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Performed by Chung and the VPO this recording is part of an incomplete cycle on DG.....in fact they only recorded the 6th and 8th as well. A real disappointment as this recording is very impressive and includes a performance of the 3rd that again leaves one wondering why this work is apparently underappreciated ( as I have commented numerous times the central slow movement of the three really is a wonderful piece of music!)
Such a beautiful opera. I used to have the Neumann with Beňačková on LP, but this superb Mackerras just trumps it, I think. Fleming's Czech may not be as idiomatic (mine isn't good enough to tell) but she sings gloriously, mostly devoid of those mannerisms I sometimes find irritating. Heppner is also excellent as are the rest of the Czech cast. Terrific sound as well.
A good way to round off my mini Dvořák listening sessions.
This disc is a unique synthesis of orchestral music from Wagner's
Ring Cycle. Arranged by Lorin Maazel, this recording includes all the
standard Ring orchestral excerpts such as Ride of the Valkyries and
Siegfried's Rhine Journey.
Berliner Philharmoniker
Lorin Maazel
John Biggs - Pastiche Overture (Valek/MMC)
Claude Baker - Vier Nachtszenen for Harp (Inglefield/Gasparo)
Paul Schoenfeld - Four Music Videos (Weiis-Kaplan-Newman/Bridge)
Bach - Cantatas for St. Michael's Day: BWV 130, 19, 149
Eric Milnes, Montréal Baroque
High celebration and pensive, mystical beauty for this Michaelmas Sunday. Milnes's deeply involved artistic visions leave a strong impression, as does the thoughtful and skillful singing; although Milnes hasn't quite sold me on the effectiveness of OVPP choirs in big praise choruses like these.
Edit: Oops, apparently St. Michael's Day is 29 September; in my mind I was convinced that it was the 19th. Oh well.
J. S. Bach: Cantatas for the Fifteenth Sunday after Trinity Warum betrübst du dich, mein Herz?, BWV 138 Was Gott tut, das ist wohlgetan, BWV 99 Jauchzet Gott in allen Landen, BWV 51 Was Gott tut, das ist wohlgetan, BWV 100
Malin Hartelius, William Towers, James Gilchrist, Peter Harvey
The Monteverdi Choir, the English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner
I was unaware that he composed so much choral stuff - as most of it remains obscure outside Hungary I wonder if it was written mainly for teaching purposes and for local choirs?
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