The exceptional level of this Singing Competition 2008 has given us some great moments of emotion, some splendid surprises, and the four days of the final revealed 12 outstanding musical personalities, 12 superb voices, but especially 12 real musicians. The international jury finally gave its verdict and rewarded the Hungarian tenor Szabolcs Brickner , the French mezzo Isabelle Druet and the Polish mezzo Bernadetta Grabias.
The first six laureates are present in these two discs, but also the six unranked laureates. Yes, they all performed superbly in the final, semi-finals and first round; they all have a place in this 2-CD box-set.
The first disc is entirely devoted to opera and song with orchestra, including extracts of the final at the Palais des Beaux-Arts, with the unanimously lauded accompaniment of the La Monnaie /De Munt Symphony Orchestra conducted by Kazushi Ono . The second CD includes performances from the semi-finals and the first round at the Brussels Conservatory.
programme
CD1
Giacomo MEYERBEER Pays merveilleux - Ô, paradis sorti de l'onde [VASCO DE GAMA - L'AFRICAINE] -Szabolcs BRICKNER Georges BIZET Près des remparts de Séville [CARMEN – CARMEN] – Isabelle DRUET
Georges BIZET Me voilà seule dans la nuit - Comme autrefois [LEÏLA – LES PÊCHEURS DE PERLES] – Anna KASYAN Henri DUPARC Au pays où se fait la guerre [Gautier] – Isabelle DRUET Maurice RAVEL Asie [SHÉHÉRAZADE – KLINGSOR] –Michèle LOSIER Francis POULENC Non, Monsieur mon mari [THÉRÈSE – LES MAMELLES DE TIRÉSIAS] – Gabrielle PHILIPONET Sergey RACHMANINOV Ne poy, krasavitsa, pri mne (Sing not to me, beautiful maiden) [6 SONGS OP.4 – PUSHKIN] – Yury HARADZETSKI Nikolay RIMSKY-KORSAKOV S podroezkjami [SNIEGOUROTCHKA – SNIEGOUROTCHKA (THE SNOW MAIDEN)] –Anna KASYAN Pyotr TCHAIKOVSKY Da, tchas nastal [JEANNA – ORLEANSKAÏA DIEVA (THE MAID OF ORLEANS)] –Bernadetta GRABIAS Gustav MAHLER Revelge - Um Mitternacht [7 LIEDER AUS LETZTER ZEIT – RÜCKERT] –Szabolcs BRICKNER
Richard STRAUSS Ständchen [6 LIEDER OP.17 – SCHACK] –Layla CLAIRE Gustav MAHLER Wer hat dies Liedlein erdacht ? [DES KNABEN WUNDERHORN] –Isabelle DRUET Benjamin BRITTEN Embroidery in childhood [ELLEN – PETER GRIMES] - Layla CLAIRE Leonard BERNSTEIN Glitter and be gay [CUNEGONDE – CANDIDE] - Elizabeth BAILEY
CD2
Antonio VIVALDI Squarciami pure il seno [IL TIGRANE] – Anna KASYAN Ludwig van BEETHOVEN Der Kuss [WEISSE] – Szabolcs BRICKNER Wolfgang Amadeus MOZART Abendempfindung [ CAMPE] – Bernadetta GRABIAS Edvard GRIEG Ein Traum [SECHS LIEDER – BODENSTEDT] – Gabrielle PHILIPONET Richard STRAUSS Ich trage meine Minne [ 5 LIEDER OP.32 – HENCKELL] – Szabolcs BRICKNER Richard STRAUSS Cäcilie [4 LIEDER OP.27 – HART] – YOON Jung Nan Richard STRAUSS Die Nacht [8 GEDICHTE AUS LETZTE BLÄTTER – VON GILM] – Layla CLAIRE Richard STRAUSS Heimliche Aufforderung [4 LIEDER OP.27 – MCKAY] – Yury HARADZETSKI Claude DEBUSSY C'est l'extase [ARIETTES OUBLIÉES – VERLAINE] – Gabrielle PHILIPONET Maurice RAVEL Oh ! La pitoyable aventure ! [CONCEPCIÓN – L'HEURE ESPAGNOLE] – Isabelle DRUET
Reynaldo HAHN Trois jours de vendange [DAUDET] – Michèle LOSIER Claude DEBUSSY Le tombeau des Naïades [CHANSONS DE BILITIS – LOUŸS] – Isabelle DRUET Pyotr TCHAIKOVSKY Ya li v pole da ne travushka bïla [SURIKOV] – Tatiana TRENOGINA Pyotr TCHAIKOVSKY Sred' shumnovo bala (Amid the din of the ball) [TOLSTOY] – Yury HARADZETSKI
Otar TAKTAKISHVILI Mzéo Tibatvissa – Anna KASYAN Stanislaw NIEWIADOMSKI Otwórz Janku ! – Bernadetta GRABIAS Xavier MONTSALVATGE Cancion de cuna para dormir a un negrito [5 CANCIONES NEGRAS] – Michèle LOSIER Richard HAGEMAN Do not go, my love [tagore] – Elizabeth BAILEY Alban BERG Hereinspaziert in die Menagerie [DER TIERBÄNDIGER – LULU] – LIM Changhan Wim HENDERICKX Canzone [PETRARCA] – Isabelle DRUET
DVD bonus
Gustav MAHLER Revelge – Um Mitternacht [7 LIEDER AUS LETZTER ZEIT – RÜCKERT] – Szabolcs BRICKNER
Gioachino ROSSINI Nacqui all'affanno [CENERENTOLA – LA CENERENTOLA] – Isabelle DRUET Pyotr TCHAIKOVSKY Da, tchas nastal [JEANNA – ORLEANSKAÏA DIEVA (THE MAID OF ORLEANS)] – Bernadetta GRABIAS Nikolay RIMSKY-KORSAKOV S podroezkjami [SNIEGOUROTCHKA – SNIEGOUROTCHKA (THE SNOW MAIDEN)] – Anna KASYAN Sergey RACHMANINOV Ne poy, krasavitsa, pri mne (Sing not to me, beautiful maiden) [6 SONGS OP.4 – PUSHKIN] – Yury HARADZETSKI Francis POULENC Non, Monsieur mon mari [THÉRÈSE – LES MAMELLES DE TIRÉSIAS] – Gabrielle PHILIPONET Maurice RAVEL Oh ! La pitoyable aventure ! [CONCEPCIÓN – L'HEURE ESPAGNOLE] – Isabelle DRUET
Hugo WOLF Elfenlied [MÖRIKE] – Gabrielle PHILIPONET Leonard BERNSTEIN Glitter and be gay [Cunegonde – CANDIDE] – Elizabeth BAILEY
how to buy?
The CD box set of the highlights of the Queen Elisabeth Singing Competition 2008 is on sale on www.cd-elisabeth.be and in all record shops.
