La
Passione dell‘Opera
Sarah Christ · Harfe
First
recordings!
about this recording:
This CD includes a selection of some of the most beautiful harp fantasies from opera literature. The collection represents a cross-section of the current standard opera repertoire. Represented are the “holy pillars” of the species which today form a characteristic part of every opera-house programme: the belcanto repertoire with Bellini and Donizetti, the French opera with Gounod, the Italian dramma giocosa with Mozart´s “Figaro”, the melodramma with Puccini´s “Tosca”, and finally German opera – in its different forms – with Wagner (music drama) and Humperdinck (fairy tale opera). The harp-players who extracted motifs and melodies from the most famous operas and created dreamlike miniatures from them knew what they were writing about.
Elias Parish Alvars
(1808 – 1849): Introduction & Variations on themes from Bellini‘s
opera „Norma“ for harp solo, op. 36
Johannes Snoer
(1868 – 1936): Paraphrase from „Rheingold“ by Richard Wagner (First
recording)
Robert Nicola Charles Bochsa (1789 – 1856): Fantasia sull‘aria „Non so piú cosa son, cosa faccio“
dalle „Nozze di Figaro“ di Wolfgang Amadé Mozart
Albert Zabel
(1834 – 1910): Fantasie sur les motifs de l‘opera „Faust“ de
Charles Gounod
Marcel Grandjany
(1891 – 1975): Cadenza about „Lucia di Lammermoor“ by G. Donizetti
Charles Oberthür
(1819 – 1895): Fantasie about „Hänsel & Gretel“ by E.
Humperdinck (First recording)
Elena Zaniboni (geb. 1939): Elaborazione per arpa sulla „Tosca“ di G. Puccini (First recording)
1
Elias Parish Alvars:
Introduction & Variations on themes from Bellini‘s opera „Norma“
2
Johannes Snoer:
Paraphrase from „Rheingold“
3
Robert Nicola Charles Bochsa:
Fantasia sull‘aria dalle „Nozze di Figaro“
4
Albert Zabel:
Fantasie sur les motifs de l‘opera „Faust“ de Charles Gounod
5
Marcel Grandjany:
Cadenza about „Lucia di Lammermoor“
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