The Voice of Pilar Lorengar
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Label: Australian Eloquence
Cat No: ELQ4807840
Format: CD
Number of Discs: 1
Genre: Vocal/Choral
Release Date: 12th May 2017
Contents
Works
La vida breveDon Carlo
Artists
London Philharmonic OrchestraOrchestre de la Suisse Romande
Conductor
Jesus Lopez-CobosWorks
La vida breveDon Carlo
Artists
London Philharmonic OrchestraOrchestre de la Suisse Romande
Conductor
Jesus Lopez-CobosAbout
‘Our Pilar’, she was known affectionately at the Deutsche Oper, Berlin, where she had been a member of the company, and then a jewel in its crown, since her debut at the house in 1958. There she settled for life and sang her signature roles, several of them immortalized on this recital which exhibits her facility in four languages and the special light and warmth of a voice ‘not soon forgotten, especially in an era so heavily populated by cookie-cutter singers’ (Peter G. Davis, New York magazine, 1987). There is Elsa’s principal aria from Lohengrin, sung in Lorengar’s ‘exotically accented but potently expressive’ German (Opera magazine) and one of the Mozart roles (Zerlina in Don Giovanni) that originally made her name. She had a natural gift for portraying Puccini heroines (Tosca, Manon Lescaut, Angelica), and a native’s delight and fresh, eager delivery of Falla (La vida breve) and Granados (Goyescas).
This invaluable reissue of a much-missed soprano is Canto a Sevilla: a substantial and heartfelt tribute to the city from its leading poet, Muñoz San Román, and pre-eminent composer, Joaquín Turina. Like the operatic recital, this cycle of four songs is accompanied by the sympathetic baton of her fellow Spaniard Jesús López Cobos.
The release complements a 2-CD set of ‘Spanish Romances’ with Lorengar also available on Eloquence (4825944).
‘Pilar Lorengar makes a lovely sound and sings with intensity.’ - Gramophone, August 1984 (Turina)
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