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Novi

#80
March 11, 2009, 03:36:31 AM
Excellent!



SCHOENBERG
Moses Und Aron

Günter Reich, Louis Devos
Chor und Sinfonieorchester des Österreichischen Rundfunks / Michael Gielen

Schoenberg started composing Moses und Aron (Aaron has an 'a' missing owing to the composer's superstition about the number 13) in 1928, working on the libretto and score up to 1933. Fleeing Vienna to escape the Nazi persecution of the Jewish population, Schoenberg settled in the US where he continued working throughout the 1940s to complete Act 3. Moses und Aron was premiered in 1954. Struggling with the original biblical story and wrestling with its contradictions, Schoenberg was concerned that the audience would not grasp the extended diatribe by Moses of his brother's love for craven images. In fact, his challenge was also that of Moses' – how to translate a lofty, intellectual and abstract message without diluting or destroying it. In style, the work is severe, and nearer to oratorio than opera. However, in its dramatic and bloodthirsty moments it matches anything in Puccini's Turandot. A 12-tone Turandot, crossed with the fugal style found in the oratorios of Bach or Handel best describes this gritty, imposing, daunting 20th-century masterpiece.

'The CD transfer of Gielen's account certainly underlines the raw intensity in his approach to which Boulez would never aspire.' Gramophone

Brilliant Classics 2cds 9083

Link to MDT.
Durch alle Töne tönet
Im bunten Erdentraum
Ein leiser Ton gezogen
Für den der heimlich lauschet.

Harry

#81
March 11, 2009, 03:54:55 AM
Brilliant released up to 30 operas from divers labels, ranging from Purcell to Richard Strauss, for little money.

Bogey

#82
March 11, 2009, 05:48:09 AM
Quote from: Harry on March 11, 2009, 03:54:55 AM
Brilliant released up to 30 operas from divers labels, ranging from Purcell to Richard Strauss, for little money.

Any large box sets among them Harry?
There will never be another era like the Golden Age of Hollywood.  We didn't know how to blow up buildings then so we had no choice but to tell great stories with great characters.-Ben Mankiewicz

Harry

#83
March 11, 2009, 08:04:06 AM
Quote from: Bogey on March 11, 2009, 05:48:09 AM
Any large box sets among them Harry?

Nope! No more than 3 to 4 cd's per opera.

Bogey

#84
March 11, 2009, 08:10:52 AM
Quote from: Harry on March 11, 2009, 08:04:06 AM
Nope! No more than 3 to 4 cd's per opera.

Well then, please pick up the phone and make this happen, my friend. :)  (see PM)
There will never be another era like the Golden Age of Hollywood.  We didn't know how to blow up buildings then so we had no choice but to tell great stories with great characters.-Ben Mankiewicz

Harry

#85
March 11, 2009, 08:40:23 AM
Quote from: Bogey on March 11, 2009, 08:10:52 AM
Well then, please pick up the phone and make this happen, my friend. :)  (see PM)

I am afraid I overasked them many a time. The first 30 releases is the beginning of a whole exploration into baroque to modern opera.
So more will come.

Wanderer

#86
March 11, 2009, 09:41:28 AM
Is there a page where we can browse through all these releases?

Opus106

#87
March 11, 2009, 10:09:42 AM
Quote from: Wanderer on March 11, 2009, 09:41:28 AM
Is there a page where we can browse through all these releases?
Yes. http://prestoclassical.co.uk/s/Opera%2BCollection
Regards,
Navneeth

Wanderer

#88
March 11, 2009, 10:25:43 AM

Que

#89
March 11, 2009, 03:34:09 PM
Quote from: Wanderer on March 11, 2009, 09:41:28 AM
Is there a page where we can browse through all these releases?

Even better: http://www.brilliantoperacollection.com/

AND........LIBRETTI! :o

Q

Que

#90
March 11, 2009, 03:41:47 PM Last Edit: March 11, 2009, 03:43:52 PM by Que
Quote from: Que on March 11, 2009, 03:34:09 PM

AND........LIBRETTI! :o


I'm afraid I cheered too soon...... :-\ Those libretti are in the original language ONLY.... ::)

Boris Godunov in Russian only, now that's a BIG help.  :P
(Except for Karl, Drasko and Sarastro, of course. 8))

Harry, pleeeease go talk some sense into these people!  :o  ;)
They buy the copyrights of the recordings, right? Can't be too much trouble or too expensive to include the right of the translations into the deal? ::) Offering the libretti as downloads like this, is a waste of money.

