Richard Strauss: Three Hymns & Opera Arias Soile Isokoski

• 1 Ein Schönes war 05:51
• 2 Es gibt ein Reich 05:13
• 3 No. 1. Hymne an die Liebe 08:42
• 4 No. 2. Rückkehr in die Heimat 07:04
• 5 Die Liebe 06:28
• 6 Die Zeit, die ist ein sonderbar Ding 02:38
• 7 Da geht er hin 04:51
• 8 Andante con moto - Morgen mittag um elf! 19:59
• Total Runtime 01:00:46

Info for Richard Strauss: Three Hymns & Opera Arias

On this release of legendary Strauss-singer Soile Isokoski the rarely recorded Three Hymns are coupled with opera arias from Ariadne auf Naxos, Der Rosenkavalier and Capriccio. All these arias are part of Soile Isokoski's standard repertoire, she has performed them regularly at opera houses like Vienna State Opera, Covent Garden, Milan's La Scala, the Semperoper in Dresden, in Berlin, Paris and at prestigious festivals like Salzburg, Edinburgh, Orange and Savonlinna.

A multiple award-winner, Iskokoski's recording of Strauss's Four Last Songs won a Gramophone Award in 2002, in March this year it was the Winner in the blind test arranged by French magazine Classica.

Three Hymns is a major work, which so far has been surprisingly rarely recorded, no doubt partly because of the great vocal demand it poses to the soloist. Nonetheless they are atmospheric concert pieces with Strauss' orchestration in full bloom. They already anticipate the Four Last Songs and are waiting to be rediscovered.

„Soile Isokoski is an ideal interpreter of Richard Strauss's music. This satisfying if not electrifying recital combines poised performances of scenes from the operas ... with the rarely heard Three Hymns, written in 1921 in a style that is palpitating and creamily rapturous.“ (Rupert Christiansen, The Daily Telegraph)

„It's good to have a souvenir of her distinguished Marschallin and her Madeleine (...). With Kamu's Helsinki orchestra providing a lush underlay, Isokoski soars in the ecstatic Hölderlin settings.“ (The Sunday Times)

Soile Isokoski, soprano
Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra
Okko Kamu, conductor

Recorded at Helsinki Music Centre, 17-18 and 20 April 2012

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