Monday, August 1, 2011
Prokofiev: Tale of the Stone Flower - Rozhdestvensky - Melodiya
Prokofiev: Tale of the Stone Flower - Rozhdestvensky - Melodiya
Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet - Rozhdestvensky - Melodiya
Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet - Rozhdestvensky - Melodiya
Prokofiev: Le Pas d'Acier - L'Enfant prodigue - Rozhdestvensky - Melodiya
Covers + lossless, Not my Rip
S. PROKOFIEV
Le Pas d"Acier op. 41 (The Steel Step)
1. Entree des personnages
2. Train des paysans-ravitalleurs
3. Les commissaries
4. Les petits camelots
5. L"orateur
6. Matelot a bracelets et ouvriere
7. Changement de decors
8. Le matelot deviant un ouvrier
9. L"usine 10. Les marteaux
11. Finale
L"Enfant prodigue, op. 46
12. The Departure
13. Meeting friends
14. Temptress
15. The Dancers
16. The Prodigal son and the Temptress
17. Drunkenness
18. The Despoiling
19. Awakening and remorse
20. Sharing the loot (Interlude)
21. The return
The USSR Ministry of Culture Symphony Orchestra
Gennadi Rozhdestvensky, conductor
Recorded in 1990 (1-11), 1990 (12-21). STEREO
Links:
Prokofiev: Le Pas d'Acier - L'Enfant prodigue - Rozhdestvensky - Melodiya
Covers + lossless, Not my Rip
S. PROKOFIEV
Le Pas d"Acier op. 41 (The Steel Step)
1. Entree des personnages
2. Train des paysans-ravitalleurs
3. Les commissaries
4. Les petits camelots
5. L"orateur
6. Matelot a bracelets et ouvriere
7. Changement de decors
8. Le matelot deviant un ouvrier
9. L"usine 10. Les marteaux
11. Finale
L"Enfant prodigue, op. 46
12. The Departure
13. Meeting friends
14. Temptress
15. The Dancers
16. The Prodigal son and the Temptress
17. Drunkenness
18. The Despoiling
19. Awakening and remorse
20. Sharing the loot (Interlude)
21. The return
The USSR Ministry of Culture Symphony Orchestra
Gennadi Rozhdestvensky, conductor
Recorded in 1990 (1-11), 1990 (12-21). STEREO
Links:
Sunday, July 31, 2011
Prokofiev: Cinderella - On the Dnieper - Rozhdestvensky - Melodiya
Covers + lossless, Not my Rip
S. PROKOFIEV:
Cinderella, ballet in 3 acts, Op. 87.
CD 1: Act One, Act Two.
CD 2: Act Three.
All-Union Broadcast Large Symphony Orchestra.
Soloists: M. Chernyakhovsky (violin), A. Futer (violin).
Scenic Brass Band of the Bolshoi Thetre. Recorded in 1965.
On the Dnieper, ballet in two scenes, Op. 51.
CD 2: Scene 1, Scene 2.
The USSR Ministry of Culture Symphony Orchestra.
Conductor Gennadi Rozhdestvensky.
Recorded in 1982, STEREO.
Links:
Prokofiev: Cinderella - On the Dnieper - Rozhdestvensky - Melodiya
Covers + lossless, Not my Rip
S. PROKOFIEV:
Cinderella, ballet in 3 acts, Op. 87.
CD 1: Act One, Act Two.
CD 2: Act Three.
All-Union Broadcast Large Symphony Orchestra.
Soloists: M. Chernyakhovsky (violin), A. Futer (violin).
Scenic Brass Band of the Bolshoi Thetre. Recorded in 1965.
On the Dnieper, ballet in two scenes, Op. 51.
CD 2: Scene 1, Scene 2.
The USSR Ministry of Culture Symphony Orchestra.
Conductor Gennadi Rozhdestvensky.
Recorded in 1982, STEREO.
Links:
Mormon Tabernacle Choir : The Wonder Of Christmas
Covers + lossless, Thanks gift from RV
1. Carol of the Bells by Traditional
Conductor: Craig Jessop
Orchestra/Ensemble: Mormon Tabernacle Choir, Orchestra at Temple Square, Bells on Temple Square
Written: Ukraine
Venue: Live Conference Center, Salt Lake City, Utah
Length: 2 Minutes 53 Secs.
Language: English
Notes: Arranger: Barlow Bradford.
Conference Center, Salt Lake City, Utah (12/07/2005 - 12/11/2005)
2. Winter Wonderland by Felix Bernard
Conductor: Craig Jessop
Orchestra/Ensemble: Mormon Tabernacle Choir, Orchestra at Temple Square
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1934; USA
Venue: Live Conference Center, Salt Lake City, Utah
Length: 2 Minutes 55 Secs.
Language: English
Notes: Arranger: Arthur Harris.
Conference Center, Salt Lake City, Utah (12/07/2005 - 12/11/2005)
3. Holiday Inn: White Christmas by Irving Berlin
Conductor: Craig Jessop
Orchestra/Ensemble: Mormon Tabernacle Choir, Orchestra at Temple Square
Venue: Live Conference Center, Salt Lake City, Utah
Length: 4 Minutes 11 Secs.
Language: English
Notes: Arranger: Arthur Harris.
Conference Center, Salt Lake City, Utah (12/12/2002 - 12/15/2002)
4. Mame: We need a little Christmas by Jerry Herman
Performer: Angela Lansbury ()
Conductor: Craig Jessop
Orchestra/Ensemble: Mormon Tabernacle Choir, Orchestra at Temple Square
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1966; USA
Venue: Live Conference Center, Salt Lake City, Utah
Length: 1 Minutes 53 Secs.
Language: English
Notes: Arranger: Lex De Azevedo.
Conference Center, Salt Lake City, Utah (12/06/2001 - 12/09/2001)
5. Sleigh Ride by Leroy Anderson
Conductor: Craig Jessop
Orchestra/Ensemble: Mormon Tabernacle Choir, Orchestra at Temple Square
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1948; USA
Venue: Live Conference Center, Salt Lake City, Utah
Length: 2 Minutes 46 Secs.
Language: English
Notes: Arranger: Arthur Harris.
Conference Center, Salt Lake City, Utah (12/07/2005 - 12/11/2005)
6. Adeste fideles "O come, all ye faithful" by John Francis Wade
Performer: Bryn Terfel (Bass Baritone)
Conductor: Craig Jessop
Orchestra/Ensemble: Mormon Tabernacle Choir, Orchestra at Temple Square
Period: Classical
Written: by 1782; England
Venue: Live Conference Center, Salt Lake City, Utah
Length: 3 Minutes 59 Secs.
Language: English
Notes: Arranger: Mack Wilberg.
