Leonie Rysanek
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Canadian Music Store CD DetailsComposer: Ludwig van BeethovenComposer: Amilcare Ponchielli Composer: Giacomo Puccini Composer: Richard [1] Strauss Composer: Giuseppe Verdi Composer: Richard [Classical] Wagner Composer: Carl Maria von Weber Conductor: Eugen Jochum Conductor: Joseph Keilberth Conductor: Nello Santi Conductor: Rafael Kubelik Conductor: Richard Kraus Conductor: Robert Heger Conductor: Rudolf Michl Conductor: Wolfgang Sawallisch Orchestra: Berlin Deutschen Opernhauses Orchester Orchestra: Chor und Orchester der Wiener Stattsoper Orchestra: Deutschen Opernhauses Orchester Orchestra: Deutschen Opernorchester Orchestra: Orchester der Bayerischen Staatsoper Edition: Music CD CD Release Date: 2000-09-19 Music Label: Gala Soundtracks: Music CD 1
Music reviews of Leonie RysanekMusic Review: Rysanek Reigns
Leonie Rysanek was a singer of great gifts and literally of many parts. Her career extended over 46 years and took her into almost every corner of the repertoire. This Gala recording samples 28 of the 46 years and includes selections from eleven different operas, and everything she does seems to work for her. The gleaming top of her voice made her a natural for Puccini's Turandot, but she was equally at home in the garb of Strauss's Marschallin. The three selections from Verdi's Macbeth are, to my ear, more exciting than her excellent studio recording in spite of the German translation, and the first act Otello duet has about it a gentleness often absent in performances of this music. I heard her twice in person and can vouch from experience that these live-performance recordings capture quite well the glow of her voice and the drama of her performances. She shares repertoire here with Callas and she is as deep into the understanding of these roles as was "La Divina." The difference is that Rysanek managed it all with wonderfully secure high notes. Her duet partners are not always up to her high standard, but George London in the Aida duet makes a brave sound, and I was impressed with Bernd Aldenhoff as Otello. It's Rysanek, however, who is the star attraction, a true queen of the operatic stage. The quality of the recordings is surprisingly good for live sources from up to fifty years ago. I highly recommend this issue.
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