2009年3月27日星期五

The 50 greatest recordings you've never heard of - Contribution and... Req...



 
 

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于 09-3-27 通过 classics 作者:Ice

Scriabin : The symphonies 1-3, Piano Concerto, Poems : N. Golovanov - Choir and Orchestra of the All Union Radio Orchestra Moscow.
CD: 01 : Symphony no.1 in E major, Op.26
Ludmilla Legostaeva : mezzo-Soprano
Anatoly Orfenov : Tenor
Choir and Symphony Orchestra of All Union Radio
Recorded in 1948
Prometheus, the Poem of Fire, Op.60
Alexander Goldenweiser : Piano
Symphony Orchestra of All Union Radio
Recorded in 1947
CD : 02 : Scriabin : Symphony No. 2 in C Minor, Op.29
Symphony Orchestra of the All Union Radio
Recorded 1950
Scriabin : Poems of Ecstacy, Op.54
Serguei Popov : Trumpet
Symphony Orchestra of All Union Radio
Recorded 1952
CD : 03 : Symphony No.3 in C Minor "The Godly Poeme", Op.43
Symphony Orchestra of the All Union Radio
Recoeded 1946
Piano Concerto in F Minor, Op.20
Heinrich Neuhaus : Piano
Symphony Orchestra of the All Union Radio
Recorded 1946
Nikolai Golovanov : Conductor

Eac / ape (img + cue).
Recovery : 3%.
Total rar size : CD / Covers / Booklet : 753 MB / 9 parts.
Included : Full Covers, Booklet, CD in 300 dpi.

Tracklists :
CD: 1-3 : N. Golovanov - Choir and Orchestra of the All Union Radio Orchestra Moscow - Scriabin : The symphonies 1-3, Piano Concerto, Poems.
01. Symphony No.1 in E Major, Op.26 : Lento [0:06:57.22]
02. Allegro dramatico [0:09:11.66]
03. Lento [0:09:55.06]
04. Vivace [0:03:06.17]
05. Allegro [0:06:59.40]
06. Andante [0:13:37.58]
07. Prometheus, the Poem of Fire, Op.60 : Prometheus [0:23:19.21]

CD : 2-3 : N. Golovanov - Orchestra of the All Union Radio Orchestra Moscow - Scriabin : The symphonies 1-3, Piano Concerto, Poems.
01. Symphony No.2 in C Minor, Op. 29 : I.Andante [0:07:39.97]
02. II. Allegro [0:11:06.78]
03. III. Andante [0:14:32.73]
04. IV. Tempestuos [0:05:11.33]
05. V. Maestoso [0:08:49.00]
06. Poems of Ecstasy, Op. 54 : Poems of Ecstasy [0:22:20.88]

CD : 3-3 : N. Golovanov - Orchestra of the All Union Radio Orchestra Moscow - Scriabin : The symphonies 1-3, Piano Concerto, Poems.
01. Symphony No.3 in C Minor "The Godly Poeme", Op.43 : I. Introduction : Lento [0:01:16.97]
02. II. Luttes (Struggle) : Allegro [0:23:05.36]
03. III. Voluptes (Delights) : Lento [0:10:44.46]
04. Jeu Divin (Divine Play) : Allegro [0:08:44.33]
05. Piano Concerto in F minor, Op.20 : I. Allegro [0:06:43.10]
06. II. Andante [0:07:51.73]
07. III. Allegro Moderato [0:09:54.16]

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Desperately I'm looking for the rest albums.
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2009年3月14日星期六

Berlin Parsifal: Domingo redeems himself in knock-out performance from Baren...



 
 

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于 09-3-10 通过 mostly opera... 作者:mostly opera...

Parsifal. Berlin State Opera, March 9th. Director: Eichinger. Cast: Plácido Domingo (Parsifal), Waltraud Meier (Kundry), Robert Holl (Gurnemanz), Hanno Müller-Brachmann (Amfortas), Christof Fischesser (Klingsor). Conductor: Daniel Barenboim. Further information here.

There were two major differences between the performance of March 6th and that of yesterday: First, and most importantly, Daniel Barenboim simply nailed it. And secondly, Plácido Domingo proved that he can sing the part of Parsifal, substituting Fridays lack of preparation with a performance it is hard not to admire.

