Delos Diary

One of Delos' most distinguished recording artists has reentered the live performance arena after months of involuntary absence. The great Polish contralto Ewa Podles' was severely injured last May 2003 when the car taking her to the airport from a recital in Santa Fe was involved in a collision.
After a long period of healing and recuperation she is again concertizing and very successfully judging from recent reviews. Just a few days ago she sang in a recital at Herbst Theatre in San Francisco. The Chronicle reviewer, Joshua Kosman, seemed mesmerized by her "gloriously outsize brand of vocalism" and bestowed lavish praise on her entire program which, in typical Podles' fashion, ranged from the dramatic coloratura of Vivaldi and Rossini to the romantic warmth of songs by Polish composer Stanislaw Moniuszko and a set by Sergei Rachmaninov.
We plan to be present at her recital in La Jolla this Saturday evening, November 15th, and will report on it soon after.
If you're not lucky enough to be able to attend a "live" recital by this "force of nature," Delos can offer you two spectacular CDs which give fine examples of what the excitement is all about: Ewa Podles' - Handel Arias from Rinaldo and Orlando (DE 3253) and Ewa Podles' - Russian Arias (DE 3298).