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Norwegian opera singer
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2023-02-17 00:00:00
Grieg, Halvorsen, Rangstrom, Ravel, Saeverud, Selmer, Svendsen & Tveitt: Orchestral Works (Michail Jurowski & Sigurd Slåttebrekk)
[…] 05 Johan Selmer (1844 - 1910): Prometheus. Symphonic Poem, op.50 [33'14]Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Michail JurowskiSimax PSC1233 [recorded August 2003; issued 2006][digital download; flacs, cover and inlay scans - no booklet]Recording venue: Konserthus, Oslo, NorwayRecording engineers: Elisabeth Sommernes & Marit Askeland; Producer: Krzysztof DrabAnd one of a Swedish composer, this time recorded in Sweden:Ture Rangström (1884 - 1947)01 Dithyramb. Allegro deciso e con passione [17'13]02 - 05 Symphony No. 1 in C-sharp minor 'August Strindberg in memoriam' [34'52]06 Vårhymn 'Spring Hymn'. Adagio espressivo [8'02]Norrköping Symphony Orchestra conducted by Michail Jurowski CPO 999 367-2 [recorded August 1995; download released 2000][digital download; flacs, cover, booklet and inlay scans]Recording venue: Konzerthaus 'Louis de Geer', Norrköping, SwedenRecording engineer: Not stated; Producer: Siegbert ErnstAs a bonus, here is a very fine recording of Ravel Piano Music by Sigurd Slåttebrekk - surprisingly overlooked by most commentators since its first release. My favourite Gaspard de la […]
2022-08-29 14:19:00
Salzburg Festival (5) - Katya Kabanova, 26 August 2022
[…] indeed those of everyone else, although Kosky’s interest, not unreasonably, seemed to lie in the heroine. A large stage with nothing else to detain us: on second thoughts, one could readily have had set designs and kept the characters apart as necessary, so perhaps it was not Covid at all. Words from a programme interview lend credence to that view, Kosky saying that he did not want to ‘do Kátá Kabanova as an Ibsen or Strindberg drama – it’s not just about the family.’ He says he and his production team needed ‘to consider how we could represent this village or small town and Kátá’s feeling of isolation within this place, and at the same time concentrate on Kátá and the immediate family around her, without turning it into a chamber piece with walls, doors, tables, chairs and a samovar – which wouldn’t work anyway in the Felsenreitschule.’ So maybe […]
2022-08-05 00:00:35
Here’s a small selection of works celebrating August, not as an evocative month approaching Autumn, but as a dedicatee (August Bournonville), a composer’s name (August Baeyens, Friedrich August Belcke), a source of literary inspiration (August von Platen-Hallermünde, August Strindberg), and an arranger (August Eberhard Müller). Hans Christian Lumbye (1810–1874) began staging concerts in the manner
2022-02-02 07:42:10
Enchantresses: Sandrine Piau is on vivid form in this recital of arias from Handel's operas from Rinaldo to Alcina
[…] review You have two ears and an opinion: artistic director Fiachra Garvey introduces this year's Classical Vauxhall festival - interview Decadence and refinement: Karina Canellakis conducts Scriabin's Poem of Ecstasy with the London Philharmonic Orchestra - concert review Winter Opera St Louis educates as it entertains - guest posting Pure joy: ECHO Rising Star recorder player Lucie Horsch & lutenist Thomas Dunford in music old & new - concert review Beyond Miss Julie: Joseph Phibbs on his opera Juliana setting Laurie Slade's updating of Strindberg - interview Home
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