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Jessye Norman – The Unreleased Masters

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Decca Classics is proud to present Jessye Norman – The Unreleased Masters, showcasing never-before-heard recordings of one of the greatest classical singers of all time. The set includes Wagner and Strauss song cycles, and a live recording of an eclectic programme of cantatas by Haydn, Berlioz and Britten. 


TRACKLISTING

CD1 (studio recording)

WAGNER: Tristan und Isolde WWV 90 (excerpts)

Prelude: Langsam und schmactend

Act I

Scene 1

2       “Westwärts schweift der Blick” (Seemann · Isolde · Brangäne)

Scene 2

3       “Frisch weht der Wind der Heimat zu” (Seemann · Isolde · Brangäne)

Scene 3 

4       “Weh, ach wehe! Dies zu dulden” (Brangäne · Isolde)

5       “Wie lachend sie mir Lieder singen” (Isolde · Brangäne)

Act II, Scene 2

6       “Isolde! Geliebte! – Tristan! Geliebter!” (Tristan · Isolde)

7       “Doch es rächte sich der verscheuchte Tag” (Isolde · Tristan)

8       “O sink hernieder, Nacht der Liebe” (Tristan · Isolde)

9       “Einsam wachend in der Nacht” (Brangäne · Isolde · Tristan)

10     “Unsre Liebe? Tristans Liebe? Dein’ und mein’” (Tristan · Isolde)

11     “So starben wir, um ungetrennt” (Tristan · Isolde · Brangäne)

Act III, Scene 3H

12     “Mild und leise wie er lächelt” (Isoldes Liebestod) (Isolde)

Isolde

Jessye Norman (Isolde,)

Hanna Schwarz (Brangäne)

Thomas Moser (Tristan)

Ian Bostridge (Seemann)

Kurt Masur / Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

CD2 (live recording)

R. STRAUSS: Vier letzte Lieder TrV 296

1       I Frühling (Hesse)

2       II September (Hesse)

3       III Beim Schlafengehen (Hesse)

4       IV Im Abendrot (Eichendorff)

WAGNER: Wesendonck-Lieder (orch. Felix Mottl 1-4; Wagner 5)

5       No.1 Der Engel

6       No.2 Stehe still!

7       No.3 Im Treibhaus

8       No.4 Schmerzen

9       No.5 Träume

Jessye Norman

James Levine / Berliner Philharmoniker

CD3 (live recording)

HAYDN: Scena di Berenice Hob. XXIVa:10

1       Recitativo: “Berenice, che fai?”

2       Cavatina: “Non partir, bell’idol mio”

3       Recitativo: “Me infelice!”

4       Aria: “Perché, se tanti siete”

BERLIOZ: Cléopâtre H.36

5       Allegro vivace con impeto – Récitatif: “C’en est donc fait!”

6       Lento cantabile: “Ah! qu’ils sont loin ces jours, tourment de ma mémoire”

7       Méditation: Largo misterioso: “Grands Pharaons, nobles Lagides”

8       Allegro assai agitato: “Non! … non, de vos demeures funèbres”

9       Allegro non troppo – Recitativo misurato: “Dieux du Nil”

BRITTEN: Phaedra Op.93

10     Prologue: “In May, in brilliant Athens”

11     Recitative: “My lost and dazzled eyes saw only night”

12     Presto: “You monster! You understood me too well”

13     Recitative: “Oh Gods of wrath”

14     Adagio: “My time’s too short, your highness”

Jessye Norman

Boston Symphony Orchestra / Seiji Ozawa

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