Reply With QuoteThose in a Sun King mood can listen to Royer's Pyrrhus on spotify. I would recommend itOriginally Posted by Soave_Fanciulla
I didn't think I was that keen on Lully but this has very lovely music. I think I'm in a bit of a Sun King mood these days anyway.
Lully: Amadis
Cyril Auvity, Judith Van Wanroij, Ingrid Perruche, Edwin Crossley-Mercer, Benoît Arnould, Bénédicte Tauran, Hasnaa Bennani, Pierrick Boisseau, Reinoud Van Mechelen, Caroline Weynants & Virginie Thomas. Les Talens Lyriques, Christophe Rousset
Natalie
Those in a Sun King mood can listen to Royer's Pyrrhus on spotify. I would recommend it
I love those Opera Rara recording, although not all are recorded very refined the music is sometimes stunning.
A.K.A Donizetti's Rosamonda d'Inghliterra :Fleminng / Miriciouiu
Cilea's Gina
Listening on YouTube at the moment but I think I'll get the CD
Love the overture and there's a fab aria starting just here
"Every theatre is an insane asylum, but an opera theatre is the ward for the incurables."
FRANZ SCHALK, attributed, Losing the Plot in Opera: Myths and Secrets of the World's Great Operas
Some more Pacini for me, this time the earlier and more succesful work than Carlo di Borgogna (imagine going to an opera festival that was deemed unsuccessful with also Parisina, Il Crociato, I Capuleti e i Montecchi at La Fenice with the likes of Giuditta Grisi performing). In fact when Alessandro nell'Indie premiered at Teatro San Carlo September 1824, it went on to a run of 38 performances. The most successful in the history of the theatre (Lucia had 22).
Pacini: Alessandro nell’Indie
Bruce Ford (Alessandro), Jennifer Larmore (Poro), Laura Claycomb (Cleofide), Dean Robinson (Timagene), Mark Wilde (Gandarte)
London Philharmonic Orchestra & Geoffrey Mitchell Choir
David Parry
Recorded November 2006, Henry Wood Hall, London
Another good performance from all.
Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
Thomas Stewart (Hans Sachs), Sandor Konya (Walther von Stolzing), Gundula Janowitz (Eva), Thomas Hemsley (Beckmesser), Gerhard Unger (David), Brigitte Fassbaender (Magdalene), Brigitte Fassbaender (Nachtwächter), Franz Crass (Pogner)
Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
Rafael Kubelik
Recorded October 1967, Herkulessaal der Münchner Residenz – München
Handel: Atalanta, HWV35
Dominique Labelle (Atalanta), Susanne Rydén (Meleagro), Cécile van de Sant (Irene), Michael Slattery (Aminta), Philip Cutlip (Nicandro) & Corey Mckern (Mercurio)
Philharmonia Chorale & Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra
Nicholas McGegan
Recorded live 10-11 September 2005, First Congregational Church, Berkeley CA
A pastoral opera written for the wedding of Frederick the Prince of Wales to Princess Augusta of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha 27 April 1736; so no one dies and a pretty ending dusted with love and happiness blah, blah, blah...
It is a live recording, with full audience participation, including the chuckle brothers, clapping on every aria and wardrobe that includes super acoustic clogs. So it starts with thinking this is a no-headphone recording and progressing to a "oh no, I've been burned again on this score..."
This changes soon after hearing Susanne Rydén and by the time Dominique Labelle comes on in scene 5 things start to look better. From the of time Meleagro's aria Non sarà poco the music and performance is wonderful and the noise has disappeared (just don't care anymore); it is a beautiful Handel opera.
Yes, I liked this one.
