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In her debut release on the ABC Classics label, soprano Emma Matthews brings the thrilling beauty of her tone to jewels by Donizetti, Bellini, Gounod, Delibes and Offenbach, taking on some of the iconic soprano roles and proving herself to be a worthy interpreter of the grand tradition.

Recorded in September 2008 in Monte Carlo, the album highlights Romantic opera heroines for which Emma has received glowing praise. Included are key moments from some of these operas – the ‘Doll Song’ from Les Contes d’Hoffmann, the ‘Bell Song’ from Lakmé, great scenes from Lucia di Lammermoor and Hamlet, as well as fearless and thrilling coloratura moments in the Proch Theme and Variations and Bernstein’s ‘Glitter and be gay’. There are two world premieres on the disc – the Nightingale’s Song at the close of Richard Mills’ The Love of the Nightingale and Calvin Bowman’s song Now touch the air softly.

Conducting the Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte-Carlo is Australian-born, UK-based Brad Cohen, who graduated from St. John’s College, Oxford, before studying with Sergiu Celibidache and Leonard Bernstein.

Tracklisting:

BERNSTEIN: Glitter and Be Gay Candide

DELIBES: Où va la jeune Hindoue (Bell Song) Lakmé

FLOTOW: The Last Rose of Summer Martha

DONIZETTI: Ancor non giunse…Regnava nel silencio…Quando rapito in estasi Lucia di Lammermoor (with Catherine Carby mezzo-soprano)

BELLINI: Eccomi in lieta vesta…Oh! quante volte I Capuleti e i Montecchi

GOUNOD: Dieu! Quel frisson court dans mes veines…Amour, ranime mon courage Roméo et Juliette

THOMAS: A vos jeux…Partagez-vous mes fleurs…Pâle et blonde…La sirène passe et vous entraîne Hamlet

OFFENBACH: Les oiseaux dans la charmille (Doll Song) Les Contes d’Hoffmann

PROCH: Deh! torna, mio bene (Theme and Variations)

BOWMAN: Now Touch the Air Softly

MILLS: The Nightingale’s Song The Love of the Nightingale

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