Joan Sutherland: Operatic Arias
Joan Sutherland (soprano)
The classic recital of arias that staked Joan Sutherland's claim to bel canto supremacy, plus Handelian extras - still fresh, airy and heartfelt today.
Joan Sutherland: Operatic Arias
Joan Sutherland (soprano)
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The classic recital of arias that staked Joan Sutherland's claim to bel canto supremacy, plus Handelian extras - still fresh, airy and heartfelt today.
About
Her legendary 1959 debut operatic recital for Decca, released on a single CD for the first time.
Bonus tracks taken from the 1950s L’Oiseau Lyre Handel recording featuring the Philomusica London and Anthony Lewis.
Newly re-mastered.
Contents and tracklist
Donizetti:
Lucia di Lammermoor: "Ancor non giunse!...Regnava nel silenzio"
Work length13:06
This work is only available as an album download.
Donizetti:
Lucia di Lammermoor: Act II, "Il dolce suono mi corpi di sua voce!...Ardon gl'incensi" (Mad scene)
Work length16:07
This work is only available as an album download.
- Dame Joan Sutherland, Paris Conservatoire Orchestra, Paris Opera Chorus
- Nello Santi, René Duclos
- Dame Joan Sutherland, Philomusica of London
- Anthony Lewis
Ombre pallide
Track length10:46
This track is only available as an album download.
Awards and reviews
November 2011
The classic recital of arias that staked Joan Sutherland's claim to bel canto supremacy, plus Handelian extras - still fresh, airy and heartfelt today.
Earlier this year (1959) we saw performances of Lucia di Lammermoor such as dreams are made on; now in December we listen again to this record, looking like idiots, marvelling, gasping and almost weeping.... The beauty of the voice, the astonishing technical accomplishment, the brilliance of the upper range, the tenderness and poignancy of the emotions.... In some respects indeed, the record is more cherishable than ever, because the mannerisms......... have hardly begun to take hold, and much of the best of the artist is here.
2011 edition
no rave review could really exaggerate the quality of this singing...one of the finest and most dramatically thrilling displays of coloratura ever recorded...this remains one of the gramophone's greatest recital discs.
