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PTC5186777
Originally recorded in 2020
Classical
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On her third PENTATONE album Nostalgia, Magdalena Kožená presents Bartók’s Village Scenes, Mussorgsky’s The Nursery and a selection of Brahms songs, together with acclaimed pianist Yefim Bronfman. Sung in Slovak, Russian and German, these songs on love, longing and innocence show three master composers transforming folk traditions into their unique musical styles. Kožená demonstrates her vocal mastery once more, and this recording with Bronfman is the result of a two-decades-spanning congenial artistic partnership. Nostalgia is star mezzo-soprano Magdalena Kožená’s third album as part of her exclusive collaboration with PENTATONE, after having presented the baroque cantatas recital album Il giardino dei sospiri and the songs in chamber-musical setting project Soirée in 2019. Yefim Bronfman, whose commanding technique, power and exceptional lyrical gifts are consistently acknowledged by the press and audiences alike, makes his PENTATONE debut.
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Reviews
Nominee in the Song category
Richard Wigmore
“… The Slavic side of this recital is the strongest and well worth hearing. Few singers on the current scene have the prestige to record such obscure material or to perform it so winningly.”
Editor’s Choice
“An outstanding new recital by a mezzo who has rarely sounded better. Kožená and Yefim Bronfman make a thoughtful partnership, the Israeli-American pianist a collaborator more than capable of matching Kožená’s storytelling commitment. The dramatic give and take between them is the principal joy here in songs by Brahms, Mussorgsky and Bartók united by ideas of childhood, innocence and love… The better-known Brahms songs that close the disc are ravishing, showing off Kozena’s range of vocal colours, which takes us from ecstatic, full-spate outpouring in Meine liebe ist grün and Verzagen to infinite restraint and simplicity in Anklange. Has the mezzo has ever sounded better on disc?” ****½
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