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Salzburg Mozartwoche (3) - Mozart and Salieri, 28 January 2024
[…] and François Leleux took evident care with elements of Camerata Salzburg’s shading. The performance was clear and directed, if somewhat excitable, even fierce. Better that, though, than the po-faced puritanism of many in the Anglo-American wing of the ‘authenticke’ brigade. I sensed an idea – and the most any of us can have is an idea – of the eighteenth-century theatre, though it was difficult to warm to the astringent string tone, worlds away from Sándor Végh. Salzburg woodwind, however, sounded splendid, as they did throughout. There followed two pieces for solo flute and orchestra, for which Emmanuel Pahud joined Leleux and Camerata Salzburg. I cannot claim to be a great fan of the lone Andante, KV 315/285e, probably an alternative slow movement for the G major Flute Concerto, KV 313/285c, but it was certainly played well here, with an Italianate long-breathedness that Salieri would surely have admired too. That […]
2023-10-28 10:00:34
On this day in 1961 tenor Sandor Konya made his Met debut as Lohengrin. Ingrid Bjoner debuts as Elsa.
2023-07-31 03:30:00
Prokofiev's Complete Works for Piano (5 CD Review)
by Bill Heck Sergei Prokofiev: Piano Music. Gyorgy Sandor. Volumes 1 – 5. Vox-NX-2084 to 2088 Continuing their project of reviving and re-releasing items from the Vox catalog, Naxos has turned out what appears to be the only currently available traversal of all of Sergei Prokofiev’s works for solo piano. These recordings were originally issued on six LPs (I owned the two volume version, each volume being a three LP boxed set); they subsequently appeared in CD format, reduced to five of the silver disks; and finally the current incarnation packages each of the five disks separately. The album covers are simple and mostly unicolored, one green, another yellow, etc., which provides a nice way to tell them apart quickly. I've always wondered about the place of Prokofiev in the hearts and minds of classical music lovers, at least here in the states, partly because other Russian composers of […]
2023-06-24 10:00:53
On this day in 1967 the Metropolitan Opera presented its first “Met in the Parks” performance in Crocheron Park, Bayside, Queens. La bohème featured Anna Moffo, Sandor Konya, Laurel Hurley and Frank Guarrera.
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