Masabane Cecilia Masabane Cecilia Rangwanasha & Aron Goldin

• Richard Eugene Blanchard Sr. (1925 - 2004): Fill My Cup, Lord:
• 1 Sr.: Fill My Cup, Lord 03:09
• Stephanus le Roux Marais (1896 - 1979): Mali, die slaaf se lied:
• 2 Marais: Mali, die slaaf se lied 03:56
• Francis Poulenc (1899 - 1963): Les Chemins de l'amour, FP 106:
• 3 Poulenc: Les Chemins de l'amour, FP 106 04:04
• Benjamin Tyamzashe (1890 - 1978): Isithandwa Sam:
• 4 Tyamzashe: Isithandwa Sam 02:44
• May Brahe (1884 - 1956): Bless This House:
• 5 Brahe: Bless This House 02:35
• Frederick Loewe (1901 - 1988): I Could Have Danced All Night (from "My Fair Lady"):
• 6 Loewe: I Could Have Danced All Night (from "My Fair Lady"): I Could Have Danced All Night (From "My Fair Lady") 02:08
• Stephanus le Roux Marais: Heimwee:
• 7 Marais: Heimwee 03:17
• Franz Schubert (1797 - 1828): Nacht und Träume, D. 827:
• 8 Schubert: Nacht und Träume, D. 827 03:52
• Antonín Dvořák (1841 - 1904): Rusalka, B. 203, Op. 114, Act I:
• 9 Dvořák: Rusalka, B. 203, Op. 114, Act I: Song to the Moon 05:55
• George Gershwin (1898 - 1937): Summertime (From "Porgy and Bess"):
• 10 Gershwin: Summertime (From "Porgy and Bess") 02:46
• Franz Schubert: Gretchen am Spinnrade, D. 118:
• 11 Schubert: Gretchen am Spinnrade, D. 118 03:49
• Traditional: Thula baba:
• 12 Traditional: Thula baba 03:06
• Hector Berlioz (1803 - 1869): Les Nuits d'été, Op. 7:
• 13 Berlioz: Les Nuits d'été, Op. 7: No. 2, Le spectre de la rose 06:36
• Richard Strauss (1864 - 1949): 4 Lieder, Op. 27:
• 14 Strauss: 4 Lieder, Op. 27: No. 4, Morgen! 04:07
• Alfredo Catalani (1854 - 1893): Ebben? Ne andrò lontana (From "La Wally"):
• 15 Catalani: Ebben? Ne andrò lontana (From "La Wally") 04:04
• Richard Rodgers (1902 - 1979): Climb Ev'ry Mountain (From "The Sound of Music")
• 16 Rodgers: Climb Ev'ry Mountain (From "The Sound of Music") 03:21
• Total Runtime 59:29

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Rubicon Classics is proud to announce the debut solo recording by the sensational South African soprano Masabane Cecilia Rangwanasha. Winner of the Song Prize at Cardiff Singer of the World in 2021, and a former BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artist, Masabane here presents a varied programme including music from her homeland South Africa, as well as gospels and spirituals, lieder and chanson, and two of her operatic favourites. Recorded at Abbey Road Studios, Masabane is joined by pianist Aron Goldin.

"South African soprano Masabane Cecilia Rangwanasha has »a sumptuous, plush sound and floats high notes with almost indecent ease.​ Hear a few of them live and it's as if you've died and (sins allowing) gone straight to Heaven.​" (The Times)

Masabane Cecilia Rangwanasha, soprano
Aron Goldin, piano

Masabane Cecilia Rangwanasha
Rising star Masabane Cecilia Rangwanasha won the Song Prize at the 2021 BBC Cardiff Singer of the World Competition and most recently was awarded the 2024 Herbert von Karajan Prize.

In 2024/25, Rangwanasha will perform Beethoven Symphony No. 9 with Munich Philharmonic Orchestra (Nicholas Collon), Tippett A Child of Our Time with The Royal Sinfonia (Dinis Sousa) and London Symphony Orchestra (Sir Antonio Pappano) and returns to the role of Liù in concert performances of Turandot with Minnesota Orchestra (Thomas Søndergård). Rangwansha performs Verdi Requiem at the Wiener Konzerthaus (Daniel Harding), La Monnaie Symphony Orchestra (Alain Altinoglu), Bergen Philharmonic (Jader Bignamini), International Maifestspiele Wiesbaden (Leo McFall) and at the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia (Daniel Harding). Other highlights this season include perfoming at the Royal British Legion Festival of Remembrance at the Royal Albert Hall, Mahler Symphony No. 2 with The Hallé (Kachun Wong), Mendelssohn Elijah with Oxford Philharmonic (John Lubbock), Vaughan Williams A Sea Symphony with the London Symphony Orchestra (Sir Antonio Pappano), Rossini Stabat Mater with the ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra (Oscar Jockel), Strauss Vier letzte Lieder with Orquesta Sinfónica de Castilla y León, Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra and Cape Town Philharmonic Orchestra, Poulenc Stabat Mater at Teatro Regio Torino and her return to the Wigmore Hall.

Last season, Rangwanasha made a string of debuts with Washington National Opera and the Hamburg State Opera as Liù Turandot, a role she also performed with the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden on tour in Japan. On the concert platform, Rangwanasha made her debuts with London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Sir Antonio Pappano and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra conducted by James Conlon in Mendelssohn Elijah. Further appearances included the Verdi Requiem with Nathalie Stuzmann in her debut with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, and returned to the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia with Sir Antonio Pappano, as well as a return to The Hallé with Sir Mark Elder for the Rossini Stabat Mater.

In previous seasons, Rangwanasha received critical acclaim for her return to the Royal Opera House Covent Garden as Liù Turandot and at Theater Bern as Mathilde Guilliame Tell and in the title role of Iphigénie en Tauride. On the concert stage, Rangwanasha made her US debut with Washington National Symphony Orchestra in Barber Knoxville: The Summer of 1915, performing the work again with Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra (Marin Alsop), Mendelssohn Symphony No. 2 with the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia (Kazuki Yamada), Beethoven Symphony No. 9 and Mahler Das Klagende Lied at Theater Bern, and her Edinburgh Festival debut performing Tippett A Child of Our Time with the Royal Scottish National Orchestra (Sir Andrew Davis) and a return to the BBC Proms to perform Strauss Vier letzte Lieder with the National Youth Orchestra.

Previous highlights include; Élisabeth de Valois Don Carlos, and Elettra Idomeneo at Theater Bern, Verdi Requiem with the BBC Symphony conducted by Sakari Oramo at the First Night of the BBC Proms, Mahler Symphony No. 4 conducted by Adam Fischer with the Orchestra Age of Enlightenment, Vaughan Williams A Sea Symphony conducted by Sir Mark Elder with The Hallé Orchestra, Strauss Vier letzte Lieder under the direction of Paul Daniel at Opéra National de Bordeaux, and a performance as part of Classic FM Live at the Royal Albert Hall.

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