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30.11.18

#morninglistening to more #VaughanWilliams on @Sony_Classical...



#morninglistening to more #VaughanWilliams on @Sony_Classical w/@LondonSymphony under #Previn

a @ClassicsToday reference.

Amazon: http://a-fwd.to/1KDZ1RQ

@SurprisedBeauty music!

Freshly re-issued on #SonyClassical w/out booklet.

#symphonies #symphony
#classicalmusic #AndrePrevin #RalphVaughanWilliams #20thCenturyMusic #orchestralmusic
#classicalmusiccollection #classicalcdcollection #EnglishMusic #BritishMusic #surprisedbybeauty #noFilter #meta
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29.11.18

#morninglistening to #Tchaikovsky w/#AndrejHoteev on...



#morninglistening to #Tchaikovsky w/#AndrejHoteev on @HaensslerMusic

Amazon: http://a-fwd.to/RhSwCgI

#TheSeasons, month by month.

#classicalmusic #classicalmusiccollection #classicalcdcollection #germanromanticism #solokeyboard #pyotrilyichtchaikovsky #HaensslerClassic
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#morninglistening to the incomparable GerhaherHuber™ (one word)...



#morninglistening to the incomparable GerhaherHuber™ (one word) in #Schumann on @sony_classical

Amazon: http://a-fwd.to/4igUotv

The first recording - “FRAGE” - of a projected integral cycle of all of #RobertSchumann’s #liedmelodieartsong output on @sony.classical

If GerhaherHuber™ were ever attracted to any integral (which isn’t their MO), of course it would be dark ol’ Bobby Schumann.

#classicalcdcollection #classicalmusic #classicalmusiccollection #germanromanticism #GermanClassicalMusic #sonyclassical #Gerhaher #ChristianGerhaher + #GeroldHuber ♡
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28.11.18

#morninglistening to #Mahler’s 6th #Syphony w/@Currentzis...



#morninglistening to #Mahler’s 6th #Syphony w/@Currentzis & #MusicAeterna on @sony_classical

Amazon: http://a-fwd.to/5ER3tdn

Scherzo-Andante - I wouldn’t have expected it any other way with #Currentzis

#classicalmusic #classicalmusiccollection #classicalcdcollection #GustavMahler #symphonies #orchestralmusic #20thcenturyclassical #TeodorCurrentzis #SonyClassical
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#morninglistening to @igorpianist’s “LIFE”, a...



#morninglistening to @igorpianist’s “LIFE”, a splendidly put-together recital of music that is ‘internally simpatico’.

Amazon: http://a-fwd.to/5X1KVVR

on @sony_classical

#JohannSebastianBach #RobertSchumann
#FerruccioBusoni et al.

#classicalmusic
#classicalmusiccollection #classicalcdcollection #solokeyboard #pianomusic #transcription #SonyClassical #igorlevit #20thCenturyMusic #ghostvariations
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27.11.18

#morninglistening to #VaughanWilliams on @Sony_Classical...



#morninglistening to #VaughanWilliams on @Sony_Classical w/@LondonSymphony under #Previn

one of @ClassicsToday’s #ReferenceRecording s.

Amazon: http://a-fwd.to/1KDZ1RQ

@SurprisedBeauty music! Freshly re-issued on #SonyClassical

#symphonies #symphony
#classicalmusic #AndrePrevin #RalphVaughanWilliams #20thCenturyMusic #orchestralmusic
#classicalmusiccollection #classicalcdcollection #EnglishMusic #BritishMusic #surprisedbybeauty
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26.11.18

#morninglistening to @LeifOveAndsnes, my favorite oenophile...



#morninglistening to @LeifOveAndsnes, my favorite oenophile #pianist, in #Chopin #Ballades & #Nocturnes on @sony_classical

Amazon: http://a-fwd.to/2L1AxAJ

#fredericchopin on @sony.classical
#classicalcdcollection #classicalmusic #classicalmusiccollection #FrenchRomanticism #solokeyboard #pianomusic #sonyclassical #noFilter #oenephile
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25.11.18

#morninglistening to @YoYo_Ma in his third go @ #Bach’s...



