classical music: hellekant     classical music:       Mahler: Symphony No. 2 "Resurrection"9 reviews Gustav Mahler, Herbert Blomstedt, ... Decca, 1994 the best I agree with Aaron Diestels review. This recording is simply amazing and will leave you breathless. I believe this is the way the composer intended the piece to be played. I too have listened to many recordings and this remains my favorite. The sound quality is top-notch as well. How can one be an atheist after listening to this work? Sure beats me...             Grieg: Peer Gynt9 reviews Peter Mattei, Edvard Grieg, ... Virgin Classics, 2005 The Whole Thing If there's an earlier 'Peer Gynt' recording that's complete (as opposed to just the 'suite') I've never heard of it. This is the entire incidental music to the play, not just the usual 'Dawn', 'The Hall of the Mountain King' 'Solveig's Song', etc. Jarvi's reading is smooth and incisive and the choral parts are wonderful. I've never heard a scarier version of HOTMK. I never even knew that there ...             Sibelius: Kullervo [Hybrid SACD]1 review Nathan Gunn, Jean Sibelius, ... Telarc, 2006 Finest sound in Telarc's history Bob Woods and the boys and girls out there on the shore of Lake Erie have created some great sounding recordings in their day but none better than [as good as?] Jean Sibelius's Kullervo. Atlanta's Symphony Hall is virtually a second home to these Ohioans, and they've got its sound down to a tee. I admit I was not familiar with the work, a youthful composition played in its entirety but once ...             An Arkeology Ola Salo, Jonas Nydesjö, ... Mindfeel, 2009 Glam rock in the hands of a classical piano virtuoso. Music by the popular group The Ark as well as by Franz Liszt, Franz Schubert and Frédéric Chopin played by Per Tengstrand.             Monteverdi - L'Incoronazione di Poppea / Delunsch, von Otter, Brunet, Hellekant, Fouchécourt, Sedov, Les ...2 reviews Marc Minkowski, Anne Sophie von Otter Bel Air Classiques, 2006 The most petulant Nerone teams up with the most sensuously determined Poppea L'Incoronazione di Poppea is a remarkable opera - long one of my favourites, and an undoubted masterpiece. Its liveliness, its strongly character-filled plot, its gorgeous music, its sense of sardonic irony, its structural mastery make it an opera that reflects the full maturity of Claudio Monteverdi, who wrote this opera very late in his life. I own several DVDs of the opera: the sumptuous ...             Beach: Cabildo; Six Short Pieces1 review Eugene Perry, Thomas Paul, ... Delos Records, 1995 What a lovely unknown opera! I'm always on the look-out for unusual operatic pieces. And I'm always extremely thrilled to find an accessible opera by a female composer. This definitely fits the bill. Very beautiful music, with a completely American subject. The performances are lovely, and I definitely recommend this opera. For another operatic work by a female composer, I'd like to also recommend "Cendrillon" by ...             Gyorgy Ligeti Edition Vol 8 - Le Grand Macabre14 reviews Gyorgy Ligeti, Frode Olsen, ... Sony, 1999 Late Verdi meets Alfred Jarry I'm not sure who annoys me more--people who claim to adore this opera because it's so "wacky" and "crazy," or people who dismiss it as childish and chaotic rubbish. For that matter, toss in amateurs who approach and evaluate Ligeti solely from the appallingly limited perspective of their experiences of "2001: A Space Odyssey." 1) The opera--the COMPOSITION--is not anarchic: it's beautifully ...             Krasa: Verlobung im Traum / Zagrosek & Symphonie / Ashkenazy Hans Krasa, Lothar Zagrosek, ... London / Decca, 1998             Handel - Giulio Cesare / Mijanovic · Kozená · von Otter · Hellekant · B. Mehta · A. Ewing · Bertin · Les ...3 reviews George Frideric Handel, Marc Minkowski, ... Archiv Produktion, 2003 Minkowski's (overdue) return to Handel I'll admit that I am a big fan of Marc Minkowski and that I've followed him from his first Handel recordings (Amadigi and Teseo) to his Offenbach and Strauss. However, while his "modern" forays have been quite nice (especially the Orphée aux Enfers), I'm glad that he has finally remembered what he does best: the Baroque, and, namely, Handel. His Dixit Dominus has converted several people I know ...             Sibelius: Kullervo2 reviews Sibelius, Robert Spano, ... Telarc, 2006 The ASO plays at their peak Full disclaimer: I am one of the 100 male voices on this recording. (The choral portions, while a gratifying accomplishment, only make up about 25% of the work.) Ignoring my bias for my own choir, I must praise the ASO for their brilliant playing on this album. The transparency and immediacy of their performance showcases how far Spano has brought the orchestra since the start of his ...             Verdi - Falstaff / White, McGreevy, Hellekant, Jupither, Persson, Beuron, Gubisch, Mazzola, Aix-en-Provence2 reviews Willard White, Geraldine McGreevy Arthaus Musik, 2003 An unusual production, poorly filmed In response to another reviewer, I must first mention that the letterboxing worked fine on my non-widescreen TV. As to the opera itself, this is an interesting production, beautifully sung, with a clever scenic design. The cast is lively and engaging, and the same can be said for much of the staging; some moments, however, are oddly static. Willard White sings the title role, and sings it well. ...             Verdi - Falstaff / White, McGreevy, Hellekant, Jupither, Persson, Beuron, Gubisch, Mazzola, Aix-en-Provence2 reviews Willard White, Geraldine McGreevy Arthaus Musik, 2003 An unusual production, poorly filmed In response to another reviewer, I must first mention that the letterboxing worked fine on my non-widescreen TV. As to the opera itself, this is an interesting production, beautifully sung, with a clever scenic design. The cast is lively and engaging, and the same can be said for much of the staging; some moments, however, are oddly static. Willard White sings the title role, and sings it well. ...              search for classical music aix-en-provence, arkeology, ashkenazy, cabildo, cesare, delunsch, edition, falstaff, festival, fouchécourt, gubisch, hellekant, incoronazione, jupither, kullervo, macabre, mazzola, mcgreevy, mijanovic, minkowski, monteverdi, musiciens, persson, provence, resurrection, sibelius, symphonie, symphony, verlobung, zagrosek classical music:    Kindle - Amazon's New Wireless Reading Device This is the future of book reading. I have used it and love it! randomly chosen book: Uniting the Virtual Workforce: Transforming Leadership and Innovation in ... we recommend the best home  impressum - about us