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2024-01-29 09:41:00
What happens when a conductor best known for his operatic work, conducts Mendelssohn's Elijah: Sir Antonio Pappano & the London Symphony Orchestra at the Barbican with Gerald Finley
Mendelssohn: Elijah - Sarah Connolly, Masabane Cecilia Rangwanasha, Antonio Pappano, Gerald Finley, Allan Clayton, London Symphony Chorus, London Symphony Orchestra - Barbican Hall (Photo: Mark Allan)Mendelssohn: Elijah; Gerald Finley, Masabane Cecilia Rangwanasha, Sarah Connolly, Allan Clayton, Guildhall Voices, London Symphony Chorus, London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Antonio Pappano; Barbican HallReviewed 28 January 2023A satisfying, well-thought-out performance of Elijah with a consummate account of the title role from Gerald Finley, plus chorus and orchestra on thrilling formIt is tempting to think of Mendelssohn's Elijah as an opera manqué. But like Handel in some of his more dramatic oratorios, Mendelssohn took full advantage of the non-operatic presentation which meant that dramaturgy could be creative, he could rely on the audience being able to fill in the gaps by reading the libretto and most importantly, large choral numbers could expand considerably.So what happens when a conductor best known in London for his operatic work, conducts […]
2023-09-08 04:00:00
Arnold, Chausson, Elgar, Gurney, Hurd, Joncières & Simpson: Vocal & Orchestral Works (Roderick Williams, Felicity & Ben Palmer, Richard Hickox et al)
[…] et de la mer, op.19 [26'59]09 - 12 Victorin Joncières (1839 - 1903): La Mer * [15'03]Marie-Nicole Lemieux- alto, Choeur de l’Opéra National de Bordeaux *, Orchestre National Bordeaux Aquitaine conducted by Paul DanielErato 9029542433 [recorded October 2018; issued 2019][digital download; cover, booklet and inlay scans]Recording venue: Auditorium Bordeaux Aquitaine, Bordeaux, FranceRecording engineer: Hugues Deschaux; Producer: Daniel ZalayEdward Elgar:01 - 10 The Music Makers op.69 * [38'51]11 - 15 Sea Pictures, op.37 [23'18]Felicity Palmer- contralto, London Symphony Chorus *, London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Richard HickoxEMI CDM565126-2 [recorded May 1986; first issued 1987][digital download; flacs, cover and inlay scans - no booklet]Recording venue: Watford Town Hall (Colloseum), UKRecording engineer and Producer: Brian CulverhouseIn his Elgar's Sea Pictures feature in last month's Gramophone magazine, Andrew Farach-Cohen, not unnaturally, plumped for Janet Baker's recording with John Barbirolli as his top choice. But he also included this recording by Felicity Palmer with Richard […]
2022-12-02 00:00:00
Vaughan Williams: Hodie, Fantasia on Christmas Carols & A Sea Symphony (Richard Hickox)
Ralph Vaughan Williams:Disc1: 1.01 - 1.15 A Sea Symphony (Symphony No.1) [63'50]Margaret Marshall- soprano, Stephen Roberts- baritone, London Symphony Chorus, Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Richard HickoxDisc2: 2.01 - 2.04 Fantasia on Christmas Carols [11'25]2.05 - 2.20 Hodie. A Christmas Cantata * [57'52]Elizabeth Gale- mezzo, Robert Tear- tenor, Stephen Roberts- baritone, London Symphony Chorus, Choristers of St Paul's Cathedral *; London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Richard HickoxEMI 9689342 [Disc1: recorded February & March 1989 for Virgin Classics; Disc2: recorded April 1990 for EMI; this compilation issue in 2009][digital download; flacs, cover and inlay scans - no booklet for Disc1, MHS-booklet for Disc 2 derived from archive.org]Disc1: Recording venue: All Saints Church, Tooting, LondonRecording engineers: Mike Clements and Mike Hatch; Producer: Andrew KeenerDisc2: Recording venue: No.1 Studio, Abbey Road, LondonRecording engineer: Mark Vigars; Producer: John H WestIn the case of Disc2, here's an early Christmas present. Unfortunately, Virgin Classics saw fit to […]
2022-09-25 10:37:00
LPO/Gardner - Schoenberg, Gurrelieder, 24 September 2022
Royal Festival HallWaldemar – David Butt Philip Tove – Lise Lindstrom Wood-dove – Karen Cargill Klaus-Narr – Robert Murray Peasant – James Creswell Speaker – Alex Jennings London Philharmonic Choir (chorus director: Neville Creed)London Symphony Chorus (chorus director: Simon Halsey)London Philharmonic OrchestraEdward Gardner (conductor)Image: London Philharmonic OrchestraThe pandemic is not over. But I remember thinking, when some sort of minimal concert life was intermittently starting up again—socially distanced concerts at St Martin-in-the-Fields with a maximum audience of thirty, the first and second series of Spotlight Chamber Concerts at St John’s Waterloo, and so on—what resumption of a full range of musical life would entail for me. I chose three examples, which have remained in my mind ever since: a large-scale work by Richard Strauss, a full staging of Die Meistersinger, and a performance of Gurrelieder. Strauss came a little while ago, in a performance of the Alpine Symphony—though I await a […]
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