Angela Gheorghiu - My World
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Composer or Director: Edvard Grieg, Nicholas Brodszky, Ottorino Respighi, Robert Schumann, Choi Young Sup, Antonín Dvořák, Jaime Ovalle, Traditional, Manuel de Falla, (Clément Philibert) Léo Delibes, Mitake, Erik Satie, Mezzetti, Francis Poulenc, Franz Liszt, Tiberiu Brediceanu, Ruggiero Leoncavallo, Xavier Montsalvatge, Manos Hadjidakis, Alessandro Parisotti, Franz Schubert, Richard Strauss, Cavadia, Johann Paul Aegidius Martini
Label: Decca
Magazine Review Date: 5/1998
Media Format: CD or Download
Media Runtime: 75
Mastering:
DDD
Catalogue Number: 458 360-2DH

Tracks:
Composition | Artist Credit |
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Plaisir d'amour |
Johann Paul Aegidius Martini, Composer
Angela Gheorghiu, Soprano Johann Paul Aegidius Martini, Composer Malcolm Martineau, Piano |
Se tu m'ami |
Alessandro Parisotti, Composer
Alessandro Parisotti, Composer Angela Gheorghiu, Soprano Malcolm Martineau, Piano |
Nebbie |
Ottorino Respighi, Composer
Angela Gheorghiu, Soprano Malcolm Martineau, Piano Ottorino Respighi, Composer |
Mattinata, '(L')aurora di bianco vestita' |
Ruggiero Leoncavallo, Composer
Angela Gheorghiu, Soprano Malcolm Martineau, Piano Ruggiero Leoncavallo, Composer |
(7) Canciones populares españolas, Movement: El paño moruno |
Manuel de Falla, Composer
Angela Gheorghiu, Soprano Malcolm Martineau, Piano Manuel de Falla, Composer |
(5) Canciones negras, Movement: Canto negro (wds. Guillén) |
Xavier Montsalvatge, Composer
Angela Gheorghiu, Soprano Malcolm Martineau, Piano Xavier Montsalvatge, Composer |
Je te veux |
Erik Satie, Composer
Angela Gheorghiu, Soprano Erik Satie, Composer Malcolm Martineau, Piano |
(Les) Filles de Cadix |
(Clément Philibert) Léo Delibes, Composer
(Clément Philibert) Léo Delibes, Composer Angela Gheorghiu, Soprano Malcolm Martineau, Piano |
(Les) Chemins de l'amour |
Francis Poulenc, Composer
Angela Gheorghiu, Soprano Francis Poulenc, Composer Malcolm Martineau, Piano |
Peer Gynt, Movement: Solvejg's Song (orch version) |
Edvard Grieg, Composer
Angela Gheorghiu, Soprano Edvard Grieg, Composer Malcolm Martineau, Piano |
Myrthen, Movement: No. 1, Widmung (wds. Rückert) |
Robert Schumann, Composer
Angela Gheorghiu, Soprano Malcolm Martineau, Piano Robert Schumann, Composer |
Myrthen, Movement: No. 24, Du bist wie eine Blume (wds. Heine) |
Robert Schumann, Composer
Angela Gheorghiu, Soprano Malcolm Martineau, Piano Robert Schumann, Composer |
Schwanengesang, 'Swan Song', Movement: No. 4, Ständchen |
Franz Schubert, Composer
Angela Gheorghiu, Soprano Franz Schubert, Composer Malcolm Martineau, Piano |
(8) Lieder aus Letzte Blätter, Movement: No. 1, Zueignung (orch 1940) |
Richard Strauss, Composer
Angela Gheorghiu, Soprano Malcolm Martineau, Piano Richard Strauss, Composer |
Mult ma'ntreaba inima |
Tiberiu Brediceanu, Composer
Angela Gheorghiu, Soprano Malcolm Martineau, Piano Tiberiu Brediceanu, Composer |
Cântec se sirena |
Mezzetti, Composer
Mezzetti, Composer Angela Gheorghiu, Soprano Malcolm Martineau, Piano |
Umbra |
Cavadia, Composer
Cavadia, Composer Angela Gheorghiu, Soprano Malcolm Martineau, Piano |
(7) Gipsy Melodies, 'Zigeunerlieder', Movement: No. 4, Songs my mother taught me |
Antonín Dvořák, Composer
Angela Gheorghiu, Soprano Antonín Dvořák, Composer Malcolm Martineau, Piano |
Oh! quand je dors |
Franz Liszt, Composer
Angela Gheorghiu, Soprano Franz Liszt, Composer Malcolm Martineau, Piano |
Pai efiye to treno |
Manos Hadjidakis, Composer
Angela Gheorghiu, Soprano Malcolm Martineau, Piano Manos Hadjidakis, Composer |
Durme, kerido hijico |
Traditional, Composer
Angela Gheorghiu, Soprano Malcolm Martineau, Piano Traditional, Composer |
Guriwoon Guemgang San |
Choi Young Sup, Composer
Angela Gheorghiu, Soprano Choi Young Sup, Composer Malcolm Martineau, Piano |
Kawa no Nagare no yô ni |
Mitake, Composer
Mitake, Composer Angela Gheorghiu, Soprano Malcolm Martineau, Piano |
Azulão |
Jaime Ovalle, Composer
Angela Gheorghiu, Soprano Jaime Ovalle, Composer Malcolm Martineau, Piano |
(The) Toast of New Orleans, Movement: Be my love |
Nicholas Brodszky, Composer
Angela Gheorghiu, Soprano Malcolm Martineau, Piano Nicholas Brodszky, Composer |
Author: Alan Blyth
She also points out, quite rightly, that many of the items exploit the warm qualities of her lower voice: the haunting pieces, semi-popular, from the far east, for instance; even more the Greek popular song, one of the tracks – I predict – that will soon be heard a great deal over the air. Still better, not surprisingly, are the three songs from her native Romania, especially the seductive Siren’s song and the glorious Umbra, a late-nineteenth-century romance. Then there’s an old favourite of mine, Ovalle’s insinuating Azulao, chosen apparently at the suggestion of Martineau, the singer’s creative partner, and sung in that soft-grained manner peculiar to Gheorghiu.
She ends with a bravura account of the Lanza favourite Be my love, the slight accent in the English almost an advantage. Similarly her indeterminate German makes her three Lieder sound unidiomatic, but each of these love-songs is given with such conviction that the customary criteria for judgement can for once be set aside. Her French is much better; in any case the erotic charge of the Satie and Poulenc pieces is amply felt. In
There’s much else to commend: the elegiac quality in Respighi’s infinitely sad Nebbie contrasting with the earthy high spirits of Montsalvatge’s Canto negro and the Delibes song, and the wistful touch in the famous Dvorak. With an admirably faithful recording as a bonus, this ought to be a runaway success.'
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