Music / solosang

Beethoven, Wagner, Verdi


Reviews (9)


The guardian

d. 1. Apr. 2021

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Erica Jeal

d. 1. Apr. 2021

"There's no hint of difficult second album about Lise Davidsen's new recording ... As a programme it feels like a bit of a grab bag, albeit an enjoyable one ... Davidsen's soprano has a brighter gleam and greater expansiveness than that of any other singer to have emerged on to the opera scene in the last decade. She's not a singer to signpost every moodswing; listen closely, though, and her attention to detail and to the colour of her sound is telling ... Arguably, Davidsen leaves the best for last: Wagner's Wesendonck Lieder ... She sounds vibrant and utterly focused ... Davidsen's voice may be big but it doesn't hold you at a distance; it draws you in".


MusicWeb international

2021 March

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Margarida Mota-Bull

2021 March

"Recommended: Lise Davidsen is a young Norwegian soprano and at present one of the most exciting voices on the planet ... To stamp Davidsen's voice as extraordinary is in her case almost an understatement. Her voice is indeed extraordinary but one quickly runs out of adjectives to qualify it. It is powerful, lavish, dramatic, sensitive, warm, cutting edge - and I could go on. Perhaps it is best to simply state her voice is unique, dazzling and potent, vigorous and flexible all at the same time - a one-in-a-generation voice ... Needless to say that Lise Davidsen excels. Her performance is excruciatingly beautiful both in the interpretation and the technical merit. The London Philharmonic Orchestra under the baton of Sir Mark Elder do an outstanding job of accompanying Davidsen's musical and singing prowess".


Presto classical

d. 2. Apr. 2021

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Katherine Cooper

d. 2. Apr. 2021

"Recording of the week: Beethoven's notoriously unforgiving two-octave leaps and breath-sapping long phrases seemingly posing no problem at all for Davidsen's formidable lung-capacity and seamlessly-integrated instrument ... Elder's tempi are often luxuriously spacious, capitalising on his soloist's rock-steady breath-control, and he clearly relishes being in a position to let the brass entirely off the leash when the opportunity presents itself - Davidsen in full cry is more than a match for Wagner's thickest scoring".


Politiken

d. 20. Apr. 2021

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Henrik Friis (f. 1978)

d. 20. Apr. 2021

"Mens fans og anmeldere venter på, at 34-årige Lise Davidsens stemme bliver klar til de rigtig tunge Wagner-roller, kan man lade sig overrumple af hendes fantastiske stemme i korte smertefulde bidder på nyt portrætalbum ... Det er et stort pres for en ung sanger, men hun tager det roligt ... i forbindelse med sit nye album, der er en skøn blanding af arier og lieder fra hele det 19. århundrede ... Hovedsagen er Richard Wagners korte sange, de fem 'Wesendonck-Lieder' ... Det lyder vildt godt, når Lise Davidsen smager på de fem digte og sætter dem i en lang række stemninger ... Det er en fornøjelse at høre Lise Davidsen synge Wagner-lieder ... Jeg ville dog ikke være albummets korte italienske uddrag af operaer af Luigi Cherubini, Pietro Mascagni og Giuseppe Verdi foruden. Slet ikke. Det er smukt på en helt enkel måde".


Klassisk

2021, nr. 62

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Andrew Mellor

2021, nr. 62

"Der er egentlig kun én måde at opleve Lise Davidsens storslåede stemme på, og det er live i et operahus eller i en koncertsal. Hendes debutindspilning i 2019 understregede, hvor vanskeligt det er at fange et instrument med den dybde og kraft på en indspilning ... og det kom til at lyde langt mere tungt end smidigt. Den norske soprans andet album er bedre, især fordi et mere varieret repertoir giver hende mulighed for at vise, hvad hendes stemme også kan ... Disse kærlighedssange passer perfekt til Lise Davidsen, som tilfører særprægede kvaliteter til hver enket sang, og det lyder, som om hun er telepatisk forbundet med Mark Elder og hans London Philharmonic Orchestra ... Meget at nyde fra årtiets stemme, måske århundredets stemme".


BBC music magazine

2021 June

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Michael Tanner (musikanmelder)

2021 June

"Opera choice: Her voice reminds me now of Birgit Nilsson's at the same stage, an Elsa and Sieglinde who is a Brünnhilde in waiting, with the same thrilling edge to her top register, though she isn't lacking in her lower notes either. As the Ave Maria from Verdi's Otello makes clear, she can also scale her voice down ... Listening to this disc for its own sake, without speculating on what it portends, is a thrilling experience".


The gramophone

2021 April

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Hugo Shirley

2021 April

"Editor's choice: The Norwegian soprano here shows other strings to her bow, offering a more varied calling card than on her debut album of Wagner and Strauss. We've Beethoven first, plus a couple of tantalising Verdi arias, as well as snippets from operas by Mascagni and Cherubini ... Vocally it is a supremely satisfying account of the aria [Abscheulicher! Wo eilst du hin?], with the tone powerful and secure, as well as disarmingly beautiful ... helped by vivid, detailed and dramatically engaged accompaniment from Mark Elder and the London Philharmonic Orchestra, excellent throughout ... The Wesendonck Lieder confirms what an ideal fit vocally and temperamentally Davidsen is for the composer ... Another fine album from an artist who, quite simply, is one of the greatest voices to be heard today".


Klassisk

2021, nr. 61

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Andrew Mellor

2021, nr. 61

"På sin anden Decca-udgivelse har Davidsen udskiftet ét London-orkester med et andet. Denne gang er det London Philharmonic og operaspecialisten Sir Mark Elder. Vi ved, at Davidsens Kgl. Teater-trænede stemme er vidunderlig, og vi ved også, at hun aldrig forvansker den i unødvendige ... effekter. Læn dig tilbage og nyd hendes naturlige fortolkninger".


Opus

2021, nr. 103

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Carl-Henric Malmgren

2021, nr. 103

"År 2015 tog Lise Davidsen en hel operavärld med storm ... Första skivan på Decca följs nu upp med en fullmatad utgåva. Flera av de senaste årens roller finns representerade och Wesendoncksångerna avslöjar en ledande Wagnersopran i vardande ... Värmen från det lägre registret finns kvar när sångerskan strålar ikapp med orkesterns fina tempi".