Conference Center, Salt Lake City, Utah (12/11/2003 - 12/14/2003)
7. The first nowell by Traditional
Performer: Frederica Von Stade (Mezzo Soprano)
Conductor: Craig Jessop
Orchestra/Ensemble: Mormon Tabernacle Choir, Orchestra at Temple Square
Written: England
Venue: Live Conference Center, Salt Lake City, Utah
Length: 5 Minutes 17 Secs.
Language: English
Notes: Arranger: Mack Wilberg.
Conference Center, Salt Lake City, Utah (12/11/2003 - 12/14/2003)
8. Joy to the World by Lowell Mason
Conductor: Craig Jessop
Orchestra/Ensemble: Mormon Tabernacle Choir, Orchestra at Temple Square
Period: Romantic
Written: 19th Century; USA
Venue: Live Conference Center, Salt Lake City, Utah
Length: 2 Minutes 58 Secs.
Language: English
Notes: Arranger: Mack Wilberg.
Conference Center, Salt Lake City, Utah (12/06/2001 - 12/09/2001)
9. Angels from the realms of glory by Traditional
Performer: Renée Fleming (Soprano)
Conductor: Craig Jessop
Orchestra/Ensemble: Mormon Tabernacle Choir, Orchestra at Temple Square
Written: France
Venue: Live Conference Center, Salt Lake City, Utah
Length: 4 Minutes 22 Secs.
Language: English
Notes: Arranger: Mack Wilberg.
Conference Center, Salt Lake City, Utah (12/07/2005 - 12/11/2005)
10. Sweet Little Jesus Boy by Robert MacGimsey
Performer: Audra McDonald ()
Conductor: Craig Jessop
Orchestra/Ensemble: Mormon Tabernacle Choir, Orchestra at Temple Square
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1934; USA
Venue: Live Conference Center, Salt Lake City, Utah
Length: 2 Minutes 35 Secs.
Language: English
Notes: Arranger: Michael Davis.
Conference Center, Salt Lake City, Utah (12/15/2004 - 12/19/2004)
11. Messiah, HWV 56: Hallelujah! by George Frideric Handel
Conductor: Walter Cronkite
Orchestra/Ensemble: Mormon Tabernacle Choir, Orchestra at Temple Square
Period: Baroque
Written: 1742; London, England
Venue: Live Conference Center, Salt Lake City, Utah
Length: 3 Minutes 32 Secs.
Language: English
Notes: Conference Center, Salt Lake City, Utah (12/12/2002 - 12/15/2002)
12. Whence is that goodly Fragrance by Traditional
Conductor: Craig Jessop
Orchestra/Ensemble: Mormon Tabernacle Choir, Orchestra at Temple Square
Venue: Live Conference Center, Salt Lake City, Utah
Length: 4 Minutes 52 Secs.
Language: English
Notes: Arranger: Mack Wilberg.
Conference Center, Salt Lake City, Utah (12/15/2004 - 12/19/2004)
13. Gloria in excelsis Deo by Mack Wilberg
Conductor: Craig Jessop
Orchestra/Ensemble: Mormon Tabernacle Choir, Orchestra at Temple Square
Period: 20th Century
Venue: Live Conference Center, Salt Lake City, Utah
Length: 3 Minutes 58 Secs.
Language: English
Notes: Conference Center, Salt Lake City, Utah (12/07/2005 - 12/11/2005)
14. Children, go where I send thee by Traditional
Performer: Audra McDonald ()
Conductor: Craig Jessop
Orchestra/Ensemble: Mormon Tabernacle Choir, Orchestra at Temple Square
Venue: Live Conference Center, Salt Lake City, Utah
Length: 2 Minutes 34 Secs.
Language: English
Notes: Arranger: Michael Davis.
Conference Center, Salt Lake City, Utah (12/15/2004 - 12/19/2004)
15. Un flambeau, Jeannette, Isabelle by Traditional
Performer: Richard Elliott (Organ)
Written: France
Date of Recording: 12/2005
Venue: Live Conference Center, Salt Lake City, Utah
Length: 2 Minutes 55 Secs.
Notes: Arranger: Keith Chapman.
16. What shall we give to the babe in the manger? by Traditional
Conductor: Craig Jessop
Orchestra/Ensemble: Mormon Tabernacle Choir, Orchestra at Temple Square
Written: France
Venue: Live Conference Center, Salt Lake City, Utah
Length: 4 Minutes 17 Secs.
Language: English
Notes: Arranger: Mack Wilberg.
Conference Center, Salt Lake City, Utah (12/11/2003 - 12/14/2003)
Mormon Tabernacle Choir : The Wonder Of Christmas
Covers + lossless, Thanks gift from RV
1. Carol of the Bells by Traditional
Conductor: Craig Jessop
Orchestra/Ensemble: Mormon Tabernacle Choir, Orchestra at Temple Square, Bells on Temple Square
Written: Ukraine
Venue: Live Conference Center, Salt Lake City, Utah
Length: 2 Minutes 53 Secs.
Language: English
Notes: Arranger: Barlow Bradford.
Conference Center, Salt Lake City, Utah (12/07/2005 - 12/11/2005)
2. Winter Wonderland by Felix Bernard
Conductor: Craig Jessop
Orchestra/Ensemble: Mormon Tabernacle Choir, Orchestra at Temple Square
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1934; USA
Venue: Live Conference Center, Salt Lake City, Utah
Length: 2 Minutes 55 Secs.
Language: English
Notes: Arranger: Arthur Harris.
Conference Center, Salt Lake City, Utah (12/07/2005 - 12/11/2005)
3. Holiday Inn: White Christmas by Irving Berlin
Conductor: Craig Jessop
Orchestra/Ensemble: Mormon Tabernacle Choir, Orchestra at Temple Square
Venue: Live Conference Center, Salt Lake City, Utah
Length: 4 Minutes 11 Secs.
Language: English
Notes: Arranger: Arthur Harris.
Conference Center, Salt Lake City, Utah (12/12/2002 - 12/15/2002)
4. Mame: We need a little Christmas by Jerry Herman
Performer: Angela Lansbury ()
Conductor: Craig Jessop
Orchestra/Ensemble: Mormon Tabernacle Choir, Orchestra at Temple Square
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1966; USA
Venue: Live Conference Center, Salt Lake City, Utah
Length: 1 Minutes 53 Secs.
Language: English
Notes: Arranger: Lex De Azevedo.
Conference Center, Salt Lake City, Utah (12/06/2001 - 12/09/2001)
5. Sleigh Ride by Leroy Anderson
Conductor: Craig Jessop
Orchestra/Ensemble: Mormon Tabernacle Choir, Orchestra at Temple Square
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1948; USA
Venue: Live Conference Center, Salt Lake City, Utah
Length: 2 Minutes 46 Secs.
Language: English
Notes: Arranger: Arthur Harris.
