Solti's Frau Ohne Schatten on cd.
Solti's Frau Ohne Schatten on cd.
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On my WTBW list .
Received the Keilberth Stereo Ring today.
It's a beautiful set. 2 nice booklets. One a synopsis and one about Keilberth
and the operas.
The discs are in beautiful glossy cardboard sleeves with pictures from the opera
on them.
Haven't listened yet, but will post when I do. Ciao
When all else fails, listen to Thick as a Brick.
Watched the DVD of Peter Grimes from La Scala . John Graham-Hall is a wonderful Grimes...all petty madness. I love other interpreters like Anthony Rolfe Johnson and Philip Langridge. I can't imagine anyone being disappointed with his portrayal. Similarly, Ellen (Susan Gritton) is superb....a lovely range. I also enjoyed Felicity Palmers Auntie and the Balstrode of Christopher Purves.
What suprised me most was the wonderful setting. It just brought the whole thing to life. I especially was touched by the scene during the church service with Ellen and the boy.
For DVD opera i look for performances that make me stick like glue and wow my senses....this one does. Much better than the Met DVD and the one from Zurich. Better cast, conductor and setting by far!
Gergiev Walkure.
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I've just received a very well remastered version of the classic 1939 Met performance of Simon Boccanegra (Tibbett, Rethberg, Martinelli, Pinza, Warren), from the Canadian label Immortal Performances. I've searched all my life (and I am old now) for a well engineered restoration of this one, and this is it for me.
ROSSINI
'La Cenerentola'
Riccardo Chailly Conductor
Cecilia Bartolli Singer
Decca
BERLIOZ
'Benvenuto Cellini'
John Nelson Conductor
Orchestra National de France
Gregory Kunde, Patrizia Ciofi, Joyce Di Donato Singers
Virgin Classics
BELLINI
'I Capuleti e i Montecchi'
Fabio Luisi Conductor
Wiener Symphoniker
Anna Netrebko, Elina Garanca Singers
DG
Along w/2 Haydn Masses. John Eliot Gardiner Conducting
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Domingo and his Verdi Baritone arias. Very nice even though i was skeptical!
Just received this wonderful dvd+cd and a second cd from Amazon. The documentary is a centennial tribute that is very well made and extremely affecting. A plus for me is that it's narrated by Charlotte Rampling.
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"No preluding! Piano pianissimo -- then all will be well." (Posted in the orchestra pit on August 13, 1876)
For my birthday I got the Claudio Abbado Falstaff CD with Bryn Terfel. I've listened to it three times and really enjoy it; Terfel is just as I remember him from the two radio broadcasts on which I heard him years ago.
From Amazon I just ordered the EMI/Muti CD recording of Verdi's Attila with Samuel Ramey, Cheryl Studer, Neil Schicoff, and Giorgio Zancanaro.
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3 operas on DVD.
Il barbiere di Siviglia Rossini
TDK
Stage performance by the Opera National de Paris 2002
Joyce DiDonato Rosina
Bruno Campanella Conductor
LaCenerentola Rossini
Decca
Live broadcast of Gran Teatre del Liceu
Joyce DiDonato-Juan Diego Florez Angelina-Don Romiro
Patrick Summers Conductor
The Enchanted Island A Baroque patiche Written by Jeremy Sams Music of Handel, Vivaldi, Rameau and others.
Virgin Classics
NY Met World Premiere Production
David Daniels, Danielle de Niese, Joyce DiDonato and Placido Domingo Singers
William Christie Conductor
Yes, I went on a Joyce DiDonato kick. Besides feeling she is one of, if not the, leading Mezzos in the world today, she is from KC, Mo. Got to support one of our own(). BTW, she is great on all 3, esp. Enchanted Island.
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Big order day for me.
Das Rheingold Gergiev
Daphne Bohm
Wagner at the Met various artists.
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