André Grétry News
composer from present-day Belgium (1741–1813)
- opera, opéra comique
- France, Prince-Bishopric of Liège
- composer, writer
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2024-03-21 10:16:00
The Queen of Spades, Deutsche Oper, 20 March 2024
[…] noted the situation, it is better to move on to discuss what it is we see and hear. Chekalinsky (Chance Jonas-O'Toole), Tomsky (Lucio Gallo), Surin (Kyle Miller) Layering of memory is a particular strength. Tchaikovsky – and his brother and librettist, Modest, as well of course as Pushkin – play with memories of the eighteenth century. That is doubled by the Countess’s memories of her ‘own’, earlier eighteenth century, Mme de Pompadour and all. The Grétry air is another case in point. In this production, without being merely indeterminate or arbitrary, which would defeat the point, further nesting occurs, for instance in the silent film excerpts (from a Russian adaptation of 1916), but also in the dressing and undressing of particular characters at different points, as well as in broader designs. Spanning three centuries – the nineteenth may not be overtly depicted on stage, but it is always present – […]
2023-10-16 04:00:00
Grands Motets pour Louis XVI (Jean-Claude Malgoire, Les Agremens)
André-Ernest-Modeste Grétry (1741-1813) Confitebor tibi DomineFrançois-Joseph Gossec (1734-1829) Terribilis est locus isteFrançois Giroust (1738-1799) Benedic anima meaJean-Claude Malgoire, Les Agremens(Period Instruments)K617181 (2005)[Flac & Scans]
2023-06-22 04:00:00
Beethoven: The Early Piano Variations (Ronald Brautigam)
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)Variations on Dittersdorf's ''Es war einmal ein alter Mann,'' WoO 66Variations on Haibel's ''Menuett à la Viganò,'' in C major, WoO 68Variations on Paisiello's ''Quant è Più Bello,'' in A major, WoO 69Variations on Paisiello's on ''Nel Cor Più'' in G major, WoO 70Variations on a Russian Dance by Wranitzky's in A major, WoO 71Variations on Grétry's ''Une fièvre brûlante,'' for C major, WoO 72Variations on Salieri's ''La Stessa, le Stessissima, WoO 73Variations on Winter's ''Kind willst du,'' in F major, WoO 75 Ronald Brautigam, FortepianoGlobe GLO 5095 (1993)[Flac & Scans]
2023-04-12 04:00:00
Gretry: Richard Coeur de Lion (Hervé Niquet, Le Concert Spirituel)
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