Anita Rachvelishvili - Anita (2018) [Official Digital Download 24/96]

For her highly anticipated first album on Sony Classical she joins forces with the Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della RAI and the dynamic conductor Giacomo Sagripanti, winner of the Young Conductor prize at the 2016 International Opera Awards. The programme naturally includes two arias – the seductive ‘Habanera’ and ‘Seguidilla’ – from what has become her signature role. The selection goes on to reflect her broad dramatic and dramatic range, and personal history. It includes Lyubasha’s haunting a cappella song from Rimsky-Korsakov’s The Tsar’s Bride, an opera in which she subsequently sang under Daniel Barenboim at Berlin’s Staatsoper.

Tracklist:
1. Carmen, WD 31: Act I: Près des ramparts de Seville ("Seguidilla") 02:02
2. Samson et Dalila, Op. 47, Act I: Printemps qui commence 05:37
3. Il Trovatore, Act II: Condotta ell'era in ceppi 04:31
4. Don Carlo, Act II: Nei giardin del bello (Canzone del velo) 04:14
5. Werther, Act III: Je vous écris de ma petite chambre ("Letter Aria") 07:00
6. The Legend of Shota Rustaveli: Cavatina of Queen Tamar 02:23
7. Samson et Dalila, Op. 47, Act II: Mon coeur s'ouvre à ta voix 05:19
8. The Tsar's Bride, Act I: You Wil Pay ("Lyubasha's Aria") 04:24
9. Carmen, WD 31: Act I: L'amour est un oiseau rebelle ("Habanera") 04:14
10. Cavalleria rusticana: Voi lo sapete, o mamma 03:01
11. Sapho, Act III: O ma lyre immortelle 06:49
12. Don Carlo, Act IV: O don fatale 04:16

Composers:
Arakishvili, Dimitri (1878-1953)
Bizet, Georges (1838-75)
Gounod, Charles François (1818-93)
Mascagni, Pietro (1863-1945)
Massenet, Jules Emile Frederic (1842-1912)
Rimsky Korsakov, Nikolay Andreyevich (1844-1908)
Saint-Saëns, Charles Camille (1835-1921)
Verdi, Giuseppe (1813-1901)

Personnel:
Anita Rachvelishvili, mezzo-soprano
Barbara Massaro, soprano
Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della Rai
Coro del Teatro Municipale di Piacenza
Giacomo Sagripanti, conductor