The Art Of the Prima Donna
Released: 2011. Decca.
3 x CD. Sourced from NZ.
Many albums claim to be legendary but few have been as genuinely influential as this one, for singers as for aficionados of opera and the bel canto tradition.
The extensive, carefully-assembled 80-page booklet offers three-language versions of Alan Blyth's note (from the previous re-issue of this album in 2000) together with an essay from George Hall re-assessing the album 50 years on.
The booklet furthermore offers a host of colour photos and mono photos of Joan Sutherland in various roles featured in this collection; there are also prints and engravings of the singers from bygone eras who who acted as the inspiration for this recording. Item Details
TITLE: The Art Of the Prima Donna
LABEL: Decca
FORMAT: 3 x CD
RELEASED: 2011
SOURCE: Sourced from NZ
CATALOGUE NO.: 4783071
Track Listing
Disc 1
1. The soldier tir'd of war's alarms - Joan Sutherland, Harry Dilley, Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Francesco Molinari-Pradelli
2. Let the bright seraphim - Joan Sutherland, Harry Dilley, Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Francesco Molinari-Pradelli
3. Sediziose voci...Casta Diva...Ah! bello a me ritorna - Joan Sutherland, Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Francesco Molinari-Pradelli
4. "Son vergin vezzosa" - Joan Sutherland, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Francesco Molinari-Pradelli
5. Bel raggio lusinghier - Joan Sutherland, Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Francesco Molinari-Pradelli
6. "O rendetemi la speme...Qui la voce...Vien, diletto" - Joan Sutherland, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Francesco Molinari-Pradelli
7. Care compagne, e voi, tenere amici - Joan Sutherland, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Francesco Molinari-Pradelli
8. O Dieu! que de bijoux...Ah! je ris de me voir - Joan Sutherland, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Francesco Molinari-Pradelli
Disc 2
1. "Ah, je veux vivre" - Joan Sutherland, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Francesco Molinari-Pradelli
2. Mia madre aveva una povera ancella...piangea cantando - Joan Sutherland, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Francesco Molinari-Pradelli
3. "Martern aller Arten" - Joan Sutherland, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Francesco Molinari-Pradelli
4. "E strano!" - "Ah, fors'è lui" - "Sempre libera" - Joan Sutherland, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Francesco Molinari-Pradelli
5. A vos jeux, mes amis, permettez-moi - Joan Sutherland, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Francesco Molinari-Pradelli
6. Où va la jeune Indoue (Bell song) - Joan Sutherland, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Francesco Molinari-Pradelli
7. O beau pays de la Touraine - Joan Sutherland, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Francesco Molinari-Pradelli
8. "Gualtier Maldè" - "Caro nome" - Joan Sutherland, Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Francesco Molinari-Pradelli
Disc 3
1. Joan Sutherland discusses her life and career with Jon Tolansky - Joan Sutherland, Jon Tolansky
2. L'Eremitaggio di Liwerpool - Joan Sutherland, Jon Tolansky, Richard Bonynge
3. Lucia di Lammermoor - Joan Sutherland, Jon Tolansky, Paris Conservatoire Orchestra, Nello Santi
4. La Traviata - Joan Sutherland, Jon Tolansky, Orchestra del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, John Pritchard
5. La Fille du Régiment - Joan Sutherland, Jon Tolansky, Luciano Pavarotti, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Richard Bonynge
6. Lakmé - Joan Sutherland, Jon Tolansky, Orchestre National de l'Opéra de Monte-Carlo, Richard Bonynge
7. Esclarmonde - Joan Sutherland, Jon Tolansky, Huguette Tourangeau, The National Philharmonic Orchestra, Richard Bonynge
8. Suor Angelica - Joan Sutherland, Jon Tolansky, The National Philharmonic Orchestra, Richard Bonynge
9. La Sonnambula - Joan Sutherland, Jon Tolansky, The National Philharmonic Orchestra, Richard Bonynge
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