Today,
Tchaikovsky's Maid of Orleans: Streaming Link Here.
Irina Arkhipova: Joan; Vladimir Makhov: King Charles; Klavdiya Radchenko: Agnès Sorel; Vladimir Valaitis: Dunois: Sergey Yavkovchenko: Lionel; Lev Vernigora: Archbishop; Andrey Sokolov: Raymond; Viktor Selivanov: Bertrand; Vartan Makelian: Soldier; Yevgeny Vladimirov: Thibaut. Moscow Radio Chorus and Symphony Orchestra. Gennady Rozhdestvensky, conducting. Moscow, 1971.
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"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
"Music is enought for a whole lifetime--but a lifetime is not enough for music." --Sergei Vasilyevich Rachmaninoff
An opera to be seen, rather than to listen to though. My DVD is out on loan to my friend who is accompanying me when I see this in February.
"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
My Christmas present to myself. Arrived yesterday. Remarkably good performance and sound is decent.
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"Music is enought for a whole lifetime--but a lifetime is not enough for music." --Sergei Vasilyevich Rachmaninoff
Cappuccilli
Raimondi
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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
Doing Furtwangler's Ring again. Why not? Sometimes it is easier to listen again than to figure out what to listen to next.
"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
My third complete operetta. I like it. But my favorite by far is Lehar's Land des Lachelns.
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"Music is enought for a whole lifetime--but a lifetime is not enough for music." --Sergei Vasilyevich Rachmaninoff
Today:
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"Music is enought for a whole lifetime--but a lifetime is not enough for music." --Sergei Vasilyevich Rachmaninoff
This is quite an enjoyable opera.
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"Music is enought for a whole lifetime--but a lifetime is not enough for music." --Sergei Vasilyevich Rachmaninoff
Other listening - feeling in a Russian mood.
Mussorgsky: Boris Godunov
Boris Christoff (Boris), Nicolai Gedda (Grigory (False Dmitry)), Eugenia Zareska (Marina), Kim Borg (Rangoni/Tchelkalov), Andre Bielecki (Shuisky/Missail), Eugenia Zareska (Fyodor), Ludmilla Lebedeva (Xenia), Lydia Romanova (Hostess), Wassili Pasternak (Simpleton)
Choeurs Russes de Paris, Orchestre National de la Radiodiffusion Francaise, Issay Dobrowen
Proof you can do a live recording and not annoy everyone with applause:
Rimsky Korsakov: Sadko
Vladimir Galusin, Marianna Tarassova, Sergei Alexashkin, Valentina Tsidipova, Larissa Diadkova, Vladimir Ognovenko, Nikolai Gassiev
Kirov Chorus and Orchestra, Valery Gergiev
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Natalie
"Music is enought for a whole lifetime--but a lifetime is not enough for music." --Sergei Vasilyevich Rachmaninoff
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