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Symphoniae Sacrae II is practically all little ensembles and they're utterly masterful. Do you have Wilson on Sony? Also has Vater Abraham, erbarme dich mein: a little operatic scena on the Dives and Lazarus story which would have done Monteverdi proud.
The Resurrection and Christmas pieces are simply magnificent and have a power which in their own Schützy way I don't actually think even Bach matches. And if I say the word Akadêmia you know what to do.
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Symphoniae Sacrae II is practically all little ensembles and they're utterly masterful. Do you have Wilson on Sony?
Yes I do, and of course I know the Historiae quite well, as also the Passions, which I shall have to have another go at soon. The Kleine geistliche Konzerte though are mostly for one or two voices and continuo, which is very little indeed. Oh, and I forgot the Geistliche Chor-Music and Cantiones sacrae, all very fine. I have however just ordered some of this Akademia stuff. |
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It would be impossible to do things like that on television nowadays.
Hmm, Directed by Graham Vick for RAI, it was a La Scala production. I can find no date at the end (typical of Sky to chop that off the end) but it was made during Berio's lifetime as he is in the curtain call at the end. [I guess it was probably the 1996 production.] I wouldn't call 1996 "nowadays". |
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« Reply #2373 on: 15:30:50, 15-03-2008 » |
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Spinning now, Carnaval played by Jörg Demus, from  which I picked up for £9.99 yesterday from MDC (different cover, but still from Nuova Era) which struck me as an astonishly good bargain for 13 CDs, especially as I know very little Schumann at all. The recordings are all digital and in decent sound. |
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« Reply #2374 on: 17:29:49, 15-03-2008 » |
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Now playing Reinhard Keiser: Croesus. This is quite a new work and composer for me. Not a bad little discovery frpm the Harmonia Mundi 50th Anniversary boxed set.
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« Reply #2375 on: 18:02:03, 15-03-2008 » |
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It would be impossible to do things like that on television nowadays.
Hmm, Directed by Graham Vick for RAI, it was a La Scala production. I can find no date at the end (typical of Sky to chop that off the end) but it was made during Berio's lifetime as he is in the curtain call at the end. [I guess it was probably the 1996 production.] I wouldn't call 1996 "nowadays". And the Adès "Powder her Face" television production is of about the same vintage, but what recent operatic works would fit the bill? In recent years, "The Tempest" and "Sophie's Choice" got television productions. Admittedly not studio productions, as "Die Teufel von Loudon" was, but ithey still got presented on television, even if they were not quite as 'juicy' as "Outis" or "Die Teifel von Loudon". [/quote] |
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« Reply #2376 on: 18:36:45, 15-03-2008 » |
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In recent years, "The Tempest" and "Sophie's Choice" got television productions. Admittedly not studio productions, as "Die Teufel von Loudon" was, but ithey still got presented on television, even if they were not quite as 'juicy' as "Outis" or "Die Teifel von Loudon".
There are also operas made specifically for television, such as Judith Weir's Armida and Jonathan Dove's When She Died. Can anyone think of a contemporary opera by a non-British composer broadcast on British television in the last 10 years, though? Far be it from me to claim expertise, incidentally, but I've a feeling the Powder her Nose Face TV production you mention was closer to 2001 than 1996. |
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Far be it from me to claim expertise, incidentally, but I've a feeling the Powder her Nose Face TV production you mention was closer to 2001 than 1996.
Well, yes, 1999 ( when it was first shown on Channel 4) was closer to 2001 than it was to 1996, but at least it was in the same decade as 1996. |
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« Reply #2378 on: 19:30:50, 15-03-2008 » |
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Can anyone think of a contemporary opera by a non-British composer broadcast on British television in the last 10 years, though?
You are not going to like this, t_i_n: John Adams - "Klinghoffer". |
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« Reply #2379 on: 19:33:38, 15-03-2008 » |
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That's right, Bryn! I was racking my brains. And, what's more, that TV version was rather impressive (i.e. the TV techniques and direction seemed utterly natural and convincing).
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 What with Strina's concert yesterday and this spinning for the third time today, it's proving a real R3OK weekend. And another theme in common, how do you two generate this wonderful life-affirming ENERGY in your music making! (Diet sheets to me please in plain brown envelopes.) Thank you Mr Butler. |
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« Reply #2381 on: 22:04:49, 15-03-2008 » |
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(Diet sheets to me please in plain brown envelopes.)
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