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Victoria de los Angeles: The Voice of an Angel

Label: Warner - Icon

Cat No: 2173082

Barcode: 5099921730825

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 7

Genre: Vocal/Choral

Release Date: 21st September 2008

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Victoria de los Angeles (soprano)

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Victoria de los Angeles (soprano)

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Contents:
CD 1 - The Early Recordings
GIUSEPPE VERDI
1 Surta è la notte…Ernani! Ernani, involami (Ernani, Act I)
2 Era più calmo…Piangea cantando (Otello, Act IV)
3 Ave Maria (Otello, Act IV)

GIOACHINO ROSSINI
4 Nacqui all’affano…Non più mesta (La Cenerentola, Act II)

PIETRO MASCAGNI
5 Voi lo sapete, o mamma (Cavalleria rusticana)

ALFREDO CATALANI
6 Ebben? ne andrò lontana (La Wally, Act I)

WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART
7 Porgi, amor (Le nozze di Figaro, Act II)

RICHARD WAGNER
8 Dich teure Halle (Tannhäuser, Act II)
9 Einsam in trüben Tagen (Lohengrin, Act I)

Gianella Borelli mezzo-soprano (2)
Orchestra del Teatro dell’Opera di Roma / Giuseppe Morelli (P) 1955/1990*
Recorded: 14, 17, 18, 20 & 21.VIII.1954, Rome Opera House

MANUEL DE FALLA
La vida breve (Shaw)
10 Vivan los que rien! (Act I)
11 Alli está! Riyendo (Act II)

Philharmonia Orchestra / Stanford Robinson (P) 1991*
Recorded: 14.III.1948, No.1 Studio, Abbey Road, London

JOAQUÍN TURINA
12 Saeta en formas de Salve (S. & J. Quintero)
13 Poema en forma de canciones (Campoamor) − III. Cantares

Philharmonia Orchestra / Walter Susskind (P) 1991*
Recorded: 9.V.1949, No.1 Studio, Abbey Road, London

HEITOR VILLA-LOBOS
Bachianas brasileiras No.5
14 I: Aria (Cantilena) (1938)
15 II: Dança (Martelo) (1945)

Orchestre National de la Radiodiffusion Française / Heitor Villa-Lobos
(P) 1957/1998* EMI Music France
Recorded: 7 & 13.VI.1956, Salle de la Mutualité, Paris

MONO [ADD]

CD 2 - Great Italian Operas
GIACOMO PUCCINI
La bohème (Illica & Giacosa)
1 Sì. Mi chiamano Mimì (Act I)
2 O soave fanciulla (Act I)
3 Addio…D’onde lieta uscì (Act III)

Jussi Björling tenor ∙ Robert Merrill baritone (2)
RCA Victor Orchestra / Sir Thomas Beecham (P) 2002* MONO
Recorded: 16, 17, 30.III & 1-3, 5, 6.IV.1956, Manhattan Centre, New York

VERDI
4 Come in quest’ora bruna (Simon Boccanegra, Act I)

Orchestra del Teatro dell’Opera di Roma / Gabriele Santini (P) 1958/1990* MONO
Recorded: IX.1957, Rome Opera House

RUGGERO LEONCAVALLO
5 Quel fiamma…Hui! Stridono lassù (Pagliacci) RCA Victor Orchestra / Renato Cellini (P) 1998* MONO
Recorded: 10, 11, 15, 19 & 29.I.1953, Manhattan Centre, New York

PUCCINI
6 Senza mamma (Suor Angelica)
Orchestra del Teatro dell Opera di Roma / Tullio Serafin (P) 1958/1992* MONO
Recorded: VI.1957, Rome Opera House

PUCCINI
7 O mio babbino caro (Gianni Schicchi)
Orchestra del Teatro dell Opera di Roma / Gabriele Santini (P) 1959/1992*
Recorded: VII.1958, Rome Opera House

ROSSINI
8 Una voce poco fa (Il barbiere di Siviglia, Act I)
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra / Vittorio Gui (P) 1963/1992*
Recorded: 4-7, 9 & 10.IX.1962, No.1 Studio, Abbey Road, London

VERDI
La traviata (Piave)
9 Libiamo (Brindisi) (Act I)
10 È strano!…Ah, fors’è lui…Sempre libera (Act I)
11 Teneste la promessa…Addio del passato (Act III)

Carlo del Monte tenor (9 & 10)
Coro e Orchestra del Teatro dell’Opera di Roma / Tullio Serafin (P) 1960/1992*
Recorded: VI. & X.1959, Rome Opera House

