DIVINE KARINA Karina Gauvin, soprano ACD2 3017 • Karina Gauvin's recordings, which include her solo CDs on the ATMA label as well as contributions to more than 40 other discs, have won numerous prizes, including a Chamber Music America Award for her disc Fête Galante with pianist Marc-André Hamelin, a Juno Award, a Félix for Prima donna, and several Opus prizes. • In January 2016 Karina Gauvin will perform in Handel's Partenope with the Pomo d'Oro Ensemble in France, Spain, Netherlands, and Germany. “Karina Gauvin (…) seems incapable of a vocal ornament, a run of coloratura notes, or a word coloring that doesn't have considerable emotional impact.   While some Handel collections can feel like a vocal demonstration, this is a journey you don't want to end.”   The Philadelphia Enquirer “Divine Karina” is how Montreal music critic Claude Gingras described Karina Gauvin.   The Canadian soprano has won rapturous acclaim in North America and Europe over the last two decades.   This new compilation recording features airs by Handel, Purcell, Vivaldi, and Mozart drawn from her ATMA Classique discography.   Karina joins her sister Nathalie - a singer in her own right - for a bonus track called You, My Sister.   Tyler Williams composed this samba-flavoured song, and the Gauvin sisters wrote the lyrics.   Not to be missed! Henry Purcell   1. Strike the Viol George Frideric Handel   2. Air Oh sleep Henry Purcell   3. Fairest isle Joseph Bodin de Boismortier   4. Air (Doucement) George Frideric Handel   5. Air Rejoice Greatly   6. Air Will the sun forget to streak   7.Aria Ombre pallide Antonio Vivaldi   8. Addio Caro Nicola Porpora   9. Aria Nobil onda Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart 10. Deh vieni, non tardar Johann Sebastian Bach 11. Psaume 51 Tilge hochster meine sunden       BWV 1083 versus 1 12. Aria Ich habe genug Gustav Mahler 13. 4e mvt Sehr behaglich [Symphony No 4] Benjamin Britten 14. Now Sleeps the Crimson Petal Tyler Williams 15. You, my sister ATMA Classique is distributed in Australia by Rockian Trading PO Box 44, Briar Hill, Vic, 3088, Australia Telephone +61 (0)3 9432 4149 ~ Facsimile +61 (0)3 9444 6879