Pumeza Matshikiza - Arias (2016)

Pumeza’s second album ARIAS is a collection of many of the great opera roles in which Pumeza has blossomed: Mimi in La Boheme; Susanna in Le Nozze di Figaro; Liu in Turandot; Dido in Dido & Aeneas; Concepcion in L’heure espagnole together with such operatic greatest hits as ‘The Song to the Moon’ from Rusalka and ‘Ebben, ne andro lontano’ from La Wally.

The album also features new arrangements of art songs such as Faure’s ‘Après un rêve’ and Reynaldo Hahn’s A Chloris as well as a Rosa Ponselle favourite, Tosti’s ‘Si tu le voulais’

Also included are arrangements of Sarti’s famous aria ‘Lungi del caro bene’ made by DECCA for Renata Tebaldi in the 1970s and recorded here for the first time since then and an arrangement of the classic song ‘La Paloma’ originally made for Victoria de los Angeles.

Tracklist:
01. La bohème: Sì. Mi chiamano Mimì
02. La Wally: Ebben? Ne andrò lontana
03. Suor Angelica: Senza mamma, o bimbo, tu sei morto
04. Rusalka, Op. 114, B. 203: Song to the Moon
05. Turandot: Tu che di gel sei cinta
06. L'heure espagnole, M. 52: Oh! La pitoyable aventure!
07. La paloma
08. Cinco Canciones Negras: No. 2, Punto de Habañera
09. Si tu le voulais
10. Après un rêve, Op. 7 No. 1
11. A Chloris
12. Lungi dal caro bene
13. Le nozze di Figaro, K. 492: Giunse alfin il momento
14. Le nozze di Figaro, K. 492: Deh vieni non tardar
15. Orfeo ed Euridice, Wq. 30: Che fiero momento
16. Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: When I Am Laid in Earth