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2019-02-06 10:00:41
The best recordings of Berlioz's L'enfance du Christ
[…] which he was certainly the greatest champion in his day, Davis undertook his final Berlioz cycle as the London Symphony Orchestra’s music director – a post he held from 1995-2006. By then he had already made two recordings of the piece – the first in 1960, with the Goldsborough Orchestra and soloists including Elsie Morrison, Peter Pears and John Cameron (Decca); and the second in 1976 with the LSO and principals including Janet Baker, Eric Tappy and Jules Bastin (Philips). Both of these have much to recommend them, but the result of a lifetime’s experience of the score and the impetus of a live recording in the Barbican Hall give this final version from 2006 particular electricity. Davis brings lightness and lucidity to Berlioz’s score – ‘it’s very delicate chamber music as a whole’, he once said – but his performance also reflects the work’s operatic or even (as Davis […]
2018-10-09 23:00:00
Frank Martin - Requiem
Frank Martin (1890-1974)REQUIEM (1971-1972)Elisabeth Speiser, Ria BollenEric Tappy, Peter LaggerUnion Chorale et choeur de dames de LausanneGroupe vocal "Ars Laeta"Orchestra de la Suisse RomandeAndré Luy, orguedir : Frank Martin Recording of the first performance on May 4, 1973, public concertJecklin Disco JD 631-2 (stereo) [P] 1989Very rare CD and no longer in-printFLAC image file, cuesheet, log, scans
2017-05-19 15:27:41
Do everything yourself
Born on this day in 1861 soprano Nellie Melba. //www.youtube.com/watch?v=66p4XCc7UQo Born on this day in 1872 soprano Rosina Storchio (the first Butterfly). //www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ARL6EM1Oms Born on this day in 1896 mezzo-soprano Kerstin Thorborg. //www.youtube.com/watch?v=6UIv6bFaEDI Happy 86th birthday tenor Eric Tappy. //www.youtube.com/watch?v=bTidqmO6jSw Happy birthday to critic and bon vivant David Fox. //www.youtube.com/watch?v=ydhyoYHvXXg
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2017-01-15 16:30:21
Broadway Stars Recreate Iconic 'Singing In The Rain' Choreography To Honor Debbie Reynolds
Nearly everyone who has seen Singing in the Rain remembers the instant classic "Good Morning to You," created when Reynolds was just 19. Now there's a "Tappy" tribute video that includes Broadway stars from Book of Mormon, Newsies and Cats.
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