#morninglistening to @YoYo_Ma in his third go @ #Bach’s #CelloSuites on @sony_classical

Amazon: http://a-fwd.to/6ZrlvwW

He joins @wispelweypieter in having revisited these sublime pieces twice.

#solocello #ChamberMusic #JohannSebastianBach on @sony.classical
#classicalcdcollection #classicalmusic #classicalmusiccollection #EarlyMusic #baroquemusic #YoYoMa #sonyclassical
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24.11.18

#morninglistening to magnificent #Bach + @StefanoPierini on...



#morninglistening to magnificent #Bach + @StefanoPierini on @OehmsClassics

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#DelianQuartett in #TheArtofTheFugue #BWV1080 & “Cantai un tempo… (dopo una lettura di #Monteverdi)” w/#ClaudiaBerainsky (soprano)

#classicalmusic #classicalmusiccollection #classicalcdcollection #organMusic #EarlyMusic #JohannSebastianBach #transcription #contemporaryclassical #contemporarymusic #21stcenturyclassical #OehmsClassics
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22.11.18

#morninglistening & #Thanksgiving to magnificent #Bach....



#morninglistening & #Thanksgiving to magnificent #Bach. #Clavierübung 1-4 on @OehmsClassics

Amazin: http://a-fwd.to/2HEWtSJ

w/@BachChor; performed and transcribed (where necessary) by #HansJörgAlbrecht

#classicalmusic #classicalmusiccollection #classicalcdcollection #transcription #organMusic #EarlyMusic #JohannSebastianBach
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#morninglistening to #Stravinsky w/@mariinskyEN &...



#morninglistening to #Stravinsky w/@mariinskyEN & @ValeryGergiev in #Petrushka & @JeuDeCartes

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@ClassicsInsider essentially called this an unnecessary/pointless recording. I can readily believe it, but let’s listen in first!

#classicalmusic #classicalmusiccollection #orchestralmusic #classicalcdcollection #recordcollecting #IgorStravinsky #balletmusic #RussianMusic
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21.11.18

#morninglistening to #Shostakovich w/@londonsymphony &...



#morninglistening to #Shostakovich w/@londonsymphony & @NosedaG in a very easy-on-the-ear rec. of the 8th #Symphony

Amazon: http://a-fwd.to/6V5Mo0Q

(Easily better than the 2004 Rostropovich recording on the same label.)

#classicalmusic #classicalmusiccollection #orchestralmusic #classicalcdcollection #recordcollecting #DmitriShostakovich #LondonSymphonyOrchestra #GianandreaNoseda #LSOLive #SymphonicMusic #symphonies
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This Just In: Vast Collection of 19th-Century Italian Opera Scores to Move to Wales



Opera Rara has announced the transfer of its Opera Rara Music Library to a new, permanent home at The Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama (RWCMD). Support for this move comes from The Foyle Foundation, which provided a sizable grant (its biggest for a project in Wales) to enable the library, which is currently based in London, to be transferred to RWCMD where it will be known as The Foyle Opera Rara Collection.

The collection contains more than five thousand volumes, which makes it one of the largest and most comprehensive such collections of first and early editions of 19th-century Italian opera scores in Europe. It contains popular and many forgotten works by popular composers such as Rossini, Bellini, Donizetti, Verdi and Puccini, as well as works by forgotten composers like Mayr, Mercadante, Pacini, Ponchielli, Leoncavallo and Mascagni. It also contains autograph manuscripts in the hands of Donizetti, Mercadante and Pacini.

The college's Principal, Prof. Helena Gaunt, is quoted in the press release as being “hugely grateful to the Foyle Foundation in allowing us to provide The Foyle Opera Rara Collection with its new home in Wales at the Royal Welsh College, which will be available for academic and public access later next year. This generous gift is an important confirmation of the College’s continuing development, and brings with it an extensive and high-quality collection of historical scores and research material relating to opera, which will benefit generations of students and staff here, as well as the international academic community in this field.”

More to the point for music lovers: the acquisition funding will allow Opera Rara to invest in a five-year plan continuing their work in bringing the best of these unfairly neglected operas back to life at the highest levels possible. Today (Wednesday, 21 November) marks the first hearing in 120 years of the original one-act version of Puccini’s first stage work Le Willis (later called Le Villi in its two-act form) at the Royal Festival Hall; Opera Rara’s Artistic Director Sir Mark Elder conducts the London Philharmonic Orchestra, Ermonela Jaho, Arsen Soghomonyan, Brian Mulligan and the Opera Rara Chorus.

