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Decca Classics is proud to present Jessye Norman – The Unreleased Masters, showcasing never-before-heard recordings of one of the greatest classical singers of all time. The set includes Wagner and Strauss song cycles, and a live recording of an eclectic program of cantatas by Haydn, Berlioz, and Britten. 

CD2 (live recording)

R. STRAUSS: Vier letzte Lieder TrV 296

1       I Frühling (Hesse)

2       II September (Hesse)

3       III Beim Schlafengehen (Hesse)

4       IV Im Abendrot (Eichendorff)

WAGNER: Wesendonck-Lieder (orch. Felix Mottl 1-4; Wagner 5)

5       No.1 Der Engel

6       No.2 Stehe still!

7       No.3 Im Treibhaus

8       No.4 Schmerzen

9       No.5 Träume

Jessye Norman

James Levine / Berliner Philharmoniker

CD3 (live recording)

HAYDN: Scena di Berenice Hob. XXIVa:10

1       Recitativo: “Berenice, che fai?”

2       Cavatina: “Non partir, bell’idol mio”

3       Recitativo: “Me infelice!”

4       Aria: “Perché, se tanti siete”

BERLIOZ: Cléopâtre H.36

5       Allegro vivace con impeto – Récitatif: “C’en est donc fait!”

6       Lento cantabile: “Ah! qu’ils sont loin ces jours, tourment de ma mémoire”

7       Méditation: Largo misterioso: “Grands Pharaons, nobles Lagides”

8       Allegro assai agitato: “Non! … non, de vos demeures funèbres”

9       Allegro non troppo – Recitativo misurato: “Dieux du Nil”

BRITTEN: Phaedra Op.93

10     Prologue: “In May, in brilliant Athens”

11     Recitative: “My lost and dazzled eyes saw only night”

12     Presto: “You monster! You understood me too well”

13     Recitative: “Oh Gods of wrath”

14     Adagio: “My time’s too short, your highness”

Jessye Norman

Boston Symphony Orchestra / Seiji Ozawa

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