domenica 29 luglio 2012

Bach - Toccata & Fuge in D Minor_Great Organ Works - Curley - Decca 1995


John Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Toccata & Fugue in D minor, BWV 565
Suite No.3 in D, BWV 1068/2: 'Air On The G-String'
Fugue in G minor, BWV 578 'The Little'
Cantata 147: Jesu, Joy Of Man's Desiring, BWV 147/6
Toccata, Adagio And Fugue in C, BWV 564
Prelude And Fugue in A minor, 'The Great,' BWV 543
Liebster Jesu, Wir Sind Hier, BWV 373
Cantata 29: Sinfonia in D, BWV 29/1
Harpsichord Concerto No.5 in F, BWV 1056/2: Arioso
Cantata 129: Awake Thou Wintry Earth, BWV 129/5
Cantata 140: Wachet Auf, Ruft Uns Die Stimme, BWV 645 'Sleepers Awake'
16. The Giant Fugue in D minor, BWV 680

Organo: Carlo Curley



Attractive reading (overtly Romantic) of these Bachian works for Organ  ...
Sound quality: excellent!

sabato 14 luglio 2012

Franck - Les Beatitudes - Kubelik - Gala 1997


Cesar Franck (1822-1890)
Les Beatitudes
Brigitte Fassbaender - mezzo-soprano
René Kollo - tenore
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau - baritono
Bayerischen Rundfunks
conductor: Rafael Kubelik


Richard Wagner (1813-1883)
Wesendonck Lieder
Jessye Norman - soprano
BBC Symphony Orchestra
conductor: Pierre Boulez

Recorded: 1974

A must reading (maybe the only) about one of the Romantic masterpieces... with a huge voice Fischer-Dieskau and the impeccable conducting of Kubelik ...

sabato 7 luglio 2012

Antonin Reicha - Lenore - Bernius - Orfeo 2003


Antonin Reicha (1770-1836)
Lenore (Dramatische Kantate)

Camilla Nylund - soprano
Pavla Vykopalova - mezzo soprano
Corby Welch - tenore
Vladimir Chmelo - basso
Prager Kammerchor
Virtuosi di Praga
conductor: Frieder Bernius

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one of the dramatic masterpieces of pre-romantic period that surely deserves more fame ... also excellent execution and the quality of the soloists ...
audio quality: ad hoc!
enjoy!

mercoledì 4 luglio 2012

Strauss - Symphony No. 2 in F minor_Six Songs_Romanze for Cello and Orchestra - Jarvi - Chandos 2004


Richard Strauss (1864-1949)

Symphony No. 2 in F minor, op.12
Romanze for Cello and Orchestra
Six Songs, op.68

Eileen Hulse - soprano
Raphael Wallfisch - cello
Royal Scottish National Orchestra
conductor: Neeme Jarvi

There are here a masterpiece such as the youthful Symphony No. 2, one 
inconspicuous track (the Romance for cello and orchestra) and the beautiful "Six Songs" performed by the astonishing soprano Eileen Hulse  ...

Audio quality: lush!
enjoy!


lunedì 2 luglio 2012