Gods, Kings & Demons (Opera Arias) | 
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| Artist: Rene Pape
Creators: Charles Gounod, Arrigo Boito, Hector Berlioz, Giuseppe Verdi, Jacques Offenbach, Richard Wagner, Anton Rubinstein, Antonin Dvorak, Modest Mussorgsky, Sebastian Weigle
Label: Deutsche Grammophon
Category: Music
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Rating:  5 reviews
Sales Rank: 1914
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
MPN: 001223902
UPC: 028947764083
EAN: 0028947764083
ASIN: B0017SETTM
Release Date: November 11, 2008
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| Tracks:
| • | Faust/Act 2: Le veau d'or est toujours debout | | • | Faust/Act 4: Serenade: Vous qui faites l'endormie | | • | Mefistofele/Act 2: Ecco il mondo, vuoto e tondo | | • | La Damnation de Faust/Part 2: Voici des roses | | • | Don Carlo/Act 4: Ella giammai m'amo! - Dormiro sol nel manto mio regal | | • | The Tales of Hoffmann/Act 4: Scintille, diamant | | • | Das Rheingold: Abendlich strahlt der Sonne Auge | | • | Tristan und Isolde/Act 2: Tatest du's wirklich? Waehnst du das? | | • | Demon/Act 2: Na vozdusnom okeane | | • | Demon/Act 2: Ne plač', ditya | | • | Rusalka/Act 2: Běda! Běda! - Cely svět neda ti | | • | Boris Godunov/Act 4: Death of Boris |
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Album Description
The eagerly awaited DG debut solo disc from Rene Pape has arrived! The reigning operatic bass of today, Pape has created an international fan base with his moving performances on every major operatic stage. Pape has appeared almost every season with the Metropolitan Opera since his 1995 house debut and continues to receive stellar reviews for every performance. This recital brings together the roles that have made his career as well as a few rarities. Highlights are his moving monologue from Verdi's Don Carlo and King Marke's monologue from Wagner's Tristan und Isolde. Pape is joined by conductor Sebastian Weigle who leads the Staatskapelle Dresden.
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Rene Pape continues to shine January 6, 2009
Rene Pape is the preeminent bass baritone of the opera world today. His recent King Marke at the Met was by far the best performance of the night, even with Barenboim's debut. This CD is a good sample of his repertoire.
a verdi revelation November 30, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I can only add a little story to the other glowing reviews. I haven't become a great Verdi fan so far, though I've heard and watched quite a bit of his work. I love all sorts of other opera, from Monteverdi to Janacek and beyond, but not Verdi...until I heard the Don Carlo track from this new CD. When I first heard it, this singer and this orchestra somehow revealed the music of Verdi to me. I think it's because there's no bombast, no overacting, no wailing or shouting. Pape's power and skill allow him to simply sing, though I'm sure actually doing so is not so simple. I hope I can use the insight provided by Rene Pape to help me unlock more Verdi now.
The phenomenally successful Pape gets his due November 30, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Bass-baritones with voices as deep and plush as Rene Pape's rarely become superstars, but he's on the verge, I think. Diehard fans already exist in plenty, and every time his name appears on the bill at the Met for a performance of Tristan, the Magic Flute, or Fidelio, you know that the A-list cast is on. It's nice to see this native Dresdener, now 44, paired with the great Dresden Sttaatskapelle (even if Weigle's conducting is no better than satisfactory).
In keeping with the theme, we start off with three flavors of Mephistopheles by Gounod, Boito, and Berlioz, all of which Pape handles with stylish panache. His voice is so velvety, even, and smoothly produced that he never resorts to barking or melodramatic hamminess. On stage I imagine he would add a few more teeth to his bite, however, and quite a lot more snarl. King Philip's soliloquy from Don Carlo is beautifully sung and touchingly acted.
The one snippet of Pape's noble Wotan taken from Das Rheingold is tantalizing (too bad the conducting is particularly draggy here), but then we get a signature role, King Marke singing the entire Act II monologue. As pure singing and vocal acting, this couldn't be improved on, but once again I msut point out the sagging Weigle, who lets down the orchestral side. The last lengthy extract is Boris's death scene, which Pape keeps on the restrained side -- but how can one complain when such artistry is at work?
Here's the full program:
Berlioz:
Voice des roses (Air de Mephistopheles)
Devant la maison from La Damnation de Faust
Boito:
Ecco il mondo, vuoto e tondo from Mefistofele
Dvorak:
Beda! Beda! - Cely svet neda ti
Gounod:
Le veau d'or est toujours debout from Faust
Serenade: Vous qui faite l'endormie (Mephistopheles) [from Faust]
Mussorgsky:
Oy, dusno, dusno! - Proscay, moy sin from Boris Godunov
Offenbach:
Scintille, diamant from Les Contes d'Hoffmann
Rubinstein:
Na vozdushnom okeane
Ne plac', ditya from Demon
Verdi:
Ella giammai m'amo (from Don Carlo)
Wagner:
Abendlich strahlt der Sonne Auge from Das Rheingold
'Tatest du's wirklich' - King Marke's monologue from Tristan and Isolde
At long last. November 19, 2008
At long last a CD of one of the great voices of our time. I was so thrilled to learn he was finally coming out with this CD and I have been listening to it over and over again since receiving it. I hope he records a Flying Dutchman and Guernamanz in Parsifal. Of course we all eagerly await his Wotan. Thank you Rene for giving us this wonderful recording. We want more.
At last...a whole album of Rene Pape November 16, 2008
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
Rene Pape is gorgeous to look at and to listen to. I've crossed the ocean twice to hear him sing. After years of buying collections and operas so that I could hear one measly aria from him, it's a great treat to have a whole CD of Rene. Many of his iconic arias, like Ella Giamai M'amo from Don Carlo and the great King Marke monologue from Tristan and Isolde are here. But the one I listen to over and over is Act II, Romance: "Na vozdusnom okeane" RUBENSTEIN: Demon. The music is as melodic as Schubert, and the singer as lyrical as the finest tenor. Great emotion pours out through his disciplined voice. If there are any sins in this CD they are ones of omission -- for example, there is no In diesen heil'gen Hallen or O Isis und Osiris, from Magic Flute -- I guess Sarastro isn't a God, King, or Demon. You must own at least one copy of this CD.
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