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2022-02-26 10:15:50
The Last Castrato: Max Hoehn and Torsten Rasch on their new collaboration as part of Opera21's platform for new opera
[…] by the subject, so he finds Max's ideas exciting. By writing 18 minutes of the opera and recording it, they have effectively created a pilot version of the work; this is common in television but less so in new opera and Max loves the music Torsten has written. They came together in London last year to create the recordings, despite restrictions. Alessandro Moreschi (1858-1922) was the last-ever castrato employed by the Pope in the Sistine Chapel Choir. In 1902 and 1904, Fred Gaisberg (1873-1951) of the Gramophone Company recorded Moreschi and the results are both haunting and tantalising, the only audio documentation that we have of the castrato voice [you can hear him on YouTube and you can still get the collected recordings originally released on Opal on Amazon]. The story appealed to Max because music is at its heart, though they do not try to imitate the castrato voice, […]
2022-01-27 16:13:56
Inspired by the Sistine Chapel: Peter Phillips & The Tallis Scholars explore some of the riches written for the Papal choir
The choir loft of the Sistine Chapel in the early 17th century (1848 copy by Ingres of a painting by Agostino Tassi) Inspired by the Sistine Chapel; Palestrina, Morales, Festa, Carpentras, Allegri, Josquin; The Tallis Scholars, Peter Phillips; Cadogan Hall Reviewed by Robert Hugill on 26 January 2022 Star rating: 4.0 (★★★★) Music by Palestrina and his contemporaries showing off the richness of the treasures performed by the Sistine Chapel ChoirA whole host of musicians worked for the Sistine Chapel Choir, leaving a wealth of music that was written specifically for the choir. Often not well known, because the manuscripts were jealously guarded by the Popes, this is a repertoire usually known simply for a few highlights. At Cadogan Hall on Wednesday 26 January 2021, the Tallis Scholars and Peter Phillips presented Inspired by the Sistine Chapel, a programme of music written for the Sistine Chapel Choir. […]
2020-12-21 01:41:00
The Annual Christmas post
[…] 110, BWV 190 Thomanerchor Leipzig Gewandhausorchester Georg Christoph Biller - direction Label: Rondeau ROP4043 Recorded January 2011 [flac & scans] Download 1fichier uptobox zippy Georg Philipp Telemann (1681-1767) Advent Cantatas GSOConsort Gudrun Sidoni Otto - direction Label: CPO 777 955-2 Recorded December 2013 [flac & scans] Download 1fichier uptobox zippy Veni Domine - Advent & Christmas at the Sistine Chapel Cecilia Bartoli (mezzo-soprano) Sistine Chapel Choir Massimo Palombella - direction Label: DG 479 7524 Recorded: Feb/May/Sept 2017 [flac & scans] Download 1fichier uptobox zippy Le Premier Noël Works of Dubois, Franck, Capplau, Holmes, Bizet and others Marc Hervieux - tenor Les Disciples de Massenet Regis Rousseau - organ Jennifer Schwartz - harp Label: Atma ACD22619 Recorded June 2009 [flacs & scans] Download 1fichier uptobox zippy Gott wird geboren... Christmas […]
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2019-11-22 19:38:17
Renaissance Composers?
I just had the pleasure of hearing Palestrina's Missa Papae Marcelli performed by the Sistine Chapel Choir (the 2016 recording is amazing) and I realized I feel like renaissance composers are often rarely talked about (at least among my music professors etc) Who are some of you're favorites, and why (to some extent) is renaissance …
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