I suppose you will find this quite an addition to the Melchior legacy if you are a collector of every sound Melchior ever uttered.
Category: Reviews
SHOSTAKOVICH: Lady Macbeth of Mtensk District (Kirov Opera)
The Kirov Opera and Orchestra concluded their annual residency at the Kennedy Center in Washington DC last week with a Sunday matinee concert performance of Dmitri Shostakovich’s 1932 Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk District.
CHARPENTIER: Judicium Salomonis, H. 422; Motet pour une longue offrande, H. 434
Neither of these late works (the Judicium Salomonis is from 1702) is new to disc – the former
has two recent recordings, from ten and from twenty years ago, and the latter one, by Herreweghe, released in 1985.
Walewska i przjaciele: Najpiękniejsze pieśnie, arie i. piosenki
The title Walewska i przjaciele, “Walewska and friends,” reflects the intention of the mezzo soprano Małgorzata Walewska, one of the foremost contemporary Polish singers to present herself and some of her colleagues in recording of various kinds of music.
ROSSINI: Il Viaggio a Reims
Rossini’s last Italian opera, staged in 1825 as a part of Charles X’s coronation festivities, is a bizarre creation — a sassy little farce capped with a coronation cantata in the best traditions of staged court entertainment, from 16th-century Italian intermedi through their Baroque and Classic operatic progeny.
EDER: Musik f¸r die Felsenreitschule
While many associate it with traditional music, the Salzburg Festival is also a venue for new
productions and, to a degree, new compositions.
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.