Classical Music II - Page 47

brownjenkins · 11-10-2010, 12:14 AM

Chopin Prelude, No. 17, Op. 28 in A flat

Gwaimir Windgem · 12-17-2010, 02:19 AM

So . . . Vivaldi's Ercole sul Termodonte, featuring the-most-frickin-awesome-cast-of-any-baroque-recording-in-our-time? IT'S FINALLY COMING OUT!

O.

M.

G!!!!!

***Tessar*** · 12-17-2010, 02:27 AM

OMG!!!!!!!!

!!!!!

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Must have!!!!!

Although I'm not thrilled about Villazon. Don't like his voice.

Gwaimir Windgem · 12-18-2010, 12:03 AM

True enough; if it's a video recording, at least you can watch his eyebrows jump all over the place, but in audio, meh. Not actually a huge fan of Damrau, either, and I'm disappointed that David Daniels was dropped from the original cast, but besides that, it's a friggin' awesome cast.

Here's another of my baroque-must-haves. Oh, Bostrich!

Villazon could learn a few things from him.

***Tessar*** · 12-18-2010, 02:19 AM

Yeah, plus Villazon blew his voice out... and it looks like his technique hasn't improved a bit since then. :-/ That really kind of puts me off. I truly admire a singer, like Dessay, who blows their voice out in the midst of an enormous career, and comes back stronger and better for it.... where as someone who just comes back and keeps straining and is fairly mediocre?

But that is just my opinion. I have no problem if someone loves Villazon... I have some friends who absolutely adore him. I just don't personally like him.

Funny you should say that about Damrau, I'm not a huge fan either although in her case I have a lot of respect for her... not crazy about her voice, but I think what she does is quite impressive.

I'm with you, though... wish they'd gotten Bostridge. At least he's got a little bit of a low voice. Did you hear Villazon totally die off in the middle of that one melizma when it went too low?

Two things though!!!! Is it just me or is Ian not straining so crazily when he sings any more? You can hear it in his voice, too... he always sounded great, but now he sounds a little more free. Secondly, is it just me or does he look better now that he's a little older? He always looked so awkward in his older photos and videos, but he looks quite handsome now.

Gwaimir Windgem · 12-18-2010, 02:53 AM

Definitely not twisting himself into knots anymore (though, I actually thought that was a fun bit of spectacle

), and you can hear less strain in his voice, as well.

But no, his head still looks like an egg.

David Fray, on the side bar, though . . . >.>

***Tessar*** · 12-28-2010, 11:29 AM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GxyZCnnv7rE

This is really beautiful.

Although I have to say, I disagree with the posters below. I used to dislike Renee Fleming immensely, but now I really love her. In my opinion the little scoops and sighs that she developed into her voice help make her truly unique, and I can't think of many other singers that can pull them off the way she can. I don't think that this un-ornamented style is any better than her current style.

I know a lot of sopranos who can sing it the way she does in this video, but I don't personally know any who can sing it the way she would now a days.

Gwaimir Windgem · 12-31-2010, 05:26 AM

It's technically still Christmas, right? So it's technically still kosher to post Messiah bits, right? Right? >.>

***Tessar*** · 01-03-2011, 12:24 AM

Two things.

Renee Fleming again, JUST BECAUSE.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KEcpVxDJtoM

"Adieu notre petite table" from Manon by Massenet. I love Massenet... think I really fell in love with his music while I was working on the scene from Thais.

Gwaimir Windgem · 01-07-2011, 05:03 PM

Oh. Oh. Oh.

OH MY GOD!!!!!

There is absolutely no doubt in my mind. I have died, and gone directly to Heaven.

Voronwen · 01-12-2011, 01:40 PM

This lady remains one of my greatest influences in the Baroque repertoire... I have so much respect for her work.

Sandrine Piau

Voronwen · 01-22-2011, 12:02 AM

Another great favorite and influence of mine...

Natalie Dessay

Love this aria, and she handles it with perfect finesse... Awesome!

Voronwen · 01-28-2011, 12:17 AM

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, MOZART!!!!!

