Description
Her new CD of soprano chestnuts, recorded in 2000, showcases her feisty personality and beguiling timbre - dark but with a pearly sheen and gleaming top notes, sometimes reminiscent of Angela Gheorghiu. Martinez is at her best in contrasting selections: "Baïlèro" from Canteloube's Change d'Auvergne, all languor and come-hither dreaminess; and "De España vengo" from Pablo Luna's zarzuela El niño judio, whose roulades sparkle and whose soulful central section is breathtakingly seductive. Arias from La rondine, Madama Butterfly and Gianni Schicchi show an artist remarkably attuned to Puccini's voluptuous, melancholy muse. Steven Mercurio and the Prague Philharmonia spin a glamorous halo around the up-and-coming diva.
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Product Details
- Artist
- Martinez Ana Maria
- Acoustic Recording
- No
- Label / Studio
- NAXOS
- Run Time (minutes)
- 113
- Media Content Format
- Album
- Media Format
- Audio CD
- Year of release
- 2005
- Number of Discs
- 1
- SPARS Code
- DDD
Tracklisting
Disc 1:
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Les Filles de Cadix (Leo Delibes)
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Romeo et Juliette, Act I: Je Veux Vivre (Juliette) (Charles Gounod)
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Long Hot Summer
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Die Lustige Witwe, Act II: Vilja-Lied (Hanna Glawari) (Franz Lehar)
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El Nino Judio: De Espana Vengo (Concha) (Pablo Luna)
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Violettes Imperiales (Francis Lopez)
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La Rondine, Act I: Chi Il Bel Sogno di Doretta (Magda) (Giacomo Puccini)
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Chants d'Auvergne, Series I: II. Bailero (Joseph Canteloube)
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Madama Butterfly, Act II: Un Bel di Vedremo (Cio-Cio-San) (Giacomo Puccini)
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Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5 for Soprano and Cello Ensemble (Heitor Villa-Lobos): I. Aria (Cantilena)
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II. Danca (Martelo)
