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2016-06-03 01:00:00
[…] Bernstein (1918-1990) CANDIDE (1956) Original Broadway cast Rounseville, Cook, Adrian, Petina, Olvis Sony SK 48017 Recorded December 1956 FLAC, cuesheets, scans of covers and booklet Carlisle Floyd (1926- )SUSANNAH (1956) New Orleans Opera, dir : Knud AnderssonCurtain, Treigle, Cassilly, KaldenbergVAI Audio VAIA 1115-2Recorded March 1962FLAC, cuesheets, scans of covers and booklet Stephen Hartke (1952- )THE GREATER GOOD (2006) Glimmerglass Opera, dir : Steward RobinsonWorra, De Haan, Abraham, Wentzel, WorthNaxos 8.669014-15Recorded August 2006FLAC, cuesheets, scans of covers and booklet Edward Thomas (1924- )DESIRE UNDER THE ELMS (1978) London Symphony Orchestra, dir : George ManahanHadley, Morriw, Livengood, Ulrich, LentzNaxos 8.669001-02Recorded 2000, 2002FLAC, cuesheets, scans of covers and booklet
2016-04-18 22:49:33
[…] the ominous-sounding opening chords to a light-hearted flavor to support a silent pantomime to set up the action that is to follow. A masked Don Giovanni is seen standing over the bed of the sleeping Donna Anna, poised to ravish her. Waking, her amorous impulses alternate between steadfast refusal and come-hither acceptance as the Don works through his seduction, ultimately rejoicing over his conquest. Of course, Donna Anna’s father, the Commendatore (UT faculty bass Andrew Wentzel) pursues the intruder and dies as the Don’s servant Leporello intervenes as the conflict becomes a sword fight. As is the custom with UTOT, the production was double-cast over the four performances. Being able to view both casts, as I was afforded, gives one the intriguing opportunity to see how different combinations of singers push and pull the dramatic and vocal focus of the score and libretto. In the title role of the lecherous […]
2014-12-05 16:18:00
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[…] controversy: he condemned Islamic terrorists, was a vocal supporter of the Western 'war on terror', and made some much publicised erroneous predictions about how mahdi - the end of the world - would coincide with the year 2000. Sheikh Hassan Dyck studied classical cello and has developed a unique Sufi music that fuses contemporary and traditional styles. Among the 'friends' supporting him in Katwijk was the young aspiring master of the rebab Hamid Wentzel seen below. The musical forces for the Katwijk concert were conventional, but appearances with more diverse musicians have caused his music to be described tantalisingly as "a blend of minimal jazz, blues and trance", while a CD on sale at the concert features electric bass and pure electronics. The Naqshbandi-Haqqani Sufi order is unusually accessible, and Sheikh Hassan's concerts include an authentic Sufi dhikr. This is the ecstatic chanting of the ninety-nine […]
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