Gwaimir Windgem · 01-28-2011, 12:25 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Voronwen

Another great favorite and influence of mine...

Natalie Dessay

Love this aria, and she handles it with perfect finesse... Awesome!

I'm in a state of mind where any mention of Natalie Dessay makes me salivate Pavlov-style, in anticipation of her upcoming Cleopatra CD.

Of course, any day is improved by the dizzying coloratura of Vivica Genaux. Seriously, I think 2,000 of the views on this video are probably mine.

Voronwen · 01-28-2011, 12:38 AM

Dessay is recording Cleopatra?! OMG. That is going to ROCK!

Grey_Wolf · 01-30-2011, 04:50 AM

Mozart

Flute and Harp Concerto in C
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bjAm_XEodAY

Clarinet Concerto in A, 2nd movement
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jOwdb9ofuMo

Serenade For Winds; K. 361; 3rd Movement
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Up4X...eature=related

Handel

Hallelujah Chorus from the Messiah
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JtoNHnR_WhE&feature=fvst

The Arrival of the Queen of Sheba
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-TGKJ9MgCOQ

Music for the Royal Fireworks
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4BQem...eature=related

Wassermusik Suite no 2 Allegro: Alla hornpipe
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OT1oT...eature=related

Grey_Wolf · 01-30-2011, 05:06 AM

Faure - Dolly Suite, Berceuse
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QcNHP12m-_g

Pachelbel - Canon
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hOA-2...eature=related

Bach - Toccata and Fugue in D minor, organ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ipzR9...eature=related

Chopin - Nocturne Op. 9 No. 2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EvxS_bJ0yOU

Haydn - Haydn Trumpet Concerto, 3rd mvt
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ASB6hFUat4g

Grey_Wolf · 01-30-2011, 05:14 AM

Johan Helmich Roman - Drottningholmsmusiken - Movement 1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iMiYCzAStEk

Delibes - The Flower Duet
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Qx2lMaMsl8

Bizet - Carmen - Interlude
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kCGCjjjMKcM

hectorberlioz · 05-17-2011, 01:42 PM

GW, I love the Delibes Flower Duet

. Never gets old. Unless you listen to it 5,000 times in a row. And then it merely becomes a tad wilted. Nothing a little water can't revive

.

I haven't changed a bit

. Still listening to Berlioz and Sibelius, mostly.

hectorberlioz · 05-17-2011, 01:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gwaimir Windgem

I'm in a state of mind where any mention of Natalie Dessay makes me salivate Pavlov-style, in anticipation of her upcoming Cleopatra CD.

Of course, any day is improved by the dizzying coloratura of Vivica Genaux. Seriously, I think 2,000 of the views on this video are probably mine.

Hmm. So very possibly on her CD we will be seeing music by Barber and Berlioz?

11-10-2010, 12:14 AM	#921
brownjenkins Advocatus Diaboli Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Reality Posts: 3,767	Chopin Prelude, No. 17, Op. 28 in A flat __________________ Your reality, sir, is lies and balderdash and I'm delighted to say that I have no grasp of it whatsoever.

12-17-2010, 02:19 AM	#922
Gwaimir Windgem Dread Mothy Lord and Halfwitted Apprentice Loremaster Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Thomas Aquinas College, Santa Paula, CA Posts: 10,820	So . . . Vivaldi's Ercole sul Termodonte, featuring the-most-frickin-awesome-cast-of-any-baroque-recording-in-our-time? IT'S FINALLY COMING OUT! O. M. G!!!!! __________________ 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

12-18-2010, 12:03 AM	#924
Gwaimir Windgem Dread Mothy Lord and Halfwitted Apprentice Loremaster Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Thomas Aquinas College, Santa Paula, CA Posts: 10,820	True enough; if it's a video recording, at least you can watch his eyebrows jump all over the place, but in audio, meh. Not actually a huge fan of Damrau, either, and I'm disappointed that David Daniels was dropped from the original cast, but besides that, it's a friggin' awesome cast. Here's another of my baroque-must-haves. Oh, Bostrich! Villazon could learn a few things from 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 Last edited by Gwaimir Windgem : 12-18-2010 at 12:07 AM.

