Mujer Fatal: CD

One of the hottest stars in opera, Aigul Akhmetshina, releases her second album, with Antonio Pappano at the piano.

Redefining the "femme fatale," Mujer Fatal is "a reimagining, a woman in constant transformation, complex, emotional, strong and vulnerable at the same time."

The repertoire reflects this journey, moving across languages and cultures, with works by Bizet, Ravel, Tchaikovsky, Rimsky-Korsakov, Britten, Weill, Bernstein, and Gershwin, alongside the title track Mujer Fatal, a new work by composer Elena Roussanova written especially for Akhmetshina and recorded here for the first time.

1. Bizet: Adieux de l’hôtesse arabe, Op.21.No.4
2. Ravel: Vocalise-étude en forme de Habanera, M.51
3. Satie: Vocalise-étude en forme de Habanera, M.51
4. Carlos Guastavino: La Rosa y el Sauce
5. Carlos Gardel: El Día Que Me Quieras
6. Xavier Montsalvatge: No. 1 Cuba Dentro de un Piano, from “Cinco canciónes negras”
7. Xavier Montsalvatge: No. 5 Canción de cuna para dormir a un negrito, from “Cinco canciónes negras”
8. Tchaikovsky: None but the Lonely Heart, Op.6 No.6
9. Mark Minkov: No. 5 Landscape, from “The Crying Guitar”
10. Mily Balakirev: I Loved Him
11. Rimsky-Korsakov: No. 2 The Nightingale and the Rose, from “4 Romances, Op.2”
12. Britten: Tell me the truth about love, from “Cabaret Songs”
13. Kurt Weill: Speak Low, from “A Touch of Venus”
14. Bernstein: Lucky to be Me, from “On the Town”
15. George Gershwin & Ira Gershwin: The Man I Love, from “Lady be Good”
16. Consuelo Velázquez: Bésame Mucho
17. Bernstein: Somewhere, from “West Side Story”
18. Elena Roussanova: Mujer Fatal