Recordare

Soprano Anja Harteros's exquisitely floated high notes in the "Libera Me," her supple blend with Sonia Ganassi's vibrant mezzo in the "Recordare," tenor Rolando Villazón's tender phrasing and the distinctively Mediterranean sob in his voice, bass René Pape's way of allying lung power to elegant finish -- this is singing that can stand against the best of the past.

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The trio is continually interwoven with the chorus shouting fortissimo the "Rex tremendæ majestatis," until it takes another form in the prayer, "Recordare," a duet for soprano and alto in Verdi's best operatic vein.

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The "Dies Iræ" is followed by the "Recordare," written, like the "Tuba mirum," as a quartet for solo voices.

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Alessandra Marc and Waltraud Meier eloquently partnered each other in the prayer "Recordare," a soprano-mezzo duet modeled after the famous exchange between Aida and her adversary Amneris.

Chicago Reader 2010

Alessandra Marc and Waltraud Meier eloquently partnered each other in the prayer "Recordare," a soprano-mezzo duet modeled after the famous exchange between Aida and her adversary Amneris.

Chicago Reader 2010

Alessandra Marc and Waltraud Meier eloquently partnered each other in the prayer "Recordare," a soprano-mezzo duet modeled after the famous exchange between Aida and her adversary Amneris.

Chicago Reader 2010

Alessandra Marc and Waltraud Meier eloquently partnered each other in the prayer "Recordare," a soprano-mezzo duet modeled after the famous exchange between Aida and her adversary Amneris.

Chicago Reader 2010

Alessandra Marc and Waltraud Meier eloquently partnered each other in the prayer "Recordare," a soprano-mezzo duet modeled after the famous exchange between Aida and her adversary Amneris.

Chicago Reader 2010

Alessandra Marc and Waltraud Meier eloquently partnered each other in the prayer "Recordare," a soprano-mezzo duet modeled after the famous exchange between Aida and her adversary Amneris.

Chicago Reader 2010

Alessandra Marc and Waltraud Meier eloquently partnered each other in the prayer "Recordare," a soprano-mezzo duet modeled after the famous exchange between Aida and her adversary Amneris.

Chicago Reader 2010