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Lise Davidsen - Christmas From Norway (2023)

Posted By: delpotro
Lise Davidsen - Christmas From Norway (2023)

Lise Davidsen - Christmas From Norway (2023)
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 198 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 116 Mb | 00:50:18
Classical, Vocal | Label: Decca Classics

Lise Davidsen, the most in-demand soprano in the world right now, announces the release of her new album, ‘Christmas From Norway’ via Decca Classics on 10 November 2023. Lise’s forthcoming album presents a delightful and personally-selected collection of traditional Norwegian Christmas music and classic festive favourites, spreading the warm glow of the Scandinavian Christmas spirit. For this album, the soprano draws inspiration from the classic albums of iconic predecessors on Decca Classics, such as Kirsten Flagstad and Birgit Nilsson. The album features beautiful arrangements drawn from the label's archive, originally made for such legendary singers as Luciano Pavarotti, Leontyne Price, and Renée Fleming.

Lise Davidsen, London Philharmonic Orchestra & Sir Mark Elder - Beethoven - Wagner - Verdi (2021)

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Lise Davidsen, London Philharmonic Orchestra & Sir Mark Elder - Beethoven - Wagner - Verdi (2021)

Lise Davidsen, London Philharmonic Orchestra & Sir Mark Elder - Beethoven - Wagner - Verdi (2021)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+log+.cue) - 239 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 146 Mb | Digital booklet | 01:03:25
Classical, Opera, Vocal | Label: Decca Classics

Her second album explodes from the speakers with Leonore's aria from Fidelio, the role which bowled over critics in March 2020: "She will surely be the outstanding Leonore of the next generation." Financial Times. Presenting some of the great operatic heroines from the German and Italian repertoire: Verdi's Leonora from La forza del destino, Cherubini's Medea, and Santuzza in Cavalleria rusticana further demonstrating her versatility. Featuring Wagner's five Wesendonck Lieder which has become a signature piece for Lise and which affords us a glimpse of her future Isolde. Recorded in lockdown with the London Philharmonic Orchestra and the doyen of British opera conductors, Sir Mark Elder.

Marek Janowski, Dresdner Philharmonie - Ludwig van Beethoven: Fidelio (2021)

Posted By: ArlegZ
Marek Janowski, Dresdner Philharmonie - Ludwig van Beethoven: Fidelio (2021)

Marek Janowski, Dresdner Philharmonie - Ludwig van Beethoven: Fidelio (2021)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 421 Mb | Total time: 01:49:19 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Pentatone | # PTC 5186 880 | Recorded: 2020

After their acclaimed recording of Weber’s Freischütz, the Dresdner Philharmonie and conductor Marek Janowski present yet another German opera classic with Beethoven’s Fidelio. They work together with a stellar cast, including Lise Davidsen (Fidelio/Leonore), Christian Elsner (Florestan), Georg Zeppenfeld (Rocco), Christina Landshamer (Marzelline), and more. This should have been a live concert recording, but recent shutdowns frustrated those plans. Luckily, it turned out possible to record Beethoven’s masterpiece in two studio sessions, with two different, established choirs: the Sächsischer Staatsopernchor Dresden, as well as the MDR Leipzig Radio Choir.

Lise Davidsen, Leif Ove Andsnes - Edvard Grieg: Songs (2022)

Posted By: ArlegZ
Lise Davidsen, Leif Ove Andsnes - Edvard Grieg: Songs (2022)

Lise Davidsen, Leif Ove Andsnes - Edvard Grieg: Songs (2022)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 249 Mb | Total time: 79:48 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Decca | # 485 2254 | Recorded: 2021

Two of Norway's most celebrated musicians come together to perform the music of the country's most celebrated composer, Edvard Grieg. Soprano Lise Davidsen and pianist Leif Ove celebrate the songs of Grieg with a wide-ranging collection of songs. Recorded in the Arctic Circle in Bodo - Lise describes the `magical' time recording this music with a special team in rural Norway.

Edward Gardner, Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra - Jean Sibelius: Luonnotar; Tapiola & Spring Song (2021)

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Edward Gardner, Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra - Jean Sibelius: Luonnotar; Tapiola & Spring Song (2021)

Edward Gardner, Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra - Jean Sibelius: Luonnotar; Tapiola & Spring Song (2021)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 289 Mb | Total time: 72:51 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Chandos | # CHSA 5217 | Recorded: 2018, 2021

Following their acclaimed recordings of Schoenberg with Sara Jakubiak and Britten’s Peter Grimes with Stuart Skelton, Edward Gardner and the Bergen Philharmonic turn their attention to the music of Sibelius. Written in 1913 for the diva Aino Ackté, the tone poem Luonnotar draws on text from the Finnish national epic poem, the Kalevala. Its virtuosic demands are ably met here by award-wining soprano Lise Davidsen, who also feature in the Suite from Pelléas and Mélisande, music re-worked by Sibelius from his incidental music written for the first performances of Maeterlinck’s play in Helsinki, in 1905, in Swedish. The tone poem Tapiola, from 1926, is Sibelius’ last great masterpiece and evokes the forests of his native Finland.

Lise Davidsen & Marek Janowski - Beethoven: Fidelio, Op. 72 (2021)

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Lise Davidsen & Marek Janowski -  Beethoven: Fidelio, Op. 72 (2021)

Lise Davidsen, Georg Zeppenfeld, Christian Elsner, Christina Landshamer, Dresdner Philharmonie & Marek Janowski - Beethoven: Fidelio, Op. 72 (2021)
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 432 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 256 Mb | Digital booklet | 01:49:15
Classical, Opera | Label: Pentatone

After their acclaimed recording of Weber’s Freischütz, the Dresdner Philharmonie and its Principal conductor Marek Janowski present yet another German opera stereo classic with Beethoven’s Fidelio. They work together with a stellar cast — well-seasoned in German opera — including Lise Davidsen (Fidelio/Leonore), Christian Elsner (Florestan), Georg Zeppenfeld (Rocco), Christina Landshamer (Marzelline), Cornel Frey (Jaquino), Johannes Martin Kränzle (Don Pizzarro) and Günther Groissböck (Don Fernando).