Love And Longing

Kozena Magdelena

Love And Longing
Format
Audio
Published
1 May 2012
ISBN
0028947900658

Love And Longing

Kozena Magdelena

Catalogue # 4790065

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Magdalena Kožená’s silken mezzo delivers definitive\ninterpretations of this luscious and enchanting orchestral-song\nrepertoire.

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Magdalena Kožená, Sir Simon Rattle, and the Berliner\nPhilharmoniker seduce in Ravel’s Shéhérazade, stir and awe in\nDvorák’s austere Biblische Lieder, and render to the fullest the\nbittersweet potency of Mahler’s intricately orchestrated Rückert\nLieder.

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Recorded live at the Berlin Philharmonie, these performances\nexcite with the intense musical understanding shared by this\nhusband and wife musical dream team.

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This is the first in a new series of recording projects reviving\nthe legendary partnership between DG and the Berliner\nPhilharmoniker.

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Dvorak:
\nBiblical Songs (10), Op. 99, orchestrated by Vilém Zemánek

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Mahler:
\nRückert-Lieder (5 songs, complete)

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Ravel:
\nShéhérazade

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Magdalena Kožená (mezzo-soprano)
\nBerliner Philharmoniker, Sir Simon Rattle

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Review

This is a very interesting meld of works, with three wildly different composers. Starting with Antonin Dvorak’s Biblical Songs for Voice and Orchestra, we go via France and Ravel’s tone poem, Sheherazade through to Mahler and his Five Songs based on the poems of Friedrich Ruckert. What is stunning about this album is the musicianship throughout. With her husband, Sir Simon Rattle leading the Berlin Philharmonic they create sweeping musical gestures while exploring the poetic souls of these composers.

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