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My experience of Gergiev in Strauss has been worse than underwhelming. I saw his Salome with the Kirov in Melbourne about 8 years ago and it was the worst operatic performance that I have ever attended – mostly attributable to the conductor. To be fair I also attended the Kirov’s The Fiery Angel a c...

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Tarantella wrote:I put the current interest down to a 360 degree shift in tastes

That's the most accurate statement within your post!

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José, I'm having problems getting to the operas you refer to at the Sydney Opera House site. Can you send me an active URL that gets me there quickly? ¡Gracias! The Sydney Opera House is not directly associated with Opera Australia, furthermore the SOH's giftshop and merchandise offering is quite p...

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I have followed Emma Matthews since her 1993 debut here (then Emma Lysons). She is a superb singer and a committed actress. She is one of the few singers that I have seen/heard who can triumph in the 4 soprano roles (in a single performance) of Hoffman - including that other Australian soprano. I w...

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Strauss' Elektra.

Just 3 chords that pin you back into your seat.
After just a few seconds you KNOW that you're in for a wild ride.

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Elizabeth Connell had a long association with Opera Australia; as far back as the opening of the Sydney Opera House in 1973. I saw her many times; particularly memorable was the roles that she sang for the Mackerras Janacek cycle (The Kostelnika, Kabanicha), her Wagner, strauss and (most recently) T...

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In opera you are expected to applaud after every big musical number Not really. Applause during an operatic scene can break the dramatic flow of the work and some composers deliberately composed transitional pieces immediately following a “hit” aria to keep the drama flowing. A good example is Cala...

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The FA that Gergiev brought to a Melbourne Festival about 10 year ago is one of my greatest artistic experiences. Agreed, that performance was mind blowing ........... unfortunately the Salome that Gergiev/Kirov served up at the same festival (2001) was a total disaster. Stil, it was worth the airf...

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The complete set doesn't have Norman Bailey in Gotterdammerung. Is this a third recording? It's also listed as being DDD, which can't be correct. Does anyone know what this CD is? The complete Goodall Ring on Chandos was recorded between 1973 and 1977 – the current CD issue was remastered (24 bit) ...

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http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41TYHSQW1HL._SL500_AA300_.jpg Just comparing this version to the recent PBS telecast of Netrebko et al: IMHO Netrebko wins hands down, especially now that she has discovered a stunningly beautiful watery trill in the middle of her voice, that made her shine in ...

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Gustav Mahler anyone?

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Harnoncourt's wonderful (1989) recording of Lucio Silla with the luxury cast of: Peter Schreier, Edita Gruberova, Cecilia Bartoli, Dawn Upshaw and Yvonne Kenny. http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51LdziVO7CL._SL500_AA300_.jpg A fabulous (if under performed/recorded) opera by the 16 years old Moza...

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No, I'm sure it's the lack of interest among singers and conductors, and of demand from the opera audience, that's why Meyerbeer's operas are so rarely taken off the shelf. Every decade or so, a major opera house will venture one of the most famous operas, and achieve artistic success with it - the...

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Giacomo Meyerbeer -- In the 1830s and 1840s, he was arguably the most famous and successful composer in the world. Today, he is a virtual unknown, even to many people who consider themselves classical music buffs. They may have heard of his name, but none of his music. He does live on in various th...

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lennygoran wrote:too much Donizetti I'm afraid!

Too much Donizetti is barely enough.

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Failing that, the artists could make copies of their own from the CDs or whatever. I doubt that an artist could legally use a commercially released CD as the master for re-releases of their own work. Copyright also exists for the re-engineered masters that were made to produce CDs. The copyright ge...

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On Vinyl:

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Mark Harwood wrote:
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Yessir.
Check out the DVD, To Tulsa And Back.

I have that DVD - as enjoyable as it is, I find that the documentary format becomes a little tiresome for repeated viewings.

I'd love to get a (pure) concert J.J. Cale DVD.

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Mark Harwood wrote:
bricon wrote:
Yessir.
Check out the DVD, To Tulsa And Back.

I have that DVD - as enjoyable as it is, I find that the documentary format becomes a little tiresome for repeated viewings.

I'd love to get a (pure) concert J.J. Cale DVD.

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I almost always recommend a Mackerras recording as a top choice (or near so) when it comes to Janáček – except with the Glagolitic Mass . The recording that I return to most often (I have over a dozen including all of the previously mentioned ones) is this one: http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/...

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One of The Stones' finest:

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The Beatles vs. The Stones....back in the day I was a Beatles fan through and through :D So was I. In recent years I have come to appreciate how good the (early) Rolling Stones were. I don't know where the whole "Beatles vs. Stones" thing sprang from - it is possible to like both; I just never saw ...

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Dvorak
Violin Concerto
Legends Op,59

Nordic Chamber Orchestra/Christian Lihdberg (c)
Richard Tognetti – violin

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karlhenning wrote:
Britten
War Requiem, Opus 66
Elisabeth Söderström, soprano
Robt Tear, tenor
Sir Thos Allen, baritone
Mark Blatchley, chamber organ
Boys of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford
CBSO Chorus
CBSO
Sir Simon Rattle

This looks VERY tempting.

karl what are your thoughts about the recording?

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When I first started to seriously collect recordings (about 40 years ago) I bought a lot of HvK material – in the past 20 years or so very little with him at the helm. I think a problem with “label” conductors like HvK (DGG), Solti (Decca), Ormandy and Szell (CBS) etc is that they are forced to cove...

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Chalkperson wrote:do you have the Mono Mix Box Set...

No.

All my Beatles CDs are from the first (CD) editions.

So, my copies of Please, Please Me: With the Beatles: Beatles For Sale and A Hard Day's Night are mono - the others are all stereo.

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Fergus: The Beatles may have equalled Revolver with their later albums but it was never bettered.

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This is surely one of THE bargains in the catalogue.

Both of these recordings are amongst the finest ever.

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I certainly remember Mary Hopkin. BTW Paul McCartney suggested that The Moody Blues record Those Were The Days – the idea was knocked by Graham Edge because (even though he recognised the song’s hit potential) he didn’t want the band to be identified as “pop”, as they were trying to develop the prog...

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Steve Stills and Neil Young still include some Buffalo Springfield material in their concerts. One of my favourites is this 1991 clip of Stills performing For What It's Worth solo - just Stills and a Telecaster. This clip is taken from a Stills solo section in a Crosby, Stills & Nash concert. http:/...

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My Buffalo Srpringfield retrospective fittingly ends with:

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I have no idea why, but, they re-mastered all the Buffalo Springfield Albums except that one... I recall the issue of the album being available as mono and stereo, but was unaware of remastering issues. I looked it up on Wikipedia to see what info it had. "In 1997, Buffalo Springfield was remastere...

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Puccini - Le Villi

Placido Domingo, Renata Scotto, Leo Nucci, Tito Gobbi/Lorin Maazel

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Chalkperson wrote:Pentangling, a Box of three CD's by...
Tont Bennett

Tont?

Would that be Tonto Bennett the great Cherokee crooner?

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