Conference Center, Salt Lake City, Utah (12/07/2005 - 12/11/2005)
6. Adeste fideles "O come, all ye faithful" by John Francis Wade
Performer: Bryn Terfel (Bass Baritone)
Conductor: Craig Jessop
Orchestra/Ensemble: Mormon Tabernacle Choir, Orchestra at Temple Square
Period: Classical
Written: by 1782; England
Venue: Live Conference Center, Salt Lake City, Utah
Length: 3 Minutes 59 Secs.
Language: English
Notes: Arranger: Mack Wilberg.
Conference Center, Salt Lake City, Utah (12/11/2003 - 12/14/2003)
7. The first nowell by Traditional
Performer: Frederica Von Stade (Mezzo Soprano)
Conductor: Craig Jessop
Orchestra/Ensemble: Mormon Tabernacle Choir, Orchestra at Temple Square
Written: England
Venue: Live Conference Center, Salt Lake City, Utah
Length: 5 Minutes 17 Secs.
Language: English
Notes: Arranger: Mack Wilberg.
Conference Center, Salt Lake City, Utah (12/11/2003 - 12/14/2003)
8. Joy to the World by Lowell Mason
Conductor: Craig Jessop
Orchestra/Ensemble: Mormon Tabernacle Choir, Orchestra at Temple Square
Period: Romantic
Written: 19th Century; USA
Venue: Live Conference Center, Salt Lake City, Utah
Length: 2 Minutes 58 Secs.
Language: English
Notes: Arranger: Mack Wilberg.
Conference Center, Salt Lake City, Utah (12/06/2001 - 12/09/2001)
9. Angels from the realms of glory by Traditional
Performer: Renée Fleming (Soprano)
Conductor: Craig Jessop
Orchestra/Ensemble: Mormon Tabernacle Choir, Orchestra at Temple Square
Written: France
Venue: Live Conference Center, Salt Lake City, Utah
Length: 4 Minutes 22 Secs.
Language: English
Notes: Arranger: Mack Wilberg.
Conference Center, Salt Lake City, Utah (12/07/2005 - 12/11/2005)
10. Sweet Little Jesus Boy by Robert MacGimsey
Performer: Audra McDonald ()
Conductor: Craig Jessop
Orchestra/Ensemble: Mormon Tabernacle Choir, Orchestra at Temple Square
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1934; USA
Venue: Live Conference Center, Salt Lake City, Utah
Length: 2 Minutes 35 Secs.
Language: English
Notes: Arranger: Michael Davis.
Conference Center, Salt Lake City, Utah (12/15/2004 - 12/19/2004)
11. Messiah, HWV 56: Hallelujah! by George Frideric Handel
Conductor: Walter Cronkite
Orchestra/Ensemble: Mormon Tabernacle Choir, Orchestra at Temple Square
Period: Baroque
Written: 1742; London, England
Venue: Live Conference Center, Salt Lake City, Utah
Length: 3 Minutes 32 Secs.
Language: English
Notes: Conference Center, Salt Lake City, Utah (12/12/2002 - 12/15/2002)
12. Whence is that goodly Fragrance by Traditional
Conductor: Craig Jessop
Orchestra/Ensemble: Mormon Tabernacle Choir, Orchestra at Temple Square
Venue: Live Conference Center, Salt Lake City, Utah
Length: 4 Minutes 52 Secs.
Language: English
Notes: Arranger: Mack Wilberg.
Conference Center, Salt Lake City, Utah (12/15/2004 - 12/19/2004)
13. Gloria in excelsis Deo by Mack Wilberg
Conductor: Craig Jessop
Orchestra/Ensemble: Mormon Tabernacle Choir, Orchestra at Temple Square
Period: 20th Century
Venue: Live Conference Center, Salt Lake City, Utah
Length: 3 Minutes 58 Secs.
Language: English
Notes: Conference Center, Salt Lake City, Utah (12/07/2005 - 12/11/2005)
14. Children, go where I send thee by Traditional
Performer: Audra McDonald ()
Conductor: Craig Jessop
Orchestra/Ensemble: Mormon Tabernacle Choir, Orchestra at Temple Square
Venue: Live Conference Center, Salt Lake City, Utah
Length: 2 Minutes 34 Secs.
Language: English
Notes: Arranger: Michael Davis.
Conference Center, Salt Lake City, Utah (12/15/2004 - 12/19/2004)
15. Un flambeau, Jeannette, Isabelle by Traditional
Performer: Richard Elliott (Organ)
Written: France
Date of Recording: 12/2005
Venue: Live Conference Center, Salt Lake City, Utah
Length: 2 Minutes 55 Secs.
Notes: Arranger: Keith Chapman.
16. What shall we give to the babe in the manger? by Traditional
Conductor: Craig Jessop
Orchestra/Ensemble: Mormon Tabernacle Choir, Orchestra at Temple Square
Written: France
Venue: Live Conference Center, Salt Lake City, Utah
Length: 4 Minutes 17 Secs.
Language: English
Notes: Arranger: Mack Wilberg.
Conference Center, Salt Lake City, Utah (12/11/2003 - 12/14/2003)
Prokofiev: Chout - The Buffoon - Rozhdestvenky - Melodiya
Covers + lossless, Not my Rip
S. PROKOFIEV
Chout
The Buffoon, Op. 21 (1985)
The USSR Ministry of Culture Symphony Orchestra/ Gnnadi Rozhdestvensky
Sergei Prokofiev: Chout, Op.21 (ballet in 6 scenes)
1 La chambre du Bouffon / The Buffoon's Parlor
2 Premier Entr'acte
3 Chez les sept bouffons / By the Seven Buffoons
4 Deuxième Entr'acte
5 Dans la cour du Bouffon / The Boufoon's Courtyard
6 Troisième Entr'acte
7 La chambre de reception des bouffons / The Bouffoon's Chamber
8 Quatrième Entr'acte
9 Le chambre à coucher du marchand / The Merchant's Bedroom
10 Cinquième Entr'acte
11 Le jardin du marchand / The Merchant's Garden
Links:
Prokofiev: Chout - The Buffoon - Rozhdestvenky - Melodiya
Covers + lossless, Not my Rip
S. PROKOFIEV
Chout
The Buffoon, Op. 21 (1985)
The USSR Ministry of Culture Symphony Orchestra/ Gnnadi Rozhdestvensky
Sergei Prokofiev: Chout, Op.21 (ballet in 6 scenes)
1 La chambre du Bouffon / The Buffoon's Parlor
2 Premier Entr'acte
3 Chez les sept bouffons / By the Seven Buffoons
4 Deuxième Entr'acte
5 Dans la cour du Bouffon / The Boufoon's Courtyard
6 Troisième Entr'acte
7 La chambre de reception des bouffons / The Bouffoon's Chamber
8 Quatrième Entr'acte
9 Le chambre à coucher du marchand / The Merchant's Bedroom
10 Cinquième Entr'acte
11 Le jardin du marchand / The Merchant's Garden
Links:
Saturday, July 30, 2011
Boris Tchaikovsky - Tishchenko: Cello Concertos - Monighetti - Rostropovich
Boris Tchaikovsky - Tishchenko: Cello Concertos - Monighetti - Rostropovich
R.Strauss: Prima Donnas - RCA
Covers + lossless, Not my Rip
A marvelous souvenir of great nights at the VSO.
