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Patricia Petibon ~ Airs Baroques Français: Patrick Cohën-Akenine, Les Folies Françoises
The recital ends with her singing the words "eh bien, je ne chanterai plus" - and then...silence. What fun.
I listened to this five times yesterday and am really loving it.
"Ah,non credea mirarti si presto estinto, o fiore." --Bellini, La Sonnambula (also written on his tomb).
Too charming for words:
Patricia Petibon ~ Airs Baroques Français: Patrick Cohën-Akenine, Les Folies Françoises
The recital ends with her singing the words "eh bien, je ne chanterai plus" - and then...silence. What fun.
Natalie
Three gold stars awarded, a salute and a straitjacket for Florestan and his opera maniaOriginally Posted by Florestan
Going back at it again today!
Edit: Wrapping up the 12th listen. I think I have had enough for now. Thinking that different CD of L'amico Fritz would be a good thing to pursue. Meanwhile, Roberto Devereux is up next with Beverly Sills.
"Ah,non credea mirarti si presto estinto, o fiore." --Bellini, La Sonnambula (also written on his tomb).
I'd like Vittorio Grigòlo better if he didn't sound so overwhelmingly emotional in every phrase he sings. For once I agree with Rupert Christiansen's verdict of "lachrymose intensity". Go easy on the vibrato and rubato, boy, sing more with a straight tone and you will sound a lot better. On the other hand he has the best French pronunciation of any non-native singer I have heard. Yup, that's right, better than Jonas.
Natalie
Tosca: Price/ Domingo/ Milnes/ Mehta .
Not as stunning as the Karajan, but still in fine form .
Steffani: Niobe Regina di Tebe
Karina Gauvin (Niobe), Philippe Jaroussky (Anfione), Amanda Forsythe (Manto), Aaron Sheehan (Clearte), Terry Wey (Creonte), Jesse Blumberg (Poliferno), Colin Balzer (Tiberino) & José Lemos (Nerea)
Boston Early Music Festival Orchestra, Paul O’Dette and Stephen Stubbs (musical directors)
2013
Some very beautiful music and wonderful performances; another masterpiece from the seventeenth century resurrected from the dusty shelves of libraries...
I might have to get the ROH version too
Handel: Orlando
Owen Willetts (Orlando), Karina Gauvin (Angelica), Allyson McHardy (Medoro), Amanda Forsythe (Dorinda), Nathan Berg (Zoroastro)
Pacific Baroque Orchestra, Alexander Weimann
2012
I prefer Mehta's Orlando in the Jacobs recording but overall this is my favourite for overall cast. I think I need to listen again to see what difference Jacobs & B'Rock and Hogwood and Academy of Ancient Music make.
Red Herring: Agostino Steffani was the first president of the Academy of Ancient Music (then known as London's Academy of Vocal Music)
This on CD (image appears to be from LP set)
"Ah,non credea mirarti si presto estinto, o fiore." --Bellini, La Sonnambula (also written on his tomb).
Those where the daysThis on CD (image appears to be from LP set)
It's hot in Berkhamsted (I recorded 31.1°C or 88°F), probably just mildly warm compared to some areas where forum readers are but for England it is enough for the Health and Safety Executive to start issuing advice on good practice in the work place regarding extreme weather...
though that is completely unrelated to my recent listening
Handel: Tolomeo, Re di Egitto HWV25
Ann Hallenberg (Tolomeo), Karina Gauvin (Seleuce), Anna Bonitatibus (Elisa), Romina Basso (Alessandro), Pietro Spagnoli (Araspe)
Il Complesso Barocco, Alan Curtis 2006
This is a gorgeous opera. I think Florestan would like it very much.
Schubert: Fierrabras
Josef Protschka (Fierrabras), Karita Mattila (Emma), Cheryl Studer (Florinda), Brigitte Balleys (Maragond), Robert Gambill (Eginhard), Thomas Hampson (Roland), Robert Holl (König Karl), Laszlo Polgár (Boland), Hartmut Welker (Brutamonte)
Arnold Schoenberg Chor & The Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Claudio Abbado
Natalie
I'm not Florestan (though we both like our cars and both have rather extreme listening habits*) but have just pulled the buy trigger
*I like this opera so will listen to it multiple times back to back
That recording certainly has an impressive cast. Might need to add it to the wish list.
Whoops, I should have been going to bed instead of staying up too late and posting the wrong item. It was not Rossini's Elisabetta that I am listening to, but Donizetti's:Those where the days
But this means I have just discovered yet another queen of England opera to explore besides the four of Donizetti.
"Ah,non credea mirarti si presto estinto, o fiore." --Bellini, La Sonnambula (also written on his tomb).
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