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Premiere Portraits
Premiere Portraits: Franziska Lee
Dutilleux · Poulenc · Francaix · Sancan
Franziska Lee, piano
C3006 PC: 01 UPC: 845221030067
Henri Dutilleux (1916 – 2013): Sonate pour piano 1947-1948
»À Geneviève Joy«
Francis Poulenc (1899 – 1963)
Suite française pour piano d’après Claude Gervaise (XVIe siècle) FP 80b 1935 »À Edouard Bourdet«
Francis Poulenc (1899 – 1963): Mélancolie Très modéré FP 105
1940 »À Raymond Destouches«
Jean Françaix (1912 – 1997): Sonate pour piano 1960 »À Idil Biret«
Francis Poulenc (1899 – 1963) Napoli – Suite pour le piano FP 40
1922-1925 »À la mémoire de Juliette Meerovich«
Pierre Sancan (1916 – 2008): Toccata Vif 1943 »À mes chers Parents«
With “Première Portraits” CD-Edition Capriccio set an example for the support of young and talented artists and invite them to release their première CD for a worldwide audience.
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Premiere Portraits: Thomas Ebenstein
SCHÖNBERG · ZEMLINSKY · STRAUS · KORNGOLD
Charles Spencer, piano
C3007 PC: 01 UPC: 845221030074
Capriccio’s “Première Portraits” CD-Edition supports young, talented artists by making their debut CDs available to a worldwide audience. This new release presents Thomas Ebenstein, who was born in Carinthia in Austria in 1979 and has been a member of the Vienna State Opera since the 2012/13 season. He has played a number of roles at the Salzburg Festival, including that of Pedrillo (The Abduction from the Seraglio). He has also appeared on a number of DVD performances for Arthaus Musik. These include David (The Mastersingers from Nuremberg), Steersman (The Flying Dutchman), Dancing Master (Ariadne on Naxos), Truffaldino (The Love for Three Oranges) and Alfred (The Bat).
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Première Portraits - EMANUELE D’AGUANNO
VINCENZO BELLINI · GAETANO DONIZETTI · GIOACCHINO ROSSINI
EMANUELE D’AGUANNO, tenor · CHARLES SPENCER, piano
C3005 PC: 01 (Special Price) 845221030050
VINCENZO BELLINI (1801 – 1835)
[1] Malinconia, Ninfa gentile · [2] Vanne, o rosa fortunata · [3] Almen se non poss'io · [4] Per pieta, bell'idol mio · [5] Ma rendi pur contento · [6] Torna, vezzosa Fillide · [7] · La ricordanza · [8] Vaga luna, che inargenti
GAETANO DONIZETTI (1797 – 1848)
[9] E morta · [10] Eterno amore e fe · [11] Amore e mort · [12] Il pescatore
[13] Il barcaiolo
GIOACCHINO ROSSINI (1792 – 1868)
La promessa · [15] Il rimprovero · [16] La partenza · [17] L' orgia
With “Première Portraits” CD-Edition Capriccio set an example for the support of young and talented artists and invite them to release their première CD for a worldwide audience.
Emanuele D’Aguanno is one of the most promising young tenors of his generation. He imposes himself at the “Toti dal Monte” Competition in Treviso (Paolino in Cimarosa's Il matrimonio segreto), and immediately started an intense activity which led him to perform quickly in many important houses in Italy and abroad. Among his most important recent engagements: Nemorino in L'elisir d'amore conducted by Bruno Campanella and Die Frau ohne Schatten conducted by Zubin Mehta at Teatro Comunale in Florence, L'elisir d'amore at Bunka Kaikan in Tokyo, Lucrezia Borgia directed by Christoph Loy at the Bayerische Staatsoper in Munich, Salieri's Il mondo alla rovescia at Teatro Filarmonico in Verona, Verdi's Otello (Cassio) at the Canadian Opera in Toronto, Hasse's Piramo e Tisbe with Europa Galante conducted by Fabio Biondi at the Whistun Festival in Salzburg and in Montpellier, Don Giovanni (Don Ottavio) in Glyndebourne, Mayr's Medea in Corinto (Egeo) conducted by Ivor Bolton at the Bayerische Staatsoper in Munich and Il ritorno di Ulisse in patria (Giove and Anfinomo) for his debut at Teatro alla Scala in Milan conducted by Rinaldo Alessandrini.
