mercoledì 27 giugno 2012

Beck - Stabat Mater - Schneider - Koch Schwann 2000

Franz Ignaz Beck (1734-1809)

Stabat Mater (1782)

Sandrine Piau, soprano

Heidrun Kordes, soprano

Derek Lee Ragin, countertenor

Christoph Einhorn, tenor

Klaus Mertens, bass

La Stagione Frankfurt

SWR Vokalensemble Stuttgart

conductor: Michael Schneider

A not well known work, but of undoubted charm ... Excellent execution in which the soprano Sandrine Piau excels (one-out of class of eighteenth-century repertoire)
enjoy!

martedì 26 giugno 2012

Roussel - Evocations_Résurrection - Michel Plasson- EMI 1987

Albert Roussel (1869-1937)

Evocations

Résurrection

total time: 57.51

A cameo of one of the last Romantics: "Evocation" a vocal work full of impressive Orientalism ... it comes with the symphonic poem "Résurrection" based on a novel by Tolstoy ...

Audio quality: more than fair ... enjoy!

(loseless link)

sabato 16 giugno 2012

Ravel - La Valse & other works - Jesus Lopez_Cobos - Telarc 1988

Maurice Ravel (1875 -1937)

Bolero

Rapsodie Espagnole

Alborada del Gracioso

La Valse

Valses nobles et sentimentales

Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra

conductor: Jesus Lopez-Cobos
total time: 66.42

One of the best performances of Bolero, enhanced by the addition of four paintings in muted hues of the most successful of Ravel and by a recording with an amazing dynamic... enjoy!

(loseless link)

mercoledì 13 giugno 2012

Bach - Matthew Passion (Mendelssohn's version) - Fasolis - Assai Classics 2002

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)

Matthew Passion (Mendelssohn's version)

Coro della Radio Svizzera

Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana

conductor: Diego Fasolis

live recording at San Lorenzo's Cathedral, Lugano on 14/04/1995

this is how it was supposed to be Bach's Matthew Passion to unsuspecting Berliner audience in 1829, when Mendelssohn conducted this shortened version (and in rare cases even corrected) after one hundred years of culpable neglect of Bach's masterpiece ... as the manipulation of others' works of art is at least something ethically wrong, we have to give so much to Mendelssohn for having given back light to an icon of Baroque (and beyond) ...

The Master always delicious Diego Fasolis gives us in this double CD a careful and delicate reading...

sound quality: swiss made! enjoy!

domenica 10 giugno 2012

Beethoven - Christus am Ölberge - Spruit - Archipel 2010

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 -1827)

Christus am Ölberge

Groot Omroepkoor

Radio Filharmonisch Orkest

conductor: Henk Spruit

(recorded at Hilversun on 08/03/1957)

Erna Spoorenberg: Seraph (soprano)
Fritz Wunderlich: Jesus (tenor)
Hermann Schey: Seraph (bass)

The sole oratorio composed by Beethoven with the precious presence of Fritz Wunderlich in the role of Christ...

Sound quality: not judged ... enjoy!

(loseless link)

track list:

01 I Introduction

02 Recit: Jehova, du mein Vater! (Jesus)

03 Aria: Meine Seele ist erschüttert (Jesus)
04 II Recit: Erzittre, Erde, Jehova's Sohn liegt hier! (Seraph)
05 Aria: Preist des Erlösers Güte (Seraph)
06 Chorus & Solo: O Heil euch, ihr Erlösten (Seraph, Chor der Engel)
07 III Recit: Verkündet, Seraph, mir dein Mund (Jesus, Seraph)
08 Duet: So ruhe denn mit ganzer Schwere (Jesus, Seraph)
09 IV Recit: Wilkommen, Tod den ich am Kreuze (Jesus)
10 Chorus (alla marcia): Wir haben ihn gesehen (Chor)
11 V Recit: Die mich zu fangen ausgezogen sind (Jesus)
12 Chorus: Hier ist er, hier ist er (Chor)
13 IV Recit: Nicht ungestraft soll der Verwegnen Schar (Petrus, Jesus)
14 Trio & Chorus: Im meinen Adern wühlen (Petrus, Jesus, Seraph, Chor)
15 Chorus: Welten singen (Chor)

giovedì 7 giugno 2012

Arriaga - Basque Music Collection vol. X - Mandael - Claves 2006

Juan Crisostomo de Arriaga (1806-1826)

1) Obertura, n°20

2) Herminie

3) Air d'Oedipe

4) Duo de ma Tante Aurore

5) Agar Dans le Désert

6) Stabat Mater

7) O Salutaris

Despite died at a young age and has left us a small number of works, JCA can be considered to all intents and purposes a prominent member of the European pre-romanticism ... on this CD are played most of his vocal works with the addition of tasty Overture Op.20 ... especially to hear the Cantata for Soprano and Orchestra "Herminie" interpreted by the exquisite voice of Maria Jose Moreno and Stabat Mater (one of the most sublime tunes of all time)

sound quality: tolerable... enjoy!

venerdì 1 giugno 2012

Rossini - Stabat Mater - Bychkov - Philips 1990

(loseless)

Gioacchino Rossini (1792-1868)

Stabat Mater

Carol Vaness: soprano

Cecilia Bartoli: mezzo-soprano

Francisco Araiza: tenor

Ferruccio Furlanetto: bass

Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks

Symphonie-Orchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks

conductor: Semyon Bychkov

time: 65.11

A good alternative to the more noble recording of Kertesz for Decca, with Bartoli almost the beginning and the wonderful voice of Francisco Araiza ... for those who want to know beforehand which version to choose, I place this link:

http://www.gramophone.net/Issue/Page/March%201991/96/736330/ROSSINI.+Stabat+mater.+Carol+Vaness+(sop)+Cecilia+Bartoli+(mez)+Francisco+Araiza+(ten)+Ferruccio+Furlanetto+(bass)+Bavarian+Radio+Chorus+Bavarian+Radio+Symphony+Orchestra++Semyon+Bychkov.+Philips+0+(0426+3122PH+(65+minutes%3A+DDD).+Text+and+translation+included.#header-logo

sound quality: very good... enjoy!