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2022-12-07 00:00:00
Shostakovich & Mussorgsky: Songs, Chamber music
Modest Mussorgsky (1839-1885)Songs and Dances of DeathThe Nursery and other songsSergei Leiferkus, baritoneSemion Skigin, pianoConifer Classics 75605 51229 2 (1995)[flac, cue, log, scans]DOWNLOADModest Mussorgsky (1839-1885)The NurserySergei Prokofiev (1891-1953)The Ugly Duckling, op. 18Alexander Grechaninov (1864-1956)The Lane: 5 Children's Songs, op. 89Elisabeth Söderström, sopranoVladimir Ashkenazy, pianoDecca 476 2511 (2004). Recorded 1977-1978[flac, cue, log, scans]DOWNLOADDmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975)Suite on Words of Michelangelo, op. 145a6 Romances on Verses by Raleigh, Burns, Shakespeare, op. 140October, op.132, symphonic poemIldar Abdrazakov, bassBBC PhilharmonicGianandrea NosedaChandos CHAN 10358 (2006)[flac, cue, log, scans]DOWNLOADDmitri ShostakovichPiano Trios no. 1 op. 8 & no. 2 op. 67Seven Romances on Poems of Alexander BlokSusan Gritton, sopranoThe Florestan TrioHyperion CDA67834 (2011)[flac, cue, log, scans]DOWNLOADDmitri ShostakovichPiano Quintet, op. 57String Quartet no. 3, op. 73Belcea QuartetPiotr AnderszeweskiAlpha 360 (2018)[flac, cue, log, scans]DOWNLOAD
2022-03-08 17:28:00
[…] $1 million per performance. I mean, those productions had issues. The 2002 production was announced with Ben Heppner singing the title role. He withdrew and was replaced by four tenors, each singing from one to four and a fraction performances. Yes, really: Jon Fredric West dropped out of the performance of October 26 after one act, with Antonio Barasorda singing acts 2, 3, and 4. I caught Vladimir Galouzine and remember him sounding vocally clumsy. Sergei Leiferkus, a wonderful singer in the right repertory, was badly miscast as Jago; he had the trill (YES THERE'S A TRILL THERE) but sounded nothing like an Italian baritone. Patricia Racette sang beautifully. I vaguely recall that Donald Runnicles wasn't at his best. I should check; I probably have notes someplace. Okay, my comments about 2002: Galouzine was okay, which is much better than anyone has said West was; it's the right kind of […]
2021-08-19 14:00:06
Uninvited ghost
Trove Thursday sends best wishes to Michael Tilson Thomas, currently recovering from a recent surgery to remove a brain tumor, and presents him in a broadcast leading the UK premiere of Rimsky-Korsakov’s Mlada with Makvala Kasrashvili, Felicity Palmer, Jon Frederic West and Sergei Leiferkus.
2021-02-20 23:06:39
Carmen
Starring Angela Gheorghiu, Waltraud Meier, Plácido Domingo, and Sergei Leiferkus, conducted by James Levine. Production by Franco Zeffirelli. From March 25, 1997.
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