{"product_id":"joan-sutherland-my-favorites","title":"JOAN SUTHERLAND: My Favorites","description":"\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0067\/4660\/3571\/files\/ABOUT_THIS_RECORDING_W._WORLD_2_32df07a3-6594-4bdc-94fb-ea2c543416df_480x480.png?v=1605807066\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eDame Joan Sutherland’s personal selection of her favourite recordings, with her own liner notes. Tributes from Moffatt Oxenbould and Fiona Janes, previously unpublished photographs, a series of costume designs for her key operatic roles, and illustrations of all the original jackets from which the selection was made. Plus her recipe for Christmas Pudding, all issued to commemorate the tenth anniversary of her passing.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWith barely a shadow of permissible exaggeration, ‘The Voice of the Century’ was Decca’s title for a 1977 compilation of arias from the defining roles sung by Dame Joan Sutherland. On her death in 2010,\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eOpera\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003emagazine acclaimed her still as ‘one of the voices of the century’ who almost single-handedly – with the support of her husband and mentor, Richard Bonynge – restored the bel canto repertoire to the opera house. Now, a decade on, Eloquence releases Sutherland’s personal selection of her own favourite recordings, from a Decca catalogue studded with award-winning albums.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWhat makes this particular collection unique, and an essential acquisition for all who treasure their memories of the supreme successor to Melba, is Dame Joan’s introductions to each item. Choosing them, she could look back over a career spanning more than 40 years, from her career-launching competition win in Sydney in 1949 singing ‘Ritorna vincitor’ to her first Alcina in 1957 – at St. Pancras Town Hall, of all places, and her famous Royal Opera Lucia in 1959 that floored the critics.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eHowever, Dame Joan’s selection does not include such vocal blockbusters – though with the Queen of Night’s ‘O zittre nicht’ there is a nod to her unheralded Royal Opera debut in 1952 as the First Lady in\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eDie Zauberflöte\u003c\/em\u003e. Rather than her fearless negotiation of their Mad Scenes, she chose passages of moving recovery from\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eNorma\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eand\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eLa sonnambula\u003c\/em\u003e, and in doing so generously acknowledges her partnership of warm mutual understanding with Marilyn Horne. Nevertheless, there is plenty of her pinpoint coloratura to be enjoyed, from Massenet’s\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eEsclarmonde\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e– along with\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eNorma\u003c\/em\u003e, her favourite opera – to Graun’s\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eMontezuma\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eand Glière’s Concerto: ‘such a relief not to have to remember the words’.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSutherland took particular pride in her revival of rarities such as Leoni’s\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eL’Oracolo\u003c\/em\u003e, but her choice of favourites concludes in lighter vein with songs by Arditi, Hahn and Kreisler which beguiled as well as dazzled her recital audiences: ‘Trifles, perhaps, but I enjoyed singing them’. She recalls living next to and working with Noël Coward – ‘I think he was quite pleased with me!’ – and finally pays tribute to her musical education in Sydney with ‘Love will find a way’ from\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Maid of the Mountains\u003c\/em\u003e. All in all, it’s a unique journey through Dame Joan’s life and career, enhanced by several tributes from her colleagues, previously unpublished photographs and rarely seen costume designs for ‘La Stupenda’ in many of her signature roles.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0067\/4660\/3571\/files\/TRACK_LISTING_WITH_WORLD_1_20b5cf35-a714-4d34-aee2-f6d57e8a0b80_480x480.png?v=1605807076\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"ec-release-sections-wrapper\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"section ec-release-track-listing open\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"section-toggle\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"table\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“Callas is wonderful, yes, but the one to keep your eye on is the girl singing Clotilde.”\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eEdward J. Dent\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“Nothing touched ‘Mira, o Norma’… I still can’t walk down the street in New York without someone coming up to me and saying they will never forget our partnership.”\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eMarilyn Horne\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“[Sutherland] was one of the greatest singers of the last century, possessed of a voice second to none: warm even, flexible, large and wide-ranging, always used to musical and dramatic ends. It was a thrilling and glorious sound.”\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eSir John Tooley\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“She was a dab hand at charming the listener in Noël Coward numbers, operetta and songs from the 19th century. In all these one felt she could relax and enjoy herself.”\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eOpera\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"section-content\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e1             \u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGRAUN\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMontezuma\u003c\/strong\u003e: Non han calma le mie pene\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e2             \u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMOZART\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDie Zauberflöte\u003c\/strong\u003e: O zittre nicht\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e3–4        \u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBELLINI\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNorma\u003c\/strong\u003e: Mira, O Norma – Si, fino all’ore estreme compagna tua m’avrai\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e5             \u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBELLINI\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLa sonnambula\u003c\/strong\u003e: Ah! non giunge\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e6             \u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eVERDI\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAttila\u003c\/strong\u003e: Santo di patria…allor che i forti corrono\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e7             \u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMASSENET\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEsclarmonde\u003c\/strong\u003e: Esprits de l’air … Roland ! Roland ! 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