While many associate it with traditional music, the Salzburg Festival is also a venue for new
productions and, to a degree, new compositions.
Month: January 2007
EDER: Musik f¸r die Felsenreitschule
ROSSINI: Semiramide
The reason for being of this set is Gruberova’s wish to record as much as possible of her repertory (on her own label as most of the majors were either not interested in recording belcanto operas or had their own stars like Decca’s Joan Sutherland).
VERDI: Aida
Who is the potential consumer for this DVD release of a 1953 Italian film version of Verdi’s Aida, featuring Sophia Loren’s stunning physical presence and Renata Tebaldi’s stunning vocalism in the title role?
RAMEAU: In Convertendo Dominus
Let it be said at the outset that, at least to my eyes, the packaging and marketing of this DVD is
somewhat misleading.
MAHLER: Songs of a Wayfarer; Symphony no. 1 in D
A welcome addition to the London Philharmonic Orchestra’s own line of releases, this CD is a compilation of two works by Gustav Mahler that the late Klaus Tennstedt performed with the ensemble and which have not been issued previously.
JANACEK: K·?a Kabanov·
I saw my first K·?a 37 years ago during the Flanders Festival. At the time it was still an almost complete novelty on the scene and the Czech company performed it according to the composer’s intentions.