PUCCINI
Madama Butterfly (Illica & Giacosa)
12 Quanto cielo!…Ancora un passo or via (Act I)
13 Bimba dagli occhi (Act I)
14 Un bel dì vedremo (Act II)
15 Con onor muore (Act II)

Jussi Björling tenor (13 & 15) ∙ Mario Sereni baritone (12)
Coro e Orchestra del Theatro dell’Opera di Roma / Gabriele Santini (P) 1060/1990*
Recorded: IX. & X.1959, Rome Opera House
MONO/STEREO [ADD]

CD 3 - Great French Operas
JULES MASSENET
Manon (Meilhac & Gille)
1 Allons !...Adieu, notre petite table (Act II)
2 Je marche sur tous les chemins…Obéissons (Act III)

Chœurs et Orchestre du Théâtre National de l’Opéra-Comique
Pierre Monteux (P) 1990* EMI Music France MONO
Recorded: 30.V. to 22.VI.1955, Salle de la Mutualité, Paris

CHARLES GOUNOD
Faust (Barbier & Carré)
3 Un bouquet !…Ô Dieu ! que de bijoux !...Ah ! je ris (Act III)
4 Il se fait tard !... Ô nuit d’amour (Act III)
5 Ah ! c’est la voix du bien-aimé !...Anges pur (Act V)

Nicolai Gedda tenor (4 & 5) ∙ Boris Christoff bass (4 & 5)
Orchestre du Théâtre National de l’Opéra / André Cluytens (P) 1959/2003*
Recorded: 23-27, 29, 30.IX & 1-4, 6-9.X.1958, Salle de la Mutualité, Paris

MASSENET
Werther (Blau, Milliet & Hartmann)
6 Werther ! Werther ! …Ces letters (Act III)
7 Va ! laisse couler mes larmes !...Les larmes qu’on ne pleure pas (Act III)
Orchestre de Paris / Georges Prêtre (P) 1969/2003
Recorded: 6, 7, 9-14, 16.IX.1968 & 10-12.VI.1969, Salle Wagram, Paris

JACQUES OFFENBACH
8 Elle a fui, la tourterelle (Les Contes d’Hoffmann, Act IV)
Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire / André Cluytens
(P) 1965/2003*
Recorded: IX., X., XII.1964 & II.1965, Salle Wagram, Paris

GEORGES BIZET
Carmen (Meilhac & Halévy)
9 Quand je vous aimerai ?...L’amour est un oiseau rebelle (Habanera) (Act I)
10 Près des ramparts de Séville (Seguédille) (Act I)
11 Les tringles des sistres tintaient (Chanson bohème) (Act II)
12 Voyons, que j’essaie à mon tour (Act III)
13 C’est toi ! C’est moi ! (Act IV)

Nicolai Gedda tenor (10 & 13) ∙ Denise Monteil soprano (11 & 12)
Marcelle Croisier & Monique Linval mezzo-sopranos (11 & 12)
Matrise, Chœurs et Orchestre National da la Radiodiffusion Française
Sir Thomas Beecham (P) 1960/2000* EMI France
Recorded: 4-10.VI.1958 and 1-6.IX. & 11.X.1959, Salle Wagram, Paris

MONO/STEREO [ADD]

CD 4 - Popular Songs & Zarzuela Arias
FELIX MENDELSSOHN
1 Auf Flügeln des Gesanges Op.34, No.2 (Heine)

EDVARD GRIEG
2 Ich liebe dich Op.5 No.3 (Andersen trnsl. Holstein)

JOHANNES BRAHMS
3 Wiegenlied Op.49 No.4 (Scherer)

ANTONÍN DVOŘÁK
4 Als die alte Mutter Op.55 No.4 (Heyduk)

JEAN-PAUL MARTINI
5 Plaisir d’amour (Florian)

REYNALDO HAHN
6 L’Enamourée (de Banville)

LÉO DELIBES
7 Les filles de Cadix (de Musset)

Traditional arr. Stanford
8 An Irish Lullaby (Graves)

GENI SADERO
9 Era la vo (Sicilian lullaby)

SEBASTIÁN IRADIER
10 La paloma

JAYME OVALLE
11 Azulão (Bandeira)

PABLO LUNA
12 De España vengo (El niño judío)

RUPERTO CHAPÍ
13 Carceleras (Las hijas del Zebedeo)

Sinfonia of London / Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos (P) 1965/2006*
Orchestrations (1-11): Douglas Gamley
Recorded: 13-17.IV.1964, No.1 Studio, Abbey Road, London

