What have you been listening to, lately?

**Schigolch** · May 3rd, 2012, 09:58 AM

**HarpsichordConcerto** · May 3rd, 2012, 08:55 PM

Johann Rudolf Zumsteeg (1760-1802), Die Geisterinsel (1798)

**Dark_Angel** · May 4th, 2012, 01:59 AM

Alfredo Kraus as the duke 1963 vs 1978

**Elektra** · May 4th, 2012, 11:36 AM

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**MAuer** · May 4th, 2012, 06:50 PM

Originally Posted by Elektra

This was the first recording with Jonas Kaufmann that I bought way back in 2002, when I'd just discovered him courtesy of a review in Opernwelt.

**Schigolch** · May 5th, 2012, 04:11 PM

**Elektra** · May 5th, 2012, 08:52 PM

Originally Posted by MAuer

This was the first recording with Jonas Kaufmann that I bought way back in 2002, when I'd just discovered him courtesy of a review in Opernwelt.

He's completely different, right?

**desiree** · May 6th, 2012, 06:53 AM

Originally Posted by Dark_Angel

El Tigre.....I am listening to the Sinopoli Nabucco now, this is such great opera with exciting choral sections, Dimitrova giving me wonderful "salgo gia"

Yes! Wonderful indeed! I don't know why other people say that Sinopoli's conducting is "lazy", I don't think that at all. Most of the time I find myself tapping my foot and bobbing my head over his orchestration of Nabucco... I don't know if that's a good thing for opera... Dimitrova is a powerfully haughty Abigaille. The duets with Cappuccilli are awesome.

Today is Ghena Dimitrova's birthday!
She would have been 71. As a tribute to my favorite soprano and interpreter of Verdi's powerful, wicked, and scheming women, I shall play all of these (and some of the Recordings of Indeterminate Origin) and put them on "Repeat All" until the day is through:

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and perhaps end the day with the 1983 Turandot with Placido Domingo at La Scala.

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**Schigolch** · May 6th, 2012, 11:02 AM

**myaskovsky2002** · May 6th, 2012, 01:59 PM

Originally Posted by HarpsichordConcerto

Johann Rudolf Zumsteeg (1760-1802), Die Geisterinsel (1798)

How is this? Is it modern? from which century? Please give more comments.

Thank you

Martin

**MAuer** · May 6th, 2012, 02:07 PM

Originally Posted by Elektra

He's completely different, right?

His voice is somewhat lighter in timbre than it is now, but it still has that "darkly glowing" quality mentioned by the reviewer that caught my interest.