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Waltraud Meier – “Es sungen drei Engel einen süßen Gesang” – Third Symphony V Movement – Paavo Jarvi Conductor – Limburger Domsingknaben MDR Rundfunkchor Leipzig – HR Orchester Frankfurt by Luca

Gustav Mahler: Third Symphony (1893 – 1896) : V Movement. Waltraud Meier, soprano – Paavo Jarvi, conductor. Limburger Domsingknaben, MDR Rundfunkchor Leipzig, HR Orchester Frankfurt. Eberbach, 2007. Es sungen drei Engel einen süßen Gesang, mit Freuden es selig in dem Himmel klang. Sie jauchzten fröhlich auch dabei: daß Petrus sei von Sünden frei! Und als […]

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Waltraud Meier – “O Mensch! Gib Acht!” – Third Symphony – IV Movement “Sehr langsam—Misterioso” – Gustav Mahler – Paavo Jarvi Conductor – HR Orchester Frankfurt by Luca

Gustav Mahler: Third Symphony (1893 – 1896) : IV Movement: “Sehr langsam—Misterioso” (“Very slowly, mysteriously”) – (A minor). Waltraud Meier, soprano – Paavo Jarvi, conductor. HR Orchester Frankfurt. Eberbach, 2007 O Mensch! Gib Acht! Was spricht die tiefe Mitternacht? “Ich schlief, ich schlief—, aus tiefem Traum bin ich erwacht:— Die Welt ist tief, und tiefer […]

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Waltraud Meier – “Abscheulicher! Wo eilst du hin?” – “Fidelio” – L. van Beethoven by Luca

Waltraud Meier, “Abscheulicher! Wo eilst du hin?”, Fidelio, L. van Beethoven. Great rendition. Waltraud Meier is maybe the most intelligent german opera artist. Fidelio (Op. 72) is a German opera in two acts by Ludwig van Beethoven. It is Beethoven’s only opera. The German libretto is by Joseph Sonnleithner from the French of Jean-Nicolas Bouilly […]

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Maria Callas – “D’Amor al dolce impero” – “Armida” G. Rossini – Live in concert – Sanremo – 1954 by Luca

Maria Callas in concert, Sanremo Casinò, 1954. “Armida” is an opera in three acts by Gioachino Rossini to an Italian libretto (dramma per musica) by Giovanni Schmidt, based on scenes from Gerusalemme liberata by Torquato Tasso. “Armida” was first performed at the Teatro di San Carlo, Naples, on 11 November 1817. Isabella Colbran sang the […]

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“Alarico il Baltha, cioè l’Audace, Rè de Gothi” – Melodramma in tre Atti di Luigi Orlandi. Musica di Agostino Steffani – Prima edizione integrale assoluta – World complete premiere recording by Luca

LA VOCALITÀ NELL’ALARICO L’attività operistica di Agostino Steffani si svolse in Germania, principalmente a München (tra 1681 e il 1688) e Hannover, centro, quest’ultimo, in cui il compositore castellano divenne il principale punto di riferimento della vita musicale, componendo per il nuovo teatro d’opera della città, teatro celebre per le macchine e per gli effetti […]

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Maria Callas – Nicolai Gedda – Andréa Guiot – “Carmen” – G. Bizet – Complete Opera – I Part – Conductor G. Prêtre by Luca

Happy Birthday, Maria … :-)!!! Maria Callas never sang Carmen on-stage, but the role seems custom-made for her strengths — Carmen is fiery, volatile, infuriating, seductive — and Callas is such a superb singing actress that she conveys the character’s complexity with rare effectiveness. The critical acclaim and public affection for Callas’ Carmen put it […]

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