You simply do not sustain a 40+ year top career gaining you virtually legendary status without putting in a considerable amount of hard work combined with keen self-insight and criticism. Mainly for these reasons I was not surprised that Plácido Domingo had improved vastly from his performance last Friday.
Admittedly, Plácido Domingo doesn´t look and move like (some of) his 30 years younger colleagues, but he still sings better than anyone I have heard live in the part. Vocally he is at least as solid as on the 2005 Thielemann-recording, and while he may still have relied on prompting for parts of Act 2 (audible only twice even from the front row seats, which is quite normal), it didn´t significantly detract from this performance. Even if I still don´t think Parsifal brings out his true dramatic strengths (whether 40 or 70 years old), it was hard not to find his performance impressive. Though I´d expect the Simon Boccanegra he returns to the Berlin State Opera with this upcoming October will show him in an even better light.

How often do you sit in the audience, watch a singer and think: I don´t think this part has ever been better performed in the entire history of the work? It is such with Waltraud Meier´s Kundry, whose charisma and plain ability to project the character is beyond description and kicks any vocal deficiencies into oblivion.

It is also such with René Pape´s Gurnemanz. That is: Had he been there. And it is both unfair and unrealistic to expect that veteran Wagnerian (and previous Bayreuth-Hans Sachs), the not overly charismatic Robert Holl substituting at short notice, should suddenly aspire to perform at that level. His was an honorable and solid, though not overly exciting Gurnemanz.

I wouldn´t be surprised if Christof Fischesser went on to bigger things as he is a plainly superb Klingsor, even more secure at this second performance.
Hanno Müller-Brachmann repeated his beautiful and lyric interpretation of Amfortas from Friday.
Also a well-sung performance from Andreas Bauer as Titurel, coming off to the worst possible start as the curtain went up about 2 minutes too early during the Act 1 transformation music exposing him drinking from a waterbottle under the changing sets.
And a minor quibble on a related note: I would rather have the spear not changing hands from Klingsor to Parsifal at all, than to see all sorts of non-convincing spear appearances, especially when, as yesterday, the spear appeared from a hole in the floor next to Domingo, before Klingsor had even thrown it. Bernd Eichinger is obviously no opera director. But he is a film director. Could he not have made that exchange (even when it works) look more convincing?

Now to the real star of the evening:

While I admit to having been seduced by Christian Thielemann´s glitteringly, beautiful Parsifal, compared to Daniel Barenboim´s quite obvious understanding of the deeper structures of the work, Thielemann now seems superficial. Key elements in Barenboim´s reading being string rubato and accentuation as well as emphasis on the contrapunctual elements, of which, it turns out, there are quite a few. The disturbing, underlying elements of the work are exposed far below the glittery beauty in performance, with echoes lingering on for days.
Daniel Barenboim is slow, though for most parts it is a relative slowness as his Act 1 clocks in at 1:50 – exactly as Thielemann´s in Vienna last year. And curiously he even paced both sets of Transformation music considerably faster than usual.
Basically I would just like to know how he does it. How does he see those connections within the music that apparently no-one else sees? How does he approaches the score? I may just have to become a music journalist and interview him to get the answers..To summarize, I have never heard a better conducted Parsifal.

Massive applause to everyone from an unusually mixed audience, including a large fraction of Spanish-speaking visitors as well as the usual loud misunderstood hissings from semi-studied self-proclaimed expert Wagnerians at those (me included) applauding after Act 1 (which is perfectly acceptable, but requires an entire post to explain).

The bottom line (scale of 1-5, 3=average):

Plácido Domingo: 4-5
Waltraud Meier: 6
Robert Holl: 4
Christof Fischesser: 5
Hanno Müller-Brachmann: 5


Daniel Barenboim: 6

Overall impression: 4-5

 
 

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于 09-3-11 通过 Classic 作者:Fyodor