The studio recording of Le Willis will be released in September 2019. In March 2019, Opera Rara will issue the world première recording of Donizetti’s L’Ange de Nisida – the company’s 25th Donizetti title! On 8 June, Opera Rara will present a concert performance, following a studio recording, of the rarely heard Il Paria, also by Donizetti, at the Barbican. The Britten Sinfonia will perform under Sir Mark Elder.






20.11.18

#morninglistening to @FlorentNagel performing his own...



#morninglistening to @FlorentNagel performing his own #Klavierbüchlein on #AzurClassics for #KlassikHeute

Amazon: http://a-fwd.to/7AaYNgS

#classicalmusic #classicalmusiccollection #classicalcdcollection

#solokeyboard #LivrePourPiano #FlorentNagel #contemporarymusic #contemporaryclassical #21stcenturyclassical #tonalmusic #FrenchClassicalMusic

Sounds a bit like someone doodling after having fallen in love with DSCH’S P&F.
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#morninglistening to #Mahler’s 8th w/@UtahSymphony &...



#morninglistening to #Mahler’s 8th w/@UtahSymphony & @TheTabChoir under #ThierryFischer on @RefRecordings

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#Symphony No.8

In anticipation of my @AveMariaRadio interview w/@DealWHudson

#classicalmusic #classicalmusiccollection #classicalcdcollection

#mormontabernaclechoir before its rebranding to #TabernacleChoir at Temple Square

#orchestralmusic #Faust #Faust2 #20thcenturyclassical #symphonyofathousand
#SymphonyOfAThousand
#SanFranciscoSymphony #GustavMahler #symphonies
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19.11.18

#morninglistening to #Schubert, who died #onthisday in 1828....



#morninglistening to #Schubert, who died #onthisday in 1828. #EmmaJohnson et al. perform the #Octet #D803 on @SOMMRecordings

Amazon: http://a-fwd.to/1RXtd1q

+ #Crusell #ConcertTrio

#classicalmusic #classicalmusiccollection #classicalcdcollection #ChamberMusic #Octet #FranzSchubert #BernhardCrusell #clarinetMusic

So glad that SOMM overhauled its image and looks. Step into WAY the right direction.
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18.11.18

#morninglistening to #Berlioz’ #RomeoAndJuliet on...



#morninglistening to #Berlioz’ #RomeoAndJuliet on C.M.#vonWeber’s 232nd birthday. W/@LondonSymphony, @LSChorus on @deccaclassics under #ColinDavis.

Amazon: http://a-fwd.to/tWzzA41

#classicalmusic #classicalmusiccollection #classicalcdcollection #HectorBerlioz #choralworks #ChoralMusic #vocalmusic #frenchmusic #FrenchRomanticism #LondonSymphonyOrchestra #Decca/Philips
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17.11.18

#morninglistening to #VillaLobos who died today, 59 years ago....



#morninglistening to #VillaLobos who died today, 59 years ago. 👤

#Symphony No.12 on @NaxosRecords w/@OSESP under #isaackarabtchevsky

Amazon: http://a-fwd.to/5nT1XRE

Total @surprisedbeauty composer!

#HeitorVillaLobos

#classicalcdcollection #classicalmusic #classicalmusiccollection #contemporaryclassical #20thcenturyclassical #brazilianclassicalmusic #orchestralmusic
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#morninglistening to #Langgaard w/@viennaphilharmonic [!] on...



#morninglistening to #Langgaard w/@viennaphilharmonic [!] on @DacapoRecords - again.

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@SurprisedBeauty Music! ♡☆♡ My favorite quirky #20thcenturycomposer performed by the volatile but reputable #viennaphilharmonic! Win-win!

#symphonies #classicalmusic #surprisedbybeauty #20thcenturyclassical #classicalmusiccollection #classicalcdcollection #orchestralmusic #danishmusic #RuedLanggaard
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#morninglistening to #Mozart #PianoSonatas #KV282, #KV310 &...



