Album
Jessye Norman sings Strauss: Five Songs & Salome (Live)
Klaus Tennstedt, London Philharmonic Orchestra & Jessye NormanKlaus Tennstedt, London Philharmonic Orchestra & Jessye NormanKlaus Tennstedt, London Philharmonic Orchestra & Jessye Norman
2022Classical · Music · Orchestral
The singer, at the peak of her powers, offers two sides of Richard Strauss’ art.
Tracks
- 12:12
- 24:21
- 32:45
- 45:32
- 51:41
- 64:03
- 71:31
- 81:42
- 95:21
- 102:07
- 112:50
- 124:09
- 132:57
- 1410:09
- 159:19
- 165:03
- 176:28
- 184:45
About this album
For fans of the late, great Jessye Norman, or simply admirers of glorious voices, this album is a treasure. Recorded live in London in 1986, Norman, at the peak of her powers, offers two sides of Richard Strauss’ art: the lyrical and the dramatic. Starting with the rapturous “Cäcilie,” we are given five of the composer’s best-loved songs that allow this magnificent voice free rein. After Strauss’ delightful Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme Suite, Norman returns for the closing scene of Salome in a performance that powerfully conveys the character’s horrifying obsession in singing of exquisite control. Tennstedt and the LPO are superb partners.