Classical Music II - Page 46

***Tessar*** · 05-04-2010, 05:13 PM

No, actually she sings it in the Italian... which I guess might be a bit surprising for that time period.

I just wanted to say HOLY CRAP ON A CRACKER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! L' Assedio di Corinto is just about the GREATEST THING I CAN HAZ EVER BEHELD IN MEH LIVE!!!!!!!!

I'll put it this way: It's a little bit like listening to Beverly Sills, Marilyn Horne, and a handful of other amazing singers do a constant stream of the most difficult, technical vocalizes and scales you've ever heard.

This whole opera is just an incredible showcase of coloratura singing from all of the performers... I am totally blown away. I love, love, LOVE this opera!!!

There is one trio in particular where at the end Beverly Sills does a melisma to a high note, descends, and then Marilyn Horne does the same melisma, descends, and while she and Sills are still holding their middle/low notes, the tenor does the same melisma.... it's just friggin' gratuitous and awesome

. Getting this thing for $5 is a crime I should be locked up for

. Sinfully good!!!!!

Gwaimir Windgem · 05-04-2010, 08:26 PM

Speaking of Marilyn Horne and insane coloratura, what the hell is she doing at 3:22? There's definitely something weird going on, but for the life of me I can't tell what exactly it is.

hectorberlioz · 05-04-2010, 08:37 PM

Don't question Marilyn Horne. She's a goddess

***Tessar*** · 05-04-2010, 09:12 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gwaimir Windgem

Speaking of Marilyn Horne and insane coloratura, what the hell is she doing at 3:22? There's definitely something weird going on, but for the life of me I can't tell what exactly it is.

Sounds to me like she didn't catch her breath on an entirely open throat and her voice 'glitched' a tiny bit on the new onset. She sounds like she's generally struggling with the aria a little bit... maybe having a slightly off night?

Still sounds beautiful.

Gwaimir Windgem · 05-04-2010, 09:43 PM

I have to say, I think her ornamentations exceed the bounds of good taste, although they're still really fun to listen to!

Tricky! I was all confused, like "Wait, but Jaroussky already has a CD like that! Why does he need another one?" Then I realized it was the same thing.

***Tessar*** · 05-07-2010, 10:19 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gwaimir Windgem

I was all confused, like "Wait, but Jaroussky already has a CD like that! Why does he need another one?"

*hauls back and slaps you with a white glove* YOU'RE HYSTERICAL, PULL YOURSELF TOGETHER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

If you have to ask 'why does he need another one', even if he already has a CD like that, then you really ARE confused.

Actually I really prefer the first CD cover, but I guess considering his fame now it makes the CD more recognizable to the casual browser. Plus it's not like he's unpleasant to look at, I guess

. But I still prefer the first cover... it was very beautiful.

hectorberlioz · 05-07-2010, 11:15 AM

Did you two hear about Jarousky running for president of Slovenia? It's true

Gwaimir Windgem · 05-07-2010, 02:14 PM

Oh, certainly. Beata Vergine's cover was very elegant; one of the better CD covers I've gotten over the past few years.

***Tessar*** · 05-08-2010, 12:21 AM

Renee Fleming singing Muse:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rI65rdrVTdg

I gotta say, I'm IMPRESSED. I really love it... which I certainly didn't expect to. I thought it was gonna be crap, but I could absolutely put something like this on my iPod, and I expect I would listen to it rather often

. I'm much more impressed with this than with the Jason Robert Brown song she 'belted' on her broadway CD.

Interesting interview on her CD: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WqtNwFPkFew

Gwaimir Windgem · 06-01-2010, 07:52 PM

Not sure if I posted this here before or not, but if I did, it won't hurt to re-post. Genaux's coloratura is INSANE.

Gwaimir Windgem · 06-21-2010, 10:12 PM

So Jaroussky sings Va tacito e nascosto much better than I would have expected; I always assumed it would be rather too low for him.

