Lucia Popp

Antonin Dvorak (Composer), Edvard Grieg (Composer), George Frederick Handel (Composer), Franz Lehar (Composer), Gustav Mahler (Composer), Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (Composer), Carl Orff (Composer), Giacomo Puccini (Composer), Gioachino Rossini (Composer), Franz Schubert (Composer), Johann II Strauss (Composer), Richard [1] Strauss (Composer), Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky (Composer), Richard [Classical] Wagner (Composer), Carl Zeller (Composer), Bernard Haitink (Conductor), Georg Fischer (Conductor), Josef Krips (Conductor), Klaus Tennstedt (Conductor), Leonard Slatkin (Conductor)

Product Details

• Conductor: Bernard Haitink, Georg Fischer, Josef Krips, Klaus Tennstedt, Leonard Slatkin
• Composer: Antonin Dvorak, Edvard Grieg, George Frederick Handel, Franz Lehar, Gustav Mahler, et al.
• Audio CD (March 16, 1999)
• Number of Discs: 2
• Label: Great Opera Divas
• ASIN: B00000HYSY
• Also Available in: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #671,890 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

Track Listings

Disc: 1

1. Die Lustige Witwe: Vilja Lied - Franz Lehár

2. Casanova: Nonnenchor und das Lied Der Laura - Johann Strauss II

3. Der Obersteiger: Sei Nicht Bös - Carl Zeller

4. Carmina Burana: Amor Volat Undique - Carl Orff

5. Carmina Burana: Stetit Puella - Carl Orff

6. Nozze Di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), Opera: Voi Che Sapete - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

7. Nozze Di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), Opera: Porgi Amor - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

8. Peer Gynt, Incidental Music, Op 23: Solveig's Cradle Song - Edvard Grieg

9. Peer Gynt, Incidental Music, Op 23: Solveig's Cradle Song - Edvard Grieg

10. Così Fan Tutte, Opera, K. 588: Come Scoglio - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

See all 15 tracks on this disc

Disc: 2

1. Exsultate, Jubilate, Motet for Soprano & Orchestra - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

2. Joshua: O Had I Jubel's Lyre - George Frederick Handel

3. Gretchen Am Spinnrade - Franz Schubert

4. Petite Messe Solenello: Crucifixus - Gioachino Rossini

5. Sylvia - Franz Schubert

6. Die Forelle - Franz Schubert

7. Wiegenlied - Richard Strauss

8. Gretchen Am Spinnrade - Franz Schubert

9. Sylvia - Franz Schubert

10. Zueignung - Richard Strauss

See all 17 tracks on this disc

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

27 of 27 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A must for Lucia Popp fans!, September 22, 1999

By A Customer

2 cds full of Popp at her glorious best, using her crystal soprano with poise, sensitivity and intelligence. No one can linger on notes with such haunting, inner reflection as she could. The mixture of coloratura and dramatic arias, bouncy operetta pieces and expressive lieder makes the perfect showcase for what her voice can do. Especially wonderful are her sweet Solveig of Grieg, moody Mahler, and a perfect rendition (very rare) of Fiordiligi's killer aria Come scoglio from Mozart's Cosi Fan Tutte. I have never heard anyone sing Rusalka with such atmosphere and moonlit shimmer so I'm glad it's again included on a Popp cd, it's one of her stand-outs. Truly a fine collection. I only wish they had included her magnificent Queen of the Night, the most icy-glamorous, spectacularly precise Queen ever recorded. This cd has her version of the daughter instead of the mother, a poignant and heartbreaking Pamina. Lovely music from a much-missed master of her craft.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Decade On - Still Sounding Sublime, August 1, 2003

By	leejohn333 - See all my reviews

10 years ago this coming 16th November, Lucia Popp died just 4 days after her 54th Birthday. Considering the exceptional voice, clarity, sensitivity and emotional intensity with which she performs all the songs on this album, the opera world must have been extremely shocked and saddened to lose one of its brightest and most exceptional talents, especially just a few months after the death of the great mezzo-soprano Tatyana Troyanos.

As a lasting testament to her artistry, this CD represents a wide ranging repertoire from Mahler, R. Strauss, J.Strauss, Mozart, Lehar, Wagner, Dvorak and many others, showing the great diversity of voice that Lucia Popp possessed, something relatively unusual for what might be classed as a light soprano voice. She certainly knows how to use her voice to its best effect, however, and not one of the songs on this album disappoints, with the singing being exceptional throughout.

She sails effortlessly through the runs of Handel's "Oh, Had I Jubal's Lyre", conveys sublime feeling in Pamina's aria "Ach, Ich Fuhl's", and I would go so far as to say that her interpretation of Dvorak's "Song to the Moon", from the opera Rusalka, is by far the best recording you're ever likely to hear. Indeed, it was with this aria that I was first intoduced to the sublime voice of Lucia Popp and without hearing the track first hand, it is difficult to describe the emotions that she manages to evoke.

Like the above reviewer, I would have liked to have seen her recording of The Queen of The Night aria included, as well as something from Der Rosenkavalier, but with such a wide ranging repertoire to choose from, I suppose the music company had to draw a line somewhere, otherwise they would have had too many tracks from which to choose.

The best advice I can give about this CD is just to go out and buy it! Listen to it and you will not be disappointed! I defy anyone to say that having bought it, they have been not enjoyed it immensely!