When Night Falls... (CD) – Elina Garanca

Composers: Richard Strauss, Engelbert Humperdinck, Raimonds Pauls, Franz Schubert, José Maria Gallardo del Rey, et al
Artists: Elina Garanca, José Maria Gallardo del Rey, Raphaël Feuillâtre, Albrecht Mayer, Raimonds Pauls, Malcolm Martineau, Orquesta Filarmónica De Gran Canaria, Berlin Music Ensemble
Conductor: Karel Mark Chichon
Number of Discs: 1
Label: Deutsche Grammophon
Release Date: January 23, 2024

Mezzo-soprano Elina Garanca’s new album When Night Falls… includes traditional songs as well as vocal nocturnes by Schubert, Brahms, Strauss, Humperdinck, and several composers from Spain and her beloved Latvian homeland. 

According to Garanca, “For some people, the night can be full of fear and uncertainty. It’s a time when you’re alone and confronted with yourself. The world calms down and falls asleep, and we humans can find calm as well.” The pieces she has chosen for this album reflect on the night from twilight to the darkness of the early hours, in songs with orchestral, chamber or solo-instrument accompaniment.

The new recording also includes first-ever recordings of music from her homeland. “My Latvian identity simply had to be part of such an intimate, personal program.”

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