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2023-12-08 04:31:47
When it comes to program building, normal pianists save Scriabin’s tumultuous and incendiary Vers la flamme for a grand finale. To open with Vers la flamme, however, takes real high-stakes daring. As such, Severin von Eckardstein throws all of his cards on the table, so to speak, imbuing the music with passion and ferocity. His […]
2023-11-30 12:42:00
Recent Releases No. 67 (CD Reviews)
[…] Although there are passages where the music exhibits some drama, it is for the most part reflective and inward-looking, very much in keeping with the spiritual focus of the texts. The sound quality is warm, spacious, and inviting. This is an album to treasure.Lise Davidsen: Christmas from Norway. Adolphe Adam: O Helge natt (O Holy Night in Swedish); Humperdinck: Weihnachten; Franz Xaver Gruber/Josef Mohr: Silent Night; Gustaf Nordqvist/Edvard Evers: Jul, jul, strålande jul; Deilig er Jorden (trad. folk tune, lyrics by Bernhard Severin Ingemann); Mitt Herte Alltid Vanker (trad. folk tune, lyrics by Hans Adolph Brorson); Julvisa (No. 4 from Viisi joululaulua Op. 1 by Sibelius, lyrics by Zachris Topelius); Bach: Jesu Joy of Man’s Desiring (lyrics by Martin Janus); Reger: Maria Wiegenlied (lyrics by Martin Boelitz); Bach/Gounod: Ave Maria; Hugo Wolf: Schlafendes Jesuskind (lyrics by Eduard Mörike); The First Noël(trad.); John Francis Wade: O Come All Ye Faithful; Adam: O Holy Night. Lise Davidsen, soprano; Norwegian Soloists’ Choir (conductor, Simon Arlasjö); Norwegian National Opera Children’s Choir (conductor, Edle Stray-Pedersen); Norwegian Radio Orchestra; […]
2023-10-06 14:13:00
Boris Godunov, Hamburg State Opera, 4 October 2023
Images: Brinkhoff/MögenburgBoris Godunov (Alexander Tsymbalyuk)Boris Godunov – Alexander Tsymbalyuk Andrey Schchelkalov – Alexey Bogdanchikov Nikitch (Police Officer) – Hubert Kowalczyk Mityukha – Julian Arsenault Prince Vasily Ivanovich Shuisky – Matthias Klink Pimen – Vitalij Kowaljow Grigory Otrepiev – Dovlet Nurgeldiyev Hostess of the Inn – Marta Swiderska Varlaam – Ryan Speedo Green Missail – Jürgen Sacher Xenia – Olivia Boen Xenia’s Nurse – Renate Spingler Fyodor – Kady Evanyshyn Boyar – Mateusz Lugowski Holy Fool – Florian PanzieriFrank Castorf (director)Wolfgang Gruber (assistant director)Aleksandar Denić (set designs)Adriana Braga Peretzki (costumes)Rainer Casper (lighting)Andreas Deinert, Severin Renke (video, live camera)Maryvonne Riedelsheimer (live editing)Patric Seibert (dramaturgy) Children’s and Youth Choir of the Hamburg State Opera (director: Luiz de Goday)Chorus of the Hamburg State Opera (director: Eberhard Friedrich)Hamburg Philharmonic State OrchestraKent Nagano (conductor) It is, of course, the opera for our time; arguably, it is for many other times too. Boris Godunov, in whatever incarnation – a […]
2021-05-24 07:03:53
The chance to hear instruments from Chopin's time alongside modern pianos at Third Chopin Festival Hamburg
[…] Shigeru Kawai. The concert venues in the museum will include the striking Hall of Mirrors, created in 1909 for a luxurious villa build by Henry and Emma Budge and installed in the museum in 1987. [The room has a complex and significant history, and there is a fascinating article at the Jewish History Online website] Performers at the festival include Hubert Rutkowski, the festival's artistic director, who will be giving a piano duo recital with Severin von Eckardstein, Mari Kodama, Tomasz Ritter, Menno van Delft and Stepan Simonian. Repertoire will include Chopin, of course, alongside the music of predecessors, contemporarys and successors right through to Ravel and Dutilleux. Full details from the Chopin Festival website.
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