Songs by Chopin, Rachmaninov, Tchaikovsky and Musorgsky, and Szymanowski Masques
Ewa Podles, Garrick Ohlsson
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- Ewa Podles contralto
- Garrick Ohlsson piano
“I want my singing to have drama, to send a message, sometimes people cry when they hear me – this is what’s important. I want people to love me or hate me because of the emotion of my singing” Ewa Podles
Wigmore Hall Live presents a Russian and Polish recital by Ewa Podles. Widely regarded as the world’s leading contralto, Ewa Podles is a true great singer of our time.
Recorded live at Wigmore Hall on 23 January 2008, this release marked Ewa Podles’ return to Wigmore Hall after sixteen years.
Accompanying Podles is the distinguished pianist Garrick Ohlsson, whose solo performance of Szymanowski’s Masques, “was a mastery display of sustained and imaginative virtuosity, matching the singer’s” Opera Now
Track Listing
Fryderyk Chopin (1810-1849)
17 Songs Op. 74 No. 5
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01. There where she loves (Gdzie lubi)
17 Songs Op. 74 No. 14
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02. The Ring (Pierscien)
17 Songs Op. 74 No. 10
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03. The Warrior (Wojak)
17 Songs Op. 74 No. 16
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04. Lithuanian Song (Piosnka litewska)
17 Songs Op. 74 No. 8
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05. Handsome Lad (Sliczny chlopiec)
Sergey Rachmaninov (1873-1943)
15 Songs Op. 26 No. 6
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06. Christ is risen
12 Songs Op. 14 No. 3
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07. For long there has been little consolation in love
12 Songs Op. 14 No. 9
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08. She is as lovely as the noon
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)
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09. Was I not a little blade of grass? Op. 47 No. 7
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10. None but the lonely heart Op. 6 No. 6
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11. Zemfira's song (Pesn' Zemfiri)
Karol Szymanowski (1882-1937)
Masques Op. 34
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12. I. Szecherezada (Scheherezade)
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13. II. Serenada Don Juana (Don Juan's Serenade)
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14. III. Blazen Tantris (Tantris the Clown)
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Buy tracks 12 - 14 as a group
Modest Musorgsky (1839-1881)
Songs and Dances of Death
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15. Lullaby
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16. Serenade
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17. Trepak
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18. The Field-Marshall
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19. Announcement
Sergey Rachmaninov
15 Songs Op. 26 No. 15
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20. All things pass by