Magdalena Kožená – Bach: Arias (1997)
Magdalena Kožená – Bach: Arias (1997)
EAC | FLAC (image+.cue, log) | Covers Included | 68:18 | 268 MB
Genre: Classical, Vocal | Label: Archiv Produktion | Catalog: 457 060 - 2
EAC | FLAC (image+.cue, log) | Covers Included | 68:18 | 268 MB
Genre: Classical, Vocal | Label: Archiv Produktion | Catalog: 457 060 - 2
The music on this disc dates to 1996, shortly after the then-emerging young mezzo soprano Magdalena Kozená had graduated from the Bratislava College of Music. She gave a concert of Bach arias at a medieval Benedictine monastery in the old Moravian town of Trebic, as part of a music festival called Concentus Moraviae, and it evolved into the present disc. The disc itself was recorded not at the monastery, but at a Czech concert hall with very live, cathedral-like sound. It supports the idea of the recording, which is to capture the impressive combination of creaminess and agility in Kozená's voice as her talent burst into full flower. Not everyone who cultivates an acquaintance with Bach's vocal works is going to like this release, which is of the sort that makes people say that the focus is on the singer rather than the music. Kozená twists and turns vocal lines according to her needs, for example in the curious distortion of both words and melody at the beginning of the aria "Zerfließe, mein Herze, in Fluten der Zähren" from the St. John Passion, BWV 245. But for most listeners the sheer bath of vocal sound will be a luxurious one, and the ambiance contributes nicely to the overall effect. Sample any of the slower arias, especially "Erbarme dich, mein Gott," track 4, from the St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244, and hear how Kozená's voice uncannily shimmers among the orchestral shadows. In the faster numbers she imparts the briefest of vibratos to tones as they go by, without ever making the music seem fussy. The disc is recommended especially to fans of Kozená and generally to those who enjoy hearing major opera stars sing music of the Baroque. Booklet notes, not of much use (they discuss the entire pieces involved in the most general terms, not the individual arias), are in Czech and English; texts of the compositions are in their original languages, German and Latin, only.
Magdalena Kožená – Bach: Arias (1997)
Track List:
01. Et exsultavit, BWV 243, Nr. 2
02. Schafe können sicher weiden, BWV 208, Nr. 9
03. Ich esse mit Freuden mein weniges Brot, BWV 84, Nr. 3
04. Erbarme dich, mein Gott, BWV 244, Nr. 39
05. Wie starb die Heldin so vergnügt, BWV 198, Nr. 5
06. Erfüllet, ihr himmlischen göttlichen Flammen, BWV 1, Nr. 3
07. Unsre Stärke heißt zu schwach, BWV 14, Nr. 2
08. Zerfließe, mein Herze, in Fluten der Zähren, BWV 245, Nr. 35
09. Wohl euch, ihr auserwählten Seelen, BWV 34, Nr. 3
10. Wenn kommt der Tag, an dem wir ziehen, BWV 70, Nr. 3
11. Verstummt!, BWV 198, Nr. 3
12. Komm, komm, mein Herze steht dir offen, BWV 74, Nr. 2
13. Kommt, ihr angefochtnen Sünder, BWV 30, Nr. 5
14. Laudamus Te, BWV 232, Nr. 6
Performers:
Magdalena Kožená, Mezzo-Soprano
Musica Florea (authentic instruments)
Marek Styncl
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