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French musicologist (1905-1993)
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2019-11-21 22:11:00
Aram Khachaturian: Suite from Masquerade, & Violin concerto in D minor | Jean Sibelius: Symphony No.4 in A minor – Nemanja Radulović, Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, Santtu-Matias Rouvali – Saturday, November 23, 2019, 03:00 PM CET – Livestream
[…] Gothenburg Symphony, Philharmonia Orchestra, Sydney Symphony, MDR Leipzig Radio Symphony, Dusseldorf Symphony, RTE National Symphony Dublin, Orquesta Sinfonica de Valencia, and Orchestre Philharmonique de Strasbourg; the season opening of the Jeunesse Musicale series at the Vienna Konzerthaus; a play/direct performance of the Beethoven Violin Concerto with the Munich Chamber Orchestra (resulting in an immediate re-invitation and on-going relationship with the ensemble); and a special collaboration with clarinettist Andreas Ottensamer, accordionist Ksenija Sidorova, and pianist Laure Favre-Kahn, performing to audiences at festivals across Germany, Switzerland and France.An artist who seeks to broaden the boundaries of classical music, Radulović champions the power of music to bring people together with his unique energy and candour. He has amassed a legion of loyal fans around the world who have enjoyed his performances with many of the world's leading orchestras, including the Munich Philharmonic, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Staatskapelle Dresden, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic, Tokyo Symphony, Yomiuri […]
2019-06-04 10:14:11
Charles Gounod’s Faust has returned to favour after spending a few years in the wilderness. Planet Hugill’s roving reporter, Tony Cooper, picks up the show in Nice
[…] the Chœur de l’Opéra de Nice under the direction of Giulio Magnanini showed their class. They excelled in their big-production numbers particularly the most famous and most memorable of all, The Soldier’s Chorus, a showstopper like no other! Gounod certainly knew how to knock out a good tune - one the devil didn’t get his hands on - and none comes better than this. Director (Nadine Duffaut)Assistant director (Franck Licari)Musical director (Giuliano Carella)Set designer (Emmanuelle Favre); assistant (Thibaut Sinay)Costume designer (Gérard Audier)Lighting designer (Philippe Grosperrin)Faust (Stefano Secco)Le vieux Faust (Antoine Normand)Méphistophélès (Nicolas Courjal)Marguerite (Chloé Chaume)Valentin, a soldier, brother to Marguerite (Armando Noguera)Siebel, a village youth, in love with Marguerite (Camille Tresmontant)Wagner, a student (Philippe Ermelier)Martha Schwerlein, neighbour to Marguerite (Jeanne-Marie Lévy)Orchestre philharmonique de Nice, conducted by Giuliano CarellaChœur de l’Opéra de Nice, directed by Giulio MagnaniniElsewhere on this blog Deep Light: Weber, Finzi, RVW, Schumann, Francaix (★★★★) - CD […]
2018-02-25 22:00:00
Recent updates to previously posted music
[…] Gaspard de la nuit (+ Beethoven, Ginastera) by Mihaela Ursuleasa (2009)01/02/18 Bruckner +1DDL Symphony No. 9 by Riccardo Muti in Chicago (2016)12/23/17 Musique Française #2 +1CD Respighi's Roman Trilogy by Neville Marriner in London (1990)12/22/17 Handel - Ariodante new links12/22/17 Wintery Romantics +1CD Berwald's Symphonies Nos. 1 & 4 by Herbert Blomstedt in San Francisco (1992)12/22/17 Wintery Romantics +1CD Berwald's Symphonies Nos. 3 & 4 by Ivor Bolton in London (1994)12/20/17 The Odd Couple #2 +1CD Chopin's Waltzes by Laure Favre-Kahn (2002)12/20/17 Schumann +1CD Cello & Piano Concertos by Matt Haimovitz, Laure Favre-Kahn & Grzegorz Nowak (2010)12/19/17 Mahler 5 +1CD Rare Salzburg recording by Claudio Abbado & Vienna Philharmonic (1980) (a rip by Corrado D.)12/19/17 Summer Nights #9 +1CD Mendelssohn's Piano Trios by the Grieg Trio (1990)12/19/17 Summer Nights #5 +1CD Rameau's Grands Motets by Philippe Herreweghe in Paris (1982)12/19/17 Summer Nights #2 +1CD Julius Weismann's Piano Music by Birgitta Wollenweber (1998)12/16/17 Brahms +1CD set The Piano Trios by the Borodin […]
2017-11-01 00:30:00
Felicity Lott - Mahler and Wagner
01. - 05. Gustav Mahler - Ruckert-Lieder [17'24]06. - 10. Richard Wagner - Wesendonck Lieder [17'01]11.- 12. Richard Wagner - Tristan und Isolde: Prelude and Liebestod [16'42]Felicity Lott- soprano and Quatuor Schumann (Tedi Papavrami- violin, Christoph Schiller- viola, Francois Guye- cello, Christian Favre- piano)Aeon AECD0858 (recorded June 2007; this CD release 2008)(digital download - flacs, cover and back scans - no booklet)Recording venue: unknownRecording engineer & Producer: Jean-Martial GolazThis recording is posted here at the request of a reader and because the link in Juan's comment to one of Davide's Mahler megaposts is no longer active. The recording was made in 2007 when Flott's voice was beginning to show some deterioration and she is strained in some of the climaxes. It has subsequently been reissued on Outhere's budget label but none of the downloads include a booklet scan. If anybody has one, please add it to the comments to this post.Nothing […]
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