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Jessye Norman was always protective of her art and the sound image she projected, no different with these unreleased recordings. However, with the approval of her loved ones, they’re now being released post-mortem.
This new release (which is available in a lavish, physical limited edition) features three of Jessye’s recordings done between 1988 and 1998, when she was at the height of her career. There are substantial excerpts from her extraordinary performance of Tristan und Isolde recorded with Kurt Masur and the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra, featuring tenors Thomas Moser (Tristan) and Ian Bostridge (the young sailor) and soprano Hanna Schwarz (Brangäne).
The rest of the programme consists of live recordings conducted by James Levine and Seiji Ozawa. With the former, Jessye Norman sings Strauss's Four Last Songs and Wagner's Wesendonck-Lieder in a recording that favours orchestral richness to the detriment of the voice. This may explain why the American singer chose never to release this recording, even though her hedonistic interpretation of Strauss's farewell to life is still striking. The album ends with a recital complete with orchestra, tailor-made for the diva in 1994 in Boston. It features two cantatas: Berenice che fai by Haydn and Phaedra, written by Benjamin Britten for Janet Baker. Nestled between the two, you’ll find a stunning rendition of Berlioz's The Death of Cleopatra. © François Hudry/Qobuz
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Tristan und Isolde, WWV 90 / Act I (Richard Wagner)
Cord Garben, Producer, Recording Producer - Richard Wagner, Composer, Author - Jessye Norman, Soprano, AssociatedPerformer - Kurt Masur, Conductor, MainArtist - Wolf-Dieter Karwatky, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Gewandhausorchester, Orchestra, MainArtist - Ulrich Vette, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2023 Universal Music Operations Limited
Cord Garben, Producer, Recording Producer - Ian Bostridge, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Richard Wagner, Composer, Author - Jessye Norman, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Kurt Masur, Conductor, MainArtist - Wolf-Dieter Karwatky, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Gewandhausorchester, Orchestra, MainArtist - Ulrich Vette, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2023 Universal Music Operations Limited
Cord Garben, Producer, Recording Producer - Ian Bostridge, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Richard Wagner, Composer, Author - Jessye Norman, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Kurt Masur, Conductor, MainArtist - Wolf-Dieter Karwatky, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Gewandhausorchester, Orchestra, MainArtist - Ulrich Vette, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2023 Universal Music Operations Limited
Cord Garben, Producer, Recording Producer - Richard Wagner, Composer, Author - Jessye Norman, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Kurt Masur, Conductor, MainArtist - Wolf-Dieter Karwatky, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Gewandhausorchester, Orchestra, MainArtist - Ulrich Vette, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2023 Universal Music Operations Limited
Cord Garben, Producer, Recording Producer - Richard Wagner, Composer, Author - Jessye Norman, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Kurt Masur, Conductor, MainArtist - Wolf-Dieter Karwatky, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Gewandhausorchester, Orchestra, MainArtist - Ulrich Vette, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2023 Universal Music Operations Limited
Tristan und Isolde, WWV 90 / Act II (Richard Wagner)
Cord Garben, Producer, Recording Producer - Richard Wagner, Composer, Author - Jessye Norman, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Kurt Masur, Conductor, MainArtist - Thomas Moser, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Wolf-Dieter Karwatky, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Gewandhausorchester, Orchestra, MainArtist - Ulrich Vette, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2023 Universal Music Operations Limited
Cord Garben, Producer, Recording Producer - Richard Wagner, Composer, Author - Jessye Norman, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Kurt Masur, Conductor, MainArtist - Thomas Moser, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Wolf-Dieter Karwatky, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Gewandhausorchester, Orchestra, MainArtist - Ulrich Vette, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2023 Universal Music Operations Limited
Cord Garben, Producer, Recording Producer - Richard Wagner, Composer, Author - Jessye Norman, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Kurt Masur, Conductor, MainArtist - Thomas Moser, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Wolf-Dieter Karwatky, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Gewandhausorchester, Orchestra, MainArtist - Ulrich Vette, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2023 Universal Music Operations Limited
Cord Garben, Producer, Recording Producer - Richard Wagner, Composer, Author - Jessye Norman, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Kurt Masur, Conductor, MainArtist - Hanna Schwarz, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Thomas Moser, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Wolf-Dieter Karwatky, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Gewandhausorchester, Orchestra, MainArtist - Ulrich Vette, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2022 Universal Music Operations Limited
Cord Garben, Producer, Recording Producer - Richard Wagner, Composer, Author - Jessye Norman, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Kurt Masur, Conductor, MainArtist - Thomas Moser, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Wolf-Dieter Karwatky, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Gewandhausorchester, Orchestra, MainArtist - Ulrich Vette, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2023 Universal Music Operations Limited
Cord Garben, Producer, Recording Producer - Richard Wagner, Composer, Author - Jessye Norman, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Kurt Masur, Conductor, MainArtist - Thomas Moser, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Wolf-Dieter Karwatky, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Gewandhausorchester, Orchestra, MainArtist - Ulrich Vette, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2023 Universal Music Operations Limited