"The two-CD set of `Strauss Prima Donnas' in Vienna begins with two extracts from the 1933 EMI highlights. Lehmann's Marschallin monologue is done as one remembered it to be. In the Rose Presentation Olszewska is a heavy, mezzo Octavian but Schumann, after 66 years, remains the sweetest and most accurate of Sophies. The Konetzni and Welitsch items - the latter's astonishing 1948 Salome - also derive from EMI's studios. The legendary 1944 Ariadne, given on Strauss's 80th birthday, has also been available before (DG, 11/94, and Preiser, 11/94). Gueden in the final scene of Daphne, ethereal, silver-voiced, is familiar from the DG issue (7/65R) of the complete performance.
Everything else here is new and taken live from the State Opera. The extracts from the 1955 Frau ohne Schatten has the same cast as the Decca studio set (4/68R) of the same year. The second extract has the young Rysanek singing fabulously as the Empress in her Act 3 solo. Schwarzkopf recorded the final scene of Capriccio in the studio, but here, in what must have been a memorable evening in 1960, she adds the extra frisson offered by a live occasion, singing with lustrous tone. Della Casa and Rothenberger were familiar partners as Arabella and Zdenka: this Act 1 scene is a nice souvenir of their collaboration. A year later, in a glorious, highly dramatic partnership, Nilsson and Waechter sing the Recognition scene from Elektra, and Janowitz is a lovely Ariadne. Here, as elsewhere, Böhm shows himself the supreme Strauss conductor he was, and his players excel themselves for him.
The final offerings, all three from Rosenkavalier, offer us three more Marschallins. Jurinac, who first broached the role at Covent Garden in 1966, and Ludwig as Octavian offer a performance to rival that of Reining and Jurinac... The second extract, from a State Opera performance in Moscow, takes up, more or less, where the first ends. The Marschallin (recorded on the State Opera's visit to Moscow) is not perhaps Rysanek's best Strauss role; she is not quite precise enough of rhythm or word; and Ludwig is a somewhat blowzy Octavian (compared with Jurinac). The set ends with the final duet under Bernstein's loving care, as sweettoothed as you might expect. Ludwig, now as the Marschallin, has only her `Ja, ja' to commend her. [A]s a whole this collection is a marvellous souvenir of great nights at the VSO."
-- Alan Blyth, Gramophone [3/2000]
1. Der Rosenkavalier, Op. 59: Da geht er hin, der aufgeblasene by Richard Strauss
Performer: Sena Jurinac (Soprano), Christa Ludwig (Mezzo Soprano)
Conductor: Heinz Wallberg
Orchestra/Ensemble: Vienna State Opera Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1909-1910; Germany
Date of Recording: 06/21/1972
Venue: Live Vienna, Austria
Length: 10 Minutes 30 Secs.
Language: German
Notes: This selection is a stereo recording.
2. Der Rosenkavalier, Op. 59: Mir ist..."Rose Presentation" by Richard Strauss
Performer: Maria Olszewska (Alto), Elisabeth Schumann (Soprano)
Conductor: Robert Heger
Orchestra/Ensemble: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1909-1910; Germany
Venue: Vienna, Austria
Length: 6 Minutes 10 Secs.
Language: German
Notes: This selection is a mono recording.
Vienna, Austria (09/20/1933 - 09/24/1933)
3. Ariadne auf Naxos, Op. 60: Sein wir wieder gut by Richard Strauss
Performer: Irmgard Seefried (Mezzo Soprano), Paul Schöffler (Baritone)
Conductor: Karl Böhm
Orchestra/Ensemble: Vienna State Opera Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1911/1916; Germany
Date of Recording: 06/11/1944
Venue: Live Vienna, Austria
Length: 3 Minutes 2 Secs.
Language: German
Notes: This selection is a mono recording.
4. Ariadne auf Naxos, Op. 60: Wo war ich? by Richard Strauss
Performer: Maria Reining (Soprano), Alda Noni (Soprano), Erich Kunz (Baritone)
Conductor: Karl Böhm
Orchestra/Ensemble: Vienna State Opera Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1911/1916; Germany
Date of Recording: 06/11/1944
Venue: Live Vienna, Austria
Length: 10 Minutes 43 Secs.
Language: German
Notes: This selection is a mono recording.
Composition written: Germany (1911).
Composition revised: Germany (1916).
5. Ariadne auf Naxos, Op. 60: Grossmächtige Prinzessin by Richard Strauss
Performer: Alda Noni (Soprano)
Conductor: Karl Böhm
Orchestra/Ensemble: Vienna State Opera Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1911/1916; Germany
Date of Recording: 06/11/1944
Venue: Live Vienna, Austria
Length: 11 Minutes 2 Secs.
Language: German
Notes: This selection is a mono recording.
6. Der Rosenkavalier, Op. 59: Kann mich auch an ein Mädel by Richard Strauss
Performer: Hilde Konetzni (Soprano)
Conductor: Herbert von Karajan
Orchestra/Ensemble: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1909-1910; Germany
Date of Recording: 12/15/1947
Venue: Vienna, Austria
Length: 4 Minutes 45 Secs.
Language: German
Notes: This selection is a mono recording.
7. Salome, Op. 54: Ah! Warum hast du mich nicht angeseh'n by Richard Strauss
Performer: Gertrude Schuster (Alto), Ljuba Welitsch (Soprano), Josef Witt (Tenor)
Conductor: Herbert von Karajan
Orchestra/Ensemble: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1903-1905; Germany
Venue: Vienna, Austria
Length: 10 Minutes 29 Secs.
Language: German
Notes: This selection is a mono recording.
Vienna, Austria (12/22/1948 - 12/24/1948)
8. Die Frau ohne Schatten, Op. 65: Was wollt ihr hier? by Richard Strauss
Performer: Leonie Rysanek (Soprano), Christel Goltz (Soprano), Elisabeth Höngen (Alto),
Karl Terkal (Tenor)
Conductor: Karl Böhm
Orchestra/Ensemble: Vienna State Opera Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: Germany
Date of Recording: 11/09/1955
Venue: Live Vienna, Austria
Length: 15 Minutes 26 Secs.
Language: German
Notes: This selection is a mono recording.
Composition written: Germany (1914 - 1918).
