Justina Gringyte – Bizet: 20 Songs Op. 21 [CD]

Description

This Ondine debut album by the award-winning Lithuanian mezzo-soprano Justina Gringyte, one of the foremost rising stars of the opera world, and pianist Malcolm Martineau is her first solo album and the complete recording of Georges Bizet’s (1838-1875) long-forgotten masterpiece, Vingt Melodies (20 Songs), Op. 21. Year 2025 marks the 150th anniversary of the death of Bizet, one of the greatest French composers of all time. During his short career of little more than twenty years Bizet composed a substantial quantity of music, including 15 operas. Bizet has been compared with Mozart in his sensitivity to the human voice and understanding of it’s expressive potential. Several of Bizet’s operas predate his twenty songs Opus 21, written between 1854 and 1872. Anyone new to these songs, a collection including many masterpieces, may wonder how music of such consistent quality could be so neglected! Clearly, they must be ranked among Bizet’s most representative works.

Tracklist:

1. Chanson d’Avril (Vingt Mlodies No. 1)
2. Matin (Vingt Mlodies No. 2)
3. Vieille Chanson (Vingt Mlodies No. 3)
4. Adieux de l’htesse arabe (Vingt Mlodies No. 4)
5. Rve de la Bien-aime (Vingt Mlodies No. 5)
6. J’aime l’amour (Vingt Mlodies No. 6)
7. Vous ne priez pas! (Vingt Mlodies No. 7)
8. Ma vie a son secret (Vingt Mlodies No. 8)
9. Pastorale (Vingt Mlodies No. 9)
10. Srnade (Vingt Mlodies No. 10)
11. Berceuse (Vingt Mlodies No. 11)
12. canson du fou (Vingt Mlodies No. 12)
13. Absence (Vingt Mlodies No. 13)
14. Douce mer (Vingt Mlodies No. 14)
15. Aprs l’hiver (Vingt Mlodies No. 15)
16. coccinelle (Vingt Mlodies No. 16)
17. Chant d’amour! (Vingt Mlodies No. 17)
18. Je n’en dirai rien! (Vingt Mlodies No. 18)
19. esprit saint (Vingt Mlodies No. 19)
20. Tarentelle (Vingt Mlodies No. 20)

UPC: 0761195145821
Label: Ondine
Release Date: 9.19.25
Format: CD