Le Rossignol Et La Rose / Reiss

Reiss, Chen; Spencer, Charles

Composed by: Chen Reiss (soprano), Charles Spencer (piano)

Chen Reiss’s debut album Liaisons was internationally acclaimed for both the repertoire selection and the sheer brilliance of the musicianship displayed by Reiss. Gramophone magazine called her performances of arias by Haydn, Mozart, Salieri and Cimarosa ‘standard-setting’ and BBC Music magazine called it ‘top-drawer’. For her second ONYX CD Chen Reiss and pianist Charles Spencer have assembled a wonderful collection of songs on the subject of The Nightingale and the Rose – songs that convey the magic of being in love, the heartbreak of love lost, the memories, the fun, the fantasies all associated with that strange, mysterious, dangerous and all-powerful condition – love. In repertoire that ranges from Purcell to Krenek, Hahn to Meyerbeer and Rimsky-Korsakov, and ends in Berkeley Square in London, this is a programme tailor-made for Chen Reiss’s remarkable voice and it will seduce you.

Price: $21.98