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Walter Braunfels Orchestral Songs Vol 1
New from Oehms Classics, Walter Braunfels OrchEstral Songs Vol 1 Luxury singers - Valentina Farcas, Klaus Florian Vogt and Michael Volle, with the strikingly Staatskappelle Weimar, conducted by Hansjörg Albrecht. The Staatskaepple Weimar dates from 1491, one of the oldest ensembles in the world. Even before the First World War, during which he served on the front line, Braunfels was preparing what is now his best-known work, the opera Die Vögel , which helped launch Albrecht Dümling's seminally important series on Decca which pioneered the rediscovery of Entartete Musik, the "degenerate" music the Nazis hated. Braunfels wasn't persecuted by the regime, even though he was a half Jewish convert. His three sons all served in the German army. Braunfels's music would have made him an outsider to the Nazis and their taste for unquestioning sentimentality in art. Die Vögel is based […]
2013-11-01 20:22:00
TSO's Carmina Burana a thrilling Halloween Musical Fare
Review: TSO's Carmina Burana a thrilling Halloween Musical Fare - Joseph So Carl Orff: Carmina Burana Britten: Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings Ades: Dances from Powder Her Face Valentina Farcas, sop. Nicholas Phan, ten. James Westman, bar. Neil Deland, horn Toronto Mendelssohn Choir Toronto Children's Chorus Peter Oundjian, conductor Roy Thomson Hall, Oct. 31st 2013 Got to hand it to the Toronto Symphony Orchestra for spooky programming - Carmina Burana, the Orff masterpiece with its elements of fantasy, macabre and mystery, was perfect for a rainy Halloween evening. It was the opening of three performances at the TSO this week. What makes good Halloween programming, you ask? I do recall once hearing on the radio a round-table about the scariest classical music, and the panelists voted for Mussorgsky's Night on Bald Mountain, Saint Saens' Danse Macabre, and Carmina Burana. If […]
2013-10-27 20:01:00
This Week in Toronto (Oct. 28 - Nov. 3)
[…] audience applause (Photo: Joseph So) Cover art work of the Carmina Burana score by Carl Orff The Toronto Symphony Orchestra is presenting Carl Orff's best known work, Carmina Burana, for three performances. On Oct. 31 and Nov. 2 at 8 pm, and Nov. 1 at 7:30 pm at Roy Thomson Hall. TSO Music Director Peter Oundjian leads the Toronto Mendelssohn Choir, Toronto Children's Chorus, and three soloists - soprano Valentina Farcas, tenor Nicholas Phan and baritone James Westman. Canadian Westman is of course very well known to local audiences, having just sung Ford in Opera Hamilton's Falstaff to audience and critical acclaim. American Phan was last heard in recital at the Toronto Summer Music Festival in July of 2012. I have to confess Romanian soprano Farcas is a name new to me. A search on the web found this clip of Laudate Dominum from […]
2012-07-29 18:36:50
[…] lukewarm Christian. The story was completed by two other parts, composed by Cajetan Adlgasser and Michael Haydn, but these are now lost. Despite the weighty subject matter, Mozart's music is as charming and playful as you'd expect from an 11 year old. Wary as I am of Mozart's youthful compositions, this one sustained interest for its full 90 minutes, thanks largely to exemplary performances from the Mozarteumorchester and soloists Anna Prohaska, Veronica Cangemi, Valentina Farcas, Christoph Strehl and Mauro Peter. Some judicious pauses and carefully-judged tempos enabled Ivor Bolton to find variety in the economically-scored work, and the sopranos made light of some surprisingly challenging way-above-the-stave vocal writing. For those who imagine the Salzburg Festival is ridiculously expensive, I didn't pay more than 35 euros for any of these tickets, by the way - you just have to book early if you want to visit cheaply.
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