{"product_id":"4589538755362","title":"Simon Crawford-Phillips - The Nightingale is dedicated to Jenny Lind - Import CD","description":"\u003cp\u003eCredits:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSimon Crawford-Phillips\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDescription:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e[An album dedicated to the “Swedish Nightingale”—featured in *The Greatest Showman*—marking the 200th anniversary of her birth]\nA tribute album to Jenny Lind, the soprano singer born in Stockholm in 1820 who took Europe by storm as the “Swedish Nightingale.” She befriended composers such as Mendelssohn, Chopin, and Schumann, and achieved great fame in her twenties, but surprised everyone by announcing her retirement from the opera world at a young age. However, she later accepted a proposal from showman Phineas Taylor Barnum to embark on a large-scale tour of the United States, which proved a resounding success—just as depicted in the film *The Greatest Showman*.\nThis album brings together works by her friends—including Mendelssohn’s “Italian,” which is said to have been particularly close to her heart—in an effort to explore her life and influence. The album concludes with “The Nightingale” by the contemporary Swedish female composer Tarrodi. This piece is based on “The Nightingale” by the famous Swedish fairy-tale writer Hans Christian Andersen; it is said that the artificial nightingale depicted in the story represents the Italian opera that was popular at the time, while the real nightingale symbolizes Lind. The music is exotic and mysterious, evoking the ancient China where the story is set. Combined with Crawford-Phillips’s delicate yet lively conducting and Lombo’s superb, powerful soprano performance, this is a highly rewarding album to listen to.\nNaxos Japan\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"dB Productions","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53595671855393,"sku":"4589538755362","price":2690.0,"currency_code":"JPY","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0568\/8482\/2076\/files\/4589538755362.jpg?v=1790482226","url":"https:\/\/cdsvinyljapan.com\/products\/4589538755362","provider":"CDs Vinyl Japan Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}