9. Die Frau ohne Schatten, Op. 65: Vater, bist du's? by Richard Strauss
Performer: Ludwig Weber (Bass Baritone), Leonie Rysanek (Soprano), Christel Goltz (Soprano),
Emmy Loose (Soprano)
Conductor: Karl Böhm
Orchestra/Ensemble: Vienna State Opera Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1914-1918; Germany
Date of Recording: 11/09/1955
Venue: Live Vienna, Austria
Length: 9 Minutes 49 Secs.
Language: German
Notes: This selection is a mono recording.
10. Capriccio, Op. 85: Morgenmittag um elf! by Richard Strauss
Performer: Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (Soprano)
Conductor: Karl Böhm
Orchestra/Ensemble: Vienna State Opera Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1940-1941; Germany
Date of Recording: 05/15/1960
Venue: Live Vienna, Austria
Length: 13 Minutes 28 Secs.
Language: German
Notes: This selection is a mono recording.
11. Arabella, Op. 79: Ich danke, Fräulein by Richard Strauss
Performer: Lisa Della Casa (Soprano), Anneliese Rothenberger (Soprano)
Conductor: Joseph Keilberth
Orchestra/Ensemble: Vienna State Opera Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1929-1932; Germany
Date of Recording: 06/21/1964
Venue: Live Vienna, Austria
Length: 10 Minutes 53 Secs.
Language: German
Notes: This selection is a stereo recording.
12. Daphne, Op. 82: Unheilvolle Daphne! by Richard Strauss
Performer: Hilde Gueden (Soprano)
Conductor: Karl Böhm
Orchestra/Ensemble: Vienna State Opera Orchestra
Date of Recording: 04/17/1964
Venue: Live Vienna, Austria
Length: 8 Minutes 20 Secs.
Language: German
Notes: This selection is a stereo recording.
13. Elektra, Op 58: Wer bist denn du? by Richard Strauss
Performer: Birgit Nilsson (Soprano), Eberhard Wächter ()
Conductor: Karl Böhm
Orchestra/Ensemble: Vienna State Opera Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1906-1908; Germany
Date of Recording: 12/16/1965
Venue: Live Vienna, Austria
Length: 12 Minutes 37 Secs.
Language: German
Notes: This selection is a stereo recording.
14. Ariadne auf Naxos, Op. 60: Es gibt ein Reich by Richard Strauss
Performer: Gundula Janowitz (Soprano)
Conductor: Karl Böhm
Orchestra/Ensemble: Vienna State Opera Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1911/1916; Germany
Date of Recording: 11/26/1976
Venue: Live Vienna, Austria
Length: 5 Minutes 19 Secs.
Language: German
Notes: This selection is a stereo recording.
15. Der Rosenkavalier, Op. 59: Die Zeit, die ist ein sonderbar by Richard Strauss
Performer: Leonie Rysanek (Soprano), Christa Ludwig (Mezzo Soprano)
Conductor: Heinz Wallberg
Orchestra/Ensemble: Vienna State Opera Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1909-1910; Germany
Date of Recording: 10/03/1971
Venue: Live Moscow, USSR
Length: 10 Minutes 1 Secs.
Language: German
Notes: This selection is a stereo recording.
16. Der Rosenkavalier, Op. 59: Ist ein Traum by Richard Strauss
Performer: Reri Grist (), Erich Kunz (), Christa Ludwig (Mezzo Soprano),
Dame Gwyneth Jones (Soprano)
Conductor: Leonard Bernstein
Orchestra/Ensemble: Vienna State Opera Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1909-1910; Germany
Date of Recording: 04/13/1968
Venue: Live Vienna, Austria
Length: 8 Minutes 1 Secs.
Language: German
Notes: This selection is a stereo recording.
Links:
R.Strauss: Prima Donnas - RCA
Covers + lossless, Not my Rip
A marvelous souvenir of great nights at the VSO.
"The two-CD set of `Strauss Prima Donnas' in Vienna begins with two extracts from the 1933 EMI highlights. Lehmann's Marschallin monologue is done as one remembered it to be. In the Rose Presentation Olszewska is a heavy, mezzo Octavian but Schumann, after 66 years, remains the sweetest and most accurate of Sophies. The Konetzni and Welitsch items - the latter's astonishing 1948 Salome - also derive from EMI's studios. The legendary 1944 Ariadne, given on Strauss's 80th birthday, has also been available before (DG, 11/94, and Preiser, 11/94). Gueden in the final scene of Daphne, ethereal, silver-voiced, is familiar from the DG issue (7/65R) of the complete performance.
Everything else here is new and taken live from the State Opera. The extracts from the 1955 Frau ohne Schatten has the same cast as the Decca studio set (4/68R) of the same year. The second extract has the young Rysanek singing fabulously as the Empress in her Act 3 solo. Schwarzkopf recorded the final scene of Capriccio in the studio, but here, in what must have been a memorable evening in 1960, she adds the extra frisson offered by a live occasion, singing with lustrous tone. Della Casa and Rothenberger were familiar partners as Arabella and Zdenka: this Act 1 scene is a nice souvenir of their collaboration. A year later, in a glorious, highly dramatic partnership, Nilsson and Waechter sing the Recognition scene from Elektra, and Janowitz is a lovely Ariadne. Here, as elsewhere, Böhm shows himself the supreme Strauss conductor he was, and his players excel themselves for him.
The final offerings, all three from Rosenkavalier, offer us three more Marschallins. Jurinac, who first broached the role at Covent Garden in 1966, and Ludwig as Octavian offer a performance to rival that of Reining and Jurinac... The second extract, from a State Opera performance in Moscow, takes up, more or less, where the first ends. The Marschallin (recorded on the State Opera's visit to Moscow) is not perhaps Rysanek's best Strauss role; she is not quite precise enough of rhythm or word; and Ludwig is a somewhat blowzy Octavian (compared with Jurinac). The set ends with the final duet under Bernstein's loving care, as sweettoothed as you might expect. Ludwig, now as the Marschallin, has only her `Ja, ja' to commend her. [A]s a whole this collection is a marvellous souvenir of great nights at the VSO."
-- Alan Blyth, Gramophone [3/2000]
1. Der Rosenkavalier, Op. 59: Da geht er hin, der aufgeblasene by Richard Strauss
Performer: Sena Jurinac (Soprano), Christa Ludwig (Mezzo Soprano)
Conductor: Heinz Wallberg
Orchestra/Ensemble: Vienna State Opera Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1909-1910; Germany
Date of Recording: 06/21/1972
Venue: Live Vienna, Austria
Length: 10 Minutes 30 Secs.
Language: German
Notes: This selection is a stereo recording.
2. Der Rosenkavalier, Op. 59: Mir ist..."Rose Presentation" by Richard Strauss
Performer: Maria Olszewska (Alto), Elisabeth Schumann (Soprano)
Conductor: Robert Heger
Orchestra/Ensemble: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1909-1910; Germany
Venue: Vienna, Austria
Length: 6 Minutes 10 Secs.
