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Bizet; Carmen.
Troyanos/ Domingo/ Van Dam/ Te Kanawa
Sir George Solti.
Troyanos remains one of my favourite Carmen's .
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I bought this a while back and hadn't listened to it, so made it my listen during this morning's walk. I didn't like it very much, I thought it rather lifeless and Ruggero Raimondi just wasn't cutting it.
So, when I got home, I decided to remind myself what Samuel Ramey did with the role and see how Riccardo Muti handled the conducting:
No contest. Samuel Ramey really kind of swaggers through the role and Muti makes the opera come alive.
"Music is enought for a whole lifetime--but a lifetime is not enough for music." --Sergei Vasilyevich Rachmaninoff
But Deutekom beats Studer by milesOriginally Posted by Hoffmann
I bought this a while back and hadn't listened to it, so made it my listen during this morning's walk. I didn't like it very much, I thought it rather lifeless and Ruggero Raimondi just wasn't cutting it.
So, when I got home, I decided to remind myself what Samuel Ramey did with the role and see how Riccardo Muti handled the conducting:
No contest. Samuel Ramey really kind of swaggers through the role and Muti makes the opera come alive.
It's the Chest, you see, he just channels that.
Natalie
It's the Chest, you see, he just channels that.
On a really crispy day, time to stay in and....
You guest right!
Bellini: Norma.
Souliotis/ Cossotto. Del Monaco/ Cava.
A pot of tea and some chocolates.
I'm being a bit sneaky and incorporating this into how I practise French for school...I'm following along with a French urtext score I found online which is really cool! However, sung French does sound quite different to spoken French...but at least I have the libretto to read along to.
If you would seek salvation, remember this:
a life in Hell can still aspire to BLISS.
Roberto Alagna is your French practice buddy. His sung French sounds like, well, French.
Natalie
I am on a very boring job of color correcting today. The only advantage of working with no sound is that I can listen to music.
Which is hardly surprising since he is, well, French.
"J'ai dit qu'il ne suffisait pas d'entendre la musique, mais qu'il fallait encore la voir" (Stravinsky)
Yes but somehow his sung French sounds Frencher than other French singers. I think it's because he does the gutteral R rather than the rolled Italian style one.
Natalie
This morning's listen:
Herbert von Karajan, Conductor, with Elizabeth Schwarzkopf, Nan Merriman, Rolando Panerai, Lisa Otto, Sesto Bruscantini, et al. and Philharmonia Orchestra & Chorus
Some very pretty singing here and the sound is really very good for 1954.
The Italian style R in French opera is my pet hate...and also I find it annoying hearing English with those rolled Rs as well.
If you would seek salvation, remember this:
a life in Hell can still aspire to BLISS.
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