Au Jardin De Mon Coeur

Another re-release of an older album by Elena Mosuc - a talented and very different singer than most currently singing. She has a unique, darker toned, and sometimes haunting voice. This album has all the old war horses that were popularized in the bel canto revival. Like Gheorghiu and Zeani, she is Romanian and all 3 have very unique voices- of different sizes and colorrs. But they all sit on the verge of the fine line between bel canto and verismo - it's not just pretty and mechanically right on - it is engaging. Too often you hear the apologists speaking of the newer singers versus the older singers - with such excuses as, well, even though not as technically adept or exciting as her predecessors, she is a great actress and looks great in the role. Or oh yeah, we recorded it with period instruments - never mind if the singer sounds reedy. To all of those people I say - that's fine. Watch the video and turn off the sound. I didn't come to see a play, and I didn't come to hear someones opinion of what was authentic. I'd rather have the old-school do it from the heart and give it your all individuals whose voices you can identify in a heartbeat among the crowd of sound-alikes. That is also why I think the title of the album is aptly chosen

Because this recording is on a budget label I took a chance and bought it. What a wonderful surprise! I thought it odd that a coloratura would start out her program with the aria from Louise, but it is a good choice: her French is beautiful and her voice soars. I played it for my wife who pronounced it the perfect cure for a migraine. (Not sure the FDA would approve...) The other French pieces are also sung very, very well. "Bel Raggio" is brilliantly sung and the wide leaps in "Marten aller Arten" hold no terrors for her. All of the stratospheric high notes are actually sung and not just "whistled". If there are noticeable faults they would be that the voice turns a bit steely under pressure and that the coloratura is not quite in the Sutherland, Caballé, Sills class. But then again, very few are.I plan on checking out her other recordings.Highly recommended.

This recording is a gem. If you don't know about Elena Mosuc, get this record. The Eva Cassidy of opera. Clean beautiful, and now at her prime.

Attention, ne vous laissez pas rebuter par un titre et une couverture de CD indigents, vous passeriez à coté d'un superbe recital d'une des plus grandes sopranos colorature de notre époque!Pour son premier recital, enregistré en 1999, à l'apogée de ses moyens vocaux, Elena Mosuc nous offre une selection d'arias des grandes heroines romantiques françaises, louise, juliette et lakmée, italiennes, Lucia, Elvira Semiramide et Gilda, pour se terminer en apotheose avec Konstance et Zerbinetta, nous donnant un apperçu de sa versatilité et de son incroyable talent.On ne sait que louer dabord, la beauté du timbre, la technique sans failles, l'engagement dramatique et la justesse de la caracterisation de chaque heroine presentée....Un superbe CD d'une des plus grandes Divas de notre époque, injustement oubliée par l'industrie du disque, juste magnifique!