Language: German
Notes: This selection is a mono recording.
Vienna, Austria (09/20/1933 - 09/24/1933)
3. Ariadne auf Naxos, Op. 60: Sein wir wieder gut by Richard Strauss
Performer: Irmgard Seefried (Mezzo Soprano), Paul Schöffler (Baritone)
Conductor: Karl Böhm
Orchestra/Ensemble: Vienna State Opera Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1911/1916; Germany
Date of Recording: 06/11/1944
Venue: Live Vienna, Austria
Length: 3 Minutes 2 Secs.
Language: German
Notes: This selection is a mono recording.
4. Ariadne auf Naxos, Op. 60: Wo war ich? by Richard Strauss
Performer: Maria Reining (Soprano), Alda Noni (Soprano), Erich Kunz (Baritone)
Conductor: Karl Böhm
Orchestra/Ensemble: Vienna State Opera Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1911/1916; Germany
Date of Recording: 06/11/1944
Venue: Live Vienna, Austria
Length: 10 Minutes 43 Secs.
Language: German
Notes: This selection is a mono recording.
Composition written: Germany (1911).
Composition revised: Germany (1916).
5. Ariadne auf Naxos, Op. 60: Grossmächtige Prinzessin by Richard Strauss
Performer: Alda Noni (Soprano)
Conductor: Karl Böhm
Orchestra/Ensemble: Vienna State Opera Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1911/1916; Germany
Date of Recording: 06/11/1944
Venue: Live Vienna, Austria
Length: 11 Minutes 2 Secs.
Language: German
Notes: This selection is a mono recording.
6. Der Rosenkavalier, Op. 59: Kann mich auch an ein Mädel by Richard Strauss
Performer: Hilde Konetzni (Soprano)
Conductor: Herbert von Karajan
Orchestra/Ensemble: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1909-1910; Germany
Date of Recording: 12/15/1947
Venue: Vienna, Austria
Length: 4 Minutes 45 Secs.
Language: German
Notes: This selection is a mono recording.
7. Salome, Op. 54: Ah! Warum hast du mich nicht angeseh'n by Richard Strauss
Performer: Gertrude Schuster (Alto), Ljuba Welitsch (Soprano), Josef Witt (Tenor)
Conductor: Herbert von Karajan
Orchestra/Ensemble: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1903-1905; Germany
Venue: Vienna, Austria
Length: 10 Minutes 29 Secs.
Language: German
Notes: This selection is a mono recording.
Vienna, Austria (12/22/1948 - 12/24/1948)
8. Die Frau ohne Schatten, Op. 65: Was wollt ihr hier? by Richard Strauss
Performer: Leonie Rysanek (Soprano), Christel Goltz (Soprano), Elisabeth Höngen (Alto),
Karl Terkal (Tenor)
Conductor: Karl Böhm
Orchestra/Ensemble: Vienna State Opera Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: Germany
Date of Recording: 11/09/1955
Venue: Live Vienna, Austria
Length: 15 Minutes 26 Secs.
Language: German
Notes: This selection is a mono recording.
Composition written: Germany (1914 - 1918).
9. Die Frau ohne Schatten, Op. 65: Vater, bist du's? by Richard Strauss
Performer: Ludwig Weber (Bass Baritone), Leonie Rysanek (Soprano), Christel Goltz (Soprano),
Emmy Loose (Soprano)
Conductor: Karl Böhm
Orchestra/Ensemble: Vienna State Opera Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1914-1918; Germany
Date of Recording: 11/09/1955
Venue: Live Vienna, Austria
Length: 9 Minutes 49 Secs.
Language: German
Notes: This selection is a mono recording.
10. Capriccio, Op. 85: Morgenmittag um elf! by Richard Strauss
Performer: Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (Soprano)
Conductor: Karl Böhm
Orchestra/Ensemble: Vienna State Opera Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1940-1941; Germany
Date of Recording: 05/15/1960
Venue: Live Vienna, Austria
Length: 13 Minutes 28 Secs.
Language: German
Notes: This selection is a mono recording.
11. Arabella, Op. 79: Ich danke, Fräulein by Richard Strauss
Performer: Lisa Della Casa (Soprano), Anneliese Rothenberger (Soprano)
Conductor: Joseph Keilberth
Orchestra/Ensemble: Vienna State Opera Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1929-1932; Germany
Date of Recording: 06/21/1964
Venue: Live Vienna, Austria
Length: 10 Minutes 53 Secs.
Language: German
Notes: This selection is a stereo recording.
12. Daphne, Op. 82: Unheilvolle Daphne! by Richard Strauss
Performer: Hilde Gueden (Soprano)
Conductor: Karl Böhm
Orchestra/Ensemble: Vienna State Opera Orchestra
Date of Recording: 04/17/1964
Venue: Live Vienna, Austria
Length: 8 Minutes 20 Secs.
Language: German
Notes: This selection is a stereo recording.
13. Elektra, Op 58: Wer bist denn du? by Richard Strauss
Performer: Birgit Nilsson (Soprano), Eberhard Wächter ()
Conductor: Karl Böhm
Orchestra/Ensemble: Vienna State Opera Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1906-1908; Germany
Date of Recording: 12/16/1965
Venue: Live Vienna, Austria
Length: 12 Minutes 37 Secs.
Language: German
Notes: This selection is a stereo recording.
14. Ariadne auf Naxos, Op. 60: Es gibt ein Reich by Richard Strauss
Performer: Gundula Janowitz (Soprano)
Conductor: Karl Böhm
Orchestra/Ensemble: Vienna State Opera Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1911/1916; Germany
Date of Recording: 11/26/1976
Venue: Live Vienna, Austria
Length: 5 Minutes 19 Secs.
Language: German
Notes: This selection is a stereo recording.
15. Der Rosenkavalier, Op. 59: Die Zeit, die ist ein sonderbar by Richard Strauss
Performer: Leonie Rysanek (Soprano), Christa Ludwig (Mezzo Soprano)
Conductor: Heinz Wallberg
Orchestra/Ensemble: Vienna State Opera Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1909-1910; Germany
Date of Recording: 10/03/1971
Venue: Live Moscow, USSR
Length: 10 Minutes 1 Secs.
Language: German
Notes: This selection is a stereo recording.
16. Der Rosenkavalier, Op. 59: Ist ein Traum by Richard Strauss
Performer: Reri Grist (), Erich Kunz (), Christa Ludwig (Mezzo Soprano),
Dame Gwyneth Jones (Soprano)
Conductor: Leonard Bernstein
Orchestra/Ensemble: Vienna State Opera Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1909-1910; Germany
Date of Recording: 04/13/1968
Venue: Live Vienna, Austria
Length: 8 Minutes 1 Secs.