"il caro Sassone", "...superior to all other lyric composers..." (Charles Burnley, not lemur), "...the father of music..." (Giovanni Battista Mancini, not me)
Metastasio's Siroe, here told by Hasse
Hasse, J A: Siroe re di Persia
Dresden version (1763) (rewrote the recitatives and fourteen of the arias that include all Siroe's, then he ran out of time (not like 33 years was not enough time but he rewrote on short notice for festivities))
Max Emanuel Cencic (Siroe), Franco Fagioli (Medarse), Julia Lezhneva (Laodice), Juan Sancho (Cosroe), Mary-Ellen Nesi (Emira), Laureen Snouffer (Arasse)
Armonia Atenea
George Petrou
Recorded 21-31 July 2014, Parnassus Hall, Athens
a ball of baroque belcanto
While I'm waiting .... and .... waiting .... for this
I'm listening to this on YouTube
which I think is the Jacobs.
Can anyone identify the painting?
"Every theatre is an insane asylum, but an opera theatre is the ward for the incurables."
FRANZ SCHALK, attributed, Losing the Plot in Opera: Myths and Secrets of the World's Great Operas
Answered my own question. It's Ulysses Returns Chryseis to her Father by Claude Lorrain
"Every theatre is an insane asylum, but an opera theatre is the ward for the incurables."
FRANZ SCHALK, attributed, Losing the Plot in Opera: Myths and Secrets of the World's Great Operas
'There are some really strange looking people out there. It's scary.' I said to myself as I gazed out of the highly ornate, gilt framed window.
'That's queer,' I mused as I turned to leave the room, 'I've never seen a window above a fireplace in a house before.'
ignore him, he's potty... ignore him, he's potty... ignore him, he's potty... ignore him, he's potty... ignore him, he's potty...
Handel: Siroe, King of Persia, HWV24
Yosemeh Adjei (Siroe), Anna Dennis (Emira), Aleksandra Zamojska (Laodice), Antonio Giovannini (Medarse), Lisandro Abadie (Cosroe) & Ross Ramgobin (Arasse)
FestspielOrchester Göttingen
Laurence Cummings
Live recording Göttingen International Handel Festival, 20 May 2013
Bellini: La Sonnambula
Edita Gruberova, Roberto Scandiuzzi, José Bros, Dawn Kotoski, Gloria Banditelli, Andreas Mogl, Tim Hennis
Münchner Rundfunkorchester, Chor der Bayerischen Rundfunks
Marcello Viotti
Recorded February 1998 Herkulessaal, München
I like Edita Gruberova
I have held off getting this because of the bad reviews. What do you think?'There are some really strange looking people out there. It's scary.' I said to myself as I gazed out of the highly ornate, gilt framed window.
'That's queer,' I mused as I turned to leave the room, 'I've never seen a window above a fireplace in a house before.'
ignore him, he's potty... ignore him, he's potty... ignore him, he's potty... ignore him, he's potty... ignore him, he's potty...
Handel: Siroe, King of Persia, HWV24
Yosemeh Adjei (Siroe), Anna Dennis (Emira), Aleksandra Zamojska (Laodice), Antonio Giovannini (Medarse), Lisandro Abadie (Cosroe) & Ross Ramgobin (Arasse)
FestspielOrchester Göttingen
Laurence Cummings
Live recording Göttingen International Handel Festival, 20 May 2013
Natalie
Yes, Clayton bad habit of only reading the good bits of the reviews (as like Sydney artistic director says, can't please everyone)
Early Music Review...I agree and furthermore I would add that the production (does the conductor always select cast?) has done well to collect these members who work very well togetherarias are without exception quite stunning ...
Gramaphone...I like Yosemeh Adjei's and Antonio Giovannini's voice and actually the rest of the cast too. I have since seen some of the negative reviews and was quite surprised. They sing beautifully and really add tenderness to the emotions and relationship between the characters is really well felt.Soprano Anna Dennis and Aleksandra Zamojska are the most impressive cast ...
Though it is a live recording so there are some banging and applause and gunshots (a bit surprising) but not distracting. I am not going to say it is my favourite Handel but maybe top half. I'm very happy with the recording.
I started off the morning right:
I love this opera and this is a particularly good recording.
Then, for my walk this afternoon:
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