#morninglistening to #Mozart #PianoSonatas #KV282, #KV310 & #KV332 w/@fabrouchou on @AparteMusic / @pias_usa
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#classicalcdcollection #classicalmusic #classicalmusiccollection #wienerklassik #solokeyboard #WolfgangAmadeusMozart #FabrizioChiovetta
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16.11.18

#morninglistening to 😍#Haydn Sy.82 & contemporaries J.B...



#morninglistening to 😍#Haydn Sy.82 & contemporaries J.B #Davaux & F. #Devienne w/@concertdelaloge, @emmajeanneblack et al. on @AparteMusic / @pias_usa

Amazon: http://a-fwd.to/3noWpZ2

Dir.: #JulienChauvin

#classicalcdcollection #classicalmusic #classicalmusiccollection #wienerklassik #JosephHaydn #symphonies #LOurs #Sy82
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#morninglistening to #TheaMusgrave’s #opera...



#morninglistening to #TheaMusgrave’s #opera #MaryQueenOfScots from the @VAopera

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#classicalmusic #classicalmusiccollection #classicalcdcollection #20thcenturyclassical #womencomposers #20thcenturycomposer #vocalmusic #Lyrita #VirginiaOpera
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15.11.18

#morninglistening to #Mahler’s 8th w/@BerlinPhil under...



#morninglistening to #Mahler’s 8th w/@BerlinPhil under #ClaudioAbado + @TKChor, @RundfunkchorB & PrazFilSbor

Amazon: http://a-fwd.to/2hJAMRB

#Symphony No.8

#classicalmusic #classicalmusiccollection #classicalcdcollection

In anticipation of my #AveMariaRadio interview w/#DealHudson

#orchestralmusic #Faust #Faust2 #20thcenturyclassical #symphonyofathousand
#SymphonyOfAThousand
#SanFranciscoSymphony #GustavMahler #symphonies #Abbado
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#morninglistening to @surprisedbeauty composer O....



#morninglistening to @surprisedbeauty composer O. #Schoeck’s mini-#opera “Vom Fischer un syner Fru”! On @clavesrecords w/@musikkollegiumwinterthur

Amazon: http://a-fwd.to/6M5gPvZ

#classicalmusic #OthmarSchoeck #20thcenturycomposer
#surprisedbybeauty #classicalmusiccollection
#classicalcdcollection #vocalmusic

label on @instagram: @claves_records #musikkollegiumwinterthur


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13.11.18

#morninglistening to #Mahler w/#FrankfurtRadioSymphony under...



#morninglistening to #Mahler w/#FrankfurtRadioSymphony under #EliahuInbal in #Symphony No.8

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#classicalmusic #classicalmusiccollection #classicalcdcollection

Also one of the better recordings of that work!

In anticipation of my #AveMariaRadio interview w/#DealHudson

#orchestralmusic #Faust #Faust2 #20thcenturyclassical #symphonyofathousand
#SymphonyOfAThousand
#SanFranciscoSymphony #GustavMahler #symphonies
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12.11.18

#morninglistening to #RichardStrauss’ #Rosenkavalier in...



#morninglistening to #RichardStrauss’ #Rosenkavalier in @LennyBernstein’s recording w/@Vienna_Phil & #ChristaLudwig for @sony_classical:

Amazon: http://a-fwd.to/6lqTcGM

w/#GwynethJones, #LuciaPopp, #WalterBerry + #PlacidoDomingo as the Italian tenor.

#classicalmusic #classicalmusiccollection #classicalcdcollection #Strauss #LeonardBernstein #opera #DerRosenkavalier #20thcenturyclassical #wienerphilharmoniker #sonyclassical
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#morninglistening to #Mahler w/@SFSymphony under @MTilsonThomas...



#morninglistening to #Mahler w/@SFSymphony under @MTilsonThomas in #Symphony No.8:

Amazon: http://a-fwd.to/5xPEyGm

One of the better recordings of that work!

In anticipation of my #AveMariaRadio interview w/#DealHudson

In anticipation of my #AveMariaRadio interview w/#DealHudson

#classicalmusic #classicalmusiccollection
#classicalcdcollection
#orchestralmusic #Faust #Faust2 #20thcenturyclassical
#SymphonyOfAThousand
#SanFranciscoSymphony #GustavMahler #symphonies
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#morninglistening to #JohnCage (@JohnCageTrust)...



