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Verdi: Requiem (Gardiner, Plasson, Pritchard & Thielemann)
Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901) Messa di Requiem Luba Orgonasova (soprano), Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo-soprano), Luca Canonici (tenor), Alastair Miles (bass) Quattro Pezzi Sacri Donna Brown (soprano) Monteverdi Choir, Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique John Eliot Gardiner (conductor) 1995 Flac File Messa di Requiem Julia Varady (soprano), Felicity Palmer (mezzo), Keith Olsen (tenor), Roberto Scandiuzzi (bass) Orfeón Donostiarra Choir, Toulouse Capitole Orchestra Michel Plasson (conductor) 1997 Flac Files Messa di Requiem Julia Varady (soprano), Dolora Zajick (mezzo-soprano), Dennis O'Neill (tenor), Evgeny Nesterenko (bass) Bach Choir, BBC Symphony Chorus, London Philharmonic Choir, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Sir John Pritchard (conductor) Recorded live at the BBC Proms 22nd July 1988 Flac Files (NB: Not my front cover, which […]
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2020-02-02 16:37:00
The best new classical albums: January 2020
[…] his natural, unmannered freedom, Hough can be ranged alongside Radu Lupu (though the 1982 Decca recording quality cannot compare). Both join hands with the treasurable few Brahms recordings that have survived from Ilona Eibenschütz, friend of the composer who gave the private premieres of Op.118 and Op.119.Source: Michelle Assay (gramophone.co.uk) Gustav Mahler: Symphony No.8 "Symphony of a Thousand"Simone Schneider, sopranoJacquelyn Wagner, sopranoRegula Mühlemann, sopranoKatharina Magiera, contraltoClaudia Mahnke, mezzo-sopranoSimon O'Neill, tenorMichael Nagy, baritoneEvgeny Nikitin, bassPhilharmonischer Chor München(Chorus Master: Andreas Herrmann)Orfeón Donostiarra(Chorus Master: José Antonio Sainz Alfaro)Augsburger Domsingknaben(Chorus Master: Reinhard Kammler)Münchner PhilharmonikerConductor: Valery GergievRecorded at the Philharmonie de Paris on February 17, 2019Released on January 17, 2020 by Münchner PhilharmonikerHardly any other concert marks the city of Munich's musical history as strikingly as the premiere of Gustav Mahler's 8th symphony, the Symphony of a Thousand, which struck real waves of enthusiasm within the city's cultural scene, and beyond. It marked a memorable triumph for the composer, […]
2016-08-14 17:03:00
Poetic Thoughts : Mahler 8 Chailly Lucerne Festival
[…] I think more on the misogyny of some listeners than on the performance itself. In Symphony no 8 with its message oif equanamity, union and creative rebirth, that graciousness and sensitivity is paramount. Thus the luxuriant conclusion, in which triumph is achieved without violence; redemption reached through love, not dominance, affirmation, not neurosis. This Second Part proved the wisdom of the size and spacing of the choruses (Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Orfeón Donostiarra, Latvian Radio Choir, Tölzer Knabenchor). Because the sound was thoughtfully spread across the auditorium, the singers could sing naturally, without undue force, thus exemplifying the idea of angels and innocents, purity trouncing demonic forces. " Gloria ! Gloria!" for good reasons. The finale connected extremely well with the final chorus in the First Part. This performance probably wasn't "Mahler 8th for beginners" because it emphasized the "poetic thoughts" Mahler […]
2016-01-23 03:30:00
Opera Favourites #3 - Il Cigno di Busseto
[…] Messa da Requiem Barbara Frittoli, Olga Borodina, Mario Zeffiri, Ildar Abdrazakov Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Chorus Riccardo Muti CSOR 901 1006 (2010) Giuseppe Verdi Messa da Requiem Anja Harteros, Sonia Ganassi, Rolando Villazón, René Pape Coro e Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia Antonio Pappano EMI 6 98936 2 (2009) - Courtesy of Cecco Giuseppe Verdi Messa da Requiem Angela Gheorghiu, Daniela Barcellona, Roberto Alagna, Julian Konstantinov Swedish Radio, Eric Ericson & Orfeón Donostiarra Choruses Berliner Philharmoniker Claudio Abbado EMI 5 57168 2 (2001) Giuseppe Verdi Messa da Requiem Eva Mei, Bernarda Fink, Michael Schade, Ildebrando d'Arcangelo Arnold Schoenberg Chor & Wiener Philharmoniker Nikolaus Harnoncourt RCA 82876 61244 2 (2004) Flac & Scans
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