Cord Garben, Producer, Recording Producer - Richard Wagner, Composer, Author - Jessye Norman, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Kurt Masur, Conductor, MainArtist - Wolf-Dieter Karwatky, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Gewandhausorchester, Orchestra, MainArtist - Ulrich Vette, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2023 Universal Music Operations Limited
4 Letzte Lieder, TrV 296 (Richard Strauss)
Berliner Philharmoniker, Orchestra, MainArtist - Jessye Norman, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - James Levine, Conductor, MainArtist - Richard Strauss, Composer - Hermann Hesse, Author - Cees Heijkoop, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Volker Straus, Producer, Recording Producer
℗ 2023 Decca Music Group Limited
Berliner Philharmoniker, Orchestra, MainArtist - Jessye Norman, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - James Levine, Conductor, MainArtist - Richard Strauss, Composer - Hermann Hesse, Author - Cees Heijkoop, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Volker Straus, Producer, Recording Producer
℗ 2023 Decca Music Group Limited
Berliner Philharmoniker, Orchestra, MainArtist - Jessye Norman, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - James Levine, Conductor, MainArtist - Richard Strauss, Composer - Hermann Hesse, Author - Cees Heijkoop, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Volker Straus, Producer, Recording Producer
℗ 2022 Decca Music Group Limited
Berliner Philharmoniker, Orchestra, MainArtist - Jessye Norman, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - James Levine, Conductor, MainArtist - Richard Strauss, Composer - Joseph Von Eichendorff, Author - Cees Heijkoop, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Volker Straus, Producer, Recording Producer
℗ 2023 Decca Music Group Limited
Wesendonck Lieder, WWV 91 (Richard Wagner)
Berliner Philharmoniker, Orchestra, MainArtist - Richard Wagner, Composer - Jessye Norman, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - James Levine, Conductor, MainArtist - Felix Mottl, Arranger, Orchestrator - Mathilde Wesendonck, Author - Cees Heijkoop, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Willem van Leeuwen, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Volker Straus, Producer, Recording Producer - Evert Menting, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2023 Decca Music Group Limited
Berliner Philharmoniker, Orchestra, MainArtist - Richard Wagner, Composer - Jessye Norman, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - James Levine, Conductor, MainArtist - Felix Mottl, Arranger, Orchestrator - Mathilde Wesendonck, Author - Cees Heijkoop, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Willem van Leeuwen, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Volker Straus, Producer, Recording Producer - Evert Menting, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2023 Decca Music Group Limited
Berliner Philharmoniker, Orchestra, MainArtist - Richard Wagner, Composer - Jessye Norman, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - James Levine, Conductor, MainArtist - Felix Mottl, Arranger, Orchestrator - Mathilde Wesendonck, Author - Cees Heijkoop, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Willem van Leeuwen, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Volker Straus, Producer, Recording Producer - Evert Menting, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2023 Decca Music Group Limited
Berliner Philharmoniker, Orchestra, MainArtist - Richard Wagner, Composer - Jessye Norman, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - James Levine, Conductor, MainArtist - Felix Mottl, Arranger, Orchestrator - Mathilde Wesendonck, Author - Cees Heijkoop, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Willem van Leeuwen, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Volker Straus, Producer, Recording Producer - Evert Menting, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2023 Decca Music Group Limited
Berliner Philharmoniker, Orchestra, MainArtist - Richard Wagner, Composer - Jessye Norman, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - James Levine, Conductor, MainArtist - Felix Mottl, Arranger, Orchestrator - Mathilde Wesendonck, Author - Cees Heijkoop, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Willem van Leeuwen, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Volker Straus, Producer, Recording Producer - Evert Menting, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2023 Decca Music Group Limited
Scena di Berenice, Hob. XXIVa:10 (Joseph Haydn)
Boston Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Seiji Ozawa, Conductor, MainArtist - Jessye Norman, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Joseph Haydn, Composer - Stephan Reh, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Cees Heijkoop, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - H.C. Robbins Landon, Contributor, Work Editor - Volker Straus, Producer, Recording Producer - Evert Menting, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2023 Universal Music Operations Limited
Boston Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Seiji Ozawa, Conductor, MainArtist - Jessye Norman, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Joseph Haydn, Composer - Stephan Reh, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Cees Heijkoop, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - H.C. Robbins Landon, Contributor, Work Editor - Volker Straus, Producer, Recording Producer - Evert Menting, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2023 Universal Music Operations Limited
Boston Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Seiji Ozawa, Conductor, MainArtist - Jessye Norman, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Joseph Haydn, Composer - Stephan Reh, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Cees Heijkoop, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - H.C. Robbins Landon, Contributor, Work Editor - Volker Straus, Producer, Recording Producer - Evert Menting, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2023 Universal Music Operations Limited
Boston Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Seiji Ozawa, Conductor, MainArtist - Jessye Norman, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Joseph Haydn, Composer - Stephan Reh, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Cees Heijkoop, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - H.C. Robbins Landon, Contributor, Work Editor - Volker Straus, Producer, Recording Producer - Evert Menting, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2023 Universal Music Operations Limited
La mort de Cléopâtre, H. 36 (Hector Berlioz)
