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2023-04-26 08:53:37
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2019-09-09 04:52:00
Opera Phantasies from 150 Years (SACD review)
From Bel Canto to Jazz. Volker Reinhold, violin; Ralph Zedler, piano. MDG 903 2134-6.The Harvard Concise Dictionary of Music defines a musical fantasia (or fantasy or phantasy) in several ways, the definition best applying here being "Free and somewhat improvisatory treatments of existing themes, often from operas." OK, to an uninitiated novice like me in the classical realm, that sounds an awful lot like a medley of greatest hits. But what do I know. "Fantasy" (or especially "phantasy") sounds a lot better than "medley." Whatever the case, the music here is remarkably vibrant, pleasant, and soothing as performed by two experts in the field. On the present disc, German violinist Volker Reinhold and German pianist Ralph Zedler offer five examples of such fantasias (or, again, fantasies, fantaisies, or phantasies, depending on the language) spanning some 150 years of classical music history. What's more, three of them are world-première recordings. You […]
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2018-04-29 20:17:00
Camille Saint-Saëns: Cello Concerto No.1 in A minor – Nicolas Altstaedt, Stuttgarter Kammerorchester, Matthias Foremny (HD 1080p)
[…] of the "Prague Spring" international music competition followed by a sensational debut with Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin. His career in the opera pit started at Komische Oper Berlin with Ligeti's "Le grand Macabre". The production attracted enthusiastic worldwide attention and was honored with the important German award "Bayerischer Theaterpreis".In 2002 Matthias Foremny became first prizewinner of the renowned German Music Competition ("Dirigentenforum") of "Deutscher Musikrat". From 2003 to 2012 he was General Music Director at the Mecklenburgisches Staatstheater Schwerin.As guest conductor Matthias Foremny is closely linked to Deutsche Oper Berlin, Radio Symphony Orchestra Berlin and Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra Helsinki. In 2011-2012 he celebrated his very successful debut at NDR Radio Symphony Orchestra Hamburg, Gewandhaus Orchestra Leipzig and at Hamburg State Opera – and was reengaged by each ensemble.His energy and charisma way to conduct is continually convincing the musicians, audience and press. Matthias Foremny is also highly regarded for his […]
2016-10-13 19:04:00
The Met press release says it all: Carsten Wittmoser will make his Met debut as Kurwenal in tonight’s performance of Wagner’s Tristan und Isolde, replacing Evgeny Nikitin, who is ill.German bass-baritone Wittmoser’s recent performances include Amonasro in Verdi’s Aida and Germont in Verdi’s La Traviata at Germany’s Mecklenburg State Theatre; Lord Sidney in Rossini’s Il Viaggio a Reims and Sarastro in Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte at the Ópera de Bellas Artes in Mexico City; the title role in Wagner’s Der Fliegende Holländer at Germany’s Theater Bremen and Switzerland’s Theater St. Gallen; Don Pizarro in Beethoven’s Fidelio at Michigan Opera Theatre; and Cecco del Vecchio in Wagner’s Rienzi at the Bayreuth Festival.Tonight’s performance of Tristan und Isolde is conducted by Sir Simon Rattle and also stars Nina Stemme as Isolde, Ekaterina Gubanova as Brangäne, Stuart Skelton as Tristan, and René Pape as King Marke.
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