Una voce poco fa: A Portrait of Teresa Berganza (2004)
performed by
Benito Lauret (piano), Felix Lavilla (piano), Geoffrey Parsons (piano), Plácido Domingo (tenor), Roger Hagger (bassoon), Teresa Berganza (mezzo-soprano), Ambrosian Singers (choir, chorus)
composed by
Alessandro Scarlatti, Antonio Cesti, Christoph Willibald Gluck, Enriqué Granados, Felix Lavilla, George Frederick Handel, Georges Bizet, Gioachino Rossini, Jacinto Guerrero, Jesús Arámbarri, Jesús Guridi, Joaquín Turina, Leonardo Vinci, Luigi Cherubini
Decca has already devoted albums in its Grandi Voci and The Singers series to Teresa Berganza, but this release, Una voce poco fa: a Portrait of Teresa Berganza, is the first collection to address the real breadth of her work, and should be the first choice for anyone looking to get to know this fine singer. Berganza's staple operatic roles, such as Rossini's Rosina and Mozart's Cherubino, form the core of the first disc, which also includes arias by Gluck, Handel, and Bizet. Berganza's defining vocal traits are on display: ...
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Decca has already devoted albums in its Grandi Voci and The Singers series to Teresa Berganza, but this release, Una voce poco fa: a Portrait of Teresa Berganza, is the first collection to address the real breadth of her work, and should be the first choice for anyone looking to get to know this fine singer. Berganza's staple operatic roles, such as Rossini's Rosina and Mozart's Cherubino, form the core of the first disc, which also includes arias by Gluck, Handel, and Bizet. Berganza's defining vocal traits are on display: the sweetness of her tone, the elegance of her phrasing, and her unflappable composure in even the most difficult music. The two arias from Handel's Alcina are a nice touch, since, though known mostly for her Mozart and Rossini, Berganza was an accomplished performer of Baroque opera. Of the performances included, only "Come scoglio" from Così fan tutte and the arias from Carmen come up short, wanting for a more dramatic sound and more fiery temperament than Berganza can muster. As...
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- Il barbiere di Siviglia (The Barber of Seville), opera: Una voce poco fa
- Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492: Non so più
- Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492: Voi che sapete
- Così fan tutte, opera, K. 588: Temerari!... Come scoglio
- Ch'io mi scordi di te...Non temer, amato bene, recitative and aria for soprano, piano & orchestra, K. 505
- Orfeo ed Euridice (Italian version), opera in 3 acts, Wq. 30: Che farò senza Euridice?
- Orfeo ed Euridice (Italian version), opera in 3 acts, Wq. 30: Che puro ciel!
- Alceste (French version), opera in 3 acts, Wq. 44: Divinités du Styx
- Médée (Medea), opera in 3 acts: Medea! o Medea!... Solo un pianto
- Alcina, opera, HWV 34: Mi lusinga il dolce affetto
- Alcina, opera, HWV 34: Verdi prati, selve amene
- Carmen, opera: Quand je vous aimerai?... L'amour est un oiseau rebelle
- Carmen, opera: Près des remparts de Séville
- L'italiana in Algeri (The Italian Girl in Algiers), opera: Cruda sorte! Amor tiranno!
- La cenerentola (Cinderella), opera: Nacqui all'affanno... Non più mesta
- Démophoon, tragédie-lyrique in 3 acts: Ahi! Che forse ai miei dì
- Orontea, opera in a prologue & 3 acts: Intorno all'idol mio
- Catone in Utica, opera: Confusa, smarrita
- Work(s): Qual mia colpa, o sventura... Se delitto è l'avorarvi
- Il Flavio, opera: Chi vuol innamorarsi
- Gli equivoci in amore, o vero La Rosaura, opera ("La Rosalba"): La Rosaura (Un cor da voi ferito)
- Elitropio d'amor, chamber cantata for soprano or mezzo-soprano & continuo
- Como quires que adivine!, for voice & piano (Canzones Castellanas No. 5)
- Mañanita de San Juan, for voice & piano (Canzones Castellanas No. 6)
- Canciones Vascas (4) for voice & piano
- Saeta en forma de salve a la Virgen de la Esperanza, for voice & piano (or orchestra), Op. 60
- Tonadillas al estilo antiguo, songs (10) for voice & piano, H. 136: El tro-la-la y el punteado
- Tonadillas al estilo antiguo, songs (10) for voice & piano, H. 136: El majo tímido
- Tonadillas al estilo antiguo, songs (10) for voice & piano, H. 136: La maja dolorosa
- Triptico, for voice & piano, Op. 45: Farruca (Está tu imagen, que admiro)
- Siete canciones populares española (7 Popular Spanish Songs), for voice & piano, G. 40
- La Rosa del Azafrán, zarzuela: Sagrario's Romanza
- El anillo de hierro, zarzuela: Margarita's Romanza
- Ocho Canciones Vascas: Txalopin txalo (Canción de cuna)
- Ocho Canciones Vascas: Nere maitea (Canción amorosa)
- Ocho Canciones Vascas: Atea tan tan (Canción amatoria)
- Ocho Canciones Vascas: Tun, kurrun, kuntun (Canción de cuna)
- Ocho Canciones Vascas: Arranoak bartuetan (Canción amorosa)
- Ocho Canciones Vascas: Ainoarra nimino (Canción amorosa)
- Ocho Canciones Vascas: Anderegeya (Canción amorosa)
- Ocho Canciones Vascas: Amak ezkondu ninduen (Canción humoristica)
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