Ewa Podles · Russian Arias

Ewa Podles (Composer), Alexander Borodin (Composer), Sergey Prokofiev (Composer), Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky (Composer), Rodion Konstantinovich Shchedrin (Conductor), Igor Stravinsky (Orchestra), Modest Mussorgsky (Artist), Constantine Orbelian (Artist), Philharmonia of Russia (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Orchestra: Igor Stravinsky
• Conductor: Rodion Konstantinovich Shchedrin
• Composer: Ewa Podles, Alexander Borodin, Sergey Prokofiev, Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky
• Audio CD (April 2, 2002)
• SPARS Code: DDD
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Delos Records
• ASIN: B00006313Z
• Also Available in: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #280,422 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars She's back!, July 1, 2002

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jorge antonio (Portugal) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Ewa Podles · Russian Arias (Audio CD)

The first time I heard Ewa Podles was in a live performance of Verdi's "Requiem". After that I've been buying all her records and trying to hear her live. I still don't understand how she is still ignored by the major record companies...
This CD of russian arias could not be rated less than extraordinary: if the voice itself wasn't enough - and it is more than enough - the interpretation would.

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Delectable!, January 15, 2003

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Jim Grogan (Cottage Grove, MN USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Ewa Podles · Russian Arias (Audio CD)

This disc is altogether delectable. With few exceptions, Russian opera is little known or appreciated in this country. Perhaps, if it always had interpreters as stupendously capable as Ewa Podles, the story might be different. She is a true contralto, and, as such, more than capable of bringing appropriate power, flexibility and idiomatic darkness to these largely unfamiliar arias. Even more impressively, she uses her magnificent talent to get inside the character of each piece. The result is a virtuoso variety of texture. The sumptuous richness of her sound makes even the finest counter-tenors seem rather thin-voiced. Do not let the unfamiliarity of most of the pieces put you off. Full translations are provided, with the Russian being helpfully rendered in Roman letters. So, let this superrb and thrilling singer introduce you to some very fine music.

9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars TODO LO QUE ELLA CANTE ESTÁ BIEN, September 6, 2002

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Mario Gonzalez Dorado - See all my reviews

This review is from: Ewa Podles · Russian Arias (Audio CD)

Una voz tan impresionante como la de esta mujer, me deja sólo agradeciendo que exista, o que haya existido alguna vez, y que haya respirado, al mismo tiempo que yo, en este planeta. Por lo tanto, recomiendo absolutamente todo material que ella grabe. Es un placer, un poco de luz en medio de tanta oscuridad.