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[DavidW]

Nope, but for a split second I thought that was David Bowie on the cover. 

Ziggy Stardust and the Royal Ballet!

[Lethevich]

It looks kinda like Ian Mckellen's reptillian Macbeth too I am also interested in that piece, I like McCabe's music in general, but don't know that one.

[Scarpia]

It looks kinda like Ian Mckellen's reptillian Macbeth too I am also interested in that piece, I like McCabe's music in general, but don't know that one.

It's in Hyperion "please buy me," soon to expire I suspect.

[mc ukrneal]

It's in Hyperion "please buy me," soon to expire I suspect.

If you are not in a rush, it is also at Berkshire for $13.98.

[Scarpia]

If you are not in a rush, it is also at Berkshire for $13.98.

Yes, I spotted that as well and it's in my cart.  Trying to decide whether to pull the trigger.

[spooky]

This is obviously not a late April fools joke !?!?!?



Any one got the inside story on its fruition - normally Paul van Nevel  comes across rather stodgy
but mind you that does tie in with the Cigar's - hopefulyl not offending anyone here

Just had a listen to - Tobacco is a dirty weed

@ http://www.jpc.de/jpcng/SESSIONID/eeb445caf31be4ced50ad79602c7a431/classic/detail/-/art/Huelgas-Ensemble-The-Art-of-the-Cigar/hnum/4946468
and now I'am more confused than ever   
-- I'am hooked - I think I have to order this ASAP

[Sid]

I might get the Harmonia Mundi recording below of Frank Martin's choral work Golgotha next week. Depends on whether I have the dough (there are a lot of concerts on this time of the year in Sydney competing for my money!). Anyhow, I have enjoyed the choral music of many composers from the Renaissance onwards, and I wouldn't mind listening to this work (especially as Martin's Mass for Double Choir is one of my all-time favs!)...

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I might get the Harmonia Mundi recording below of Frank Martin's choral work Golgotha next week. Depends on whether I have the dough (there are a lot of concerts on this time of the year in Sydney competing for my money!). Anyhow, I have enjoyed the choral music of many composers from the Renaissance onwards, and I wouldn't mind listening to this work (especially as Martin's Mass for Double Choir is one of my all-time favs!)...

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If you get this recording, I'm interested in hearing your impressions of it. This one has flown under my radar quite a few times.

[haydnguy]

Currently in my cart:

[haydnguy]

Didn't remember how many it would let me put in one post:

[Que]

Currently in my cart:

Don't want to dump on Pearlman, I do not know it, bit did you consider Alessandrini in the Monteverdi Verspers?  It's amazing.

And I would consider the big Van Nevel set, that includes the Codex disc and many other goodies:

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[haydnguy]

Don't want to dump on Pearlman, I do not know it, bit did you consider Alessandrini in the Monteverdi Verspers?  It's amazing.

Q

Que, I apologize but I'm not sure which one your referring to. One appears to be on EMI Classics and the other one I'm looking at is on Opus 111.

EDIT: Oh yes, now I see. I will definitely check them both out. Thanks for the tip!!


Just to make sure I'm looking at the correct one, Que. Is this the one you refer to?

[Que]

Just to make sure I'm looking at the correct one, Que. Is this the one you refer to?

Yes, that's the one.

Q

[haydnguy]

Yes, that's the one.

Q

That's it, then! 

[kishnevi]

I have the Hahn-Goerne-Schafer CD.   It's okay, but nothing outstanding.  I would advise getting it if the price  is cheap enough; but you don't need to feel guilty if you don't get it.

[Sid]

That's a very fine account, haydnguy. I borrowed it from the library a few weeks back, and enjoyed it very much. It was my first exposure to this masterpiece - part choral, part concerto, part opera (it has all bases covered!). Alessandrini's account is one voice per part, so it's a smaller performance (by about half) than some of the documented performances originally directed by the composer at St. Mark's, Venice. Monteverdi apparently had 25 vocalists. But just like Handel's Messiah, this work can be interpreted in many different ways regarding who the performers are and how many of them there are. It's flexible. Alessandrini's disc not only has the whole of the version with instrumental ensemble accompaniment, but also the version with organ accompaniment of the Magnificat as a bonus track. I ended up not buying this version, as I wanted more contemporary Renaissance choral music, so I got the Alto reissue of a Harmonia Mundi recording done in 1978 by UK and German musicians under Heinz Hennig. The acoustic in Alessandrini's recording is clearer & less reverberant, and the main difference is the combination of soloists used - Hennig also uses a boy's choir...

[Sid]

If you get this recording, I'm interested in hearing your impressions of it. This one has flown under my radar quite a few times.

No worries, I'll review it on the listening thread if I do end up buying it next week. It really depends on the availability of funds more than anything else!...

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No worries, I'll review it on the listening thread if I do end up buying it next week. It really depends on the availability of funds more than anything else!...

Sounds good, Sid.

[Que]

[...]Alessandrini's account is one voice per part, so it's a smaller performance (by about half) than some of the documented performances originally directed by the composer at St. Mark's, Venice. Monteverdi apparently had 25 vocalists. But just like Handel's Messiah, this work can be interpreted in many different ways regarding who the performers are and how many of them there are. It's flexible.[...]

The OVPP was not a decisive consideration for me, the main attraction was Alessandrini's wonderful idiomatic style. It is definitely a recording that approaches the piece from its Italian Renaissance roots with the emphasis less on Baroque grandeur.

Anyway if the OVPP would be a problem my personal 2nd option would be Jordi Savall: grander, bigger but still with the appropriate Mediterranean "grain"

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(BTW I was suprised about the cheap price at Amazon UK!)

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[Scarpia]

Two new Wagner video releases, one of a new production, one of an old one.

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The latter one is rated NC-17.   I guess it gets intense in Venusburg.