Deutsche Grammophon: Plácido Domingo — Sacred Songs — Audio CD

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Product Details:

• Product Type: Audio CD
• Brand / Label: Deutsche Grammophon
• Artist: Plácido Domingo (tenor)
• Featured Vocals: Sissel
• Conductor: Marcello Viotti
• Orchestra: Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano Giuseppe Verdi
• Chorus: Coro Sinfonico di Milano Giuseppe Verdi (chorus master: Romano Gandolfi)
• Catalogue Number: 471 575-2
• UPC / Barcode: 028947157526
• Label Code: LC 0173
• Release Year: 2002
• Genre: Classical / Vocal
• Style: Sacred, Operatic Crossover

Product Features

• Format: CD
• Discs: 1
• Sound: Digital Stereo (DDD)
• Total runtime: 64:21
• Tracks: 16
• Made in the E.U.

Overview

Plácido Domingo turns his voice to the sacred repertoire on this 2002 Deutsche Grammophon album. Sixteen songs of devotion and reflection, from concert-hall favourites to lesser-heard gems, sung by one of the greatest tenors of the age.

The programme is wide-ranging. Three different settings of the Ave Maria — Mascagni, the Bach/Gounod, and a setting by Domingo's own son, Plácido Domingo Jr. — sit alongside Franck's Panis angelicus, Schubert's Mille cherubini in coro, and Handel's beloved Ombra mai fù. There's even Rodgers' "Climb Ev'ry Mountain" from The Sound of Music, recast as a moment of uplift.

Domingo is joined by the Norwegian soprano Sissel on two tracks, and backed by the Orchestra and Chorus of the Giuseppe Verdi of Milan under Marcello Viotti. The arrangements, by Robert Sadin and Steven Mercurio, frame the voice with warmth rather than weight. A recording that works equally for quiet listening and the Christmas season.

Interesting Facts

• The album features three distinct Ave Maria settings, including one composed by Plácido Domingo Jr., the singer's son.
• Plácido Domingo is best known as one of the legendary Three Tenors, alongside Luciano Pavarotti and José Carreras.
• The Norwegian soprano Sissel, who duets on two tracks, is widely known for her contribution to the soundtrack of the film Titanic.
• Track 8, "Bist du bei mir," was long attributed to J. S. Bach but is now credited to Gottfried Heinrich Stölzel, as noted on the sleeve.
• The Orchestra and Chorus Sinfonica di Milano Giuseppe Verdi were founded in the 1990s and have become one of Italy's leading concert ensembles.
• The cover photograph was taken by acclaimed music photographer Sheila Rock.

Track Listing

1. Pietro Mascagni: Ave Maria — 5:18
2. Paolo Rustichelli: Kyrie — 3:39
3. César Franck: Panis angelicus — 3:41
4. Fermín María Álvarez: Plegaria (Los Tres Amores) — 4:05
5. J. S. Bach / Charles Gounod: Ave Maria — 2:45
6. Franz Schubert: Mille cherubini in coro — 4:00
7. Charles Gounod: Sanctus — 5:10
8. Gottfried Heinrich Stölzel (misattr. to J. S. Bach): Bist du bei mir — 3:45
9. George Frideric Handel: Frondi tenere e belle – Ombra mai fù — 3:47
10. Gioacchino Rossini: Domine Deus — 5:01
11. Charles Gounod: Repentir — 5:24
12. Richard Rodgers: Climb Ev'ry Mountain — 2:30
13. Plácido Domingo Jr.: Ave María — 4:56
14. Richard Wagner: Der Engel — 2:53
15. Felix Mendelssohn: Ye people, rend your hearts – If with all your hearts — 3:06
16. Francesco Paolo Tosti: Preghiera — 4:21

Publishers

Released by Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Hamburg (a Universal Music Company), ℗ 2002. Arrangements by Robert Sadin and Steven Mercurio. Cover photo by Sheila Rock.

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