JERÓNIMO GIMÉNEZ
La tempranica
14 Zapateado
15 Canción de la tempranica

CHAPÍ
16 Canción de Pastora (La patria chica)
17 Canción de la gitana (La chavala)

FEDERICO CHUECA / JOAQUÍN VALVERDE
La gran vía
18 Tango de la menegilda
19 Chotís del eliseo madrilène

JOSÉ SERRANO
20 Romanza de Gloria (Los de Aragón)
21 Canción de la gitana (La alegría del batallón)
22 Escena lírica (Los claveles)

VICENTE LLEÓ
23 Couplets babilónicos (La corte del Faraón)

FERNÁNDEZ CABALLERO
24 Romanza de Pilar (Gigantes y cabezudos)

FRANCISCO BARBIERI
25 Canción de Paloma (El barberillo de Lavapiés)

Coro de Cámara del Real (15 & 19)
Profesores de la Orquesta Nacional de España
Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos (P) 1968/2006*
Recorded: 15 & 16.VII. & 27-30.IX.1967, Philips Studio, Madrid

STEREO [ADD]

CD 5 - Chants d’Auvergne
Chants d’Auvergne arr, Joseph Canteloube 1879–1957
1 La Pastoura als camps (Series I, No.1)
2 Baïléro (I/2)†

Trois Bourrées (I/3)†
3 1. L’aïo dè rotso
4 2. Ound’ onorèn gorda
5 3. Obal, din lou Limouzi
6 L’Antouèno (II/2)
7 La Pastrouletta è lou Chibalié (II/3)
8 La Délaïssádp (II/4)†
9 Lo Calhé (Bourrée) (II/5b)
10 Lo Fiolairé (III/1)†
11 Passo pel prat (Grande) (III/2)†
12 Lou Boussu (III/3)
13 Brezairola (III/4)†
14 Malurous qu’o uno fenno (Bourrée) (III/5)
15 Oï, ayaï (IV/2)
16 Pour l’enfant (IV/3)
17 Chut, chut (IV/4)†
18 Pastorale (IV/5)
19 Lou Coucut (IV/6)
20 Obal, din lo coumbèle (V/1)
21 Là-haut, sur le rocher (V/3)
22 Hé! beyla-z-y dau fé (Bourrée) (V/4)
23 Tè, l’co, tè! (V/6)
24 Uno jionto postouro (Regret) (V/7)

Orchestre des Concerts Lamoureux / Jean-Pierre Jacquillat
(P) 1975/1999* and †(P) 1973/1999*
Recorded: 9, 10, 13, 14, 16 & 17.IX.1974 and †10, 11, 13, 14 & 19.II.1969, Salle Wagram, Paris

STEREO [ADD]

CD 6 - Art Songs and Lieder
MAURICE RAVEL
1 La Flûte enchantée (Shéhérazade)

HENRI DUPARC
2 L’Invitation au voyage

Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire / Georges Prêtre (P) 1963/1993*
Recorded: 20-24.II.1962, Salle Wagram, Paris

CLAUDE DEBUSSY
Fêtes galantes (1er recueil)
3 En sourdine
4 Fantoches
5 Clair de lune

HAHN
6 Trois jours de vendange
7 Le Rossignol des lilas

GABRIEL FAURÉ
8 Tristesse, Op.6, No.2
9 Au bord de l’eau Op.8, No.1
10 Les Roses d’Ispahan Op.39, No.4
11 Toujours (No.2 de Trois Poèmes d’un jour Op.21)

Gonzalo Soriano piano (P) 1967/1993*
Recorded: 19-26.I.1966, Barcelona

ALESSANDRO SCARLATTI
12 Le violette

GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL
13 O! had I Jubal’s lyre (Joshua)

FRANZ SCHUBERT
14 Der Tod und das Mädchen D531
15 Wohin? (No.2 from Die schöne Müllerin, D795)
16 An die Musik D547

BRAHMS
17 Dein blaues Auge Op.59, No.8
18 Vergebliches Ständchen Op.84, No.4

Gerald Moore piano (P) 1961/1993*
Recorded: 8-11.IX.1960, Barcelona

HENRY PURCELL
19 Let us wander (arr. Moffat)
20 Lost is my quiet (arr. Moffat)

JOSEPH HAYDN
21 Schlaf in deiner engen Kammer

JOHANN CHRISTIAN BACH
22 Ah! lamenta, oh bella Irene

LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN
Irish Songs
23 Oh! would I were but that sweet linnet WoO154, No.9
24 He promised me at parting WoO154, No.12
25 They bid me slight my Dermot dear WoO152, No.18

