NormanH Posted October 7, 2019 Share Posted October 7, 2019 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2CNVSqNX7Sg&list=RD2lXcEs0e7rg&index=2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mint Posted October 8, 2019 Author Share Posted October 8, 2019 What an exquisite Morgen......words fail me!GG, here is JN singing Mon coeur s'ouvre à ta voix. Norman knows already that this is one of my very favourite arias. Professional musicians have acclaimed this and I have known brass players (normally considered as pretty tough and unsentimental) shed tears when she sings![url]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=do9t0hMmQHI[/url] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NormanH Posted October 8, 2019 Share Posted October 8, 2019 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Se0HPsJex04I had this recording when it first came out... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NormanH Posted October 8, 2019 Share Posted October 8, 2019 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Se0HPsJex04I had this recording when it first came out...One of the contenders for music I would like to think of at my funeral..https://lyricstranslate.com/en/beim-schlafengehen-going-bed.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NormanH Posted October 8, 2019 Share Posted October 8, 2019 And what wonderful good sense in this interview..:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=keCO9DQE4RI Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mint Posted October 9, 2019 Author Share Posted October 9, 2019 Probably have her 4 last songs somewhere in the sous sol on an LP[:)]Great interview; speaks so well and sensibly and answered the questions with grace and humour. All I could think half-way through was thank God she didn't decide to sing gospel instead of opera! Though she did do some crossover stuff. Personally I hate opera singers doing crossover; I remember buying a CD of Renée Fleming singing this and it just didn't suit her voice and the CD was horrible and I gave it away to some C of E church fete (yes, my revenge on the Tory party at prayer). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NormanH Posted October 22, 2019 Share Posted October 22, 2019 Two other recordings of her magnificent voice in less usual repertoire for her https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jOIAi2XwuWoAttachments areaPreview YouTube video Jessye Norman - A Portrait - When I Am Laid In Earth (PurcelJessye Norman - A Portrait - When I Am Laid In Earth (PurcelAnd Carmenhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DkADJFzJW28 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NormanH Posted October 23, 2019 Share Posted October 23, 2019 Another sad loss. By chance he was the conductor in the Purcell above.I love this quotation “The moment people aspire to the condition of the Virgin Mary, they are sunk in music!” he once said. The originalist approach, he said, was “a wretched, inadequate view of what authenticity is.” In his book “Authenticity in Music” (1988), he called it a “blinkered, faddish pursuit.”https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/22/arts/music/raymond-leppard-dead.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mint Posted October 23, 2019 Author Share Posted October 23, 2019 First to your last post but one: I love the Purcell and it was the same clip that was in the Guardian obit that I posted.I'd not heard the Carmen piece before so that was a lovely find.As to Leppard, I was interested to know he worked with the ECO because I have a close friend who has been with that orchestra for years but the 60s would have been before his time.Is this the time to confess to you that I nearly always prefer modern instruments to period ones? There have been occasions this summer when I have really, really enjoyed a couple of concerts with period instruments but they were in small churches where the instruments were ideal for that authentic baroque sound. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mint Posted November 3, 2019 Author Share Posted November 3, 2019 A wonderful performance of Verdi's Requiem:[url]https://www.arte.tv/fr/videos/087862-000-A/riccardo-muti-dirige-le-requiem-de-verdi/[/url]Beautifully trained choir and some sublime singing from the soloists. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NormanH Posted November 3, 2019 Share Posted November 3, 2019 Very much liked the choir and orchesta....but I found the soloists, especially the tenor a little 'con belto' i.e. strained [:P] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mint Posted November 3, 2019 Author Share Posted November 3, 2019 But did you not like the mezzo?I find her always à la hauteur de la tache[:)]Here's something she did earlier [:D][url]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2-0mGyc278M[/url] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mint Posted December 1, 2019 Author Share Posted December 1, 2019 Found this programme interesting on account of the choral singing:[url]https://www.programme-tv.net/programme/culture-infos/r8810-orthodoxie/16466409-orthodoxie/[/url]Today's programme featured les heures musicales in the St Roch church in Paris and featured many choirs from the orthodox tradition. I thought you might find it interesting too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cajal Posted December 14, 2019 Share Posted December 14, 2019 Not long to go now. Phew. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mint Posted December 14, 2019 Author Share Posted December 14, 2019 As you say, cajal, Beethoven admirers have been waiting long enough[:D] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NormanH Posted December 15, 2019 Share Posted December 15, 2019 Mahler's 10th fared a little better...https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4fu3dqBKDxU Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mint Posted December 15, 2019 Author Share Posted December 15, 2019 Up till the small hours last night for les noces de Figaro on Fr 5 and you could watch it on replay.Best Dove Sono that I have ever heard. Here is a snatch of Vanina Santoni for you to judge for yourself:[url]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o1jABlkL72w[/url] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NormanH Posted December 16, 2019 Share Posted December 16, 2019 Will look for it:)Here are a couple of Dove Sono interperationshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uHbv0CYs0ikless likely...https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z5WDGxpblZc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NormanH Posted December 20, 2019 Share Posted December 20, 2019 For Christmashttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zpaNo4mWRBE&t=3461s Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mint Posted December 20, 2019 Author Share Posted December 20, 2019 Oh good, thank you. Keeping that till I am sure of being undisturbed[:)] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NormanH Posted January 2, 2020 Share Posted January 2, 2020 A fine Messiah from Germany.The soloists are British and I particularly admire their ornamentationhttps://www.deutschlandfunkkultur.de/neujahrskonzert-mit-dem-rias-kammerchor-berlin-haendels.1091.de.html?dram:article_id=466230# Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NormanH Posted February 29, 2020 Share Posted February 29, 2020 I enjoyed this more for the presentation and the wonderful texts of Brassens than for the music which was always second to the words with him, although here much improved by the pianist and bassist..https://www.france.tv/spectacles-et-culture/musique-concerts/508281-la-comedie-francaise-chante-georges-brassens.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mint Posted February 29, 2020 Author Share Posted February 29, 2020 Yes, this is cleverly done and the texts are très sympas!I do think the French are very good at this type of spectacles and I often find myself enjoying a variety of shows that are not my usual fare. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mint Posted March 15, 2020 Author Share Posted March 15, 2020 From last night: [url] http://programme-tv.leparisien.fr/autre-programme/vian-par-debout-sur-le-zinc[/url]I only saw a bit of it but it looked amusing and I liked the spontaneity and freshness of the performance.More my usual fare tonight and this one might please Norman though I didn't like all of it and the church was very "echoey"[url]https://www.arte.tv/fr/videos/091196-000-A/hilary-hahn-interprete-bach/[/url] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NormanH Posted March 16, 2020 Share Posted March 16, 2020 I loved the JOY that we all need at the moment:)) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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