发信人: Fyodor (Yet the righteous hold to their way), 信区: Classic 标  题: zz 亨德尔的歌剧推荐 发信站: 日月光华 (2009年03月12日12:08:16 星期四), 站内信件  http://bbs.hifi168.com/showtopic-156190-1.aspx     by vivaldi_gu   亨德尔的歌剧只能说基本上都有了商业录音,至于是否都是善本,或者说善本者几何? 那就是仁者见仁,智者见智的了,不过我个人认为楼主如果想收亨德尔的歌剧,不妨择重 要的作品先行收录,对于版本的考虑也要审慎,仆虽不敏,然愿为楼主荐举一二  亨氏歌剧创作中,目前可以认为是杰作的,大约有如下十八部,大致囊括了其歌剧创作 生涯中最为后世所称道的作品,无论从戏剧性,音乐性还是思想性上来说,都是值得一 听的  亨氏歌剧创作源于1705年,亨氏最初在当时的歌剧重镇汉堡谱写作品,据统计,他在汉 堡期间一共创作四部歌剧,包括了具有纪念意义的第一部歌剧Almira,不过这部歌剧内 容太杂,据说光语言就好几种,是典型的汉堡歌剧风格,除非是亨德尔的铁杆粉丝,不 然还是慎请为妙,当然Almira也是有商业录音的,CPO里就有,阵容很妙,这里不做赘述 。  其后于1706年左右,亨氏前往意大利,才开始了其长达30多年的意大利歌剧创作生涯 1707年所作的Rodrigo和1709年所作的Agrippina,都是亨氏早年闯荡意大利所留下的歌 剧,应该说对亨氏后期的歌剧创作有着十分重要的影响,可见这两部意大利歌剧在亨氏 所有歌剧之中的地位,因此,首先要推荐的便是这两部  Rodrigo,目前有两大商业录音,其一是Curtis在99年的现场,也是我个人目前最为欣赏 的一部亨氏早期歌剧,亨氏诸多后期歌剧中的唱段,都可以在该剧中找寻到些许影踪, 第二个版本是从去年10月就开始叫嚣着要出版的西班牙人Banzo在Ambroisie的商业录音 ,但是时至今日,仍然渺无音讯  Agrippina这出歌剧,在欧洲应该说算得上是名剧了,剧院演出很频繁,版本也不少,目 前值得推荐的是Gardiner早年在Philips旗下的那个录音,虽然说现在听上去,乐队感觉 音色有些陈旧,不过演绎质量毕竟还是很高的,Ragin,chance这批歌手当时都在各自事 业的顶峰状态期,而主演Della Jones更是声望极高的Mezzo,黄金阵容打造的Agrippina ,亨氏歌剧迷不能错过啊   接下来,可以为楼主隆重推出,亨氏歌剧的九大神品  所谓九大神品,是按照亨氏歌剧创作年代进行分类,大致可以分成前,中,后三个时期 每个时期大约有三部歌剧可谓是公认的佳作  前期是1711-1725年这段时期,这段时期,应该说是亨氏早期歌剧创作最为辉煌的阶段, 歌手阵容也最为稳固,大牌云集,基本都是当时的一流大牌,别的不去说,Alto-Castra to是鼎鼎大名的Senesino,两大Donna Soprano分别是Cuzzoni和Durastanti,因此这个 阶段亨氏歌剧是极其卖座的,久未听到意大利歌剧之音的伦敦观众,如久旱逢甘霖,自 然是欣喜若狂,这个时期,亨氏所创作的歌剧大率题材都是历史故事,即所谓历史正剧 ,剧本情节生动,戏剧性强,人物角色刻画的栩栩如生,而歌剧咏叹调名段更是俯拾皆 是,因此将此时期划归为亨氏意大利歌剧创作之前期  此时期有三大佳作,后世演录不衰,曰:Giulio Cesare,Tamerlano,Rodelinda  Giulio Cesare目前录音版本众多,值得推荐的是Jacobs在HMF早年的录音和Minkowski在 Archiv的那个录音,我个人是比较倾向于后者的,前者虽然录的很完整,但是歌手的表 现颇有些无语,后者虽然略有删节,但歌手的表现却是令人叹为观止的  Tamerlano这部歌剧,从剧本上来看,我个人认为是前三中最好的,音乐表现力也十分之 强,目前录音版本并不多,有Gardiner,Pinnock和Petrou的录音,我个人是比较倾向于P etrou的录音的,毕竟是MDG的制作,录音质量极好,歌手么,个别人有些问题,但瑕不 掩瑜,总体上是不错的,Pinnock的录音跟外头出的DVD盗版是完全一样的,有DVD看就可 