***Tessar*** · 06-22-2010, 01:01 AM

Oooh, rather divine.

I think my favorite might still be Bryn Terfel, though.... him, or Andreas Scholl.

Gwaimir Windgem · 11-06-2010, 07:08 PM

Going to see Acis and Galatea tomorrow, so I was listening to the delightful little number Happy we tonight. Seriously, it's just so awesome.

I also noticed for the first time that Ian Bostridge looks kinda like the Eleventh Doctor. O.o

***Tessar*** · 11-06-2010, 07:49 PM

I always wonder, when I watch him, how he gets -any- sound out... and also how he doesn't just die when he sings. O_o It looks so weird.

Gwaimir Windgem · 11-06-2010, 08:15 PM

Sarah Connolly + Marie-Nicole Lemieux + son nata lagrimar = yummeh.

***Tessar*** · 11-06-2010, 09:37 PM

DELISH!!!!!

Don't mind if I go back for seconds. >.>

Gwaimir Windgem · 11-06-2010, 10:25 PM

MEEP! Looks like Lemieux's gonna be in TO this January.

BITCHIN!!!

Downside: she will be singing Mozart . . . >.> Vivaldi in Quebec, Messiah in NYC, and here I am stuck in the middle with Mozart.

***Tessar*** · 11-07-2010, 12:22 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gwaimir Windgem

Downside: she will be singing Mozart . . . >.> Vivaldi in Quebec, Messiah in NYC, and here I am stuck in the middle with Mozart.

*slap* You be grateful! You be grateful for that Mozart!!!

I have to agree, actually. I'm sure it'll be fantastic, but she's surely a Diva of Vivaldi. It's a shame you wont get to hear her singing some of that.

Gwaimir Windgem · 11-07-2010, 01:28 AM

The real bitch is that Jaroussky will be in Toronto next fall . . . after I leave . . . I nearly had a conniption when I saw that.

***Tessar*** · 11-07-2010, 01:33 AM

*moothugs*

05-04-2010, 08:26 PM	#902
Gwaimir Windgem Dread Mothy Lord and Halfwitted Apprentice Loremaster Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Thomas Aquinas College, Santa Paula, CA Posts: 10,820	Speaking of Marilyn Horne and insane coloratura, what the hell is she doing at 3:22? There's definitely something weird going on, but for the life of me I can't tell what exactly it is. __________________ Crux fidelis, inter omnes arbor una nobilis. Nulla talem silva profert, fronde, flore, germine. Dulce lignum, dulce clavo, dulce pondus sustinens. 'With a melon?' - Eric Idle

05-04-2010, 08:37 PM	#903
hectorberlioz Master of Orchestration President Emeritus of Entmoot 2004-2008 Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Lost in the Opera House Posts: 9,328	Don't question Marilyn Horne. She's a goddess __________________ ACALEWIA- President of Entmoot hectorberlioz- Vice President of Entmoot Acaly und Hektor fur Presidants fur EntMut fur life! Join the discussion at Entmoot Election 2010. "Stupidissimo!"~Toscanini The Da CINDY Code The Epic Poem Of The Balrog of Entmoot: Here ~NEW! ~ Thinking of summer vacation? AboutNewJersey.com - NJ Travel & Tourism Guide

05-04-2010, 09:43 PM	#905
Gwaimir Windgem Dread Mothy Lord and Halfwitted Apprentice Loremaster Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Thomas Aquinas College, Santa Paula, CA Posts: 10,820	I have to say, I think her ornamentations exceed the bounds of good taste, although they're still really fun to listen to! Tricky! I was all confused, like "Wait, but Jaroussky already has a CD like that! Why does he need another one?" Then I realized it was the same thing. __________________ Crux fidelis, inter omnes arbor una nobilis. Nulla talem silva profert, fronde, flore, germine. Dulce lignum, dulce clavo, dulce pondus sustinens. 'With a melon?' - Eric Idle

