Release Date: 19 November 2012
Label: Melba
Packaging Type: Digipak
No of Units: 2
Barcode: 9314574113525
Genres: Classical  Classical  
Composer/Series: The Art Of Nance Grant (2CD)
Release Date: 19 November 2012
Label: Melba
Packaging Type: Digipak
No of Units: 2
Barcode: 9314574113525
Genres: Classical  Classical  
Composer/Series: The Art Of Nance Grant (2CD)
Description
Acclaimed and cherished as one of Australia's finest operatic artists, Nance Grant had a voice possessed with beauty and power, an ease of technique, a perfection of phrasing and taste that cemented her place in the hearts of Australian music lovers. This long overdue tribute presents one of the great sopranos from down under - in recordings previously thought lost.
Nance Grant chose to stay close to her family in Australia rather than pursue an international career, even though Sir Edward Downes insisted he could 'fill her books' with performances in Britain and Europe. So this double album offers those who never had the opportunity to hear her, the gift of discovering a voice of magnitude and generosity, and for those who grew up hearing her on stage, the chance to reacquaint themselves with her artistry.
The original tapes from radio broadcasts of the 1960s and '70s have been carefully restored to give more than a hint of the majesty of Nance Grant in a characteristic range of repertoire. The recordings represent significant landmarks in the development of opera in Australia: the emerging Victorian State Opera's enormously successful Idomeneo, re di Creta, and Maria Stuarda under the direction of Richard Divall; Australian Opera's Ariadne auf Naxos, Fidelio and Tannhäuser with Sir Edward Downes; and one of the first of the Australian Opera/ABC collaborations presenting concert performances of Wagner operas, with Grant as Sieglinde in Die Walküre conducted by Leif Segerstam.
The programme also pays homage to Nance's considerable concert career, including a complete song recital - Greig, Richard Hageman and Richard Strauss - with pianist Geoffrey Parsons, Wagner's Wesendonck Lieder with the West Australian Symphony Orchestra, and an excerpt from Mendelssohn's Elijah.
Personnel: Nance Grant (soprano), Geoffrey Parsons (piano), West Australian Symphony Orchestra, Dalia Atlas (conductor) and others
Tracklisting
The State Opera Of South Australia & Asher Fisch
The State Opera of South Australia & Asher Fisch
Asher Fisch State Opera
Timothy Young
Folksong Arrangements (Sacd)
Asher Fisch
Asher Fisch
Roger Benedict
Tibor Gyenge, Michael Schoch
Oda Voltersvik
Nils Anders Mortensen
Lars Notto Birkeland, Forsvarets Stabsmusikkorps, Peter Szilway, Eirik Raude
Ben van Oosten
Gudrun Sidonie Otto, Elvira Bill, Georg Poplutz, Thilo Dahlmann Goldberg Baroque & Vocal Ensemble,
Maxim Rysanov; Dasol Kim; Roman Mints; Kristina Blaumane; BBC Concert Orchestra; Dobrinka Tabakova
Paul Smith