Dvorak's Den

[Madiel]

Does anybody know whether the Neumann studio Rusalka is online?



Supraphon recordings are somewhat tricky sometimes (maybe this will change with the new ownership). I can't spot this one anywhere besides on CD. I'd like to sample.

[JBS]

Does anybody know whether the Neumann studio Rusalka is online?



Supraphon recordings are somewhat tricky sometimes (maybe this will change with the new ownership). I can't spot this one anywhere besides on CD. I'd like to sample.

You might get at least a first approximation with this--same soprano and if I read the listing right, same year as the studio recording

[Madiel]

You might get at least a first approximation with this--same soprano and if I read the listing right, same year as the studio recording

Actually about 5 years later. And opinion seems to be it's not as good.

[Symphonic Addict]

Does anybody know whether the Neumann studio Rusalka is online?



Supraphon recordings are somewhat tricky sometimes (maybe this will change with the new ownership). I can't spot this one anywhere besides on CD. I'd like to sample.

If you do YouTube, this is the playlist link of the whole opera:

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_ml-1Iwz7oHwBsLtnjB8RB-6dMtgnjkBJ8

[Madiel]

If you do YouTube, this is the playlist link of the whole opera:

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_ml-1Iwz7oHwBsLtnjB8RB-6dMtgnjkBJ8

Thank you, that will do nicely**. Especially as I just figured out how to redirect sound from my Apple TV to my stereo.

Bizarrely there are actually TWO YouTube playlists, and on the other one somebody has inexplicably inserted 3 hour-long videos in various places in the running order.

I'm not sure I can handle the whole opera 2 days in a row, but I definitely want to give the Neumann version a run. This and Mackerras seem to be nearly everyone's top two, but people differ as to which they prefer.

**So long as ads don't turn up TOO often!

[Daverz]

Does anybody know whether the Neumann studio Rusalka is online?



Supraphon recordings are somewhat tricky sometimes (maybe this will change with the new ownership). I can't spot this one anywhere besides on CD. I'd like to sample.

All I see on Qobuz US is the highlight disc.  Supraphon has been reissuing their Smetana opera sets, so maybe the Rusalka will be reissued soon.

https://open.qobuz.com/album/sjjxmp06zvtjb

[Kalevala]

Thank you, that will do nicely**. Especially as I just figured out how to redirect sound from my Apple TV to my stereo.

Bizarrely there are actually TWO YouTube playlists, and on the other one somebody has inexplicably inserted 3 hour-long videos in various places in the running order.

I'm not sure I can handle the whole opera 2 days in a row, but I definitely want to give the Neumann version a run. This and Mackerras seem to be nearly everyone's top two, but people differ as to which they prefer.

**So long as ads don't turn up TOO often!

The only Rusalka recording that I have is with Fleming.  From what I recall, what I heard of Benakova's voice/singing I didn't like.  Just my two cents worth.

K

[Daverz]

The only Rusalka recording that I have is with Fleming.  From what I recall, what I heard of Benakova's voice/singing I didn't like.  Just my two cents worth.

K

Beňačková's voice does have a "Slavic" edge, but I suppose I'm used to that by now and don't find it excessive in this Rusalka.

[Karafan]

I'm currently listening to Symphony No.6 (Kertesz) with that mindset.

I recall there is a very good Kertesz 6th played live in London with the LSO in 1966 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=84qTuNYrzwA  Briefly available (now OOP) on CD - https://www.amazon.co.uk/London-Symphony-Orchestra-1904-2005-01-18/dp/B01AXLG9ZA

Unlike many live Proms recordings from the '60s, this is beautifully caught and the LSO play with a fiery, echt-Czech resolve for Kertesz.

[Karafan]

I'm partial to 7 and 8, and to a somewhat lesser extent 9. I don't have much memory of the first six, though I've heard them all at least 2-3 times.

Whenever my appetite for the 9th wanes, suitable invigoration is provided by the black and white Karajan recording, made in a studio in January 1966 with his Berliners, under the watchful eye of film director, Henri-Georges Clouzot. 

It's a turbulent, fiery affair and I usually have to surpress a smile at the wide age range dynamic from what look to be serried ranks of twelve year old double bassists and a geriatric string section who, nonetheless, play as if their lives depended on it.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bw5Vsg9vRNs&list=RDbw5Vsg9vRNs&start_radio=1