#morninglistening to #JohnCage (@JohnCageTrust) w/#NicholasIsherwood on #BISrecords

An #AddOn item @ Amazon: http://a-fwd.to/6k6AM3U

which is about as random as the music.

#classicalmusic #classicalcdcollection #classicalmusiccollection #20thcenturycomposer #20thcenturyclassical #aleatory music #avantgardemusic

(Gorgeous #JohannNepomukHummel Mass in B-flat beneath)
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11.11.18

#morninglistening to #Haydn #StringQuartets w/splendid...



#morninglistening to #Haydn #StringQuartets w/splendid #quatuormosaiques @naiveclassique 😍

Amazon: http://a-fwd.to/6UijEmu

#opus33 #classicalmusic #classicalmusiccollection #ChamberMusic #StringQuartet
#classicalcdcollection #wienerklassik #JosephHaydn #op33 #quatuorMosaïques
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10.11.18

#morninglistening to the complete organ works of #CesarFranck...



#morninglistening to the complete organ works of #CesarFranck (who died Nov.8, 1890) on #mDG w/#BenVanOosten

Amazon: http://a-fwd.to/4FuB8ta

Amazing recording on the original, spectacular #CavailléColl @ #SaintOuen in #Rouen

#classicalmusic #classicalmusiccollection #classicalcdcollection #organMusic #CavailleColl instrument
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9.11.18

#morninglistening to #Korngold #Songs on @capriccioRec...



#morninglistening to #Korngold #Songs on @capriccioRec w/#AdriannePieczonka & #KonradJarnot

Amazon: https://amzn.to/2qF8Xm2

Fabulous songs channeling Schubert in the shape of Schoenberg/Zemlinsky

FYI: #CesarFranck died yesterday, in 1890.

Inclusion in @surprisedbeauty discography will commence.
Tigers love Marietta’s Song!

#classicalmusic #classicalmusiccollection #surprisedbybeauty #classicalcdcollection #americanclassicalmusic #liedmelodieartsong #vocalmusic #20thcenturyclassical #20thCenturyMusic #noFilter #capricciorecords #erichwolfgangkorngold
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#morninglistening to #Debussy’s late #chambermusic on...



#morninglistening to #Debussy’s late #chambermusic on @harmoniamundi / @pias_usa

w/@QueyrasJG et al.

Amazon: https://amzn.to/2RJRbcK

Excellent supplements for the Debussy centenary boxes from DG & Warner! That said, these pieces are some of the hardest to wrap my head around, as regards Debussy. I rarely outright enjoy them.

#classicalmusic #classicalmusiccollection
#classicalcdcollection # #frenchmusic #transcription #FrenchClassicalMusic #ClaudeDebussy #HarmoniaMundi
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8.11.18

#morninglistening to @thetwiolins on @HaensslerMusic...



#morninglistening to @thetwiolins on @HaensslerMusic PROFIL

#SECRETplaces

Amazon: http://a-fwd.to/5V649HW

for classical #Crossover, this is frightfully good! Bit in the direction of the (awesome) “Spincycle” disc of the @afiaraquartet

#classicalmusic #classicalmusiccollection #classicalcdcollection #contemporarymusic #chambermusic #violinmusic
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7.11.18

#morninglistening to #Schubert’s 5th #Symphony &...



#morninglistening to #Schubert’s 5th #Symphony & #Quintet w/@FestivalPCasals on @sony_classical
Amazon: http://a-fwd.to/JrOVvua

#PabloCasals #IsaacStern #PaulTortelier et al.

#classicalmusic #classicalmusiccollection #classicalcdcollection #orchestralmusic #FranzSchubert #chambermusic #pradesfestival
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#morninglistening to #Tchaikovsky, who died yesterday in 1893...



#morninglistening to #Tchaikovsky, who died yesterday in 1893 #SerenadeForStrings w/@YuriZhislin & @TheRVOE on @OrchidClassics

Amazon: http://a-fwd.to/10v0y37

+ #SouvenirDeFlorence

#classicalmusic #classicalmusiccollection #classicalcdcollection # #RussianClassicalMusic #RussianMusic #stringorchestra #pyotrilyichtchaikovsky
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6.11.18

#morninglistening to #Rachmaninoff #Preludes w/@clairehuangci on...