DVOŘÁK
26 Möglichkeit Op.38, No.1
27 Der Apfel Op.38, No.2

PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY
28 Schottische Ballade Op.46, No.2

Dietrich-Fischer Dieskau baritone
Eduard Drolc violin (21, 23 & 25) ∙ Irmgard Poppen cello (21, 23 & 25)
Gerald Moore piano (P) 1962/1993*
Recorded: 1-3.XII.1960, Gemeindehaus, Berlin-Zehlendorf

BRAHMS
29 Sapphische Ode Op.94, No.4

MOZART
30 La Partenza K436

Elisabeth Schwarzkopf soprano (30) ∙ Dietrich Fischer Dieskau baritone (30)
Gerald Moore piano (P) 1967/1993*
Recorded live at the Royal Festival Hall, London
Recorded: 20.II.1968, Royal Festival Hall, London

STEREO [ADD]

CD 7 - Songs of Spain
FALLA
1 El sombrero de tres picos – Introduction
Philharmonia Orchestra with Chorus / Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos (P) 1964/2001*
Recorded: X. & XII.1963, Kingsway Hall, London & IV.1964, No.1 Studio, Abbey Road, London

El amor brujo
2 Canción del amor dolido
3 Canción del fuego fatuo
4 Danza del juego de amor
5 Final: Las campanas del amanecer

Philharmonia Orchestra / Carlo Maria Giulini (P) 1966/2001*
Recorded: X.1961 & IV.1964, Kingsway Hall, London

Siete canciones populares españolas
6 El paño moruno
7 Seguidilla murciana
8 Asturiana
9 Jota
10 Nana
11 Canción
12 Polo

Gonzalo Soriano piano (P) 1962/2001*
Recorded: 4.XII.1961 & 2.I.1962, Barcelona

XAVIER MONTSALVATGE
Cinco canciones negras (1946)
13 Cuba dentro de un piano (Alberti)
14 Chévre (Guillén)
15 Punto de habanera (Lujan)
16 Canción de cuna para dormer a un negrito (Valdes)
17 Canto negro (Guillén)

Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire
Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos (P) 1962/1993*
Recorded: II.1962, Salle Wagram, Paris

Canciones Sefardíes arr. Manuel Valls 1920–1984
18 La rosa enflorece
19 Ven querida
20 Adió, querida
21 Durme, durme, hermozo hijico
22 Paxaro d’hermosura
23 Avrix, mi galanica
24 Irme quiero, la mi madre
25 Ya viene el cativo
26 Yo m’enamori d’un aire
27 Una matica de ruda

Jean-Claude Gérard flute ∙ Oscar Ghiglia guitar (P) 1972/1998*
Recorded: 17-19.II.1969, Salle Wagram, Paris

Canciones populares españolas arr. Federico Garcia Lorca 1899–1936
28 Anda, jaleo
29 Los cuatro muleros
30 Las tres hojas
31 Los mozos de Monleón
32 Las morillas de Jaén
33 Sevillanas del siglo XVIII

Miguel Zanetti piano (P) 1972/1998*
Recorded: 1 & 2.V.1970, No.1 Studio, Abbey Road, London

EDUARDO TOLDRÁ
34 Cançó de grumet (A l’ombra del Leidoner)

Gonzalo Soriano piano (P) 1962/1998*
Recorded: XII.1961 & I.1962, Barcelona

ENRIQUE GRANADOS
Colección de tonadillas, escritas en estilo antiguo (Periquet)
35 2 Callejeo
36 7 El tra la la y el punteado

JESÚS GURIDI
37 Jota (Seis canciones castellanas, No.5)

Gerald Moore piano (P) 1961/1998*
Recorded: 8-11.IX.1960, EMI Studios, Barcelona

GRANADOS
38 La maja y el ruiseñor (Goyescas)

New Philharmonia Orchestra / Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos (P) 1985/1998*
Recorded: 18.IV.1969, Kingsway Hall, London

VALVERDE
39 Clavelitos! (Cadenas)

JOAQUÍN NIN
40 Granadina (Cantos populares españolas, No.7)

Gerald Moore piano (P) 1961/1998*

TOMÁS BARRERA / RAFAEL CALLEJA
41 Adiós, Granada (Cases) (arr. Victoria de los Angeles)

Victoria de los Angeles guitar (P) 1961/1998*
Recorded: 8-11.IX.1960, EMI Studios, Barcelona

GRANADOS
Canciones amatorias (Traditional)
42 Iban al pinar
43 Gracia mía

Alicia de Larrocha piano (P) 1972/1998*
Recorded live: 13 & 22.XI.1971, Assembly Hall, Hunter College, City University of New York