Elena Garrancha – When the night falls…

The “concept album” seems too cliched for a list of songs that should only be listened to in their intended order. The recordings, produced from October 2022 to February 2023 in Riga, Berlin and Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, do not note that they were made in the shadow of Elena Garanca's debut in the extreme roles of Kundry and Amneris. What's Special: Intimate orchestral and instrumental ensembles change to accompany Garancha's “Hymns to the Night” until it ends with an a cappella song and a hum. Garanča sings softly, charmingly and with a winning ground. There are also some lullabies in the original collection with many favorite pieces from their homeland in Latvia. In the evening bliss of “Hansel and Gretel” she sings both voices using an overdub process. A “poetry album” characterized by contrasts, inner peace and composure – and not just for Garanča fans.

When night falls…
Works of R. Strauss, Hummenberdinck, Perio et al

Elina Garanca (mezzo-soprano), Malcolm Martino (piano), Albrecht Mayer (oboe), Raymonds Boles (piano), Rafael Violatre (guitar), José María Gallardo del Rey (guitar), Orquesta Filarmonica de Gran Canaria, Karel Marc Chichon ( conductor)
German gramophone

Elena Garanca

Elena Garanša was born in Riga in 1976, the daughter of a choir director and a singer. She studied singing at the Latvian Music Academy with her mother and with Sergei Martynov, then in the USA, in Amsterdam… More