Q

Bogey

#91
March 11, 2009, 03:48:08 PM
Quote from: Que on March 11, 2009, 03:34:09 PM
Even better: http://www.brilliantoperacollection.com/

AND........LIBRETTI! :o

Q

I have the Beethoven recording already in the Complete Brilliant set.  This was looking like a nice avenue for me based on this recent thread I started:

http://www.good-music-guide.com/community/index.php/topic,11531.0.html

In short I have discovered opera and wine at the age (rounded up) of 44.  So I am about to take a plunge into both....so to speak.
There will never be another era like the Golden Age of Hollywood.  We didn't know how to blow up buildings then so we had no choice but to tell great stories with great characters.-Ben Mankiewicz

Harry

#92
March 12, 2009, 12:58:41 AM
Quote from: Que on March 11, 2009, 03:34:09 PM
Even better: http://www.brilliantoperacollection.com/

AND........LIBRETTI! :o

Q

O, jolly good, they made the libretti available through Internet. That's bloody fast. Asked them this in January.
But not translated huh, Hmmmmm I will call today!

MDL

#93
March 12, 2009, 02:31:26 AM
Quote from: Novi on March 11, 2009, 03:36:31 AM
Excellent!



SCHOENBERG
Moses Und Aron

Günter Reich, Louis Devos
Chor und Sinfonieorchester des Österreichischen Rundfunks / Michael Gielen

Schoenberg started composing Moses und Aron (Aaron has an 'a' missing owing to the composer's superstition about the number 13) in 1928, working on the libretto and score up to 1933. Fleeing Vienna to escape the Nazi persecution of the Jewish population, Schoenberg settled in the US where he continued working throughout the 1940s to complete Act 3. Moses und Aron was premiered in 1954. Struggling with the original biblical story and wrestling with its contradictions, Schoenberg was concerned that the audience would not grasp the extended diatribe by Moses of his brother's love for craven images. In fact, his challenge was also that of Moses' – how to translate a lofty, intellectual and abstract message without diluting or destroying it. In style, the work is severe, and nearer to oratorio than opera. However, in its dramatic and bloodthirsty moments it matches anything in Puccini's Turandot. A 12-tone Turandot, crossed with the fugal style found in the oratorios of Bach or Handel best describes this gritty, imposing, daunting 20th-century masterpiece.

'The CD transfer of Gielen's account certainly underlines the raw intensity in his approach to which Boulez would never aspire.' Gramophone

Brilliant Classics 2cds 9083

Link to MDT.

I'll probably end up buying this, even though I've got all the available recordings apart from Solti and don't really need another M&A in my collection. I'm just a sucker for a bargain.

Bogey

#94
March 12, 2009, 03:31:09 AM
Quote from: Harry on March 12, 2009, 12:58:41 AM
O, jolly good, they made the libretti available through Internet. That's bloody fast. Asked them this in January.
But not translated huh, Hmmmmm I will call today!

If they make that simple change, I believe I will surely have one of my first opera box sets (without the box). :)
There will never be another era like the Golden Age of Hollywood.  We didn't know how to blow up buildings then so we had no choice but to tell great stories with great characters.-Ben Mankiewicz

ChamberNut

#95
March 12, 2009, 04:01:49 AM
Quote from: Harry on March 12, 2009, 12:58:41 AM
O, jolly good, they made the libretti available through Internet. That's bloody fast. Asked them this in January.
But not translated huh, Hmmmmm I will call today!

The Chairman has spoken!  ;D

Renfield

#96
March 12, 2009, 07:18:41 PM
Quote from: KammerNuss on March 12, 2009, 04:01:49 AM
The Chairman has spoken!  ;D

[Sicilian accent] "I have these boxes here... They don't have translations. [dramatic pause] Why don't they have translations?"

The following day, Brilliant Classics changes its policy.

Wanderer

#97
March 12, 2009, 11:33:10 PM
Quote from: Renfield on March 12, 2009, 07:18:41 PM
[Sicilian accent] "I have these boxes here... They don't have translations. [dramatic pause] Why don't they have translations?"

The following day, Brilliant Classics changes its policy.

Here's hoping they won't produce Italian translations.  ;D

Renfield

#98
March 13, 2009, 10:38:59 AM
Quote from: Wanderer on March 12, 2009, 11:33:10 PM
Here's hoping they won't produce Italian translations.  ;D

:o

Well, at least the necessary subsequent Italian lessons won't be wasted, as the need for translations in Verdi, Puccini et al. will no longer exist.

mahler10th

#99
March 13, 2009, 10:53:20 AM
The best Italian accent for menace is the Napolese, not Scicilian.  Capische? >:D
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