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The plot may be goofy, but the music is gorgeous!
"Music is enought for a whole lifetime--but a lifetime is not enough for music." --Sergei Vasilyevich Rachmaninoff
The plot may be goofy, but the music is gorgeous!
This one has been lying in the queue since the thirteen favourite operas thread bump, lying on the table with Kempe seemingly pointing at me saying "play me now!".
Götterdämmerung
Birgit Nilsson (Brünnhilde), Wolfgang Windgassen (Siegfried), Otakar Kraus (Alberich), Kurt Böhme (Hagen), Hermann Uhde (Gunther), Elisabeth Lindermeier (Gutrune), Maria von Ilosvay (Waltraute), Joan Sutherland (Woglinde), Una Hale (Wellgunde), Marjorie Thomas (Flosshilde), Maria von Ilosvay (1. Norn), Constance Shacklock (2. Norn), Amy Shuard (3. Norn)
Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Rudolf Kempe
Recorded live at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, 4th October 1957.
Wagner: The Flying Dutchman
Conducted by Otto Klemperer
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I'd forgotten what a romp this is, quite funny really if you ignore the bit where Corradino orders the title character to be thrown off a cliff (she isn't). I always love it when Rossini includes bits in dialect; this time I think Neapoletan, I actually understood the spoken bits! And you can't fault the singing
Rossini: Matilde di Shabran
Annick Massis (Matilde), Juan Diego Florez (Corradino Cuor di Ferro), Bruno Taddia (Raimondo Lopez), Hadar Halevy (Edoardo), Marco Vinco (Aliprando), Bruno de Simone (Isidoro), Chiara Chialli (Contessa d'Arco), Carlo Lepore (Ginardo), Gregory Bonfatti (Egoldo), Lubomir Moravec (Rodrigo)
Orquesta Sinfonica De Galicia with the Prague Chamber Choir, Riccardo Frizza
Natalie
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Note, this one is a fine performance but significantly sound quality challenged.
"Music is enought for a whole lifetime--but a lifetime is not enough for music." --Sergei Vasilyevich Rachmaninoff
"Music is enought for a whole lifetime--but a lifetime is not enough for music." --Sergei Vasilyevich Rachmaninoff
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When I started listening to this I realised it was very familiar - must have heard the overture a few times. Very poignant to hear Jerry Hadley singing that the world was a crueller place than he had originally thought in view of his subsequent end. Great recording.
Bernstein: Candide
Jerry Hadley (Candide), June Anderson (Cunegonde), Adolph Green (Dr. Pangloss/Martin), Christa Ludwig (Old Lady), Nicolai Gedda (Governor/Vanderdendur/Ragotski)
London Symphony Orchestra, London Symphony Chorus, Leonard Bernstein
Natalie
"Music is enought for a whole lifetime--but a lifetime is not enough for music." --Sergei Vasilyevich Rachmaninoff
Wagner: Parsifal. Knappertsbutsch
"Music is enought for a whole lifetime--but a lifetime is not enough for music." --Sergei Vasilyevich Rachmaninoff
"Music is enought for a whole lifetime--but a lifetime is not enough for music." --Sergei Vasilyevich Rachmaninoff
That was my listening yesterday too (also the Karajan recording)!Originally Posted by Sonata
Wagner: Parsifal. Knappertsbutsch
Karajan is my favorite.That was my listening yesterday too (also the Karajan recording)!
Me too Florestan! My first listen to this work and so far my impression is positive
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