http://www.amazon.com/Tchaikovsky-Eu...ich/dp/B000004
Sorry, too tired to type out all the names. Amazon tells me that I bought this over two years ago. Shame on me for taking so long to really sit down and listen!
http://www.amazon.com/Tchaikovsky-Eu...ich/dp/B000004
Sorry, too tired to type out all the names. Amazon tells me that I bought this over two years ago. Shame on me for taking so long to really sit down and listen!
Sonata's iPod Heavy rotation:
-Dmitri Hvorostovsky
-Placido Domino
-Richard Strauss: Symphonic works
-Brahms Piano music
-Seventh Wonder: Tiara
Verdi Aida / Karajan with Tebaldi, Bergonzi, McNeill, etc. from 1959.
It was hailed by Andrew Porter as 'a landmark in the art of capturing grand opera on disc.'
It still sounds incredibly well, showing how far the DECCA engineers (headed by Culshaw) were ahead of their time.
The singing is really wonderful and Karajan draws some miraculous sounds from the VPO.
OK I know there are other ways of doing this opera but this is fabulous in bringing out the sheer beauty of Verdi's score. The dramatic stuff isn't half bad, either!
just ordered the Kubelik Meistersinger.
cant wait to hear it.
http://www.amazon.com/Tchaikovsky-Eu.../dp/B000004162
1994 recording with Semyon Bychov conducting the Paris Orchestra, and singers Nuccia Focile and Dimitri Hvorostovsky. Here's the link, I don't know if it will work now.
I like the ending to the opera. It's so typical for the characters in opera/film/etc to jump to their immediate passions. I like that Tatyana stays faithful to her marriage vows.
Sonata's iPod Heavy rotation:
-Dmitri Hvorostovsky
-Placido Domino
-Richard Strauss: Symphonic works
-Brahms Piano music
-Seventh Wonder: Tiara
Here are all the Eugene Onegin recordings I have:
Nebolsin, 1936 (Bolshoi Theatre - The earliest recording as far as I know)
Orlov, 1948 (Bolshoi Theatre)
Khaikin, 1956 (Bolshoi Thatre)
Tchakarov, 1979 (Covent Garden)
Fedoseyev, 1986
And a 1958 film directed by Roman Tikhomirov conducted by Boris Khaikin (Bolshoi Theatre Orchestra)
My favorite is Khaikin 1956 with Belov as Eugene Belov, Lemeshev as Lensky and Vishnevskaya as Tatiana but I still want a more pure innocent singing in the 'Letter Scene' ... any recommendation? (Doesn't matter if it's not Bolshoi Theatre)
In a world to be handled by gangsters and maniacs, art means nothing but just a junk food which there's no hope for human salvation through it... (Shāmlou)
Still on La fanciulla del West, I'm trying to get a DVD performance, all I've found feature Domingo as Johnson, so Which one is better: Covent Garden (1983), La scala (1991) or Metropolitan opera (2005)? The only complete version I own is Corelli on CD.
In a world to be handled by gangsters and maniacs, art means nothing but just a junk food which there's no hope for human salvation through it... (Shāmlou)
Of the three you have mentioned I would definitely recommend the 2005 Met one (it actually dates from much earlier). Barabara Daniels is the most convincing Minnie in my eyes, and Sherrill Milnes is a great Jack Rance. Domingo's interpretation has matured too.
But the Convent Garden one is good too:
Just avoid the la Scala version, as Mara Zampieri sounds awful even though she acts the part gallantly.
There is also this, a rather odd production involving disused car sets and a gay leather bar (love Minnie's pink trailer in the second act though). I like it but I suspect it would not be your cup of tea!
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Natalie
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I'm on a Donizetti kick; I just finished "Lucia di Lammermoor" (Sutherland/Pavarotti); now I'm listening to "La fille du regiment", also with Sutherland and Pavarotti.![]()
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In a world to be handled by gangsters and maniacs, art means nothing but just a junk food which there's no hope for human salvation through it... (Shāmlou)
I'm a real fan of Gardiner and Anthony Rolfe Johnson is superb.
Ann