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Souvenirs (Deluxe Edition) | 
| Artists: Anna Netrebko, Elina Garanca, Piotr Beczala, Andrew Swait
Creators: Emmerich Kalman, Richard Heuberger, Franz Lehar, Gustave Charpentier, Jacque Offenbach, Richard Strauss, Edward Grieg, Andre Messager, Antonin Dvorak, Nikolai Rimsky-korsakov, Emmanuel Villaume, Prague Philharmonia, Prague Philharmonic Choir
Label: Deutsche Grammophon
Category: Music
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Rating:  7 reviews
Sales Rank: 3098
Format: Limited Edition
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 2
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
UPC: 028947774518
EAN: 0028947774518
ASIN: B001EKH08K
Release Date: November 11, 2008
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| Tracks:
| • | Kálmán: Die Csárdásfürstin - Heia in den Bergen | | • | Heuberger: Der Opernball - Geh'n wir ins Chambre séparée | | • | Lehár: Giuditta - Meine Lippen, sie küssen so heiß | | • | Charpentier: Louise - Depuis le jour | | • | Offenbach: Les Contes d'Hoffmann - Barcarolle | | • | R. Strauss - Cäcilie, op. 27 no. 2 | | • | Grieg: Peer Gynt - Solveig's song | | • | Messager: Fortunio - Lorsque je n'étais qu'une enfant | | • | Dvořák: Gypsy Melodies - Songs My Mother Taught Me | | • | R. Strauss - Wiegenlied, op. 41 no. 1 | | • | Rimsky-Korsakov - Not the wind, blowing from the heights, op. 43 no. 2 | | • | Rimsky-Korsakov - Eastern Song: Enslaved by the rose, the nightingale, op. 2 no. 2 | | • | Traditional: Schlof sche, mein Vögele | | • | Lloyd Weber: Requiem - Pie Jesu | | • | Hahn - L'enamourée | | • | Guastavino - La rosa y el sauce | | • | Giménez: La tempranica - La Tarántula | | • | Arditi - Il Bacio |
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Album Description
On her fourth album for Deutsche Grammophon, opera superstar Anna Netrebko gives a very personal and intimate performance of cherished lighter works. From sparkling operetta classics to seductive salon songs, each selection comes with a special memory for Netrebko. Netrebko is joined by some friends, Elı na Garancˇa and Piotr Beczala-- her joy of collaboration is heard in these magnificent selections. Anna Netrebko is one of DG's best-selling artists and consistently performs in sold-out opera houses and concert halls around the world. She returns to the Metropolitan Opera in January 2009 in Lucia di Lammermoor. Available in a special, deluxe limited edition package! The beautiful cap box includes the CD; a DVD of behind-the-scenes footage, interviews and musical excerpts; beautiful booklet; three postcards and one poster of Netrebko. A must-have for Netrebko fans and the perfect holiday gift!
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 A refreshing recital with mass appeal November 11, 2008
Santa Fe listener
15 out of 15 found this review helpful
Behind the Vogue magazine cover photo and the fan-based DVD and promotionals, we have a vocal recital to deal with. The best thing about Anna Netrebko is that she isn't all image, lovely as hers is. She's bidding to join Angela Gheorghiu as a permanent opera star with a lasting legacy. One requirement in that ascendency is to release an album of crossover mass apeal while still remaining respectably opratic.
This refreshing CD sets out to accomplish that and generally succeeds. The listener is softened up with three operetta lollipops to start off. Like Gheorghiu, Netrebko was trained to have a Slavic voice. Both sopranos work hard to ovrcome the drawbacks of the Slavic sound, which is darker, more throaty and chesty than Western opera voices. I don't know if Netrebko has gotten all the way -- her Lehar and Kalman heroines sound as if they are from Eastern Europe more than Vienna or Paris. She has yet to find light-hearted charm.
"Depuis le jour" puts in a bid for comparison with famous accounts from the young Leontyne Price and Kiri Te Kanawa, who were knockouts in this aria. Netrebko isn't -- she lacks that thrilling, ethereal extension on top that makes the listener float away. But she's certainly lovely to listen to in her own right. The Barcarolle from "Tales of Hoffmann" suits her better; it's soulful and dreamy, a good combination for her temperament.