05-07-2010, 11:15 AM	#907
hectorberlioz Master of Orchestration President Emeritus of Entmoot 2004-2008 Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Lost in the Opera House Posts: 9,328	Did you two hear about Jarousky running for president of Slovenia? It's true __________________ ACALEWIA- President of Entmoot hectorberlioz- Vice President of Entmoot Acaly und Hektor fur Presidants fur EntMut fur life! Join the discussion at Entmoot Election 2010. "Stupidissimo!"~Toscanini The Da CINDY Code The Epic Poem Of The Balrog of Entmoot: Here ~NEW! ~ Thinking of summer vacation? AboutNewJersey.com - NJ Travel & Tourism Guide

05-07-2010, 02:14 PM	#908
Gwaimir Windgem Dread Mothy Lord and Halfwitted Apprentice Loremaster Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Thomas Aquinas College, Santa Paula, CA Posts: 10,820	Oh, certainly. Beata Vergine's cover was very elegant; one of the better CD covers I've gotten over the past few years. __________________ Crux fidelis, inter omnes arbor una nobilis. Nulla talem silva profert, fronde, flore, germine. Dulce lignum, dulce clavo, dulce pondus sustinens. 'With a melon?' - Eric Idle

05-04-2010, 05:13 PM	#901
*Tessar* Master and Wielder of the Cardboard Harp of Gondor Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: IM IN UR POSTZ, EDITIN' UR WURDZ Posts: 6,433	No, actually she sings it in the Italian... which I guess might be a bit surprising for that time period. I just wanted to say HOLY CRAP ON A CRACKER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! L' Assedio di Corinto is just about the GREATEST THING I CAN HAZ EVER BEHELD IN MEH LIVE!!!!!!!! I'll put it this way: It's a little bit like listening to Beverly Sills, Marilyn Horne, and a handful of other amazing singers do a constant stream of the most difficult, technical vocalizes and scales you've ever heard. This whole opera is just an incredible showcase of coloratura singing from all of the performers... I am totally blown away. I love, love, LOVE this opera!!! There is one trio in particular where at the end Beverly Sills does a melisma to a high note, descends, and then Marilyn Horne does the same melisma, descends, and while she and Sills are still holding their middle/low notes, the tenor does the same melisma.... it's just friggin' gratuitous and awesome . Getting this thing for $5 is a crime I should be locked up for . Sinfully good!!!!!

05-08-2010, 12:21 AM	#909
*Tessar* Master and Wielder of the Cardboard Harp of Gondor Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: IM IN UR POSTZ, EDITIN' UR WURDZ Posts: 6,433	Renee Fleming singing Muse: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rI65rdrVTdg I gotta say, I'm IMPRESSED. I really love it... which I certainly didn't expect to. I thought it was gonna be crap, but I could absolutely put something like this on my iPod, and I expect I would listen to it rather often . I'm much more impressed with this than with the Jason Robert Brown song she 'belted' on her broadway CD. Interesting interview on her CD: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WqtNwFPkFew

06-01-2010, 07:52 PM	#910
Gwaimir Windgem Dread Mothy Lord and Halfwitted Apprentice Loremaster Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Thomas Aquinas College, Santa Paula, CA Posts: 10,820	Not sure if I posted this here before or not, but if I did, it won't hurt to re-post. Genaux's coloratura is INSANE. __________________ Crux fidelis, inter omnes arbor una nobilis. Nulla talem silva profert, fronde, flore, germine. Dulce lignum, dulce clavo, dulce pondus sustinens. 'With a melon?' - Eric Idle

06-21-2010, 10:12 PM	#911
Gwaimir Windgem Dread Mothy Lord and Halfwitted Apprentice Loremaster Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Thomas Aquinas College, Santa Paula, CA Posts: 10,820	So Jaroussky sings Va tacito e nascosto much better than I would have expected; I always assumed it would be rather too low for him. __________________ Crux fidelis, inter omnes arbor una nobilis. Nulla talem silva profert, fronde, flore, germine. Dulce lignum, dulce clavo, dulce pondus sustinens. 'With a melon?' - Eric Idle

06-22-2010, 01:01 AM	#912
*Tessar* Master and Wielder of the Cardboard Harp of Gondor Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: IM IN UR POSTZ, EDITIN' UR WURDZ Posts: 6,433	Oooh, rather divine. I think my favorite might still be Bryn Terfel, though.... him, or Andreas Scholl.

