Gluck: Iphigénie en Tauride
Mireille Delensch, Simon Keenlyside, Yann Beuron, Laurent Naouri, Alexia Cousin
Choeur des Musiciens du Louvre, Les Musiciens du Louvre,
Marc Minkowski
Live recording: Maison de Radio France, Studio 104, Paris, March 1999.
Great recording, great opera.Originally Posted by Clayton
Gluck: Iphigénie en Tauride
Mireille Delensch, Simon Keenlyside, Yann Beuron, Laurent Naouri, Alexia Cousin
Choeur des Musiciens du Louvre, Les Musiciens du Louvre,
Marc Minkowski
Live recording: Maison de Radio France, Studio 104, Paris, March 1999.
Donizetti: Belisario
Nicola Alaimo (Belisario), Joyce El-Khoury (Antonina), Camilla Roberts (Irene), Alastair Miles (Giustiniano), Peter Hoare (Eutropio), Russell Thomas (Alamiro), Julia Sporsén (Eudora), Darren Jeffery (Centurion), Edward Price (Eusebio), Michael Bundy (Ottario), BBC Singers,
BBC Symphony Orchestra,
Sir Mark Elder - conductor
Recorded at BBC Maida Vale Studios London October 2012
One day I might understand why this opera is not performed more.
Another brilliant presentation by Opera Rara with a great booklet that would fit in to any fine library.
At GBP 28 this has been one of my bargain purchases.
Korngold: Die Tote Stadt, Op. 12
René Kollo (Paul), Carol Neblett (Marietta), Hermann Prey (Fritz), Benjamin Luxon (Frank), Gabrielle Fuchs (Juliette), Patricia Clark (Lucienne), Anton de Ridder (Gaston/Victorin), Willi Brokmeier (Count Albert), Rose Wagemann (Brigitta)
Chor Des Bayerischen Rundunks Münchner Rundfunkorchester,
Erich Leinsdorf
Recorded Bavarian Radio Concert Hall, Munich June 1975.
Painful price, this is what keeps me away from Opera Rara releases........Donizetti: Belisario
Nicola Alaimo (Belisario), Joyce El-Khoury (Antonina), Camilla Roberts (Irene), Alastair Miles (Giustiniano), Peter Hoare (Eutropio), Russell Thomas (Alamiro), Julia Sporsén (Eudora), Darren Jeffery (Centurion), Edward Price (Eusebio), Michael Bundy (Ottario), BBC Singers,
BBC Symphony Orchestra,
Sir Mark Elder - conductor
Recorded at BBC Maida Vale Studios London October 2012
One day I might understand why this opera is not performed more.
Another brilliant presentation by Opera Rara with a great booklet that would fit in to any fine library.
At GBP 28 this has been one of my bargain purchases.
A beautiful, beautiful Lucia. Shicoff, Agache, Miles good to. Bonynge recording great!
Yes I see US prices are very high (USD 44). I guess too small and specialist a production to serve for US market.Painful price, this is what keeps me away from Opera Rara releases........
However for the UK it is normal (or in fact very reasonable) CD price.
Mussorgsky: Boris Godunov
Boris Christoff (Boris Godunov/Pimen/Varlaam), Nicolai Gedda (Grigory/Dmitry), Eugenia Zareska (Fyodor/Marina), Ludmilla Lebedeva (Xenia), Lydia Romanova (Nurse/Hostess), Andrzej Bielecki (Shuysky/Krushchyov/Missail), Kim Borg (Shchelkalov/Rangoni), Gustav Ustinov (A Boyar), Wassili Pasternak (The Simpleton), Stanislaw Pieczora (Police officer/A Guard), Raymond Bonte (Lavitzky)
Russian Chorus of Paris, French National Radio Orchestra
Issay Dobrowen
Recorded in the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, Paris
7th-21st July, 1952
Britten: Billy Budd
Philip Langridge (Vere), Simon Keenlyside (Billy), John Tomlinson (Claggart), Alan Opie (Mr Redburn), Matthew Best (Mr Flint), Alan Ewing (Mr Ratcliffe), Francis Egerton (Red Whiskers), Quentin Hayes (Donald), Clive Bayley (Dansker), Mark Padmore (Novice), Roderick Williams (Novice's Friend/Arthur Jones), Richard Coxon (Squeak), Daniel Norman (Maintop)
London Symphony Orchestra & Chorus, Tiffin Boys' Choir,
Richard Hickox
Recorded: Blackheath Halls, London 6-10 December 1999
And as from today, your friendly fruitcake has decided to record recording situation and date for his daily playlist in that other reference place (w), as he thinks it's relevant. (well surprisingly in this case a recordings section that didn't exist!
Adriana LeCouvreur x 2 (both with Magda Olivero)
I decided to buy all Bel Canto Society (aka opera fanatic) releases, great sounding 1965 live stereo and an earlier 1959 live opera d oro label with superstar cast headed by Franco Corelli
Britten: Peter Grimes
Peter Pears (Grimes), Claire Watson (Ellen Orford), James Pease (Balstrode), Jean Watson (Auntie), Geraint Evans (Ned Keene), Lauris Elms (Mrs Sedley), David Kelly (Hobson), Owen Brannigan (Swallow), Raymond Nilsson (Bob Boles), Marion Studholme, Iris Kells (Nieces)
Orchestra & Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden,
Benjamin Britten
Recorded Walthamstow Assembly Hall December 1958
^^^ Been watching the recent "Grimes on the Beach" production. Such a powerful, moving opera.
Yes a confusion of feeling pity, anger, sadness and wanting to go to the pub to recuperate (well actually I can find any reason to go the pub); same as felt after listening to Billy Budd!
In the end just satisfied that listening to these operas invoke these strong emotions.
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'ang on!
Just realized.
That means you have been making purchases of DVDs!
looking forward to your retrospective "what I have purchased recently" posts thank you very much mister amfortas I am just looking in to it as I have some contacts so will preview for free before making decisions implying you will keep us up to date.
Just time for another opera before the Jenůfa broadcast starts (in just over an hour)
Ruggero Leoncavallo: Pagliacci
Plácido Domingo (Canio), Teresa Stratas (Nedda), Benito di Bella (Tonio), Norbert Orth (Peppe), Wolgang Brendel (Silvio)
Chor der Bayerischen Staatsoper, Bayerisches Staatsorchester
Nello Santi
Live performance Nationaltheater München 25 December 1978
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