12-18-2010, 02:53 AM	#926
Gwaimir Windgem Dread Mothy Lord and Halfwitted Apprentice Loremaster Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Thomas Aquinas College, Santa Paula, CA Posts: 10,820	Definitely not twisting himself into knots anymore (though, I actually thought that was a fun bit of spectacle ), and you can hear less strain in his voice, as well. But no, his head still looks like an egg. David Fray, on the side bar, though . . . >.> __________________ 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

12-31-2010, 05:26 AM	#928
Gwaimir Windgem Dread Mothy Lord and Halfwitted Apprentice Loremaster Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Thomas Aquinas College, Santa Paula, CA Posts: 10,820	It's technically still Christmas, right? So it's technically still kosher to post Messiah bits, right? Right? >.> __________________ 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

12-17-2010, 02:27 AM	#923
*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	OMG!!!!!!!! !!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Must have!!!!! Although I'm not thrilled about Villazon. Don't like his voice.

12-18-2010, 02:19 AM	#925
*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	Yeah, plus Villazon blew his voice out... and it looks like his technique hasn't improved a bit since then. :-/ That really kind of puts me off. I truly admire a singer, like Dessay, who blows their voice out in the midst of an enormous career, and comes back stronger and better for it.... where as someone who just comes back and keeps straining and is fairly mediocre? But that is just my opinion. I have no problem if someone loves Villazon... I have some friends who absolutely adore him. I just don't personally like him. Funny you should say that about Damrau, I'm not a huge fan either although in her case I have a lot of respect for her... not crazy about her voice, but I think what she does is quite impressive. I'm with you, though... wish they'd gotten Bostridge. At least he's got a little bit of a low voice. Did you hear Villazon totally die off in the middle of that one melizma when it went too low? Two things though!!!! Is it just me or is Ian not straining so crazily when he sings any more? You can hear it in his voice, too... he always sounded great, but now he sounds a little more free. Secondly, is it just me or does he look better now that he's a little older? He always looked so awkward in his older photos and videos, but he looks quite handsome now.

12-28-2010, 11:29 AM	#927
*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	http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GxyZCnnv7rE This is really beautiful. Although I have to say, I disagree with the posters below. I used to dislike Renee Fleming immensely, but now I really love her. In my opinion the little scoops and sighs that she developed into her voice help make her truly unique, and I can't think of many other singers that can pull them off the way she can. I don't think that this un-ornamented style is any better than her current style. I know a lot of sopranos who can sing it the way she does in this video, but I don't personally know any who can sing it the way she would now a days.

01-03-2011, 12:24 AM	#929
*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	Two things. Renee Fleming again, JUST BECAUSE. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KEcpVxDJtoM "Adieu notre petite table" from Manon by Massenet. I love Massenet... think I really fell in love with his music while I was working on the scene from Thais.

01-07-2011, 05:03 PM	#930
Gwaimir Windgem Dread Mothy Lord and Halfwitted Apprentice Loremaster Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Thomas Aquinas College, Santa Paula, CA Posts: 10,820	Oh. Oh. Oh. OH MY GOD!!!!! There is absolutely no doubt in my mind. I have died, and gone directly to Heaven. __________________ 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

01-12-2011, 01:40 PM	#931
Voronwen Lady of Andúnië Join Date: May 2009 Location: Andúnië Posts: 572	This lady remains one of my greatest influences in the Baroque repertoire... I have so much respect for her work. Sandrine Piau __________________ " ...But the Exiles on the shores of the sea, if they turned towards the West in the desire of their hearts, spoke of Mar-nu-Falmar that was whelmed in the waves, Akallabêth the Downfallen, Atalantë in the Eldarin tongue." "Ye who believe in affection that hopes, and endures, and is patient, Ye who believe in the beauty and strength of woman's devotion, List to the mournful tradition still sung by the pines of the forest ... " ~ Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Evangeline

