What have you been listening to, lately?

[sospiro]

I am in seasonal rotation now for next week..........

Nice choice.

[Dark_Angel]

Nice choice.

That Jacobs/HM Christmas Oratorio also avilable in nice deluxe digibook format......main attraction is sweet vocals of Andreas Scholl

[Anne of Green Gables]

Addicted to this aria in this particular performance since couple of days:



Tried Kraus and Pavarotti and they didn't even come close (perhaps because they sung with piano accompaniament and in Italian translation).

Och, wait, this comes close:

[Festat]

I'm keeping with solo recordings, up until recently I never listened to them almost at all preferring complete operas. But those one-singer based CDs with various fragments are not that bad as I thought, actually listenable. Sometimes.

I've always felt more or less the same. I ordered Kaufmann to give it a try, though.
If I don't like it I will blame you all.

[Festat]

Madonna — Madonna (1985)

[Festat]

Im'sorry i'm a little tipsy

ETA: i lovr you all

[sospiro]

Im'sorry i'm a little tipsy

ETA: i lovr you all

Just love *tipsy posts* Love you too Festat.

[Dark_Angel]

Keeping my Messiah mojo going........two more
so many great versions, do we use soprano with mezzo soprano or counter tenor hmmmmm....

[Schigolch]

[Dark_Angel]

Still in Christmas rotation.......
Many great bach mass/choral/cantata performances in last 20 years thanks to Gardiner, Suzuki, Herreweghe

Soon it will be time to break out the Strauss Fledermaus CDs and DVDs for New Years

[Schigolch]

[Soave_Fanciulla]

Needed something jolly for Christmas Eve:



Fleming is fantastic and we get the added bonus of Kaufmann as the Italian singer:

[Anne of Green Gables]

Just finished watching that Comte Ory with Florez famous for the fact that he had his child born something like half of hour before the performance. It's one of most stupendous things I ever saw. From all performances with Florez to-be-seen this is the most complete one. It has wonderful cast, all the way: Florez, Damrau and DiDonato, all singing splendidly and looking very apt in their roles (Damrau actually can look beautiful!), magnificent staging, very colourful and lively, also made with interesting concept of theatre-in-theatre, all run by creepy geezer. Cutomes are impressive (even if not always historically correct), especially the armors of knights who leave at the beginning and come back at the end. All of this done with great comic flair.

My not exaggerated rating for this spectacle is 329765240252924284244 / 10.

And this is cult:

[sospiro]

Just finished watching that Comte Ory with Florez famous for the fact that he had his child born something like half of hour before the performance. It's one of most stupendous things I ever saw.

I saw this live in HD (in Berlin, German subtitles) & I agree with Aramis. It was & is spectacular.

[sospiro]

After watching Aramis' post on the YouTube thread of the fabulous Ludovic Tezier, I felt compelled to listen to the whole thing & dug out my I Puritani.