Elina Garanca – When Night falls…

Contents

Strauss, R: Wiegenlied, Op. 41 No. 1 (Transcr. for Mezzosoprano and Orchestra)

Humperdinck: Hänsel & Gretel: Abendsegen ‘Abends will ich schlafen gehn’

Falla: Asturiana (No. 3 from Siete canciones populares españolas)

Montsalvatge: Canción negra No. 4, Cancion de cuna para dormir a un negrito (Transcr. for Mezzosoprano and Guitar)

Berio: Folk Songs, No. 2, I Wonder as I Wander & No. 3, Loosin yelav /Elina Garanča (mezzo-soprano), Kristjana Helgadóttir (flute), Kristjana Helgadóttir (piccolo), Stephan Mörth (clarinet), Dorian Wetzel (viola), Zoé Cartier (cello), Anna Steinkogler (harp)

Tosti: Sogno (Arr. Bleton for Mezzosoprano and Guitar)

Rey, J: Nana Criolla

Rey, J: Canción de cuna

Pauls: Mersedesa (Transcr. for Mezzosoprano, Guitar and Piano)

Brahms: Wiegenlied, Op. 49 No. 4 (Lullaby) (Arr. Tarkmann for Mezzosoprano, Oboe and Piano)

Kalniņš, A: Aijaija

Zālīts: Pel t,velc miedziiņu

Kalniņš, A: Sūpļa dzeesma

Schubert: Nacht und Träume, D827

Pauls: Mazs, laimīgs zēns, No. 8, Vientuļais Namiņš (Transcr. for Mezzosoprano and Piano)

Pauls: Aicinajums (Transcr. for Mezzosoprano and Piano)

trad.: Aijā žūžū lāča bērni

This intimate album, says Elīna Garanča, is meant for “that time of day when you withdraw to your own private life”. The celebrated mezzo has selected songs to help her listeners “tune out the world for two or three minutes and immerse themselves in the special magic of the evening hours”. Joined here by an array of distinguished instrumentalists, Garanča performs traditional songs as well as vocal nocturnes by Schubert, Brahms, Strauss, Humperdinck and several composers from Spain and her beloved Latvian homeland.