01-22-2011, 12:02 AM	#932
Voronwen Lady of Andúnië Join Date: May 2009 Location: Andúnië Posts: 572	Another great favorite and influence of mine... Natalie Dessay Love this aria, and she handles it with perfect finesse... Awesome! __________________ " ...But the Exiles on the shores of the sea, if they turned towards the West in the desire of their hearts, spoke of Mar-nu-Falmar that was whelmed in the waves, Akallabêth the Downfallen, Atalantë in the Eldarin tongue." "Ye who believe in affection that hopes, and endures, and is patient, Ye who believe in the beauty and strength of woman's devotion, List to the mournful tradition still sung by the pines of the forest ... " ~ Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Evangeline

01-28-2011, 12:17 AM	#933
Voronwen Lady of Andúnië Join Date: May 2009 Location: Andúnië Posts: 572	HAPPY BIRTHDAY, MOZART!!!!! __________________ " ...But the Exiles on the shores of the sea, if they turned towards the West in the desire of their hearts, spoke of Mar-nu-Falmar that was whelmed in the waves, Akallabêth the Downfallen, Atalantë in the Eldarin tongue." "Ye who believe in affection that hopes, and endures, and is patient, Ye who believe in the beauty and strength of woman's devotion, List to the mournful tradition still sung by the pines of the forest ... " ~ Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Evangeline

01-28-2011, 12:38 AM	#935
Voronwen Lady of Andúnië Join Date: May 2009 Location: Andúnië Posts: 572	Dessay is recording Cleopatra?! OMG. That is going to ROCK! __________________ " ...But the Exiles on the shores of the sea, if they turned towards the West in the desire of their hearts, spoke of Mar-nu-Falmar that was whelmed in the waves, Akallabêth the Downfallen, Atalantë in the Eldarin tongue." "Ye who believe in affection that hopes, and endures, and is patient, Ye who believe in the beauty and strength of woman's devotion, List to the mournful tradition still sung by the pines of the forest ... " ~ Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Evangeline

01-30-2011, 04:50 AM	#936
Grey_Wolf Elf Lord Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Mirkwood, well actually I live in North-west Scania, Sweden Posts: 9,481	Mozart Flute and Harp Concerto in C http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bjAm_XEodAY Clarinet Concerto in A, 2nd movement http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jOwdb9ofuMo Serenade For Winds; K. 361; 3rd Movement http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Up4X...eature=related Handel Hallelujah Chorus from the Messiah http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JtoNHnR_WhE&feature=fvst The Arrival of the Queen of Sheba http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-TGKJ9MgCOQ Music for the Royal Fireworks http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4BQem...eature=related Wassermusik Suite no 2 Allegro: Alla hornpipe http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OT1oT...eature=related Last edited by Grey_Wolf : 01-30-2011 at 05:07 AM.

01-30-2011, 05:06 AM	#937
Grey_Wolf Elf Lord Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Mirkwood, well actually I live in North-west Scania, Sweden Posts: 9,481	Faure - Dolly Suite, Berceuse http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QcNHP12m-_g Pachelbel - Canon http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hOA-2...eature=related Bach - Toccata and Fugue in D minor, organ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ipzR9...eature=related Chopin - Nocturne Op. 9 No. 2 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EvxS_bJ0yOU Haydn - Haydn Trumpet Concerto, 3rd mvt http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ASB6hFUat4g

01-30-2011, 05:14 AM	#938
Grey_Wolf Elf Lord Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Mirkwood, well actually I live in North-west Scania, Sweden Posts: 9,481	Johan Helmich Roman - Drottningholmsmusiken - Movement 1 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iMiYCzAStEk Delibes - The Flower Duet http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Qx2lMaMsl8 Bizet - Carmen - Interlude http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kCGCjjjMKcM

05-17-2011, 01:42 PM	#939
hectorberlioz Master of Orchestration President Emeritus of Entmoot 2004-2008 Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Lost in the Opera House Posts: 9,328	GW, I love the Delibes Flower Duet . Never gets old. Unless you listen to it 5,000 times in a row. And then it merely becomes a tad wilted. Nothing a little water can't revive . I haven't changed a bit . Still listening to Berlioz and Sibelius, mostly. __________________ 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

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