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2023-12-17 09:39:00
Eugene Onegin, Komische Oper, 15 December 2023
Schillertheater Eugene Onegin – Günter PapendellTatiana – Ruzan Mantashyan Olga – Deniz Uzun Lensky – Gerard Schneider Mme Larina – Stefanie Schaefer Prince Gremin – Tijl Faveyts Filipievna – Margarita Nekrasova M. Triquet – Christoph Späth Zaretsky – Ferhat Baday Captain – Jan-Frank Süße Guillot – Alexander KohlBarrie Kosky (director)Werner Sauer (revival director)Rebecca Ringst (set designs)Klaus Bruns (costumes)Simon Berger (dramaturgy)Franck Evin (lighting) Orchestra and Chorus (chorus director: David Cavelius) of the Komische OperJames Gaffigan (conductor)Images: Iko Freese / drama-berlin.de I first saw Barrie Kosky’s Eugene Onegin, premiered in 2016, in 2019, a few months before the theatres closed. Then it was at the Komische Oper’s permanent home on Behrenstraße. Now, the building having closed for several years for renovation, this latest revival may be seen across town in Charlottenburg’s Schillertheater, conducted by the company’s new music director James Gaffigan. The cast is a mix of old and new, Günter Papendell, Stefanie […]
2023-12-15 00:00:00
Another miscellany of orchestral and vocal music (Bostock, Corp, Davan Wetton, DePaul Wind Ensemble, Dreier, Elder, Pesek, The Albion Ensemble)
[…] issued 2014][digital download; flacs, cover, booklet and inlay scans]Recording venue: Henry Wood Hall, LondonRecording engineer: Mike Clements; Producer: Andrew WaltonRagtimes & Serenades:01 - 04 Willem van Otterloo (1907-1978): Serenade for Brass and Percussion [18'56]05 George Perle (1915-2009): Concertino for Piano, Winds and Timpani * [9'58]06 - 09 Ned Rorem (1923-2022): Sinfonia [11'26]10 - 12 Thom Ritter George (1942-): Concerto for Flute and Winds ^ [7'55]13 - 23 Hans Werner Henze (1926-2012): Ragtimes and Habaneras [13'57]Mary Sauer- piano*, Mary Stolper- flute^, DePaul Wind Ensemble conducted by Donald DeRocheAlbany TROY568 [recorded June 2000 to June 2002; CD issued 2003][digital download; flacs, cover, booklet and inlay scans]Recording venue: DePaul University Concert Hall, Chicago, USARecording engineer: Thomas Miller; Producer: Julie DeRocheSilk Road:01 - 04 Ikuma Dan (1924-2001): The Silk Road. Suite for Orchestra [25'33]05 Alexander Borodin (1833-1887): In the Steppes of Central Asia [6'04]06 - 13 Ferruccio Busoni (1866-1924): Turandot Suite, op.41 BV248 [34'50]Argovia […]
2022-07-18 05:27:00
Telemann: Viola Concertos (CD review)
[…] more quickly than you want.Anyway, the other items on the agenda are another Overture (where the percussionist comes into his own), the Canonic sonata for 2 violas, two Fantasias for solo viola (wonderfully inventive), ending with the enchanting Concerto for 2 violas, strings and continuo. All of them are little gems, prompting one to see clearly why Bach and Handel and most of the classical world of the Baroque period so admired Telemann’s music.Producer Martin Sauer and engineers Tobias Lehman and Rene Moller recorded the music at Teldex Studio Berlin in July 2020. Harmonia Mundi has been recording period instruments for quite some time, and their practice pays off. The sound is smooth and natural, while providing plenty of detail. It’s perhaps a tad closer than I’d like, compressing a lot of the instruments into the center of the stage, but it’s a minor quibble that one quickly forgets. Besides, […]
2022-05-23 04:33:00
Beethoven: Piano Concertos No.s 1 & 3 (CD review)
[…] like it better than the numbered 2, it might be because it’s a slightly later work. Whatever, it’s always been among my favorites, and Bezuidenhout and Heras-Casado give it the same detailed attention they provided the other concertos in the set, meaning the playing is radiant, scintillating, and effervescent throughout. I would count these performances of all five Beethoven piano concertos among the very best available, regardless of period or modern instruments.Producer and editor Martin Sauer and engineer Tobias Lehmann recorded the music for Teldex Studio Berlin at the Ensemblehaus Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany in December 2017. The recording projects just the right amount of hall ambience and a reverberance that flatters the sound yet still provides good definition and a realistic setting at the same time. The piano is well positioned in the center of the sound field, not too far in front of the orchestra, with a modest degree […]
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