Ewa Podles

[Anne]

It does look like the death of Cleopatre parts 2 and 3 have been posted.

[knight66]

Maciek, Thanks so much for noticing that. I had given up on it and was mystified as to why someone would only post part of it. I have never seen or heard it live and when sung so hell-for-leather it really point up what a gigantic sing it is. Like an alto Immolation Scene.

She goes a little wild in the middle, but it is a really great performance. I am used to Baker and Norman, but Podles sends the shivers up and down like no one else.

Mike

[Maciek]

Mike, it appears the new youtube videos have only been around for 2 weeks. The person who uploaded them explains in the comments that all this time he/she had problems uploading the file (the video was too long), and finally decided to split it into another two.



BTW, this is the disc I was going to post about (but got sidetracked because I decided to check youtube first):


DUX 0709
Ewa Podleś, Polish Radio Orchestra in Warsaw/Łukasz Borowicz
Haydn Arianna a Naxos, Rossini Di tanti palpiti (Tancredi), Verdi Stride la vampa (Trovatore), Gaetano Donizetti Orsini's Toast (Lucrezia Borgia), Rossini Cruda sorte (Italiana in Algieri) + assorted opera overtures in between

The last two sung tracks are marked as "encores" on the label's site, so I suppose this is a live recording. I wish there was more of the singing and less of the overtures but I guess that's how she arranges her recitals (on the DUX disc with Garrick Ohlsson, half of it is Ohlsson playing Scriabin).