Edita Gruberova Vesselina Kasarova Friedrich Haider - Duets by Johannes Brahms Robert Schumann Antonin Dvorak and Gioacchino Rossini (22 tracks) +Album Reviews

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Edita Gruberova, Vesselina Kasarova, Friedrich Haider
Duets by Johannes Brahms, Robert Schumann, Antonin Dvorak and Gioacchino Rossini
Genres: Pop, Classical

Track Listings (22) - Disc #1
1. Die Meere ('Alle Winde schlafen...'), duet for soprano, alto & piano, Op. 20/3
2. Die Schwestern ('Wir Schwestern zwei'), duet for soprano, alto & piano, Op. 61/1
3. Sch?n Bl?melein ('Ich bin hinaus gegangen'), song for voice & piano, Op. 43/3
4. Sommerruh ('Sommerruh, wie sch?n bist du'), for 2 voices & piano, WoO 9
5. An den Abenstern ('Schweb empor am Himmel'), duet for two female voices & piano (M?dchenlieder), Op. 103/4
6. Moravian Duets (Moravsk? dvojzpevy) (5) for soprano, alto & piano, B. 60 (Op. 29): Ich schwimm' dir davon
7. Moravian Duets (Moravsk? dvojzpevy) (5) for soprano, alto & piano, B. 60 (Op. 29): Fliege, V?glein
8. Moravian Duets (Moravsk? dvojzpevy) (5) for soprano, alto & piano, B. 60 (Op. 29): Wenn die Sense
9. Moravian Duets (Moravsk? dvojzpevy) (5) for soprano, alto & piano, B. 60 (Op. 29): Freundlich la? uns scheiden
10. Moravian Duets (Moravsk? dvojzpevy) (5) for soprano, alto & piano, B. 60 (Op. 29): Der kleine Acker
11. Moravian Duets (Moravsk? dvojzpevy) (9) for soprano, alto & piano, B. 62 (Op. 32): Die Taube auf dem Ahorn
12. Moravian Duets (Moravsk? dvojzpevy) (9) for soprano, alto & piano, B. 62 (Op. 32): Wasser und Weinen
13. Moravian Duets (Moravsk? dvojzpevy) (9) for soprano, alto & piano, B. 62 (Op. 32): Die Bescheidene
14. Moravian Duets (Moravsk? dvojzpevy) (9) for soprano, alto & piano, B. 62 (Op. 32): Der Ring
15. Moravian Duets (Moravsk? dvojzpevy) (9) for soprano, alto & piano, B. 62 (Op. 32): Gr?ne, du Gras
16. Moravian Duets (Moravsk? dvojzpevy) (9) for soprano, alto & piano, B. 62 (Op. 32): Die Gefangene
17. Moravian Duets (Moravsk? dvojzpevy) (9) for soprano, alto & piano, B. 62 (Op. 32): Der Trost
18. Moravian Duets (Moravsk? dvojzpevy) (9) for soprano, alto & piano, B. 62 (Op. 32): Wilde Rose
19. Gru? ('Wohin ich geh''), song for 2 voices & piano, Op. 63/3
20. Maigl?ckchen und die Bl?melein ('Maigl?ckchen l?ufet in dem Thal'), song for 2 voices & piano, Op. 63/6
21. La regata veneziana ('Voga o Tonio benedetto'), for 2 sopranos & piano ('Notturno a due voci') (Soir?es Musicales)
22. Duetto buffo di due gatti (Cat Duet), for 2 voices & piano (spurious), QR iv/1

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CD Details

All Artists: Edita Gruberova, Vesselina Kasarova, Friedrich Haider
Title: Duets by Johannes Brahms, Robert Schumann, Antonin Dvorak and Gioacchino Rossini
Members Wishing: 1
Total Copies: 0
Label: Nightingale Classics
Original Release Date: 8/29/2006
Release Date: 8/29/2006
Album Type: Import
Genres: Pop, Classical
Styles: Vocal Pop, Opera & Classical Vocal, Historical Periods, Baroque (c.1600-1750)
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPC: 9004686713606

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Wir Schwestern Zwei, Wir Schoenen

Smorgy | Southern California, USA | 07/28/2006

(5 out of 5 stars)

""Wir Schwestern Zwei, Wir Schonen" is the title of this CD when it was released in Europe back in 1995.

And what a pair of coloratura sisters Gruberova and Kasarova are! Their voices match perfectly in these charming duets by Brahms, Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Schumann, Rossini and Dvorak. Kasarova's full dark mahogany voice compliments Gruberova's light coloratura voice and vice versa. Even though these two sing very differently on the operatic stage, they are in perfect sync singing short lieder-duets. The disc is jam packed with 22 of them. Mostly lively fun duets with a few more subdue ones by Schumann.

The highlights have to be Dvorak's charming 12 Moravian duets and the ending 'Cats' Duet' by ....er.. well, most attributes it to Rossini, tho it is quite an open dispute if the Bel Canto master was the real author or if it was the English Robert Pearsall. Whoever wrote it, it is the coolest meowing contest ever in my book. Kasarova is the full voiced more refined sounding cat, while Gruberova cat is more playful. The ladies are very ably accompanied on the piano by Friedrich Haider (Gruberova's husband).

The booklet comes with short notes on the composers and libretto in English and German (the Moravian Duets have additional Czech libretto, and Rossini's Venetian Regatta has additional Italian libretto)."