以了,Gardiner那个版本选择是有问题的,剧本的结构被他打坏了,可观赏性自然有所 降低  Rodelinda应该说是亨德尔前三中旋律最优美的歌剧,名段俯拾皆是,目前录音中可推荐 的只有Curtis转投到Archiv之后的首个亨氏歌剧录音了,虽然说某些歌手的表现有些失 常,但由于比较其他录音而言,这个实在是很好的了   中三是亨氏歌剧创作的巅峰期,虽说从剧院卖座角度来看,比前期略有不如,这主要是 由于进入30年代后,伦敦歌剧市场出现了大批量的意大利歌剧作曲家,借着皇亲贵戚的 撑腰,自然要想办法跟当时伦敦歌剧舞台上的头号人物Handel大打擂台,亨氏由于财力 有限,加之伦敦观众喜新厌旧的脾气,另外像Senesino,Cuzzoni这些大牌的相继离去, 内外交困之下,亨氏的歌剧创作生涯也差点被迫终止,不过Handel毕竟是Handel,在伦 敦享受了近20年的辉煌后,怎么可能将得来不易的市场拱手与人,于是,在剧院合作人 的鼎力襄助下,亨氏再次前往意大利招募本土歌手,这次带回来的歌手,虽说名不见经 传,但是后续效力之大,值是令人震惊,这段且按下不表,现在就回头来说这中三,亨 氏中期的歌剧创作生涯起于1726年,终于1736年,这十年里,亨氏的歌剧生涯可谓跌宕 起伏,波澜不惊,1726年至1728年间,亨氏创作了所谓的五大逸品,乃是亨氏前期歌剧 创作生涯结束后又缔造的一个神奇,分别是Alessandro,Admeto,Riccardo Primo,Siroe 和Tolomeo,这五部作品延续了亨氏早年的歌剧创作风格,不过度曲功力更为精湛,可以 说达到了炉火纯青的境界,这之后,Cuzzoni,Senesino的相继离去,使得1729-30年的皇 家音乐演出季不得不告吹,亨氏前往意大利本土招募歌手,并在此期间创作了Lotario, Partenope诸剧,不过真正奠定中三地位的乃是愤怒的奥兰多三部曲,分别是Orlando,Ar iodante和Alcina,由于这三部歌剧的脚本都是来自Ludovico Ariosto的名篇Orlando  Furioso,因此被冠以奥兰多三部曲,应该说这个剧本在欧洲也算是名剧了,我记忆中Vi valdi为此剧就写过两部作品,分前奥兰多,后奥兰多,只是结构太过凌乱,反而趣味不 高,亨氏的作品结构精炼,情节生动,人物心理描摹十分之传神,故此三部允为亨氏中 期三大佳作  Orlando,目前有两大商业录音,一个是Hogwood早年在琴鸟的录音,一个是Christie在E rato的录音,我个人是倾向于后者的,毕竟演绎质量比前者高很多,前者的歌手阵容太 无语,唱的更是糟糕,除了Auger的Angelica外,几乎一无是处,乐队又有些蚊子,后者 唯一的不足,按照高人的解释是法国味道太浓厚,不够清新淳朴  Ariodante,录音版本不少,不过值得推荐的恐怕也只有Mcgegan早年在HMF的录音了,唱 主角Ariodante的乃是过世Mezzo-Soprano Loraine Hunt,实力自然不容小视,相对而言 的另一个录音Minkowski的版本,就演绎的有些恶劣,不提也罢  Alcina,这部戏是中三中我个人目前最喜欢的,亨氏在该部作品中极力渲染魔幻的气氛 ,营造了极其高超的戏剧氛围,情节引人入胜,旋律跌宕起伏,不愧是中三中最杰出的 一部作品,目前值得推荐的是Hickox在EMI的早年录音,阵容极为强大,Auger,Jones,Th omlinson,Harrhy等一线英国大牌歌手纷纷加盟,当然这个月Curtis的新录音就将问世, 不过我在JPC上试听之后,只能说演的比较有新意,但跟这个传奇的版本比起来,显然是 不足的    后三是亨氏歌剧创作晚期的三部佳作,亨氏歌剧创作晚期,把精力投入到了社会讽刺剧 角度,而不再是如前三叙史事,中三道魔幻那样的创作题材和风格了,他将更加多的时 间和精力投入到对于社会现实的批判,虽说创作数量上无法与前,中两个时期相比,但 从质量上来看,却丝毫不逊色与前,中两个时期  亨氏的歌剧创作晚期,从1736年的Atalanta直到1740年的最后一部Deidamia,总共创作 了8部歌剧,可以称呼为杰作的,大致有如下三部,分别是Imeneo,Xerxes和Deidamia  Imeneo的剧本初看上去有些无聊,但细细看来,却是一幕社会悲剧,亨氏用强有力的笔 触来描摹当事人的心理,从而揭露出该剧悲情的主题,引发人们的思考,该剧目前只有 一个录音,就是Spering在CPO的录音  Xerxes,这部歌剧不用多提,可谓无人不知,无人不晓,Ombra mai fu更是大名鼎鼎的 咏叹调,这部歌剧借用波斯王Xerxes意图霸占弟媳,结果阴谋暴露,落得个可耻的下场 ,实际意义是在反讽社会,不尽让人反思在道德和欲望的天平下,究竟孰轻孰重?