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Premiere Portraits: Julie Davies
BELLINI · SCHUBERT · LISZT · WAGNER
Julie Davies, soprano · Charles Spencer, piano
C3003 PC: 01 845221030036
VINCENZO BELLINI (1801 – 1835)
Sei Ariette / Six Ariettas
No. 2: Vanne, o rosa fortunate (Pietro Metastasio)
La farfalletta (Anonymus)
Sei Ariette / Six Ariettas
No. 5: Per pietà, bell’idol mio (Pietro Metastasio)
No. 6: Ma rendi pur content (Pietro Metastasio)
FRANZ SCHUBERT (1797 – 1828)
4 Canzonas D. 68888
Vedi, quanto adoro D. 510 (Pietro Metastasio)
FRANZ LISZT (1811 – 1886)
3 Sonetti del Petrarca, S. 270a
RICHARD WAGNER (1813-1883)
Les adieux de Marie Stuart WWV 61(Pierre-Jean de Béranger)
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American soprano Julie Davies has been featured in Darmstadt’s productions of The Tales of Hoffman (all four ladies), I Pagliacci (Nedda), Don Pasquale (Norina), La traviata (Violetta), Desdemona in Otello and Gerhilde in Die Walküre. Ms. Davies is specifically celebrated for her performances of the title roles in Lucia di Lammermoor and La sonnambula. Ms. Davies has won several competitions: Metropolitan Opera Regional Auditions, First in the Naftzger Young Artists Competition, and Finalist in the Marilyn Horne Foundation Competition
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Première Portraits -CORNELIA HÜBSCH
ERICH WOLFGANG KORNGOLD · Carl Goldmark
CORNELIA HÜBSCH, soprano · CHARLES SPENCER, piano
C3004 PC: 01 (Special Price) 845221030043
4 Lieder op. 21
4 Lieder op. 34
With “Première Portraits” CD-Edition Capriccio set an example for the support of young and talented artists and invite them to release their première CD for a worldwide audience.
The Austria soprano Cornelia Hübsch was born in Baden near Vienna (Austria) and studied at the University of Music and Performing Arts Graz (Austria) under the supervision of Mrs. Elisabeth Batrice. In addition to that, she attended master courses with Ildiko Raimondi, Kurt Equiluz and David Lutz. She is a regular soloist at various operetta stages and personified different characters in operettas. In 2008 Cornelia Hübsch was rewarded a price at the International Nico Dostal Competition for Operetta. In the fields of opera and operetta concertante she was invited In 2011/2012 to join a concert tournee to the most important concert halls of Spain. Her numerous recitals connects the soprano because of a long-standing
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PREMIÈRE PORTRAITS - THILO DAHLMANN
Franz Schubert: Selected Songs
Thilo Dahlmann, baritone · Charles Spencer, piano
C3001 PC: 01 UPC 845221030012
With “Première Portraits” CD-Edition Capriccio set an example for the support of young and talented artists and invite them to release their première CD for a worldwide audience. The bass baritone Thilo Dahlmann won the first prize at the North Rhine-Westphalia State Competition and was a member of the International Opera Studio of the Zurich Opera House, where he performed many roles. The young bass baritone has guested at the German Opera of the Rhine in Duesseldorf, Wuppertal Buehnen, Koblenz Theater and St. Gallen Theater. He has sung important bass baritone roles in Germany and abroad under conductors such as Helmuth Rilling, Franz-Welser-Moest, Philippe Jordan, Helmut Müller Brühl, Andreas und Christoph Spering, Masaaki Suzuki und Ralf Otto.
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PREMIÈRE PORTRAITS - KAY STIEFERMANN
GERMAN BALLADS: Schumann · Schubert · Loewe · Wolf · Zemlinsky
Kay Stiefermann, Baritone · Alexander Schmalcz, piano
C3002 PC: 01 UPC 845221030029
With “Première Portraits” CD-Edition Capriccio set an example for the support of young and talented artists and invite them to release their première CD for a worldwide audience.
Kay Stiefermann completed his studies with distinction in the class of Kammersänger Kurt Moll at the Academy of Music in Cologne. Since his first commitment in the ensemble of the Hamburg State Opera from 1997 to 2001, where his roles included Papageno (Die Zauberflöte), Schaunard (La Bohème) and Danilo (The Merry Widow), he has sung many great roles of the baritone repertoire. In recent years, he has increasingly sung roles from the German field, such as Amfortas (Parsifal), Kurwenal (Tristan and Isolde), the Dutchman (The Flying Dutchman), Simone (Eine Florentinische Tragödie), Gyges (King Candaules), Mandryka (Arabella) and Don Pizarro (Fidelio). He has been a guest at the State Opera in Berlin, the Comic Opera in Berlin, the State Theatre in Hanover, the German Opera on the Rhine, the State Theatre in Darmstadt, the Ruhr Triennale, the Lincoln Centre Festival in New York, the Teatro Municipal in Rio de Janeiro, the Teatro Massimo in Palermo, the Teatro Regio in Turin, the Volksoper in Vienna, the Opera in Graz, the Opéra national du Rhin, the De Nederlandse Opera in Amsterdam or the Bayreuth Festival.