Boston Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Seiji Ozawa, Conductor, MainArtist - Jessye Norman, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Hector Berlioz, Composer - Pierre-Ange Vieillard, Author - Stephan Reh, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Cees Heijkoop, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Volker Straus, Producer, Recording Producer - Evert Menting, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2023 Decca Music Group Limited
Boston Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Seiji Ozawa, Conductor, MainArtist - Jessye Norman, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Hector Berlioz, Composer - Pierre-Ange Vieillard, Author - Stephan Reh, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Cees Heijkoop, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Volker Straus, Producer, Recording Producer - Evert Menting, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2023 Decca Music Group Limited
Boston Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Seiji Ozawa, Conductor, MainArtist - Jessye Norman, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Hector Berlioz, Composer - Pierre-Ange Vieillard, Author - Stephan Reh, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Cees Heijkoop, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Volker Straus, Producer, Recording Producer - Evert Menting, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2023 Decca Music Group Limited
Boston Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Seiji Ozawa, Conductor, MainArtist - Jessye Norman, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Hector Berlioz, Composer - Pierre-Ange Vieillard, Author - Stephan Reh, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Cees Heijkoop, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Volker Straus, Producer, Recording Producer - Evert Menting, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2023 Decca Music Group Limited
Boston Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Seiji Ozawa, Conductor, MainArtist - Jessye Norman, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Hector Berlioz, Composer - Pierre-Ange Vieillard, Author - Stephan Reh, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Cees Heijkoop, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Volker Straus, Producer, Recording Producer - Evert Menting, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2023 Decca Music Group Limited
Phaedra, Op. 93 (Benjamin Britten)
Boston Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Seiji Ozawa, Conductor, MainArtist - Jessye Norman, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Benjamin Britten, Composer - Jean Racine, transl. Robert Lowell, Author - Stephan Reh, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Cees Heijkoop, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Volker Straus, Producer, Recording Producer - Evert Menting, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2023 Decca Music Group Limited
Boston Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Seiji Ozawa, Conductor, MainArtist - Jessye Norman, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Benjamin Britten, Composer - Jean Racine, transl. Robert Lowell, Author - Stephan Reh, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Cees Heijkoop, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Volker Straus, Producer, Recording Producer - Evert Menting, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2023 Decca Music Group Limited
Boston Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Seiji Ozawa, Conductor, MainArtist - Jessye Norman, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Benjamin Britten, Composer - Jean Racine, transl. Robert Lowell, Author - Stephan Reh, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Cees Heijkoop, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Volker Straus, Producer, Recording Producer - Evert Menting, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2023 Decca Music Group Limited
Boston Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Seiji Ozawa, Conductor, MainArtist - Jessye Norman, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Benjamin Britten, Composer - Jean Racine, transl. Robert Lowell, Author - Stephan Reh, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Cees Heijkoop, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Volker Straus, Producer, Recording Producer - Evert Menting, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2023 Decca Music Group Limited
Boston Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Seiji Ozawa, Conductor, MainArtist - Jessye Norman, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Benjamin Britten, Composer - Jean Racine, transl. Robert Lowell, Author - Stephan Reh, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Cees Heijkoop, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Volker Straus, Producer, Recording Producer - Evert Menting, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2023 Decca Music Group Limited
Album review
Jessye Norman was always protective of her art and the sound image she projected, no different with these unreleased recordings. However, with the approval of her loved ones, they’re now being released post-mortem.
This new release (which is available in a lavish, physical limited edition) features three of Jessye’s recordings done between 1988 and 1998, when she was at the height of her career. There are substantial excerpts from her extraordinary performance of Tristan und Isolde recorded with Kurt Masur and the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra, featuring tenors Thomas Moser (Tristan) and Ian Bostridge (the young sailor) and soprano Hanna Schwarz (Brangäne).
The rest of the programme consists of live recordings conducted by James Levine and Seiji Ozawa. With the former, Jessye Norman sings Strauss's Four Last Songs and Wagner's Wesendonck-Lieder in a recording that favours orchestral richness to the detriment of the voice. This may explain why the American singer chose never to release this recording, even though her hedonistic interpretation of Strauss's farewell to life is still striking. The album ends with a recital complete with orchestra, tailor-made for the diva in 1994 in Boston. It features two cantatas: Berenice che fai by Haydn and Phaedra, written by Benjamin Britten for Janet Baker. Nestled between the two, you’ll find a stunning rendition of Berlioz's The Death of Cleopatra. © François Hudry/Qobuz
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 35 track(s)
- Total length: 02:42:56
- Main artists: Jessye Norman
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Decca Music Group Ltd.
- Genre: Classical
© 2022 Universal Music Operations Limited ℗ 2023 Universal Music Operations Limited
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