11-06-2010, 07:08 PM	#913
Gwaimir Windgem Dread Mothy Lord and Halfwitted Apprentice Loremaster Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Thomas Aquinas College, Santa Paula, CA Posts: 10,820	Going to see Acis and Galatea tomorrow, so I was listening to the delightful little number Happy we tonight. Seriously, it's just so awesome. I also noticed for the first time that Ian Bostridge looks kinda like the Eleventh Doctor. O.o __________________ Crux fidelis, inter omnes arbor una nobilis. Nulla talem silva profert, fronde, flore, germine. Dulce lignum, dulce clavo, dulce pondus sustinens. 'With a melon?' - Eric Idle

11-06-2010, 07:49 PM	#914
*Tessar* Master and Wielder of the Cardboard Harp of Gondor Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: IM IN UR POSTZ, EDITIN' UR WURDZ Posts: 6,433	I always wonder, when I watch him, how he gets -any- sound out... and also how he doesn't just die when he sings. O_o It looks so weird.

11-06-2010, 08:15 PM	#915
Gwaimir Windgem Dread Mothy Lord and Halfwitted Apprentice Loremaster Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Thomas Aquinas College, Santa Paula, CA Posts: 10,820	Sarah Connolly + Marie-Nicole Lemieux + son nata lagrimar = yummeh. __________________ Crux fidelis, inter omnes arbor una nobilis. Nulla talem silva profert, fronde, flore, germine. Dulce lignum, dulce clavo, dulce pondus sustinens. 'With a melon?' - Eric Idle

11-06-2010, 09:37 PM	#916
*Tessar* Master and Wielder of the Cardboard Harp of Gondor Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: IM IN UR POSTZ, EDITIN' UR WURDZ Posts: 6,433	DELISH!!!!! Don't mind if I go back for seconds. >.>

11-06-2010, 10:25 PM	#917
Gwaimir Windgem Dread Mothy Lord and Halfwitted Apprentice Loremaster Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Thomas Aquinas College, Santa Paula, CA Posts: 10,820	MEEP! Looks like Lemieux's gonna be in TO this January. BITCHIN!!! Downside: she will be singing Mozart . . . >.> Vivaldi in Quebec, Messiah in NYC, and here I am stuck in the middle with Mozart. __________________ Crux fidelis, inter omnes arbor una nobilis. Nulla talem silva profert, fronde, flore, germine. Dulce lignum, dulce clavo, dulce pondus sustinens. 'With a melon?' - Eric Idle Last edited by Gwaimir Windgem : 11-06-2010 at 10:27 PM.

11-07-2010, 01:28 AM	#919
Gwaimir Windgem Dread Mothy Lord and Halfwitted Apprentice Loremaster Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Thomas Aquinas College, Santa Paula, CA Posts: 10,820	The real bitch is that Jaroussky will be in Toronto next fall . . . after I leave . . . I nearly had a conniption when I saw that. __________________ Crux fidelis, inter omnes arbor una nobilis. Nulla talem silva profert, fronde, flore, germine. Dulce lignum, dulce clavo, dulce pondus sustinens. 'With a melon?' - Eric Idle

11-07-2010, 01:33 AM	#920
*Tessar* Master and Wielder of the Cardboard Harp of Gondor Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: IM IN UR POSTZ, EDITIN' UR WURDZ Posts: 6,433	moothugs

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