Karita Mattila
Wonderful - favourites by Cole Porter, Jerome Kern, Andrew Llyod Webber and others
Karita Mattila, soprano · Tapiola Sinfonietta · Pekka Savijoki, conductor
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Karita Mattila
Fever
Karita Mattila, vocals
accompanied by pianist-conductor Kirmo Lintinen and his band
The glamourous Finnish diva\
Track listing
15 tracks · 54:42Listen to samples on selected tracks.
Cole Porter
- 1 It?s All Right with Me 2:17
Richard Rodgers
- 2 My Favorite Things 2:53
- 3 Blue Moon 3:49
John Davenport & Eddie Cooley
- 4 Fever 3:11
Jayme Silva & Neuza Teixeira
- 5 O Pato 2:21
Antônio Carlos Jobim
- 6 Corcovado 4:15
Harold Arlen
- 7 Stormy Weather 5:08
George Gershwin
- 8 Nice Work If You Can Get It 5:00
Jerome Kern
- 9 Smoke Gets in Your Eyes 3:22
George Gershwin
- 10 The Man I Love 4:44
Cole Porter
- 11 You Do Something to Me 1:50
- 12 Love for Sale 5:44
Sonny Burke & Paul Francis Webster
- 13 Black Coffee 2:57
Billy Strayhorn
- 14 Lush Life 3:32
Harold Arlen
- 15 Come Rain or Come Shine 3:39
About this recording
"Fever" is Karita Mattila's long-awaited light music and jazz album, which includes popular standards by George Gershwin, Cole Porter, Rodgers & Hammerstein II, Antônio Carlos Jobim, and others.
This recording has been cut from several sold-out live performances of a tailored show, which took place in August 2007 in the "body-and-soul" diva's native Finland. All songs were arranged by Finnish jazz icon Kirmo Lintinen who, together with his band and a female vocal trio, backed Karita Mattila as musical director, conductor and pianist. The musical performances were unanimously praised by the press.
Described by Musical America as "...the most electrifying singing actress of our day, the kind of performer who renews an aging art form and drives the public into frenzies." (Musician of the Year Award 2005), Karita Mattila is one of the most radiant personalities in the classical world, and the best-selling artist in Finnish classical music. Karita Mattila has an extensive opera and Lied discography. Two of her opera recordings, Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg and Jenufa, earned her Grammy Awards. Her most successful solo albums have been released on Ondine, the latest of which is a live-recorded "Helsinki Recital" (ODE 1100-5; 2006) featuring the première recording of Kaija Saariaho's Quatre Instants.
Features
Booklet with liner notes in English and Finnish and the song lyrics in the original language and in English
Press
Karita Mattila has good go at scat singing and in the delivering climactic phrases that swing rather than hold the air like operatic high notes.
Mike Ashman, Gramophone, March 2008
A big show featuring the versatile Karita Mattila. (...) Recommended, not only for Fans of Karita Mattila.
Markus Wilks, Das Opernglas, April 2008
The artists
Karita Mattila
Winner of the first 'Singer of the World' competition in Cardiff, Karita Mattila is recognised as much for the beauty and versatility of her lyric voice as for her extraordinary stage ability. Under such conductors as Claudio Abbado, James Levine, Sir Simon Rattle and Esa-Pekka Salonen, she has sang in all the major opera houses and festivals of the world performing repertoire which encompasses Mozart, Strauss, Tchaikovsky, Verdi, Puccini, Wagner and Janácek. Her affinity with the dramatic side of opera has produced marvellous results when working with fine stage directors such as Luc Bondy who helped her to achieve a remarkable performance in his highly acclaimed Don Carlos, seen in Paris, London and at the Edinburgh Festival. Likewise, Lev Dodin in his productions of Elektra for the Salzburg Easter Festival and Pique Dame and Salome at the Opera Bastille, Peter Stein for his production of Simon Boccanegra in Salzburg, Robert Carsen in his production of Lohengrin at the Bastille and Jürgen Flimm for his Fidelio in New York.
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