#morninglistening to #Rachmaninoff #Preludes w/@clairehuangci on @BerlinClassics

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5.11.18

#morninglistening to #Debussy #jazzified on @harmoniamundi /...



#morninglistening to #Debussy #jazzified on @harmoniamundi / @pias_usa

w/#QuatuorDebussy et al.

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Excellent supplements for the Debussy centenary boxes from DG & Warner!

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4.11.18

#morninglistening ahead to some #ChristmasMusic from #Berlin...



#morninglistening ahead to some #ChristmasMusic from #Berlin w/@sirventesberlin on @carusverlag (ed. @chrismon_de)

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Delectable and will return for the actual Christmas season. (25.XII - 6.I)

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3.11.18

'Anastasia' touring production technically savvy but dull



The animated version of Anastasia, released by the short-lived Fox Animation Studios in 1997, barely registered on the conscience, although Miss Ionarts assured me that we watched it together at some point. In the current rush to make what seems like every decently successful movie into a musical, someone somewhere thought that Anastasia could be expanded for the stage, a version that premiered on Broadway last year. The show proved popular enough to warrant a national tour, showing most of this month in the Kennedy Center Opera House, where we saw it on Thursday night. Not surprisingly for a children's movie made into a musical, most of the appeal was aimed at my young companion.

The story (book by Terrence McNally) concerns a conspiracy theory, the idea that a member of Tsar Nicholas II's family survived the Russian Revolution. A pair of con men coach a young woman picked off the streets of St. Petersburg, Anya, to pass as the lost girl, the Grand Duchess Anastasia. They take her to Paris, where she tries to convince the Dowager Tsarina that she is her long-lost grandchild. The villain of the movie, the sorcerer Rasputin, is excised in this version, replaced by a leader of the Soviet secret police, played with oily menace by Jason Michael Evans.


Other Reviews:

Nelson Pressley, If you’ve seen one princess fairy tale, you know what to expect with ‘Anastasia’ (Washington Post, November 1, 2018)
The music by Stephen Flaherty is of limited interest, with lyrics by Lynn Ahrens and book by Terrence McNally. The strongest numbers from the movie are retained, only about a half-dozen songs, are retained, including the piece that ends Act I, "Journey to the Past," which bears a disappointing similarity to the theme from the television show Hill Street Blues. Lila Coogan is a wide-eyed naif in the title role, with the Disney-style straight-tone high notes to carry the show's climaxes.

Most of the music comprising the show in its current form is new, and instantly forgettable. One notable exception is the hilarious "The Countess and the Common Man," partly due to the outrageous stage antics of Edward Staudenmayer as Vlad, the disgraced nobleman who masterminds Anya's transformation. In Paris, the location of Act II, he tries to reconnect with the Dowager's lady-in-waiting, played here by Tari Kelly with physical humor reminiscent of the divine Carol Burnett.

The real star of Darko Tresnjak's direction is the video-heavy production, which expands a relatively small stage space into grand vistas with technological flair. The lights of Paris come into view at the end of Act I, ghosts waltz through memories of the Russian court, and most strikingly countryside passes by from different angles on the train voyage from Russia to France. A scene at the Paris Opéra Ballet, weaving in music and the celebrated choreography of Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake in the second act, was another visual and musical highlight.

Anastasia runs through November 25 at the Kennedy Center Opera House.

#morninglistening to #Beethoven w/@rnomusic &...



#morninglistening to #Beethoven w/@rnomusic & #MikhailPletnev on @dgclassics in one of my favorite cycles of the 9 #symphonies

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#comparativeListening w/@leonardbernsteinofficial’s & #HansSchmidtIsserstedt’s @viennaphilharmonic cycles + #Norrington / @swrclassic on @warner_classics + #JosVanImmerseel / @animaeternabrugge on @alpha_classics

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2.11.18

#morninglistening to @EbonitQuartet’s #debussy &...



#morninglistening
to @EbonitQuartet’s #debussy & #Janacek on #7MountainRecords

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#pianomusic as #chambermusic for #saxophonequartet

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