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Romance

5/3/2019, 38 Tracks, 2:12:38

Featuring

  • Charlotte de Rothschild
  • Adrian Farmer
  • Anonymous (Traditional)
  • Reynaldo Hahn
  • Francis Poulenc
  • Johannes Brahms
  • Franz Schubert
  • Fumihiko Fukui
  • Yoko Kanno
  • Anonymous (Spiritual)
  • Anonymous (Christmas)
  • Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy
  • Mathilde Hannah von Rothschild
  • Henry Rowley Bishop
  • George Gershwin
  • George Frideric Handel

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Composer Biography

Mathilde de Rothschild, an ancestor of the soprano Charlotte de Rothschild, was a pupil of Frederic Chopin and a successful published composer.

Source: Booklet

Performer Biography

Charlotte de Rothschild, the soprano on this album, has released 13 CDs with Nimbus Records and has performed for the future Emperor and Empress of Japan.

Source: Booklet

Composer Biography

Felix Mendelssohn, whose 'Auf Flügeln des Gesanges' is on this album, was entertained by Charlotte de Rothschild's great-great-great-grandmother in Frankfurt in 1836.

Source: Booklet

Album & Artwork

The album's cover image features a camellia flower named 'Charlotte de Rothschild', after the soprano on this recording.

Source: Booklet

Composition History

The song 'Hana wa saku' (Flowers will bloom) was written after the devastating earthquake and tsunami in Japan in March 2011, as a message of hope and remembrance.

Source: Booklet

Performer Biography

Adrian Farmer, the pianist, was Nimbus Records' Music Director and became a co-owner of the company in 1992.

Source: Booklet

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