Magdalena Kožená Berliner Philharmoniker / Simon Rattle
George Gershwin - Cuban Overture | Gabriel Fauré Pavane Joseph Canteloube - Chants d’Auvergne (excerpts) | Aram Chatschaturjan Gayane Suite (excerpts) Ottorino Respighi - Pini di Roma | Claudio Monteverdi Si dolce e il tormento Edvard Elgar - Pomp and Circumstance. March No.1
Magdalena in a live recording of the highlight of the 2016-17 season at the Théâtre des Champs-Elysées in Paris: the colourful and imaginative production of Monteverdi’s Il ritorno d’Ulisse in patria (The return of Ulysses to his homeland), conducted by Emmanuelle Haïm, directed by Mariame Clément and starring Rolando Villazón as the Ancient Greek warrior Ulisse and Magdalena as his patient wife Penelope.
Magdalena sings her beloved Mélisande in this highly anticipated new recording of Debussy’s evocative opera Pelléas et Mélisande. It was captured in January 2016 during performances of an innovative collaboration between Sir Simon Rattle and Peter Sellars, two of the boldest creative minds in music and theatre today. Rattle leads London Symphony Orchestra and an all-star cast supported by the London Symphony Chorus, prepared by renowned choral director Simon Halsey.
A selection of Monteverdi’s masterpieces presenting a survey of the Italian master’s most important sacred and secular works through acclaimed recordings from the Yellow Label with Magdalena in nos 12, 13 and 17 (1st CD) and no. 11 (2nd CD).
