As long as it has Ruggero Raimondi as Don Profondo - a role he basically created when the opera was rediscovered - it's all good.Originally Posted by Hoffmann
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Natalie
I think I wanted to listen to Vivaldi as well today but actually went to ancient Rome...
Mozart: La clemenza di Tito, K621
Mark Padmore (Tito), Alexandrina Pendatchanska (Vitellia), Bernarda Fink (Sesto), Marie-Claude Chappuis (Annio), Sunhae Im (Servilia) & Sergio Foresti (Publio)
RIAS Kammerchor & Freiburger Barockorchester, René Jacobs
Recorded Teldex studio Berlin, November 2005
I stuck with Vivaldi but we have Mark Padmore in common:
Natalie
One of my favorite recordings of this opera (even if Maria Stader's Italian has a pronounced German accent).
after cooking a terrible birthday dinner for my sister, I needed some opera therapy to recover and chose the tragic (but beautiful)
Saariaho: L'Amour de loin
Daniel Belcher, tenor (Jaufré Rudel), Ekaterina Lekhina, soprano (Clémence) & Marie-Ange Todorovitch, mezzosoprano (Le Pèlerin)
Rundfunkchor Berlin & Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Kent Nagano
yup, the opera fan turns to death and tragedy or such misery for a pick-me-up...
and some more umm... "joining the Gods"
Dauvergne: Hercule mourant (Hercules Dying)
Andrew Foster-Williams (Hercule), Véronique Gens (Déjanire), Emiliano Gonzalez Toro (Hilus), Edwin Crossley-Mercer (Philoctète), Julie Fuchs (Ïole), Jaël Azzaretti (Dircé), Alain Buet (La Jalousie, Jupiter), Jennifer Borghi (Junon) & Romain Champion (Le Grand Prêtre de Jupiter)
Les Chantres du Centre de musique baroque de Versailles & Les Talens Lyriques, Christophe Rousset
This is a gem of (late) French baroque brought to us in a fabulous production by specialists; a strong recommendation for fans of French baroque, Les Talens Lyriques or any of the fabulous cast...
Yesterday's walk involved listening to an old favorite:
The final reprise of "Marietta's Lied" is, as always, heartbreaking.
Then, this morning, because no walk today:
Last week on my mp3 player, Jacobs Don Giovanni.
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"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
I do love this one.
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Natalie
Still not heard the Currentzis. Have you?
"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
To be honest I'm not a Currentzis fan having been completely underwhelmed by his Nozze so not going to spend money on this one.
Natalie
I have the Currentzis Don on my hands but still haven't gathered the courage...
I like that it's black, though.
Handel: Ariodante
Joyce DiDonato (Ariodante), Karina Gauvin (Ginevra), Marie-Nicole Lemieux (Polinesso), Sabina Puértolas (Dalinda), Topi Lehtipuu (Lurcanio), Matthew Brook (King of Scotland), Anicio Zorzi Giustiniani (Odoardo)
Il Complesso Barocco, Alan Curtis
Recorded January 2010, Villa San Ferma, Lonigo, Italy
Thrilling, exciting and all round very good, especially DiDo but really all round.
^ Glad to hear as I just ordered that set in anticipation of seeing Joyce do it live next April.
"Ah,non credea mirarti si presto estinto, o fiore." --Bellini, La Sonnambula (also written on his tomb).
I remember when I first listened to that Ariodante — I was just beginning to delve into baroque opera then — I was absolutely gobsmacked by Joyce's Con l'ali di costanza. I thought that was the most effortless coloratura ever.
Today, years and a terrifying amount of money after, I'm no so hyperbolic about it but it's still damn impressive.
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