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2013-10-27 13:26:13
Sunday at the Philharmonie: Schoenberg's Gurre-Lieder
Arnold Schoenberg’s Gurre-Lieder, a large-scale cantata based on an ancient Danish saga, is being performed for the second and final time tonight by the Berlin Philharmoniker and chief conductor Simon Rattle. Based on the evidence of Friday’s dress rehearsal, the gargantuan orchestral forces (8 horns, four harps, 7 clarinets!), choral component (three choirs are taking part - Rundfunkchor Berlin, MDR Rundfunkchor Leipzig and WDR Rundfunkchor Köln) and the six accomplished soloists combine organically to produce an overwhelming, full-on effect. Whether or not it stirs you will depend mostly on how you view this very self-consciously Wagnerian work, dripping with late Romanticism and, especially in the later parts indulgent Mahlerian coloristic outpourings. The most promising singers (based on Friday’s sneak peak) are heldentenor Stephen Gould as the grief-stricken Waldemar (Schoenberg had Tristan on the brain when writing the role) and the thrillingly full-throated lyrical Finnish soprano Soile Isokoski as the doomed Trove. […]
2013-04-07 01:00:00
Once upon a Time in Darmstadt # 2 - The Venetians
[…] Elena Casoli, GuitarOrchestra Sinfonica di Milano "G. Verdi"Sandro GorliStradivarius 33574 (1998) Bruno MadernaSerenata per un SatelliteAulodia per LotharWidmungQuartetto per ArchiViola Ex Novo EnsembleStradivarius 33330 (1993)Luigi NonoDas atmende Klarsein... sofferte onde serene...Con Luigi Dallapiccola Markus Hinterhäuser, Piano Eva Furrer, Bass Flute Südfunk-Chor StuttgartBeat FurrerCol Legno 31871 (1994)Luigi NonoIntolleranza 1960 David Rampy, Urszula Koszut, Kathryn Harries,Jarrold van der Schaaf, Wolfgang Probst.Chor des Staatsoper und Staatsorchester StuttgartBernhard KontarskyTeldec 4509-97304-2 (1995)Luigi NonoCori di DidoneDa un diario italianoDas atmende Klarsein WDR Rundfunkchor Köln (Diario)SWR Vokalensemble StuttgartRupert HuberHänssler Classic 93-022 (1995) Luigi NonoComo una ola de fuerza y luz... sofferte onde serene...Contrappunto dialettico alla mente Slavka Taskova, SopranoMaurizio Pollini, PianoSymphonie-Orchester des Bayerischen RundfunksClaudio AbbadoLiliana Poli, Soprano; Coro da Camera della RAI di RomaNino Antonellini (Contrappunto)DGG 423 248-2 (1979) Luigi NonoFragmente - Stille, An Diotima LaSalle QuartetDGG 415 513-2 (1983)Luigi NonoLa lontananza nostalgica utopica futura"Hay que caminar" soñando Gidon Kremer, Tatiana Grindenko, ViolinDGG 435 870-2 (1992)Luigi NonoIl […]
2013-02-16 07:00:21
Classical music: Here are the Classical Music WINNERS of this year’s Grammy Awards, complete with the nominees they beat.
[…] Opera Chorus); [Deutsche Grammophon] 74. Best Choral Performance Handel: Israel In Egypt: Julian Wachner, conductor (Trinity Baroque Orchestra; Trinity Choir Wall Street); [Musica Omnia] WINNER: Life & Breath – Choral Works By René Clausen; Charles Bruffy, conductor (Matthew Gladden, Lindsey Lang, Rebecca Lloyd, Sarah Tannehill & Pamela Williamson; Kansas City Chorale); [Chandos] Ligeti: Requiem; Apparitions; San Francisco Polyphony. Peter Eötvös, conductor (Barbara Hannigan & Susan Parry; WDR Sinfonieorchester; Köln; SWR Vokalensemble Stuttgart & WDR Rundfunkchor Köln); [BMC] The Nightingale. Stephen Layton, conductor (Michala Petri; Danish National Vocal Ensemble); [OUR Recordings] Striggio: Mass For 40 & 60 Voices. Hervé Niquet, conductor (Le Concert Spirituel); [Glossa] 75. Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance Americana. Modern Mandolin Quartet; [Sono Luminus] WINNER: Meanwhile. Eighth Blackbird. [Cedille Records] (below) Mind Meld. ZOFO Duet; [Sono Luminus] Profanes Et Sacrées. Boston Symphony Chamber Players; BSO Classics] Rupa-Khandha. Los Angeles Percussion Quartet; [Sono Luminus]. […]
2013-02-13 18:11:11
GRAMMY AWARDS 2013: ECCO LA LISTA DEI NOMINATI E VINCITORI DELLA 55esima EDIZIONE DEGLI OSCAR DELLA MUSICA
[…] Performance “Life & Breath – Choral Works By René Clausen” Charles Bruffy , conductor (Matthew Gladden, Lindsey Lang, Rebecca Lloyd, Sarah Tannehill & Pamela Williamson; Kansas City Chorale ) “Handel: Israel In Egypt” Julian Wachner, conductor (Trinity Baroque Orchestra ; Trinity Choir Wall Street) “Ligeti: Requiem; Apparitions; San Francisco Polyphony” Peter Eötvös , conductor (Barbara Hannigan & Susan Parry; WDR Sinfonieorchester Köln ; SWR Vokalensemble Stuttgart & WDR Rundfunkchor Köln) “The Nightingale” Stephen Layton , conductor (Michala Petri ; Danish National Vocal Ensemble) “Striggio: Mass For 40 & 60 Voices” Hervé Niquet , conductor (Le Concert Spirituel) Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance “Meanwhile” – Eighth Blackbird “Americana” – Modern Mandolin Quartet “Mind Meld” – ZOFO Duet “Profanes Et Sacrées” – Boston Symphony Chamber Players “Rupa-Khandha” – […]
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