Magdalena Kožená - Enchantment (2017)

If your ideal vocal recording places the performer next to your seat and your ideal vocal performance has the performer singing directly into your ear, this disc by mezzo-soprano Magdalena Kozená will be just about ideal. No matter what the repertoire – and Kozená performs everything from Bach to Gounod to Shostakovich – and no matter what the context – and Kozená takes on everything from song to opera to oratorio – Kozená is right next to the listener, singing straight into his/her ear. Given her exceedingly warm tone, her extremely rich delivery, and her extraordinarily sibilant pronunciation, Kozená's intimate delivery may be too much for those with heart conditions or those all too easily affected by singers. But for those made of sterner stuff, Kozená's performances here will be the stuff dreams are made of. From her intensely devotional "Erbarme dich" from Bach's St. Matthew's Passion to her wildly sensual "Les tringles des sistres tintalent" from Bizet's Carmen, Kozená is a stunningly impressive and staggeringly effective singer. Accompanied by a wide range of conductors and pianists from French conductor Marc Minkowski to pianist Graham Johnson and recorded in clean, fresh Deutsche Grammophon, Kozená is absolutely irresistible for those susceptible to her charms.

Track List:

1 Gounod: Cinq Mars - Nuit resplendissante
Magdalena KoženáJean-Christophe KeckMahler Chamber OrchestraMarc Minkowski
2 Bizet: Carmen, WD 31 / Act 2 - Chanson: "Les tringles des sistres tintaient"
Edwige ParatClaire Delgado-BogeMagdalena KoženáMahler Chamber OrchestraMarc Minkowski
3 Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro, K.492 / Act 2 - "Voi che sapete"
Magdalena KoženáPrague PhilharmoniaMichel Swierczewski
4 Handel: Giulio Cesare in Egitto HWV 17 / Atto secondo - No.26 Accompagnato "Che sento? oh Dio" (Live)
Magdalena KoženáLes Musiciens du LouvreMarc Minkowski
5 Handel: Giulio Cesare in Egitto HWV 17 / Atto secondo - No.27 Aria "Se pietà di me non senti" (Live)
Magdalena KoženáLes Musiciens du LouvreMarc Minkowski
6 Handel: Giulio Cesare in Egitto HWV 17 / Atto terzo - No.32 Aria "Piangerò la sorte mia" (Live)
Magdalena KoženáLes Musiciens du LouvreMarc Minkowski
7 Handel: Giulio Cesare In Egitto HWV 17 / Atto terzo - No.37 Aria "Da tempeste il legno infranto" (Live)
Magdalena KoženáLes Musiciens du LouvreMarc Minkowski
8 Rameau: Dardanus / Prologue - Air gracieux (Sans lenteur) / "L'Amour, le seul Amour"
Magdalena KoženáLes Musiciens du LouvreMarc Minkowski
9 Rameau: Dardanus / Act 1 - Air (Vif) / "Allez, jeune guerrier"
Magdalena KoženáLes Musiciens du LouvreMarc Minkowski
10 Conti, J.S. Bach: Languet anima mea - App. C (After Conti) - 2. Aria: O vulnera, vita coelestis
Magdalena KoženáMusica Antiqua KölnReinhard Goebel
11 J.S. Bach: Vergnügte Ruh, beliebte Seelenlust Cantata, BWV 170 - 1. Aria: Vergnügte Ruh', beliebte Seelenlust
Magdalena KoženáMusica Antiqua KölnReinhard Goebel
12 J.S. Bach: St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244 / Part Two - No.39 Aria (Alto): "Erbarme dich"
Magdalena KoženáMusica FloreaMarek Stryncl
