Evelyn Lear - An 80th Birthday Tribute (CD)
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Evelyn Lear - An 80th Birthday Tribute (CD)

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This compilation documents the art of a cherished American singer. Evelyn Lear's versatility, keen stylistic grasp and sheer beauty of sound illuminate every selection in this collection offered as a tribute to a great artist on the occasion of her 80th birthday celebration.
[2006, Mono/Stereo, 2-CD, 140 minutes]

OPERA
Nicolai DIE LUSTIGEN WEIBER VON WINDSOR: Nun eilt herbei, Witz, heit're Laune
Handel GIULIO CESARE: Si pietà di me non senti
Mozart LE NOZZE DI FIGARO: Voi che sapete
Verdi OTELLO: Mia madre aveva (Willow Song & Ave Maria)
Wagner DER FLIEGENDE HOLLÄNDER: Wie aus der Ferne längst.... (with Thomas Stewart)
Strauss DER ROSENKAVALIER: Da geht er hin
Strauss ARABELLA: Sie wollen mich heiraten

SONGS WITH ORCHESTRA
Barber: Knoxville, Summer of 1915
Villa-Lobos: Bachiana brasileira no. 5 - Aria, Dansa; Canção do carreiro
Berlioz: Les nuits d'été - Villanelle, Le spectre de la rose
Mahler: Des Knaben Wunderhorn - Das irdische Leben
Strauss: Vier letzte Lieder - Beim Schlafengehen

LIEDER & MÉLODIES
Schubert: Fischerweise; Nacht und Träume
Hahn: L'heure exquise
Fauré: Chanson d'amore; Mandoline; Prison
Tchaikovsky: At the Ball; Not a Word
Rachmaninoff: Lilacs
Strauss: Morgen!; Die Nacht; Ständchen

FAVORITE ENCORES
Saint-Saëns: Ici les tendres oiseaux (with Thomas Stewart)
Folksong: He's Gone Away
Copland: I Bought Me a Cat
Zeller DER VOGELHÄNDLER: Schenkt man sich Rosen in Tirol

Evelyn Lear, soprano
(Selections recorded 1963-1977)