01. - 05. George Frideric Handel: Arias from Messiah, Giulio Cesare, Atalanta, Samson and Rinaldo*
06. - 11. Johann Sebastian Bach: Arias from Anna Magdalene Notebook and St Matthew Passion*
Arleen Auger- soprano, Mostly Mozart Orchestra conducted by Gerard Schwarz
12. - 13. Heitor Villa-Lobos - Bachianas Brasileiras No.5#
Arleen Auger-soprano, The Yale Cellos conducted by Aldo Parisot [69'54]
Disc Two: Love Songs
01. - 25. Songs by Copland, Obradors, Ovalle, R Strauss, Marx, Poulenc, Cimara, Quilter, O Straus, Schumann, Mahler, Turina, Lippe, Coward, Gounod, Schubert, Bridge, Foster, Donaudy, Britten and Loewe [68'25]
Arleen Auger- soprano and Dalton Baldwin- piano
Delos DE3712 (recording dates unknown - originally released 1985*, 1986# and 1988)
(CD rip - flacs, booklet, cover and inlay scans)
Recording engineers: John Eargle and Eugene Kimball
Producers: Adam Stern, Bejun Mehta, Thomas Frost and Carol Rosenberger
This Twofer compilation is made up of most of the contents of a Bach and Handel Arias disc (DE3026), the Villa-Lobos from DE3041 and the complete Love Songs disc (DE3029).
The American lyric soprano Arlene Auger died tragically young (in 1993 at the age of 53) and remains one of my favourite singers. This compilation offers a generous representation of her beautiful voice - the second disc in particular offering a delightful collection of art songs.
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