Sings Alzira

Schwarzkopf (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (December 17, 1996)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Enterprise
• ASIN: B0000040U7
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,746,352 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Alzira, opera: Prologue. Introduzione

2. Alzira, opera: Prologue. Stirb, stirb mit Beleidigungen (Muoia, muoia, coverto d'insulti)

3. Alzira, opera: Act 1. Ihr tapferen, der heutige Appell (Alta cagion qui v'assembrava)

4. Alzira, opera: Act 1. Die lastende Erinnerung an eine kranke (Eterna la memoria)

5. Alzira, opera: Act 1. Sie schläft (Riposa. Tutte in suo cor vegliante)

6. Alzira, opera: Act 1. Auf einem zerbrechlichen Boot (Da Gusmano, su gragil barca)

7. Alzira, opera: Act 1. Meine Liebe (Anima mia)

8. Alzira, opera: Act 1. Vergebens forderre ich dich zum Kampf (Teco sperai combattere)

9. Alzira, opera: Act 2. Ex! Ex! Sieg! Sieg! (Mesci, mesci! Vittoria, vittoria!)

10. Alzira, opera: Act 2. Sonst stirbt er (Ei morrà)

11. Alzira, opera: Act 2. Freunde...Ich hatte Glück (Amici!...Propizio ebbi fortuna)

12. Alzira, opera: Act 2. Muss ich wieder weg von hier (Irne lungi ancor dovrei)

13. Alzira, opera: Act 2. Trockne deine Tränen, Amerika (Tergi del pianto America)

14. Alzira, opera: Act 2. Süss klingt die Trompete des Sieges (E' dolce la tromba che suona vittoria

15. Alzira, opera: Act 2. Andere Fugenden...Verrückter (Altre virtudi, insano)

Customer Reviews

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars From the Nazi Era, October 13, 2001

By 

Dennis R. Winter "winterzeit" (San Francisco, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Sings Alzira (Audio CD)

This is a must-have for admirerers of Dame Schwarzkopf since it places her voice very early in her recording career (this is from the 30's and she last recorded 40 years later) and in a repetoire not usually associated with her (that is for those that were recorded, she performed, but not recorded, almost every soprano part during her carreer both in Germany, Austria, and Covent Garden).

But this is a two-for: rare Scwarzkopf and rare Verdi. With her distinct timbre, Schwarzkopf is easily identifiable in this amazingly-good audio recording. Many say that Walter Legge was her master and molded her voice, but here when she was very, very young, the Schwarzkopf of the silver voice shows through. One can see that she was a rising star for her artistic, not political (or sexual) qualities and what Michael Reichausen saw in her when he attempted to capture the German lied near the end of Hitler's terror.