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A polished, grounded diva: Garanča’s “Solistenkonzert” at the Wiener Staatsoper

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Reviewed at Wiener Staatsoper, Vienna on 15 April 2015
Brahms, Liebestreu (Fidelity in Love), Op.3 no.1
Brahms, Liebe und Frühling I (Love and Spring I), Op.3 no.2
Brahms, Geheimnis (Secret), Op.71 no.3
Brahms, Wir wandelten (We Were Walking), Op.96 no.2
Brahms, O liebliche Wangen (Oh Lovely Face), Op.47 no.4
Brahms, Sapphische Ode, Op.94 no.4
Brahms, Die schöne Magelone, Op.33 no.9: Ruhe, Süßliebchen
Brahms, O wüßt ich doch den Weg zurück, Op.63 no.8
Brahms, Alte Liebe (Old Love), Op.72 no.1
Brahms, Mädchenlied (Girl's Song), Op.107 no.5
Brahms, Die Mainacht (The May Night), Op.43 no.2
Brahms, Es träumte mir, Op.57 no.3
Brahms, Verzagen (Despondency), Op.72 no.4
Brahms, Von ewiger Liebe (Of Everlasting Love), Op.43 no.1
Duparc, Au pays où se fait la guerre
Duparc, Extase
Duparc, Phidylé
Rachmaninov, 6 Romances, Op.4 no.1: Oh, stay, my love, forsake me not!
Rachmaninov, The Soldier's Wife, Op.8 no.4
Rachmaninov, Twilight, Op.21 no.3
Rachmaninov, They replied, Op.21 no.4
Rachmaninov, I await you, (Ja zhdu tebja) Op.14 no.1
Rachmaninov, Lilacs (Siren'), Op.21 no.5
Rachmaninov, Night is sorrowful, Op.26 no.12
Rachmaninov, Do not sing, my beauty (Ne poy krasavitsa pri mne), Op.4 no.4
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Malcolm Martineau, Piano
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