Release Date: 29 September 2013
Label: Somm / Somm Recordings
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 748871013124
Genres: Classical
Composer/Series: Songs by William Vincent Wallace
Description
We agree with conductor and pianist Richard Bonynge that the songs written by the Irish composer William Vincent Wallace have remained unknown far too long.The conductor writes as follows:- My love affair with Wallace began when I recorded his beautiful opera Lurline and that led me to investigate the songs. Wallace was a superb melodist and wrote for some of the great singers of his day (1830s) Jenny Lind and Catherine Hayes among others. I find it a shame that so much of this music is now forgotten. Many of these songs can well form part of the 21st century recital repertoire."Sally Silver's collaboration with Bonynge began when she recorded the title role in Wallace's opera Lurline. She has triumphed in several roles both with Scottish Opera and with ENO, including Mark-Anthony Turnage's Greek at the Buxton, Cheltenham and Edinburgh Festivals and Thomas Adès' Powder Her Face."
Tracklisting
Emma Halnan; Ulster Orchestra; Jac van Steen
Roderick Williams; Susie Allan
Osman Tack
Julius Patzak; Otto Wiener; Hanny Steffek; Hertha Topper; Erich Majkut; Frederick Guthrie; Franz Il
Bruckner Orchestra; Vienna Symphony Orchestra; Vienna Akademie Kammerchor; WDR Symphony Orchestra;
Walton:Grimwood
Vassallo:Filoso
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