Joan Sutherland - My Favourites

Dame Joan Sutherland’s personal selection of her favourite recordings, with her own liner notes. Tributes from Moffatt Oxenbould and Fiona Janes, previously unpublished photographs, a se ries of costume designs for her key operatic roles, and illustrations of all the original jackets from which the selection was made. Plu s her recipe for Christmas Pudding, all issued to commemorate the tenth anniversary of her passing. With barely a shadow of permissible exaggeration, ‘The Voice of the Century’ was Decca’s title for a 1977 compilation of aria s f rom the defining roles sung by Dame Joan Sutherland. On her death in 2010, Opera magazine acclaimed her still as ‘one of the voices of the century’ who almost single handedly with the support of her husband and mentor, Richard Bonynge restored the bel canto repertoire to the opera house. Now, a decade on, Eloquence releases Sutherland’s personal selection of her own favourite recordings, from a Decca catalogue studded with award winning albums. What makes this particular collection unique, and an essential acquisition for all who treasure their memories of the supreme successor to Melba, is Dame Joan’s in tr oductions to each item. Choosing them, she could look back over a career spanning more than 40 years, from her career launching competition win in Sydney in 1949 singing ‘ Ritorna vincitor ’ to her first Alcina in 1957 at St. Pancras Town Hall, of all places, and her famous Royal Opera Lucia in 1959 that floored the critics. How

Tracks

1~1~Graun Montezuma : Non Han Calma Le Mie Pene
1~2~Mozart Die Zauberflöte : O Zittre Nicht
1~3~Bellini Norma : Mira, O Norma Si, Fino All’Ore Estreme Compagna Tua M’Avrai
1~4~Bellini La Sonnambula : Ah! Non Giunge
1~5~Verdi Attila : Santo Di Allor Che I Forti Corrono
1~6~Massenet Esclarmonde : Esprits De L’Air … Roland ! Roland ! Roland !
1~7~Leoni L’Oracolo : Ferito … L’Hanno Ferito
1~8~Lecocq Le Coeur Et La Main : Un Soir Perez Le Capitaine
1~9~Offenbach Robinson Crusoé : Conduisez Moi Vers Celui Que J’Adore
1~10~Arditi Il Bacio
1~11~Hahn Si Mes Vers Avaient Des Ailes
1~12~Glière Concerto For Coloratura And Orchestra: I.

Details

Format: CD
Artist: Dame Joan Sutherland
Release Date: 02 October 2020
Genre: Classical Music
Label: ELOQUENCE / DECCA
Distributor: Universal Music