Here is one of the best of the younger generation, faithfully recorded and notably well accompanied by the VPO under Noseda. — Gramophone Magazine
She has temperament, evident musical sensibility and the instincts of a communicator. The music is delivered with rare grace ... no histrionics, no girlish shrieks, just fine singing - Opera
Recorded: Grosser Saal, Musikverein, Wien, March 2003
In 2003 Deutsche Grammophon presented the debut album of a young Russian soprano who would become THE female opera star of our time: Anna Netrebko.
Massenet: Suis-je gentille ainsi? ... Je marche sur tous les chemins ... Obéissons quand leur voix appelle (from Manon)
Musicians:
Anna Netrebko, soprano
Wiener Philharmoniker
Gianandrea Noseda, conductor
Wiener Staatsopernchor
Ernst Dunshirn, chorus master
David Aronson, harpsichord
Elina Garanca, mezzo-soprano
Selections:
Side 1:
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
Idomeneo
1. Recitativo ed Aria "Quando avran fine omai ... Padre, germani, addio!" (Illia)
David Aronson, harpsichord
Don Giovanni
2. Recitativo accompagnato e Rondo "Crudele? - Ah no, mio bene! ... Non mi dir, bell'idol mio" (Donna Anna)
Hector Berlioz (1803-1869)
Benvenuto Cellini
3. Recitatif et Air "Les belles fleures! ... Quand j'aurai votre age" (Teresa)
Jules Massenet (1842-1912)
Manon
4. [Air du Cours-la-Reine] "Suis-je gentille ainsi? ... Je marche sur tous les chemins ... [Gavotte] Obeissons, quand leur voix appelle" (Manon)
Gioacomo Puccini (1858-1924)
La Boheme
5. [Musetta's Waltz] "Quando men vo" (Musetta)
Side 2:
Gaetano Donizetti (1797-1848)
Lucia di Lammermoor
1. Scena e Cavatina "Ancor non giunse! ... Regnava nel silenzio" (Lucia)
with Elina Garanca, mezzo-soprano
Vincenzo Bellini (1801-1835)
La sonnambula
2. Recitativo e Cavatina "Care compaggne, e voi, teneri amici ... Come per me sereno" (Amina)
Charles Gounod (1818-1893)
Faust
3. Recitatif "Les grands seigneurs ont seuls des airs si resolus" - Air des bijoux "Ah! je ris de me voir" (Marguerite)
Antonin Dvorak (1841-1904)
Rusalka
4. Mesicku na nebi hlubokem (Rusalka)