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Lilas Pastia

#12980
August 22, 2009, 05:03:36 PM
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on August 22, 2009, 04:40:10 AM
My initial impression, after one listen, falls into line with you gentlemen. Nothing special here...nothing to see hear...move along...to the Wagner.  I was expecting (hoping) for something like his Fifth with the WP which, despite the use of the Schalk edition (or maybe because of it  ;D ) I've always enjoyed for its individuality and exciting Finale. I'm not ready to give up on this Eighth yet though. It may grow on me after a few more listens...or else I'll be ready to toss it into the garbage bin. At least it was cheap  :D

Are you learnéd gentlemen familiar with this Knappertsbusch Bruckner3? It uses the Schalk edition. Worth a purchase?

Sarge

I have Knappertsbusch's Bavarian Opera Orchestra 3rd from 1954. It's thrilling from first note to last, is excellently played and recorded in good, clear mono sound. As far removed from that dreary 8th as could be.  Based on that I'd definitely try this WP 3rd, Sarge. I haven't heard it, but it's always been highly regarded. If you buy it, please report !

Air

#12981
August 22, 2009, 05:38:09 PM
Quote from: Coopmv on August 22, 2009, 02:05:08 PM
Really?  This is a little unusual, Karl Bohm was always a DG artist much as Marriner was always a Philips artist and the demarcation was always quite clear.  My version has the usual quality I have come to expect from DG.

Well it is Bohm for sure.  It's part of the "Richard Wagner Edition."
"Summit or death, either way, I win." ~ Robert Schumann

Lilas Pastia

#12982
August 22, 2009, 06:03:15 PM Last Edit: August 23, 2009, 06:22:30 AM by Que
I've been on a mini Handel roll lately.

               My favourite lirico-leggiero tenor:  
Strangely, this Florez is a not very old release, and what I picked up today has a different cover.

. I've never heard this Menotti work. Apparently it's the most performed opera of all time, with some 500 performances a year. It's a Christmas favourite, à la Nutcracker.

Some Hovhaness can do no harm, can it? I love his jelly bean kind of music-making.

 

Never heard of this composer. He hails from Lithuania, born in 1934. A leading representative of New Folklorism, say the notes.


DavidW

#12983
August 22, 2009, 06:04:48 PM
Quote from: Lilas Pastia on August 22, 2009, 06:03:15 PM
Never heard of this composer. He hails from Lithuania, born in 1934. A leading representative of New Folklorism, say the notes.

For once nobody would complain about a Lithuanian orchestra used to play the music! :D

Air

#12984
August 22, 2009, 07:51:32 PM


Beautiful 3 CD set for 5 dollars.  Actually, I've already listened to Act 1 all the way through. 

I never thought it would turn out this good, but in ONE week I'VE OFFICIALLY MADE MYSELF AN OPERA FAN!  Of course all the choral works and lieder before it helped, but these two purchases today... Bohm's Tristan and Bohm's Le Nozze (and all that Rameau and Handel yesterday) did it for me... and I feel like I have never had a greater achievement in my life.  (How sad that sounds, but its not really true.)  Now, where off to next?
"Summit or death, either way, I win." ~ Robert Schumann

Dancing Divertimentian

#12985
August 22, 2009, 08:12:21 PM
Quote from: RexRichter on August 22, 2009, 05:38:09 PM
Well it is Bohm for sure.  It's part of the "Richard Wagner Edition."

Yes, that was a special Bayreuth Edition Philips put out several years ago. For Tristan they simply "borrowed" the DG Böhm recording.

Incidentally - and just to avoid any confusion - both Böhm and Marriner have recorded for any number of labels. :)
Veit Bach-a baker who found his greatest pleasure in a little cittern which he took with him even into the mill and played while the grinding was going on. In this way he had a chance to have the rhythm drilled into him. And this was the beginning of a musical inclination in his descendants. JS Bach

Dancing Divertimentian

#12986
August 22, 2009, 08:15:08 PM
Quote from: RexRichter on August 22, 2009, 07:51:32 PM
Now, where off to next?

Time for some twentieth century opera...

Prokofiev?
Veit Bach-a baker who found his greatest pleasure in a little cittern which he took with him even into the mill and played while the grinding was going on. In this way he had a chance to have the rhythm drilled into him. And this was the beginning of a musical inclination in his descendants. JS Bach

Air

#12987
August 22, 2009, 08:24:40 PM
Quote from: Dancing Divertimentian on August 22, 2009, 08:15:08 PM
Time for some twentieth century opera...

