Elly Ameling

 

The Artistry of Elly Ameling

 

CD1

J.S. BACH

Matthaus-Passion, BWV 244

Johannes-Passion, BWV 245

Weihnachts-Oratorium, BWV 248

Stutgarter Kammerorchester/ Karl Munchinger

 

VIVALDI

Pars prior

Pars altera

Kammerorchester Berlin/ Vittorio Negri

 

HANDEL

Crudel tiranno amor, HWV 97 English Chamber Orchestra/ Raymond Leppard

MessiahAcademy and Chorus of St Martin in the Field/ Neville Marriner

 

CD2

HAYDN

Die Schopfung

Wiener Philharmoniker/ Karl Munchinger

Orlando Paladino Act I:  Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne/ Antal Dorati

 

MOZART

Ch’oi mi scordi di te… Non temer amato bene, K505 Dalton Baldwin piano/ECO/Edo de Waart

Le nozze de Figaro English Chamber Orchestra/ Edo de Waart

 

CD3

SCHUBERT

Songs

 

SCHUMANN

Frauenliebe und – Leben, op. 42

 

CD4

BRAHMS

Lieder

 

WOLF

Morike-Lieder

 

CD5

FAURE:  Apres un reve

DEBUSSY:  Beau soir

DEBUSSY:  Mandoline

HAHN:  L’amitie

HAHN:  La vie est belle

SATIE:  La diva de “L’Empire”

GERSHWIN:  Embraceable you

GERSHWIN:  The man I love

GERSHWIN:  I’ve got a crush on you

GERSHWIN:  But not for me

GOEMANS:  Aan de Amsterdamse grachten

PORTER:  I get a kick out of you

KERN:  All the things you are

PORTER:  What is this thing called love?

PORTER:  You do something to me

PORTER:  Begin the beguine

SONDHEIM:  Can that boy foxtrot!

JOBIM:  Garota de Ipanema

GIRAUD:  Sous le ciel de Paris

PORTER:  Night and day

ELLINGTON:  Caravan

ELLINGTON:  Sophisticated lady

ELLINGTON:  Solitude

ELLINGTON:  It don’t mean a thing

ELLINGTON:  In a sentimental mood

 

February 2003 marks the 70^th birthday of Dutch soprano Elly Ameling, a much loved artist on the Philips label.  Elly Ameling is particularly known for the clear beauty of her voice.  Her long career was distinguished above all by the interpretations of German Lieder and she particularly excelled in Schubert, Schumann, Brahms and Wolf.  In her concerts and recordings she was regularly partnered by Dalton Baldwin and Rudolf Jansen, and established a rare rapport with these pianists.

 

Ameling was no stranger to oratorio and she can be heard here in arias from Bach Passions, Handel’s Messiah, and Haydn’s Die Schopfung.  Elly Ameling was also one of the first serious artists to perform lighter repertory and during the latter part of her career recorded a number of songs by Gershwin, Cole Porter and Duke Ellington and a selection of these and other lighter fare are included on the last disc of this anniversary set.

 

Philips 5cds 4734512