Jessye Norman sings Strauss

CD: Jessye Norman sings Strauss

Richard Strauss
Five Songs
Cäcilie, Op. 20 No. 2
Ruhe, meine Seele, Op. 20 No. 1
Meinem Kinde, Op. 37 No. 3
Wiegenlied, Op. 41 No. 1
Zueignung, Op. 10 No. 2

Suite, Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme, Op. 60
Overture
Minuet
The Fencing Master
Entry and Dance of the Tailors
Lully’s Minuet
Courante
Entry of Cléonte
Prelude to Act II
The Dinner

Dance of the Seven Veils and Closing Scene from Salome
Dance of the Seven Veils
Ah! Du wolltest mich nicht deinen Mund küssen lassen
Nun wohl! Ich lebe noch
Ah! Ich habe deinen Mund geküsst, Jochanaan

Klaus Tennstedt conductor
Jessye Norman soprano
London Philharmonic Orchestra
David Nolan leader

Extraordinary soprano Jessye Norman is the star at the heart of this live performance from the London Philharmonic Orchestra archives, recorded in 1986 under the baton of Principal Conductor Klaus Tennstedt. Jessye Norman brings her warmth to this tender and personal collection of songs by Richard Strauss, while the blistering final scene from Salome shows her at her most powerful and dazzling. Strauss’s suite, comprised of incidental music written for Molière’s Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme, brings to life the world of the foolish Monsieur Jourdain, and his desperate attempts to join the aristocracy.

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