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American composer
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Review of Hallé performance of Verdi's Requiem, conducted by Sir Mark Elder
[…] showmanship, and the contribution of the soloists. Natalya Romaniw was a heavenly prima donna, wonderfully sustaining her purity of tone and accuracy to the very end of the Libera me. If the Romantic notion that anyone can be saved through the love of a good woman was what Verdi had in mind there, her voice exemplified it. Alice Coote, too, so imperious in her depiction of the Last Judgment in the Sequence, was the perfect Secunda Donna when it came to the Agnus Dei, which was one of the most beautiful parts of the whole performance. Thomas Atkins shone as every Italian tenor at prayer should do, in Ingemisco, and James Platt caught something of the pleading tone of Germont father in his singing of Confutatis maledictis (though in ensemble his foundation of the harmony didn’t always seem quite precise enough). Whatever Verdi did or didn’t believe about the hereafter, […]
2019-03-24 22:17:00
Review of English Touring Opera's Elizabeth I
England’s woman leader is in power, but only just. Surrounded by plotters and schemers, with a female rival from Scotland attracting growing support, she sees her only way as being unbending – any sign of weakness will be an excuse to topple her. But that very rigidity is exploited by supposed friends, whose only real ambition is to take power for themselves. Deceiving and deceived, they profess loyalty while fomenting its opposite. Sounds familiar? This is the England of Elizabeth I – Elisabetta, Regina d’Inghilterra, as Rossini and his librettist saw her. In this version of history, the Earl of Leicester is the good guy, refusing Elizabeth’s amorous advances because he’s already secretly married (and thus incurring her passionate wrath, as his wife is Mathilde, daughter of Mary Queen of Scots). The Duke of Norfolk is a lying toad, trying to manoeuvre Leicester to his death, then, once […]
2018-10-22 07:00:08
Music for Windy Instruments: Sounds from the court of King James I
Music for Windy Instruments: Sounds from the court of King James I; English Cornett and Sackbut Ensemble; Resonus Classics Reviewed by Robert Hugill on 10 October 2018 Star rating: 3.5 (★★★½) A window onto the sounds heard at the court of King James IIn an age before amplification, filling large spaces with music required loud, penetrating instruments. And the ensemble of cornetts and sackbuts filled such a purpose. Arising out of the ensembles of shawms and sackbuts which provided outdoor dance music, in the early 17th century ensembles of cornetts and sackbuts provided music for ceremonial and court activities in the larger state rooms of the palaces at the courts of Queen Elizabeth I and King James I. Music for the more intimate privy chambers being provided by quieter, more intimate instruments.This new disc from the English Cornett and Sackbut Ensemble on Resonus Classics explores the music of […]
2017-10-07 23:00:00
Known and less well known in 17th century Italy
La Suave Melodia Instrumental Music from 17Th Century Italy Works of Falconiero, Castello, Cima, Riccio, Cesare and others Les Timbres & Harmonia Lenis Label: Flora FLO 3415 Recorded August 2014 [flacs & scans] Download Maurizio Cazzati (1616-1678)Mass & Psalms Opus 36Sebastian Anton Scherer (1631-1712)Intonationi Secunda sexti toniEnsemble Voces SuavesFrancesco Saverio pedrini - directionLabel: Claves 50-1605Recorded April 2015[flacs & scans]Download UNO + ONE : Italia Nostra Italian Vocal & Instrumental Music of Monteverdi, Pesenti, Rossi, Castello and Kapsberger Jolle Greenleaf, Molly Quinn - soprano's Ensemble Tenet Label: Avie AV2303 Recorded September 2012 [flacs & scans] Download Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741)Sonatas and Chamber Music for OboeRV 28, RV 34, RV53, RV 67, RV 106,RV 779 and RV 801Gail Hennessy - baroque oboeNicholas Parle - harpsichord, organLabel: Signum SIGCD0037Recorded November 2002[flac & scans]Download
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