. Alcina, opera, HWV 34: Act I: Tornami a vagheggiar

    1. Act I: Tornami a vagheggiar  (05:01)

  7. Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), opera, K. 620: Act I: O zittre nicht, mein lieber Sohn!

    1. Act I: O zittre nicht, mein lieber Sohn!  (04:37)

  8. Die Entführung aus dem Serail (The Abduction from the Seraglio), opera, K. 384: Act II: Traurigkeit ward mir zum Lose

    1. Act II: Traurigkeit ward mir zum Lose  (06:40)

  9. Der Rosenkavalier, opera, Op. 59 (TrV 227): Act II: Mir ist die Ehre widerfahren

    1. Act II: Mir ist die Ehre widerfahren  (07:04)

  10. Ariadne auf Naxos, opera, Op. 60-II (TrV 228a) (revised version): Großmächtige Prinzessin... Noch glaub' ich dem ein

    1. Großmächtige Prinzessin... Noch glaub' ich dem einem ganz mich gehörend  (11:09)

  11. Le Rossignol, opera (lyric tale) in 3 acts: Act II: Chanson du rossignol - Ah, joie, emplis mo

    1. Act II: Chanson du rossignol - Ah, joie, emplis mon cœur  (04:22)
  12. Glitter and Be Gay, for soprano & orchestra (from "Candide")  (05:48)

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