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Re: What are you listening two?
Posted: Wed Jul 23, 2014 12:00 am
by Jose Echenique
It`s a long time since France produced a large voiced dramatic soprano like Regine Crespin, but they keep making glorious, light, lovely lyric sopranos like Veronique Gens, Sandrine Piau and now Sabine Devieilhe, who not only sings splendidly, but also communicates a mischievous, charming personality.
This is one of the rare Rameau opera arias recitals, since his arias are very short they don´t lend themselves to this kind of recitals, but this is wisely done alternating dances and duets with the arias. The ensemble Les Ambassadeurs, new to me, are prodigious, they play with brilliance and flair, and since this recitals goes over 81 minutes it´s also very generous. A very, very good recording.
Re: What are you listening two?
Posted: Wed Jul 23, 2014 11:09 pm
by mcq
Listening tonight to Mozart's late quartets as performed by the Alban Berg Quartet on Teldec. Utterly glorious music presented here in some of their finest performances. Just like all of the great music, there may never be enough time in one's life to unlock all of its encoded secrets. So much technical invention on display here, but, more importantly, so much interior emotion was laid down in this marvellous music.
Re: What are you listening two?
Posted: Thu Jul 24, 2014 8:10 pm
by DaveF
Symphonies 3 & 4
Re: What are you listening two?
Posted: Thu Jul 24, 2014 8:16 pm
by fergus
A great version.
Re: What are you listening two?
Posted: Sat Jul 26, 2014 10:16 am
by fergus
Saturday morning listening....
Re: What are you listening two?
Posted: Sat Jul 26, 2014 4:06 pm
by fergus
Re: What are you listening two?
Posted: Sat Jul 26, 2014 6:33 pm
by fergus
Berlioz: Harold in Italy....
Re: What are you listening two?
Posted: Sat Jul 26, 2014 7:58 pm
by Jose Echenique
DFD surprisingly was a good conductor, far better than Plácido Domingo. Besides that Harold en Italie he also recorded a very sound and elegant Brahms Fourth with the Czech Philharmonic.
Re: What are you listening two?
Posted: Sat Jul 26, 2014 8:01 pm
by Jose Echenique
And since today we mourn the passing of Carlo Bergonzi, one of the greatest tenors of the 20th Century, let´s revisit this glorious duets recital, two titans together who are now leading voices in the Heavenly Choir.
Re: What are you listening two?
Posted: Sun Jul 27, 2014 12:51 pm
by fergus
Jose Echenique wrote:DFD surprisingly was a good conductor, far better than Plácido Domingo. Besides that Harold en Italie he also recorded a very sound and elegant Brahms Fourth with the Czech Philharmonic.
I never even knew that he conducted before I recently bought the above album Pepe. Not that I have heard too many "Harolds" but I found this one to be excellent! I must investigate that Brahms Fourth.
