Liesbeth Devos, Peter Gijsbertsen, Werner van Mechelen & Wurttembergische Philharmonia Reutungen
Description
This CD is centred around fragments of the opera The Children of the Sea by Lodewijk Mortelmans (libretto by Raf Verhulst (1866–1941) and the recently rediscovered orchestral song, Ellen, as performed by Liesbeth Devos, Peter Gijsbertsen, Werner van Mechelen and the Wurttembergische Philharmonia Reutungen.
2018 sees the 150th anniversary of Mortelmans's birth. He worked on this opera between 1900 and 1915 and it was premiered at the Antwerp Flemish Opera on March 27, 1920. The essence of The Children of the Sea is featured on this CD plus a first recording of a concert aria for tenor and orchestra, Ellen: A Song of Woe (1895). Works by a contemporary of Mortelmans, August de Boeck, are also included on the disc alongside those of Peter Aerts.
Tracklisting
Mendelssohn
Jozef de Beenhouwer
Liesbeth Devos, Peter Gijsbertsen, Werner van Mechelen & Wurttembergische Philharmonia Reutungen
Jan Devlieger
Maria Callas
Soloists; Eroica Berlin; Jakob Lehmann
Luigi De Donato; Collegium 1704; Vaclav Luks
Anna Moffo; Cesare Valletti; Fernando Corena; Erich Leinsdorf
Soloists; Orchestre classique de Montreal; Alain Trudel
Europa Galante, Fabio Biondi, Natalia Rubis, Pawel Konik, Krzysztof Baczyk, Podlasie Opera and Philharmonic Choir
Europa Galante, Fabio Biondi, Jan Martinik, Olga Pasiecznik, Stanislav Kufliuk, Mariusz Godlewski, Adam Palka, Podlasie Opera Philharmonic Choir
The Norwegian National Opera Chorus and Orchestra, Terje Boye Hansen