目前 的录音,似乎只有一个Christie在Virgin的录音,演绎质量一般,不过也没办法  Deidamia这部歌剧我至今还未曾听过,据说是后三中最杰出的一部歌剧,想想真不愧是 亨氏的收山之作,不听诚为可惜,目前可以推荐的是Curtis在Virgin的录音,阵容很强 大   以上十一部歌剧之外,还有七部歌剧,我个人认为是可以和以上的九大神品等量齐观的 杰作  分别是Radamisto,Ottone,Alessandro,Admeto,Partenope,Sosarme和Ezio 这七部作品,历来上演频率不高,不过这确不能妨碍称呼其为杰作,具体究竟如何这里 不做赘述了  重点推荐一下版本要紧  Radamisto,我个人推荐Curtis的A版,演录俱佳,Mcgegan有个B版,不过不易请到 Ottone么,以前我比较欣赏Mcgegan版,不过听过King的录音后,有了很大的思想转变, 虽说King的乐队有些弱不禁风,合唱也不怎么样,不过歌手的表现还是挺让人为之鼓舞 的,头号大反派Gismonda虽说气息有些粗,但唱的还是不错的  Alessandro,这部歌剧,目前只有Kuijken的一个录音,可惜已经绝版,演绎水平么,也 不敢恭维过甚,当然我个人浅见比他另外一个Partenope的录音好多了 Admeto,这个版本依然推荐亨氏歌剧专家Curtis最早的一个Virgin录音,好像是我出生 那年录的,不过听下来,感觉甚好啊,乐队也不感觉旧社会,歌手当然很强悍,女高是Y akar  Partenope,这部歌剧之所以称为杰作,实在是因为太好听了,剧本质量应该说还是比较 高的,而且这部歌剧演出前后还在伦敦引起过大范围的宗教争议,这是后话,这里推荐C urnyn在Chandos的录音,虽说制作上有些寒酸样,不过演绎质量是不错的  Sosarme,这是名剧,内中有著名的双重唱名段Per le porte del tormento,目前值得 推荐的只有Curtis在Virgin的那个录音,其实质量真的很一般,但这也是颇为无奈的事 情  最后那个Ezio,这个不必说了,欧洲歌剧舞台的名剧了,Metastasio的剧本,Gluck为了 此剧就先后写了两个版本,一个维也纳版,一个布拉格版,还都得到了录音,Handel此 剧目前有一个新录音,是Curtis在Archiv新录制的,本月即将问世,据说演录极佳,自 然是必须要听的,不过补充说一句, 亨氏所创作的歌剧,以梅氏剧本为底稿的,大多不 复梅氏剧本之原貌,概因需满足伦敦观众口味之故,再加上亨氏本人的作风,历来喜好 独断住行,要是全根据梅氏的剧本来创作,那是万万不肯的,因此亨氏一生未曾与梅氏 有过合作,也就是这个道理,亨氏在伦敦的歌剧创作,脚本只能用某些二三流,甚至不 入流的作家来杜撰之,这也算是亨氏歌剧的一大特色吧  今年乃是Handel驾鹤西游250周年冥祭,仅以此寥寥数字,不登大雅之论献于本坛诸同好 之前,唐突之至,伏请恕仆冒失之罪。        -- 与他同时代的巴赫曾经说过:"他是唯一一个我死前想见的人;如果我不是巴赫,他是唯 一那个我想成为的人。"他的杰出的后人莫扎特听了这番话也惊呼到"换了我也一样这么 说!"……亨德尔在整个音乐艺术史中是如此特别、英雄和磅礴的存在,他在每个方面同 所有先于他和后于他的音乐家相比都显得那么与众不同;他把他的作品带给每一个愿意了 解、接纳他艺术中最高精神的国家;每一个研究历史音乐的人都乐意同他和他的作品进行 更多的接触。              —— 弗里德里希·罗赫利兹:《音乐之友》第1卷,1824年 ※ 来源:·日月光华 bbs.fudan.edu.cn·[FROM: 10.100.176.111] 

 
 

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