Today's walk was short since I hadn't done any walking at all since before leaving for LA. Fortunately, today's listening also is fairly short:
Excellent! Here are clips. I especially got this because I really like all the female voices on this over those on the 1872 revision in my Gergiev set.Originally Posted by Hoffmann
EDIT: I did notice that the death of Boris seems more dramatic in Gergiev than in Tchakarov, but maybe it is that Gergiev is recorded at higher volume.
"Ah,non credea mirarti si presto estinto, o fiore." --Bellini, La Sonnambula (also written on his tomb).
Natalie
Yesterday's listening:
I believe I only listened to this once since I bought it a couple of years ago - but what a great recording!! Recorded live at Aix en Provence, I believe in 1980 with an otherworldly cast in its prime: Montserrat Caballe, Marilyn Horne, Samuel Ramey and Francisco Araiza. Better still is that it's beautifully recorded - so, a particularly enjoyable walk yesterday.
Today's listen:
I hadn't listened to this in a long time, this also has a great cast. Recommended!
The soprano's voice in this reminds me why I don't really like sopranos. Don't get me wrong, her singing is fine, but I'd just rather she shut up.
Actually, I can tolerate the sound when I'm in the house much better than when I listen to a CD.
"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
Yes, I agree on the whole. Except with a CD you can always skip the track, not sure how to do this in the house!
Actually, I can tolerate the sound when I'm in the house much better than when I listen to a CD.
Natalie
Excellent! Solti made such great Strauss opera recordings--I love my box set of six of them.
I listen to this recording all the time - maybe it's time to consider one of the others...
And, last night:
This disc includes a series of arias from operas I don't know (please forgive the clumsy screenshot...):
"Ah,non credea mirarti si presto estinto, o fiore." --Bellini, La Sonnambula (also written on his tomb).
yesterday's post cricket opera...
Verdi: Simon Boccanegra
Piero Cappuccilli (Boccanegra), Mirella Freni (Amelia/Maria), José van Dam (Paolo), Nicolai Ghiaurov (Jacopo Fiesco), José Carreras (Gabriele)
La Scala Chorus & Orchestra, Claudio Abbado
Studio recording, Milan 1977
Who are you talking about? Anna Maccianti in Don Pasquale or Flora Rafanelli in Il Campanello di Notte?The soprano's voice in this reminds me why I don't really like sopranos. Don't get me wrong, her singing is fine, but I'd just rather she shut up.
"J'ai dit qu'il ne suffisait pas d'entendre la musique, mais qu'il fallait encore la voir" (Stravinsky)
Anna Maccianti.
Natalie
Excellent stuff
Natalie
I really like this one. Have you got it?
I listen to this recording all the time - maybe it's time to consider one of the others...
"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
And now for something completely different ...
... for me anyway
"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
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