Kevin Short / Lawrence Foster / Orch. Phil. De Mar -Mephistopheles and other bad guys -Pentatone SACD+CD Grooves.land/Playthek

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Faust (Oper in 5 Akten) (Auszug)

01. "Le veau d'or"

02. "Vous qui faites l'endormie"
Mefistofele (Oper in 1 Prolog und 4 Akten) (Auszug)

03. "Son lo spirito che nega"

04. "Ecco il mondo"

05. "Es war einmal ein K?nig"
Fidelio op. 72 (Oper in 2 Akten) (Auszug)

06. "Ha! Welch ein Augenblick"
Die Entführung aus dem Serail KV 384 (Oper in 3 Akten) (Auszug)

07. "Wer ein Liebchen hat gefunden"

08. "O, wie will ich triumphieren"
Der Freischütz op. 77 (Oper in 3 Akten) (Auszug)

09. "Schweig, schweig, damit dich niemand warnt"
Les Contes d'Hoffmann (Hoffmanns Erz?hlungen, Oper in 3 Akten) (Auszug)

10. "Dans les r?les d'amoureux langoureux"

11. "Scintille, diamant"
I lombardi alla prima crociata (Die Lombarden, Oper in 4 Akten) (Auszug)

12. "Sciagurata! Hai tu creduto"
La Damnation de Faust (Fausts Verdammnis) op. 24 (Auszug)

13. "Voici des roses"

14. "Devant la maison"

15. "Mephistopheles to Faust"

16. "Lied des Mephistopheles (Flohlied)"
The Rake's Progress (Oper in 3 Akten) (Auszug)

17. "I burn! I freeze!"
Robert le Diable (Robert der Teufel, Oper in 5 Akten) (Auszug)

18. "Voici donc les d?bris - Nonnes, qui reposez"
Das Rheingold (Oper in 4 Bildern) (Auszug)

19. "Bin ich nun frei?"

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Orch. Phil. De Marseille/ Lawrence Foster

Description:

In opera, specific voice types are often associated with certain types of characters. Numerous and diverse associations exist also for the bass voice, who can be a father, a villain, an elderly man, a religious figure, a comic character- or, indeed, a combination of the above. One recurring association for this voice type, however, deserves particular attention: that with evil, wicked, even diabolical characters. It is on that immensely fascinating association that this collection of arias is focused. The nineteen selections- composed by Mozart, Beethoven, Weber, Wagner, Meyerbeer, Berlioz, Gounod, Offenbach, Verdi, Boito, Mussorgsky, Stravinsky and Getty- take us on a journey through a period spanning some two hundred years, exploring how composers working in diverse national and institutional contexts and writing in an array of styles and genres exploited the bass voice to engage with the depiction of such characters. This colorful repertoire is sung by the esteemed American bass-baritone Kevin Short, whose powerful voice is as sensuous as it is sinister. Short is accompanied by the Orchestre Philharmonique de Marseille, led by it's Music Director Lawrence Foster.

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PTC5186585

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