13 Handel: "Tra le fiamme", Cantata HWV 170 - Aria: “Voli per l’aria chi può volare” / Recitativo: “L’uomo, che nacque per salire al cielo”
Magdalena KoženáLes Musiciens du LouvreMarc MinkowskiJuan-Manuel Quintana
14 Handel: "Tra le fiamme", Cantata HWV 170 - Da capo: “Tra le fiamme tu scherzi”
Magdalena KoženáLes Musiciens du LouvreMarc MinkowskiJuan-Manuel Quintana
15 J. Christoph Bach: "Ach, dass ich Wassers g'nug hätte" Lamento
Magdalena KoženáMusica Antiqua KölnReinhard Goebel
16 J.S. Bach: Was mir behagt, ist nur die muntre Jagd, Cantata BWV 208 - Aria: Schafe können sicher weiden
Magdalena KoženáMusica FloreaMarek Stryncl
17 J.S. Bach: Cantata No.30 "Freue dich, erlöste Schar", BWV 30 - 5. Aria: Kommt, ihr angefocht'nen Sünder
Magdalena KoženáMusica FloreaMarek Stryncl
18 Handel: Dixit Dominus, HWV 232 - 7. De torrente in via bibet
Annick MassisMagdalena KoženáLes Musiciens du LouvreMarc MinkowskiChorus Of Les Musiciens Du LouvreSébastian Rouland
19 Myslivecek: L'Olimpiade / Act 2 - Che non mi disse
Magdalena KoženáPrague PhilharmoniaMichel Swierczewski
20 Gluck: Paride ed Elena, Wq 39 / Act 3 - Quegli occhi belli / Misero! Ahimè!
Magdalena KoženáSusan GrittonCarolyn SampsonGabrieli PlayersPaul McCreesh
21 Mozart: La clemenza di Tito, K.621 / Act 2 - "Deh per questo istante solo"
Magdalena KoženáScottish Chamber OrchestraSir Charles Mackerras
22 Massenet: Cléopatre - J'ai versé le poison
Magdalena KoženáMahler Chamber OrchestraMarc MinkowskiJean-Christophe Keck
23 Respighi: Il tramonto, P.101
Magdalena KoženáHenschel Quartett
24 Shostakovich: Satires (Pictures Of The Past), 5 Romances For Soprano And Piano, Op. 109 - 3. Descendants
Magdalena KoženáMalcolm Martineau
25 Britten: A Charm Of Lullabies, Op.41 - 2. The Highland Bales
Magdalena KoženáMalcolm Martinea
26 Moravská lidová poesie v písních (Moravian Folk Poetry in Songs) - Janácek: Moravian Folk Poetry In Songs, JW 5/2 - 17. Komu kytka
Magdalena KoženáGraham Johnson
27 Moravská lidová poesie v písních (Moravian Folk Poetry in Songs) - Janácek: Moravian Folk Poetry In Songs, JW 5/2 - 5. Obrázek milého
Magdalena KoženáGraham Johnson
28 Moravská lidová poesie v písních (Moravian Folk Poetry in Songs) - Janácek: Moravian Folk Poetry In Songs, JW 5/2 - 19. Pérecko
Magdalena KoženáGraham Johnson
29 Moravská lidová poesie v písních (Moravian Folk Poetry in Songs) - Janácek: Moravian Folk Poetry In Songs, JW 5/2 - 16. Stálost
Magdalena KoženáGraham Johnson
30 Moravská lidová poesie v písních (Moravian Folk Poetry in Songs) - Janácek: Moravian Folk Poetry In Songs, JW 5/2 - 1. Láska
Magdalena KoženáGraham Johnson
31 Moravská lidová poesie v písních (Moravian Folk Poetry in Songs) - Janácek: Moravian Folk Poetry In Songs, JW 5/2 - 38. Loucení
Magdalena KoženáGraham Johnson
32 Moravská lidová poesie v písních (Moravian Folk Poetry in Songs) - Janácek: Moravian Folk Poetry In Songs, JW 5/2 - 18. Konícky milého
Magdalena KoženáGraham Johnson
33 Dvorák: In Folk Tone, Op.73, B.146 - 1. Dobrú noc, má mila
Magdalena KoženáGraham Johnson
34 Dvorák: In Folk Tone, Op.73, B.146 - 2. Žalo dievča, žalo trávu
Magdalena KoženáLudovít Marcinger