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In Flanders’ Fields Vol.91: Homage to Ria Bollen | Phaedra PH92091

In Flanders’ Fields Vol.91: Homage to Ria Bollen

Label: Phaedra

Cat No: PH92091

Barcode: 5412327920919

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 1

Genre: Vocal/Choral

Release Date: 22nd January 2016

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Ria Bollen, contralto. “Chi farà che torni in vita? Chi al mio cor la renderà?” “Who can bring her back to life? Who can return her to my heart?” Orfeo sings in Gluck's masterpiece Orfeo ed Euridice. That is precisely the purpose of this CD: keeping alive the memory of the golden voice of the Belgian (Flemish) contralto Ria Bollen (b. 1942 in Sint-Truiden). It is possible to hear her again thanks to the historic live recordings on this CD. They bridge past and present, thus making everything present. This CD gathers a selection of a large number of live recordings made both at home and abroad, a selection that takes into account both the quality and the diversity of recorded performances. The time limit of a CD forced its compilers to make choices they sometimes found hard, compelling them to neglect certain aspects of Ria Bollen’s art. Ria Bollen deliberately decided to be a concert singer and to forgo opera, with one exception, the role of Geneviève in Claude Debussy’s Pelléas et Mélisande, in a production of the Brussels Royal Theatre of la Monnaie/de Munt (at the time directed by Maurice Huisman). She also sang the part of Orfeo in a few concert performances of Gluck’s Orfeo ed Euridice.

Singing baroque, romantic and contemporary vocal music, including the lied repertoire, both well-known and less familiar, ensured her an international reputation. But she never forgot nor neglected the works of composers of her own country, like Peter Benoit (1834–1901), August De Boeck (1865–1937), Edgar Tinel (1854–1912), Lodewijk Mortelmans (1868–1952) and many others.

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VIVALDI
Gloria in D, RV 589
– Qui sedes
– Domine Deus
Berner Kammerchor; Südwestdeutsches Kammerorchester Pforzheim; Jörg Ewald Dähler, conductor
Studio recording, Bern Minster, December 1977

JS BACH
St Matthew Passion, BWV 244
– Recitative and Aria: Buss und Reu
– Aria: Erbarme dich
Concertgebouw Orkest Amsterdam; Theo Olof, violin; Felix de Nobel, conductor
Live recording, Concertgebouw Amsterdam, 31 March 1974

HAYDN
Stabat Mater, Hob XXbis
– Fac me vere
Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunk; Richard Kraus, conductor
Live recording, Herkulessaal, Munich, '18th Internationale Musikwettbewerb der ARD', 19 September 1969

MENDELSSOHN
Elijah (Elias), op.70
– Weh ihnen, dass sie von mir weichen!
BRT Chamber Orchestra; Frits Celis, conductor
Live recording, Studio 4 of the Flagey Radio Building, Brussels, 2 March 1969

BRAHMS
Alto Rhapsody, op.53
BRT Symfony Orchestra; Members of the BRT Radio Choir; Léonce Gras, conductor
Studio recording, 'Amerikaans Theater' (the American pavillion of Expo 58), Brussels, 12 July 1971

ROSSINI
Petite messe solenelle
– Agnus Dei
Heidi Hendrickx and Levente Kende, piano; Leopold Sluys, harmonium; BRT Radio Choir; Vic Nees, conductor
Live recording, Sint Martin's, Sint Truiden [Belgium], 27 June 1978

RESPIGHI
Il Tramonto – Poemetto lirico
Soloists of the Belgian Chamber Orchestra; Georges Maes, conductor
Live recording, Auditorium University of Ghent, 13 January 1972

MAHLER
Symphony no.3 in D minor
– Sehr langsam. Misterioso. 'O Mensch gib acht!'
Philharmonia Orchestra; Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor
Live recording, St Bavo's Cathedral, Ghent, Festival of Flanders, 12 September 1978

AUGUST DE BOECK
Het Kerksken van ten Lande (The Little Country Church)
BRT Philharmonic Orchestra; Fernand Terby, conductor
Live recording, Studio 4 of the Flagey Radio Building, Brussels, 12 March 1987

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