Release Info
Pretty Yende, a rising star soprano with a modern fairy-tale story releases her debut album A Journey. Born in a remote town in South Africa, Yende was first introduced to opera music at the age of sixteen when hearing the Flower Duet from Delibes opera Lakmé in a British Airways commercial. At that moment she decided to become an opera singer. Yende rose to the top of the opera world with unparalleled speed, with competition successes and engagements at the world s foremost opera houses. She was the first artist in history to win first prize in every category of the International Belvedere Competition in 2009 and also won first prize in every category at Plácido Domingo s Operalia competition in 2011. Yende had her debut at La Scala in Milan in 2010 and was accepted into their prestigious young artist s program. But her international breakthrough came at the Metropolitan Opera in 2013 when Yende replaced Nino Machaidze in Rossini s Le Comte Ory, stepping in at a month s notice opposite star tenor Juan Diego Flórez and gained rapturous international acclaim. A Journey is a particularly joyful labor of love for Yende as each track on the album celebrates a milestone in her extraordinary musical journey and rise to the top of the opera world.
Releases from Pretty Yende
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Rhapsody in Blue
by Béla Fleck
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Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade in E Major, Op. 35 by Leopold Stokowski (2024 Remastered, London 1964)
by Leopold Stokowski & London Symphony Orchestra & Erich Gruenberg
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Mozart: The 5 Violin Concertos by Arthur Grumiaux (2024 Remastered)
by Arthur Grumiaux & Sir Colin Davis & London Symphony Orchestra
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José Calvário, The London Symphony Orchestra _ Saudades, Vol. III
by Jose Calvario & London Symphony Orchestra
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Brahms: 16 Hungarian Dances, Variations on a Theme by Haydn by Antal Doráti (2024 Remastered)
by Antal Dorati & London Symphony Orchestra
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January 4, 2024: Quadrantid Meteor Shower
by Sleeping At Last
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As We Speak
by Béla Fleck & Edgar Meyer & Zakir Hussain & Rakesh Chaurasia
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Johannes Brahms: Concerto for Violin and Orchestra Op.77 · Aram Khachaturian: Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in D Minor
by Henryk Szeryng & Leonid Kogan & Pierre Monteux & London Symphony Orchestra
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Conductor's Gallery, Vol. 14: Sir Malcolm Sargent
by London Symphony Orchestra & Royal Choral Society & Sir Malcolm Sargent
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Conductor's Gallery, Vol. 10: Carlo Zecchi, Piero Coppola
by London Philharmonic Orchestra & London Symphony Orchestra & Carlo Zecchi & Piero Coppola
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Conductor's Gallery, Vol. 5: Albert Coates
by National Symphony Orchestra & London Symphony Orchestra & Albert Coates
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Conductor's Gallery, Vol. 4: Sir Henry Wood, Willem Mengelberg, Albert Coates
by Louis Zimmermann & Ferdinand Helman & Queens Hall Orchestra & Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra & London Symphony Orchestra & Henry Wood & Willem Mengelberg & Albert Coates