What opera have you been listening to, lately?

[Clayton]

This is a party I wish I had gone to.

Ha Ha! Sounds like you were at the party!

I wanna listen!

I think what actually happened though, was you finished your coffee and did the chicken dance all the way out the door, turned around, smiled and waved goodbye to all the other customers staring at you in disbelief.

My listening not as wild and crazy as your coffee mornings.

Donizetti: Don Pasquale
Fernando Corena, Graziella Sciutti, Tom Krause, Juan Oncina
Vienna State Opera Orchestra and Chorus
István Kertész
Recorded June/July 1964

[Clayton]

Donizetti: La Fille du Régiment
Edita Gruberova, Deon van der Walt, Rosa Laghezza, Philippe Fourcade, Francois Castel, Heidi Steinhaus, Andra Rascher, Hans-Werner Bunz
Münchner Rundfunkorchester, Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks,
Marcello Panni
Recorded Herkulessaal der Münchner Residenz March 1995

[Clayton]

Verdi: I due Fosacari
Piero Cappuccilli, José Carreras, Katia Ricciarelli, Samuel Ramey
ORF Symphony Orchestra and Chorus
Lamberto Gardelli
Recorded 1977

[Clayton]

Verdi: I masnadieri
Ruggero Raimondi, Carlo Bergonzi, Piero Cappuccilli, Montserrat Caballé
New Philharmonia Orchestra and the Ambrosian Singers
Lamberto Gardelli
Recorded 1975



Umm. Me thinks one or both of the above I should have included in OLLMRO list.

[Hoffmann]

We start off with the “Les sauvages” dance from Les Indes Galantes. Can’t help it – I start tapping and wiggling, but I’m in a café so have to be discreet. Don’t stand up and do the chicken dance, Nat, they’ll never let you come back.

Lots of top-notch Rameau arias as I start walking home, then… the telephone rings. Emmanuelle Haïm answers, muttering ‘I thought we got them disconnected” Who is it? “Folly” “Ah no, you weren’t invited” - but you can’t stop Patricia Petibon launching into a totally bonkers aria from Platée, with lots of fun improv.

More arias.

Suddenly the sun clouds over, and a frozen pall falls over the warm Auckland day, as Christopher Purves chills me to the bone with Purcell’s Cold Song.

Nearly home. As I go down the hill, Philippe Jaroussky and Pascal Bertin launch into Purcell’s “Sound the trumpet”. Almost imperceptibly a Latin beat creeps in and by the time I’m halfway down we are right in the middle of a salsa party … which morphs again into English Baroque by the end. The crowd goes wild.

This is a party I wish I had gone to.

This sounded so good, I had to run out and buy it - well, run to Arkivmusic, anyway. It certainly is a good intro to a wide range of baroque masterpieces, composers and styles. Bad news is I bought it as an MP3, so no program notes.

The good news is I can do the chicken dance in the privacy of my own home and only you guys will ever know.

[Clayton]

This sounded so good, I had to run out and buy it - well, run to Arkivmusic, anyway. It certainly is a good intro to a wide range of baroque masterpieces, composers and styles. Bad news is I bought it as an MP3, so no program notes.

The good news is I can do the chicken dance in the privacy of my own home and only you guys will ever know.

Let me shake your hand.

You're quick.

[Clayton]

My, my!

I just started listening to this but had to transfer to Sennheiser as I immediately thought this is something that deserves some welly.

Monteverdi: L'incoronazione di Poppea
Danielle Borst (Poppea), Guillemette Laurens (Nerone), Axel Köhler (Ottone), Jennifer Larmore (Ottavia), Michael Schopper (Seneca), Lena Lootens (Drusilla), Dominique Visse (Nutrice), Christoph Homberger (Arnalta), Maria-Cristina Kiehr (Damigella/Virtù)
Concerto Vocale,
René Jacobs

[Revenant]

Time to get serious (or crazy) I have 5 of these with 1500 CD capacity.......

Oh, Mongo like. Mongo need. Where can Mongo buy??

[Revenant]

Amfortas! Die Wunde!

[Dark_Angel]

Oh, Mongo like. Mongo need. Where can Mongo buy??

http://www.standsandmounts.com/lesli...-cd-1500b.aspx

This is cheapest way I can find to store large CD collections, takes some time and effort to assemble the CD rack. I also use a hot glue gun purchased from local Home Depot store to further strengthen unit after inserting back panels

Thank god it has free shipping, two boxes weighing 122 lbs, UPS man will hate you however, heh heh

[Dark_Angel]

Verdi: I due Fosacari
Piero Cappuccilli, José Carreras, Katia Ricciarelli, Samuel Ramey
ORF Symphony Orchestra and Chorus
Lamberto Gardelli
Recorded 1977

I had at least two Verdi votes in every round of favorite opera poll, all the early operas are great and you really should buy all the Gardelli conducted series for Phillips. There is also a very good recent DVD from Tutto Verdi series of I Due Foscari with Leo Nucci.......

[Revenant]

http://www.standsandmounts.com/lesli...-cd-1500b.aspx

This is cheapest way I can find to store large CD collections, takes some time and effort to assemble the CD rack. I also use a hot glue gun purchased from local Home Depot store to further strengthen unit after inserting back panels

Thank god it has free shipping, two boxes weighing 122 lbs, UPS man will hate you however, heh heh

Mongo thanks you. Mongo grateful.

[Ann Lander (sospiro)]

Umm. Me thinks one or both of the above I should have included in OLLMRO list.

Que?

[Hoffmann]

Que?

And, btw, what is 'welly'?

[Luiz Gazzola (Almaviva)]

And, btw, what is 'welly'?

slang energy, concentration, or commitment (esp in the phrase give it some welly )