Great Oratorios

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knight66

#40
June 10, 2008, 12:24:29 PM
Quote from: pjme on June 10, 2008, 11:43:15 AM
......it had better be good pmje.... ::)

Ooh, I'm really frightened now!! >:D



You are indeed wise.

I am sure I will relish it.

Mike
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DavidRoss

#41
June 22, 2008, 04:04:21 AM
John Adams's El Niño.

I'm not sure whether Berlioz's Romeo et Juliette should be considered an oratorio or not, but I like it.

Along with these, the SMP and The Creation get the most play around here.
"Maybe the problem most of you have ... is that you're not listening to Barbirolli." ~Sarge

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Monsieur Croche

#42
July 01, 2008, 10:56:21 PM
Quote from: DavidRoss on June 22, 2008, 04:04:21 AM
Along with these, the SMP and The Creation get the most play around here.

SMP?  ???

Quote from: pjme on April 14, 2008, 12:30:57 PM
Henri Tomasi : Triomphe de Jeanne - a 1956 (short -ca 25 mins;) oratorio for soprano, baritone, narrator, chorus and orchestra.
Written for the five hundreth anniversary of Joan's judicial rehabilitation.
Available on a double Forlane CD ( coupled with the opera don Juan de Manara) - a 1957 recording with Rita Gorr as Jeanne's mother and Jacques Doucet (bar.) as an Advocate. French National O. & chorus / composer
Tomasi is not in the same league as Honegger or Milhaud, but his "Jeanne "is a typical exemple of late 1950-ies mild modernism/expresionism.

This looks interesting to me. BTW, I like both Honegger and Milhaud a lot; in my opinion, though, one of them firmly outclasses the other.

DavidRoss

#43
July 02, 2008, 04:38:59 AM
St. Matthew's Passion, Bach
"Maybe the problem most of you have ... is that you're not listening to Barbirolli." ~Sarge

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pjme

#44
July 02, 2008, 05:23:57 AM Last Edit: July 02, 2008, 05:59:48 AM by pjme
Quote from: Monsieur Croche on July 01, 2008, 10:56:21 PM
SMP?  ???

This looks interesting to me. BTW, I like both Honegger and Milhaud a lot; in my opinion, though, one of them firmly outclasses the other.


Tomasi is definitely an interesting composer - I've heard (on France Musique) some exiting ,short symphonic works ( and concertos) that would make a large audience really happy - "Vocéro", "Tamtam", Jabadao, etc. Brillantly orchestrated ,catchy tunes!
His larger efforts ( Symphonie du Tiers monde, the opera Don Juan de Manara, Requiem pour la paix - available on Naxos) are less convincing IMHO. - even if the symphony ( large orchestra with lots of percussion, ondes Martenot and 6 whooping horns..) would work well in  a state -of -the -art recording....See also : http://www.henri-tomasi.asso.fr/

In both Honegger's and Milhaud's oeuvre there's still a lot to be discovered & interpreted ...
P.

MahlerSnob

#45
July 23, 2008, 07:13:29 PM
A few favorites:
Schoenberg - Gurrelieder
Adams - El Nino
Berlioz - Damnation of Faust
Elgar - Dream of Gerontius
Stravinsky - Oedipus Rex
Schumann - Das Paradis und die Peri
Bartok - Cantata Profana
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