Prokofiev?

Oh yes, judging by the fact I've listened to (almost) everything else he owns...

"Summit or death, either way, I win." ~ Robert Schumann

Dancing Divertimentian

#12988
August 22, 2009, 08:47:43 PM
Quote from: RexRichter on August 22, 2009, 08:24:40 PM
Oh yes, judging by the fact I've listened to (almost) everything else he owns...

You might like this one:


Veit Bach-a baker who found his greatest pleasure in a little cittern which he took with him even into the mill and played while the grinding was going on. In this way he had a chance to have the rhythm drilled into him. And this was the beginning of a musical inclination in his descendants. JS Bach

haydnguy

#12989
August 22, 2009, 09:22:10 PM
Quote from: Dancing Divertimentian on August 22, 2009, 08:47:43 PM
You might like this one:




Oooo, there is one I need too!  :D

Opus106

#12990
August 22, 2009, 09:42:58 PM
Quote from: Lilas Pastia on August 22, 2009, 06:03:15 PM


Lilas, could you please tell me the name of the (art)work presented on the cover of the Bajoras album? :)
Regards,
Navneeth

The new erato

#12991
August 23, 2009, 12:26:42 AM
And these from mdt:

MARTINU The Opening of the Wells Cantata, The Legend of the Smoke from Potato Fires Cantata, Mikes of the Mountains Cantata. Supraphon offer

TANEYEV Orchestral Works. Oresteia Overture and Interlude. Stanislav Jankovsky. Novosibirsk Academic Symphony Orchestra / Sanderling. Naxos offer
 
RACHMANINOV The Bells TANEYEV Cantata: John of Damascus Maria Mescheriakova, Sergei Larin, Vladimir Chernov, Pletnev, DG offer

The new erato

#12992
August 23, 2009, 12:29:21 AM Last Edit: August 23, 2009, 12:31:46 AM by erato
And these from Hyperion:

Please, won't somebody buy me:



Handel half-price sale:

71 dB

#12993
August 23, 2009, 03:17:32 AM
Quote from: RexRichter on August 22, 2009, 07:51:32 PMNow, where off to next?

Handel and Rameau are worth exploring much more but if you want more composers then Monteverdi, M.-A. Charpentier and Puccini.  0:)
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Coopmv

#12994
August 23, 2009, 03:40:51 AM
Quote from: 71 dB on August 23, 2009, 03:17:32 AM
Handel and Rameau are worth exploring much more but if you want more composers then Monteverdi, M.-A. Charpentier and Puccini.  0:)

I have the 200 years at Versailles set on my shopping list, which never gets shorter ...    ???

Lilas Pastia

#12995
August 23, 2009, 05:10:42 AM Last Edit: August 23, 2009, 05:12:57 AM by Lilas Pastia
Quote from: opus106 on August 22, 2009, 09:42:58 PM
Lilas, could you please tell me the name of the (art)work presented on the cover of the Bajoras album? :)

"Cover painting by Vytautas Valius" . It seems authenticity has informed this production in all its aspects!

Opus106

#12996
August 23, 2009, 06:30:39 AM
Quote from: Lilas Pastia on August 23, 2009, 05:10:42 AM
"Cover painting by Vytautas Valius" . It seems authenticity has informed this production in all its aspects!

Thank you very much. :)
Regards,
Navneeth

Florestan

#12997
August 23, 2009, 10:26:14 AM
Not really a purchase --- a gift.  :) 8) 0:)

"Beauty must appeal to the senses, must provide us with immediate enjoyment, must impress us or insinuate itself into us without any effort on our part." - Claude Debussy

Coopmv

#12998
August 23, 2009, 10:54:54 AM
Quote from: Florestan on August 23, 2009, 10:26:14 AM
Not really a purchase --- a gift.  :) 8) 0:)




This is an excellent set at a very reasonable price.  I got mine early this year.
Enjoy!

George

#12999
August 23, 2009, 03:29:22 PM Last Edit: August 23, 2009, 04:24:09 PM by George
Quote from: Florestan on August 23, 2009, 10:26:14 AM
Not really a purchase --- a gift.  :) 8) 0:)



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