As the program unfolds, we hit all the right beats for a mass-appeal album but with sidelong glances to the more knowing. Richard Strauss's "Caecille" is one of his most sumptuous orchestrated songs, and here Netrebko is thrilling, beyond reproach even if her German is sketchy. And so it goes. "Solveig's Song" is close enough to Slavic in mood that it brings out her best side, as do the items by Dvorak and (naturally) Rimsky-Korsakov.
What does it all add up to? I think the public will continue to love their new diva, but eveen for us grumpy connoisseurs, who have been holding out a bit, there's a bright light. When Netreboko stops being all things to all people, what she actually is is a fine Slavic soprano with potential in French and German music. DG pushed Netrebko into Verdi and Puccini because that's where the limelight shines. In the end, however, they will do full justice by showing off her strongest suit, not her most glamorous (and profitable).
Netrebko at her poetic best! November 13, 2008
ravennamoon (Naples, Italy)
9 out of 9 found this review helpful
This is probably my favorite cd by Anna Netrebko, (although her Duets
cd with Rolando is up there too)!
The "Barcarolle" from "Les Contes D'Hoffmann" that she sings with
Elina Garanca, is one of my favorites on the cd. Also , the Yiddish
lullaby, and the song by Dvorak! All the pieces are serene and beautiful.
You will want to keep this close by, to memorize by heart.
She just keeps getting better.
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!
Beautiful souvenirs of triumphs past and present, and yet to come November 25, 2008
Rodney Williamson (Ottawa, Canada)
5 out of 6 found this review helpful
Let me join the rave reviews! Beyond all the hype, Anna Netrebko never ceases to amaze! After her Covent Garden Traviata which left seasoned critics weak at the knees, and her superlative Vienna and Berlin Manon, it was difficult to know where she would turn to achieve new heights of excellence. But she totally blows us away with this incursion into Lieder and operetta. Anna's voice, now having reached the brilliance of maturity, shines brighter in its power, purity and beauty than the diamonds and other gems she often wears. The album excels through its impressive variety, from superlative renderings of Strauss, Lehar and Offenbach to lesser knowns like Guastavino and Giménez, and a heartrendingly beautiful Pie Jesu (Sir Andrew, you can feel duly honoured!) and of course a worthy representation of the Slavic world with Dvorak (my personal favourite) and Rimsky Korsakov. One reviewer speaks of Anna's and Angela Gheorghiu's Slavic style as a limitation to be overcome. Since these are my two favourite sopranos, I cannot share his opinion! Yet Anna is never just Slavic in style: for instance, her renderings of Kálmán and Lehár strike a truly Hungarian accent which few other singers have achieved. And she sings very credibly in ten different languages. It should also be stressed that, beyond Anna's mastery, this album is also a collective effort: full credit should be given to conductor Emmanuel Villaume for his orchestrations, Anna's voice coach Elena Matuskovskaia (she deserves a medal), boy soprano Andrew Swait and stunning mezzo soprano Elina Garana, as well as others who contributed their talents to this jewel of a cd. You do not have to own a crystal ball to predict its massive success! Souvenirs? For Anna this is an album of pearls of her past which she offers to us listeners as jewels of the present. Having followed all of Anna's career, this album also speaks to me of the future. Elina confesses that she is truly excited about her future projects with Anna. This listener too!
Stunningly Beautiful November 25, 2008
Rivendell (Illinois, USA)
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
This is a stunningly beautiful CD, like the singer herself. Her choice of music for this CD is superb, and I highly recommend it to anyone who enjoys gorgeous music sung with sensitivity and warmth. Her voice makes you feel the emotion of every song and her rendition of Songs My Mother Taught Me brought tears to my eyes, it is magnificent. Other standouts are Barcarolle, Pie Jesu, and Meine Lippen, sie Kussen so heiss. In fact there are no songs on this album that are a disappointment - buy it for yourself, or as a gift for someone this holiday - you won't be sorry. Anna Netrebko goes from strength to strength and one thing I love about her is her diction, you can understand every word (if you understand the language) and the sheer passion and emotion she brings to each piece is beyond compare - absolutely sublime.
what a beautiful souvenir November 25, 2008
terence reisman (tallahassee, fl USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Anna has given us another gift and I am ecstatic. The music is wonderful, the orchestra is spot-on, and Garanca's mezzo only adds to the beauty of this recording. The special edition comes with a bonus dvd, postcards and a beautiful poster- Happy Holidays indeed.
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