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Category Archives: CD
Vivaldi: Concerti per fagotto III
Vivaldi: Concerti per fagotto III Sergio Azzolini; L’Aura Soave Cremona/ Diego Cantalupi (Naïve OP 30539) Vivaldi was a prolific advocate for the bassoon, composing 39 concertos – more than for any instrument other than his own, the violin. While the … Continue reading
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Superb Rachmaninov triptych from Bergen
Rachmaninov: Symphonic Dances; The Rock; The Isle of the Dead Andrew Litton/Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra (BIS) A couple of decades ago, the partnership of Mariss Jansons and the Oslo Philharmonic yielded some terrific discs, initially for Chandos (a splendid set of … Continue reading
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Tagged Andrew Litton, Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, BIS, IRR, Rachmaninov, Symphonic Dances, The Isle of the Dead
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A whiff of greasepaint: Verdi crackling with theatricality from Chailly at La Scala
Viva Verdi! Filarmonica della Scala/ Riccardo Chailly (Decca 478 3559) Riccardo Chailly conducts Verdi at La Scala all too infrequently. In the past decade, there has been a 2006 Rigoletto, followed by the Franco Zeffirelli production of Aida, where Roberto … Continue reading
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Tagged Aida, Alzira, Decca, Filarmonica della Scala, Giovanna d'Arco, I vespri siciliani, Il corsaro, Jérusalem, La forza del destino, La traviata, Macbeth, Nabucco, Riccardo Chailly, Verdi
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Twilight of the Gods: an abattoir of ‘bleeding chunks’
Wagner: Der Ring des Nibelungen (highlights): DG The cover of “Twilight of the Gods” features Bryn Terfel brooding darkly, a raven perched on his shoulder. Twilight of the Gods? But isn’t Wotan out of the picture by Götterdämmerung? Despite the … Continue reading
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Tagged Bryn Terfel, Das Rheingold, Deborah Voigt, Der Ring des Nibelungen, DG, Die Walküre, Dwayne Croft, Eric Owens, Eva-Maria Westbroek, Gerhard Siegel, Götterdämmerung, Hans-Peter König, IRR, James Levine, Jay Hunter Morris, Jonas Kaufmann, Metropolitan Opera, Mojca Erdmann, Robert Lepage, Siegfried, Stephanie Blythe, Wagner
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Essential listening: Brüggen’s Beethoven
Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 1-9; Rebecca Nash, Wilke te Brummelstroete, Marcel Beekman, Michael Tews; Laurens Collegium & Cantorij, Rotterdam; Orchestra of the Eighteenth Century/ Frans Brüggen (Glossa SACD, 5 discs, GCDSA 921116) What is the point of period instrument Beethoven any … Continue reading