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Aida Garifullina - Album Sampler
1 Gounod: 'Ah! Je veux vivre'  
2 Delibes: 'Ou va la jeune Indoue' (The Bell Song)  
3 Rimsky-Korsakov: Song of India  
4 Rimsky-Korsakov: 'The Snow Maiden's Aria'  
5 Tchaikovsky: Serenada, No.6  
6 Rachmaninov: Lilacs (Siren) No. 5  
7 Trad.: Alluki  
8 Tchaikovsky: 'Maria's Lullaby'  
9 Rimsky-Korsakov: 'Hymn to the Sun'  
10 Rimsky-Korsakov: 'Tsaritsa of Shemakha's Dance of Seduction'  
11 Rachmaninov: 'Zdeskhoroso' (How beautiful it is here), No.7  
12 Rimsky-Korsakov: Oriental Romance (The Rose and the Nightingale) Op.2, No.2  
13 Rachmaninov: Vocalise, No. 14  
14 Trad.: Cossack Lullaby  
15 Soloviev-Sedoy: Midnight in Moscow  
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One of opera's brightest young stars, Russian soprano Aida Garifullina, is releasing her eagerly-awaited debut album on Decca Classics on February 17, 2017. It follows a hugely successful year which has seen her light up the stage of the Vienna State Opera, perform for millions at the Bastille Day Concert in Paris, tour the US with Andrea Bocelli and even appear on the big screen opposite Meryl Streep and Hugh Grant in the acclaimed film, Florence Foster Jenkins.

Aida's self-titled album, which was recorded in Vienna with the ORF Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien and conductor Cornelius Meister, reflects her life and musical tastes as well as her Tatar ancestry. It showcases her stunning voice with works by Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninov and Rimsky-Korsakov, as well as folk tunes and some of her personal favorite songs.

Aida opens the album with two of her signature arias: Gounod's "Je veux vivre" from Roméo et Juliette, which she performed to rave reviews at the Vienna and Dresden Opera Balls, and Delibes' "Bell Song," which she sung in Florence Foster Jenkins (starring as Lily Pons). "It was one of my dreams to sing this piece," she says.

The album also features treasures of Aida's beloved Russian opera repertoire, including "The Snow Maiden's Aria" by Rimsky-Korsakov. She sang this piece at Plácido Domingo's Operalia competition in 2013, where she was awarded first prize – it was a milestone moment in her career. Aida comments, "It's such an emotional piece, and I've been singing it since I was a child. I think of it as my signature aria."

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    Posted At: May 22, 2024
    MUSIC TALKERS - Adam Bailey writes….Aida Garifullina is one of the world's premier sopranos, earning accolades from luminaries such as Placido Domingo and Andrea Bocelli. Her illustrious career includes performances at the most prestigious opera houses globally and the release of her self-titled debut album on Decca Records.Recently, Garifullina performed "Carmen," "Flower Duet," and "Barcarolle" with class...

  • Aida Garifullina receives the ECHO KLASSIK Award for Solo Recording (Voice | Arias/Recitals)
    Posted At: July 27, 2017

    Aida Garifullina receives the ECHO KLASSIK Award for Solo Recording (Voice | Arias/Recitals). The ECHO KLASSIK trophies will be handed out on Sunday, 29 October 2017 during a gala event in the Elbphilharmonie Concert Hall in Hamburg.  All of the artists receiving an ECHO KLASSIK this year have made outstanding contributions to Classical Music in the 2016/17 music year. Their performances ha...

  • theartsdesk Q&A with Aida Garifullina
    Posted At: May 28, 2017

    There are certain roles where you're lucky to catch one perfect incarnation in a lifetime. I thought I'd never see a soprano as Natasha in Prokofiev's War and Peace equal to Yelena Prokina, Valery Gergiev's choice for Graham Vick's 1991 production. When Vick directed a radically different take, also at the Mariinsky, in 2014, the Natasha was 25-year-old Aida Garifullina, born in Kazan so like Nur...

  • Aida Garifullina debut is WFMT 'Featured Album'
    Posted At: March 9, 2017

    Soprano Aida Garifullina's debut album is one of the most eagerly awaited operatic events of the year. Since her triumphant win at Plácido Domingo's Operalia 2013, the young soprano has performed around the world. Her recording includes a generous selection of Russian arias and songs, reflecting her life and musical tastes as well as her Tatar ancestry. Aida Garifullina debut recording on Decc...
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