Language: German
Notes: This selection is a stereo recording.
Links:
Poulenc: Piano Concerto - Concerto for 2 Pianos - Organ Concerto - Roge - Dutoit - Decca
Covers + lossless, Not my Rip
A man ‘in love with life, mischievous, good-hearted, tender and pert, sad and serenely mystical, at once a monk and playboy’ was how Stéphane Audel remembered his friend Poulenc. A patchwork quilt of unforgettable ideas, alternately humorous and hallowed, elegantly crafted and exquisitely coloured, the three works on this new release are enduring testimonies to his ‘wildly eclectic’ art. Ghosts of the past, parodies of friends and contemporaries, lurk tantalisingly among their pages: Rachmaninov, Mahler, Copland in the Piano Concerto (1949); Balinese gamelan and Mozart in the divertissement Double Concerto (1932), described in the booklet notes as ‘a typical cocktail of all that seemed gay and good to Poulenc at the time’; Bach, Tchaikovsky (the Pathétique) in the rightly famous Organ Concerto (1939). Throughout, unmistakably, strolls the master ‘in that lazy way peculiar to him’ (Audel).
These are brilliant performances. No one understands the language or structure of this music better than Dutoit, and his three soloists are magnificent. Rogé and Deferne are on just the right side of brittleness, and Hurford’s sense of theatre and timing is compelling. The Philharmonia, tight in ensemble and rhythmically athletic, are in a class of their own. Demonstration quality sound, not least in the Organ Concerto (recorded in St Alban’s Cathedral).
Performance: 5 (out of 5); Sound: 5 (out or 5)
-- Ates Orga, BBC Music Magazine
1. Concerto for Piano by Francis Poulenc
Performer: Pascal Rogé (Piano)
Conductor: Charles Dutoit
Orchestra/Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1949; France
Date of Recording: 02/1992
Venue: Walthamstow Town Hall, London, England
Length: 19 Minutes 21 Secs.
2. Concerto for 2 Pianos in D minor by Francis Poulenc
Performer: Pascal Rogé (Piano), Sylviane Deferne (Piano)
Conductor: Charles Dutoit
Orchestra/Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1932; France
Date of Recording: 02/1992
Venue: Walthamstow Town Hall, London, England
Length: 18 Minutes 21 Secs.
3. Concerto for Organ, Strings and Timpani in G minor by Francis Poulenc
Performer: Peter Hurford (Organ)
Conductor: Charles Dutoit
Orchestra/Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1938; France
Date of Recording: 02/1992
Venue: St. Albans Cathedral, London, England
Length: 22 Minutes 4 Secs.
Links:
Poulenc: Piano Concerto - Concerto for 2 Pianos - Organ Concerto - Roge - Dutoit - Decca
Covers + lossless, Not my Rip
A man ‘in love with life, mischievous, good-hearted, tender and pert, sad and serenely mystical, at once a monk and playboy’ was how Stéphane Audel remembered his friend Poulenc. A patchwork quilt of unforgettable ideas, alternately humorous and hallowed, elegantly crafted and exquisitely coloured, the three works on this new release are enduring testimonies to his ‘wildly eclectic’ art. Ghosts of the past, parodies of friends and contemporaries, lurk tantalisingly among their pages: Rachmaninov, Mahler, Copland in the Piano Concerto (1949); Balinese gamelan and Mozart in the divertissement Double Concerto (1932), described in the booklet notes as ‘a typical cocktail of all that seemed gay and good to Poulenc at the time’; Bach, Tchaikovsky (the Pathétique) in the rightly famous Organ Concerto (1939). Throughout, unmistakably, strolls the master ‘in that lazy way peculiar to him’ (Audel).
These are brilliant performances. No one understands the language or structure of this music better than Dutoit, and his three soloists are magnificent. Rogé and Deferne are on just the right side of brittleness, and Hurford’s sense of theatre and timing is compelling. The Philharmonia, tight in ensemble and rhythmically athletic, are in a class of their own. Demonstration quality sound, not least in the Organ Concerto (recorded in St Alban’s Cathedral).
Performance: 5 (out of 5); Sound: 5 (out or 5)
-- Ates Orga, BBC Music Magazine
1. Concerto for Piano by Francis Poulenc
Performer: Pascal Rogé (Piano)
Conductor: Charles Dutoit
Orchestra/Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1949; France
Date of Recording: 02/1992
Venue: Walthamstow Town Hall, London, England
Length: 19 Minutes 21 Secs.
2. Concerto for 2 Pianos in D minor by Francis Poulenc
Performer: Pascal Rogé (Piano), Sylviane Deferne (Piano)
Conductor: Charles Dutoit
Orchestra/Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1932; France
Date of Recording: 02/1992
Venue: Walthamstow Town Hall, London, England
Length: 18 Minutes 21 Secs.
3. Concerto for Organ, Strings and Timpani in G minor by Francis Poulenc
Performer: Peter Hurford (Organ)
Conductor: Charles Dutoit
Orchestra/Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1938; France
Date of Recording: 02/1992
Venue: St. Albans Cathedral, London, England
Length: 22 Minutes 4 Secs.
