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« Reply #30 on: 11:23:23, 19-06-2007 » |
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 simply because this is the habitual time that postman pat chooses to pay a visit to the letterbox.
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« Reply #31 on: 11:51:15, 19-06-2007 » |
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Mahler: Das Lied von der Erde
Janet Baker
James King
Concertgebouw
Haitink
This has been my favourite recording of 'Das Lied' for years, yet twice already I've read comments on it saying it is an 'old-fashioned' rendition. Can anyone enlighten me as to how this recording might be old-fashioned?? I know how Händel or Mozart can be played in an old-fashioned way, but Mahler?  Anyway, I'm sure you'll enjoy it, eruanto! Baker is just perfect here. |
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« Reply #32 on: 11:53:30, 19-06-2007 » |
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Most of the following are due to arrive soon (please leave feedback on any items below that you already have, with thanks).
A. DON CARLO
1. Pappano (EMI)
2. Giulini (ROH Heritage)
3. Abbado (Bella Voce)
4. Karajan (DG)
5. Franci (Mondo Musica)
6. Votto (Living Stage)
7. Matheson (Ponto)
8. Capuana (Gala)
9. Santi (Bella Voce)
10. Stiedry (Cantus-Lin)
11. Votto (Cantus-Lin)
12. Rossi (Cantus-Lin)
13. Adler (Cantus-Lin)
14. Fricsay (Cantus-Lin)
15. Fulton (?)
16. Fabritiis (Myto)
17. Molinari-Pradelli (Myto)
18. Haitink (DVD)
19. Muti (DVD)
I don't have the following DON CARLOs (are they good?): Levine (Sony), Haitink (EMI), Santini (EMI), Previtali (Cetra and Living Stage), Adler (Living Stage), Stein (Opera d'oro), Inbal (Opera d'oro), de Billy (Orfeo).
B. TROVATORE
1. Guadagno (Bella Voce)
2. Cleva (Myto) = Corelli and L. Price's Met debut!
C. RODELINDA (Curtis/DG)
D. JERUSALEM (Luisi/Philips)
E. I MAESTRI CANTORI DI NORIMBERGA (Matacic/Myto)
F. THE RING (Haenchen/Etcetera)
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Il duolo della terra nel chiostro ancor ci segue, solo del cor la guerra in ciel si calmera! E la voce di Carlo! E Carlo Quinto! Mio padre! O ciel!
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« Reply #33 on: 12:34:07, 19-06-2007 » |
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Mahler 2, (2 CD specially priced hybrid super audio set) Tonhalle Orchestra/Zinman, arrived just over an hour ago. This will complement Sym 1, received a few weeks ago and has given me much pleasure.
# 32 Parsifal, I note that your DVD selection omits Pappano's Don Carlos at Theatre du Chatelet, Paris. I bet that it is well placed on operacat's shelves! It is also the original French version in 5 acts.
I also warm to the Don Carlo DVD from Royal CGB, Amsterdam,/Chailly.
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« Reply #34 on: 12:40:16, 19-06-2007 » |
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Thanks, SS! I got the Pappano years ago and love it; however, I'd like someone to confirm if this is exactly the same performance(s) as the CD version, where I notice that Eboli sings BOTH verses of the Veil Song, the second verse of which being cut on the DVD. Thanks also for recommending the Dutch DVD: I wonder what Villazon makes of this role (I only know him from the Salzburg TRAVIATA).
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I don't know if I'll ever acquire all the recordings quoted on the following link  http://www.carlomarinelli.it/ODE_D/ode-donc.htm |
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Il duolo della terra nel chiostro ancor ci segue, solo del cor la guerra in ciel si calmera! E la voce di Carlo! E Carlo Quinto! Mio padre! O ciel!
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« Reply #36 on: 21:07:15, 21-06-2007 » |
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Down Among the Dead Men & Other Essays has finally shipped;
thanks Amazon; Thamazon!
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« Reply #37 on: 21:49:25, 04-07-2007 » |
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Elgar: Piano Quintet; String Quartet; In Moonlight
Piers Lane; Vellinger Quartet.
This was the budget recommendation on CD Review in 2003, apparently. £3.99 from hmv.co.uk - free delivery
hooray!
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« Reply #38 on: 20:33:22, 12-07-2007 » |
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From the Windsor "Save the Children" charity shop today, Bruckner's 9th, Vienna Phil., Giulini.  |
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« Reply #39 on: 20:40:29, 12-07-2007 » |
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The vocal score that came in the post yesterday and which I alluded to elsewhere was Gilbert and Sullivan's Ruddigore - the OUP edition (not the more ubiquitous Chappel one) with all the original restorations and appendices with variations. A must for the G&S enthusiast.
It's not always appreciated what a new form of musical theatre G&S created. Sure they parodied existing opera at times but the sort of singers they were looking for at the beginning scarcely existed in England. They were either music hall singers or operatic prima donnas who took on Italian stage names to give themselves a supposed authenticity.
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« Reply #40 on: 22:35:59, 12-07-2007 » |
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The vocal score that came in the post yesterday and which I alluded to elsewhere was Gilbert and Sullivan's Ruddigore - the OUP edition (not the more ubiquitous Chappel one) with all the original restorations and appendices with variations. A must for the G&S enthusiast.
It's not always appreciated what a new form of musical theatre G&S created. Sure they parodied existing opera at times but the sort of singers they were looking for at the beginning scarcely existed in England. They were either music hall singers or operatic prima donnas who took on Italian stage names to give themselves a supposed authenticity.
Interesting coincidence, Tony, I was thinking about Ruddigore earlier when I was listening to Nightwaves - there was a piece about Victorian drama and how, apart from Wilde, it is hardly ever performed now; about its (negative) associations with the melodramatic stock figures, caped villain, etc etc; and I started to think how it is quite a feat that so many of the G&S canon have held their own for so long; Ruddigore of course is in part a parody of the Victorian melodrama (just as Patience touches upon Wilde and Swinburne, if not actually a parody of their work) and one of the points that was made on tonight's programme was that we are so much more familiar with parodies than the originals that our idea of it ( melodrama and Victorian theatre in general) is almost entirely derived from those parodies. I've always been very fond of Ruddigore, particularly the picture gallery scene - have you noticed that the "Painted emblems" chorus is "Onward Christian soldiers" in the minor?! |
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« Reply #41 on: 23:59:29, 12-07-2007 » |
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Since you mention the picture gallery scene, ros, the OUP edition contains a 32-bar march for the ghosts which was cut during rehearsals and some extra music for Sir Roderic and the ghosts that was cut after the first night. I was Robin Oakapple in an amateur production once and it was always my favourite part of the show.
The OUP also publish the full score for £115 and that tempts me. There are some lovely orchestral touches, especially in The Ghosts' High Noon, that the vocal score has to omit.
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« Reply #42 on: 00:06:17, 13-07-2007 » |
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Mmmm - thanks for the info! (I think - £££  ) |
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« Reply #43 on: 11:52:14, 13-07-2007 » |
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Prompted by posts by Ollie and George:  which I gave a spin for the first time last night. Really put a smile on my face after the crappiest of days. |
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Our chief weapon is surprise...surprise and fear...fear and surprise.... Our two weapons are fear and surprise...and ruthless efficiency
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I thought I had spied a copy of that, going for £2 in the PDSA charity shop in Windsor the other day. However, on opening the package, althought the booklet was the right one, the CD turned out to be a Naxos disc of the Water Music and Music for the Royal Fireworks! I drew the discrepancy to the attention of the volunteers running the shop, and they appologised. However, when I popped in to check for any new stock today, it was back in the racks, and still priced at £2.  |
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