Links:
Poulenc: Concert Champetre - Sinfonietta - Roge - Dutoit - Decca
Covers + lossless, Not my Rip
1. Sinfonietta pour orchestre - 1. Allegro con fuoco 8:37
2. Sinfonietta pour orchestre - 2. Molto vivace 5:54
3. Sinfonietta pour orchestre - 3. Andante cantabile 7:23
4. Sinfonietta pour orchestre - 4. Finale 6:25
5. Concert Champêtre - Allegro molto 10:36
6. Concert Champêtre - Andante 6:04
7. Concert Champêtre - Finale 8:07
8. Hommage à Albert Roussel, FP50 - For small orchestra - Pièce brève sur le nom d'Albert Roussel 2:07
9. Variations sur le nom de Marguerite Long - Bucolique 2:26
10. Fanfare 2:51
11. Deux Marches et un Intermède - 1. Marche (1889) 1:35
12. Deux Marches et un Intermède - 2. Intermède champêtre 1:49
13. Deux Marches et un Intermède - 3. March (1937) 1:50
14. Suite française for small orchestra - 1. Bransle de Bourgogne 1:22
15. Suite française for small orchestra - 2. Pavane 2:25
16. Suite française for small orchestra - 3. Petite marche militaire 1:06
17. Suite française for small orchestra - 4. Complainte 1:29
18. Suite française for small orchestra - 5. Bransle de Champagne 1:42
19. Suite française for small orchestra - 6. Sicilienne 1:53
20. Suite française for small orchestra - 7. Carillon 1:37
Links:
Poulenc: Concert Champetre - Sinfonietta - Roge - Dutoit - Decca
Covers + lossless, Not my Rip
1. Sinfonietta pour orchestre - 1. Allegro con fuoco 8:37
2. Sinfonietta pour orchestre - 2. Molto vivace 5:54
3. Sinfonietta pour orchestre - 3. Andante cantabile 7:23
4. Sinfonietta pour orchestre - 4. Finale 6:25
5. Concert Champêtre - Allegro molto 10:36
6. Concert Champêtre - Andante 6:04
7. Concert Champêtre - Finale 8:07
8. Hommage à Albert Roussel, FP50 - For small orchestra - Pièce brève sur le nom d'Albert Roussel 2:07
9. Variations sur le nom de Marguerite Long - Bucolique 2:26
10. Fanfare 2:51
11. Deux Marches et un Intermède - 1. Marche (1889) 1:35
12. Deux Marches et un Intermède - 2. Intermède champêtre 1:49
13. Deux Marches et un Intermède - 3. March (1937) 1:50
14. Suite française for small orchestra - 1. Bransle de Bourgogne 1:22
15. Suite française for small orchestra - 2. Pavane 2:25
16. Suite française for small orchestra - 3. Petite marche militaire 1:06
17. Suite française for small orchestra - 4. Complainte 1:29
18. Suite française for small orchestra - 5. Bransle de Champagne 1:42
19. Suite française for small orchestra - 6. Sicilienne 1:53
20. Suite française for small orchestra - 7. Carillon 1:37
Links:
Friday, July 29, 2011
Ozawa - Poulenc - Les mamelles de Tiresias - Bonney - Philips
Covers + lossless, Not my Rip
1. Les mamelles de Tirésias by Francis Poulenc
Performer: Barbara Bonney (Soprano), Jean-Paul Fouchécourt (Tenor), Marc Oswald (Baritone),
Wolfgang Holzmair (Baritone), Gordon Gietz (Tenor), Graham Clark (Tenor),
Akemi Sakamoto (Mezzo Soprano), Anthony Dean Griffey (Tenor), Jean-Philippe Lafont (Baritone)
Conductor: Seiji Ozawa
Orchestra/Ensemble: Saito Kinen Orchestra, Tokyo Opera Singers
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1944; France
Date of Recording: 09/1996
Venue: Bunka Kaikan, Matsumoto, Japan
Length: 53 Minutes 49 Secs.
Language: French
2. Le bal masqué by Francis Poulenc
Performer: Tatsuya Yabe (Violin), Koya Nakatani (Percussion), Michel Béroff (Piano),
Fumiaki Miyamoto (Oboe), Tsuyoshi Tsutsumi (Cello), Wolfgang Holzmair (Baritone),
Karl Leister (Clarinet), Akio Koyama (Bassoon), Timothy Morrison (Trumpet),
Sawako Suziki (Percussion)
Conductor: Seiji Ozawa
Orchestra/Ensemble: Saito Kinen Orchestra
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1932; France
Date of Recording: 09/1996
Venue: Bunka Kaikan, Matsumoto, Japan
Length: 18 Minutes 5 Secs.
Language: French
Links:
Ozawa - Poulenc - Les mamelles de Tiresias - Bonney - Philips
Covers + lossless, Not my Rip
1. Les mamelles de Tirésias by Francis Poulenc
Performer: Barbara Bonney (Soprano), Jean-Paul Fouchécourt (Tenor), Marc Oswald (Baritone),
Wolfgang Holzmair (Baritone), Gordon Gietz (Tenor), Graham Clark (Tenor),
Akemi Sakamoto (Mezzo Soprano), Anthony Dean Griffey (Tenor), Jean-Philippe Lafont (Baritone)
Conductor: Seiji Ozawa
Orchestra/Ensemble: Saito Kinen Orchestra, Tokyo Opera Singers
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1944; France
Date of Recording: 09/1996
Venue: Bunka Kaikan, Matsumoto, Japan
Length: 53 Minutes 49 Secs.
Language: French
2. Le bal masqué by Francis Poulenc
Performer: Tatsuya Yabe (Violin), Koya Nakatani (Percussion), Michel Béroff (Piano),
Fumiaki Miyamoto (Oboe), Tsuyoshi Tsutsumi (Cello), Wolfgang Holzmair (Baritone),
Karl Leister (Clarinet), Akio Koyama (Bassoon), Timothy Morrison (Trumpet),
Sawako Suziki (Percussion)
Conductor: Seiji Ozawa
Orchestra/Ensemble: Saito Kinen Orchestra
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1932; France
Date of Recording: 09/1996
Venue: Bunka Kaikan, Matsumoto, Japan
Length: 18 Minutes 5 Secs.
Language: French
Links:
Bernstein - Debussy: The Martyrdom of Saint Sebastian - Sony
Bernstein - Debussy: The Martyrdom of Saint Sebastian - Sony
Blu-ray - Khachaturian - Acosta: Spartacus - Decca
BDRip 720 | 1280x720, x264 | DTS
This is one of the most powerful ballets in the Bolshoi’s repertory, and regarded as a milestone in the history of ballet for men. The Bolshoi dancers regard it as central to their dance art. The story of the slave uprising in early Rome led by gladiator Spartacus was a natural fit for Soviet culture, even though the uprising was ill-fated. The Romans represented the Tsarist regime of course, and the downtrodden slaves the proletariat. With the end of the Soviet Union the ballet was out of favor for a time, but has now been revived for a third run and its success revolves around the work’s new star - Cuban dancer Carlos Acosta.
Acosta didn’t know a word of Russian when he came to rehearse with the Bolshoi dancers, but Cuba has a history of Russian and other ballet leaders having been active on the island. Acosta seems to have been born for the part. He is tremendously athletic as the rebel slave, and most of all an excellent actor, as is his partner Nina Kaptsova. The facial expressions are focused on strongly, both by occasional close ups and by the high resolution of the Blu-ray transfer. However, the majority of the shots are full stage, which would frequently be a big blur if not for the high def of Blu-ray. The live performance was videotaped in January of last year when the Bolshoi performed it at the Palais Garnier of the Paris Opera.
Of the other two primary dancers - Alexander Volchkov as the Roman general Crassus and Maria Allash as Aegina the courtesan, his consort, Allash is superb. Aegina rules with Crassus, even visiting some of Spartacus’ soldiers before the final battle to get them drunk and distracted with her lascivious dance. Crassus is supposed to embody the power of Rome, and he finally brutally attacks Spartacus - who had saved his life. But Volchkov is a bit too “nice” in his body language and movements - not a proper opponent for Spartacus. Khachaturian’s music is some of his most colorful and exotic. The famous Adagio is its best-known excerpt and Acosta and Kaptsova’s pas de deux to it is a highlight of the ballet. Khachaturian’s score is credited by the dancers with being perfectly matched with Grigorovich’s choreography.
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