classical music: incoronazione     classical music:       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 ...             Monteverdi - L'incoronazione di Poppea / McNair, von Otter, Hanchard, Chance; Gardiner5 reviews Claudio Monteverdi, Anne Sofie von Otter, ... Archiv Produktion, 1996 A very successful recording I just read Matthew Westphal's review and want to disagree. Von Otter is a fine Ottavia, better in my view than, for example, Watkinson or Larmore. I think von Otter is very comfortable with baroque repertory, I'd even say that's her best pitch. I don't much like her lieder interpretations. Her baroque singing is, perhaps, heavier than that of many other baroque singers, but it doesn't ...             Romance of the Violin75 reviews Joshua Bell, Giacomo Puccini, ... Sony, 2003 Magical II Along with Voice of the Violin, this is the most beautiful collection of violin I have heard. In the car or in the home, just put it in the player and enjoy.             Aria 3: Metamorphosis16 reviews Aria, Paul Schwartz Koch Records, 2004 Another gem from Schwartz Much like Aria 1 & 2 this is another gem, presenting a unique interpretation of classic arias. It is an awesome compilation. I look forward to Aria 4 (is there one in the works?)!!             Monteverdi - L'Orfeo, L'Incoronazione di Poppea, Il Ritorno d'Ulisse in Patria (Boxset)5 reviews Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Trudeliese Schmidt Deutsche Grammophon, 2007 The First Operas Ever, Together At Last Before Puccini there was Mascagni. Before Ponchielli there was Verdi. Before Donizetti there was Bellini. Before Spontini there was Salieri. Before Cherubini there was Paisiello. Before Pergolesi there was Vivaldi. Before Cavalieri there was Monteverdi. And that is as far back as Italian or any other European opera goes. This is Harnoncourt's second recording of the surviving Monteverdi ...             Monteverdi - L'Orfeo, L'Incoronazione di Poppea, Il Ritorno d'Ulisse in Patria, Il Combattimento di Tancredi ...2 reviews Christophe Rousset, John Mark Ainsley BBC / Opus Arte, 2007 A Partial Evaluation, Based on Two of Four I'm writing this brief comment merely to respond to the single previous review, which I consider unfair and inaccurate. I've seen only two of these four productions: Orfeo & L'Incoronazione di Poppea. Both of those are so excellent musically - superior to any other recordings I've heard, including Harnoncourt's - that it seems wrong-headed to rave against the modernist staging as the previous ...             Romance Of The Violin (Live From New York In Concert)2 reviews Joshua Bell Sony, 2005 Excellent performances, both audio and video I was delighted with this Dual Disc. Performances are excellent, both audio and video. Recording quality is very good. I must report some problems with CD side (cracks) on older CD player.             Monteverdi - L'Incoronazione Di Poppea / Leppard, Ewing, Bailey, Duesing, Lloyd, Gale, Clarey, Glyndebourne8 reviews Maria Ewing, Dennis Bailey Kultur Video, 2004 Unauthentic? Good! Monteverdi didn't mentioned the instruments in his score, hence there is much room for interpretation. Luckily, they decided not to be authentic and use modern instruments with all their depth, instead of shallow baroque instruments. There is also no voice-type specification. Nero most of the time is sung by a soprano without any good reason. Here he is sung by a tenor. Poppea's nurse is ...             Claudio Monteverdi - L'incoronazione di Poppea (Glyndebourne Festival Opera 2008)5 reviews Danielle de Niese, Alice Coote Decca, 2009 Monteverdi's final opera in a cinematic presentation Claudio Monteverdi was in the final year of his life when this brilliant amoral operatic masterpiece was first presented in the city of intrigue, Venice. With what may have been intended as ironic commentary on the state of Europe's ruling aristocracy in 1643, Monteverdi concentrates his genius on the opera's two most loathsome creations - Poppea and Nerone - as the severely flawed central ...             Simply the Best Night at the Opera4 reviews Giacomo Puccini, Jacques Offenbach, ... Erato, 1999 "Simply a Stunner" Ideal for an opera lover, or for anyone who loves gorgeous singing. I am an opera nut and was introduced to this one by accident; "Au gond du temple saint" from Pearl Fishers (selection #6, disc one) was playing on the stereo in the Metropolitan Opera giftshop when I walked in at intermission one night. I thought it was so stunning I bought my first copy of the CD then and there; and have ...             White Moon: Songs to Morpheus6 reviews David Starobin, Dorothy Lawson, ... Nonesuch, 1996 The right selections for the right voice The theme of this music is Sleep and Dreams. The 'night setting' is reflected in a very interesting variety of songs, both old and modern. The ethereal quality of much of this music is well suited to Upshaw's silver toned voice, which expresses the fantasy and other worldliness of the compositions without losing the idea that the human soul can find fantastic strangeness and blessed comfort in ...             Monteverdi - L'Incoronazione di Poppea5 reviews Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Rachel Yakar Deutsche Grammophon, 2007 A Classic Production--Highly Recommended "The Coronation of Poppea" is Monteverdi's last--and, many would say, greatest--opera. This video of "Poppea" was filmed in 1979 in connection with performances at the Zurich Opera House. Directed by Jean-Pierre Ponnelle, the opera is presented as it might have been seen at its 1643 premiere in Venice. But although the set and costumes are baroque, the actions and emotions are contemporary, ...             Ezio Pinza sings Verdi, Mozart, Monteverdi Ezio Pinza, Vincenzo Bellini, ... RCA, 1993             The Classic Love Album2 reviews Giacomo Puccini, Claude Debussy, ... Deutsche Grammophon, 1998 An odd assortment of "Love???" songs...but it's still good! This is one incredibly diverse collection cd of songs that are about "love"....hmmm....well,be that as it may,these are the top singers and musicians of our times and each track is well performed and well recorded.Special mention,though, must go to track 20,"Pur Ti Miro" by Claudio Monteverdi.Dana Blanchard and Sylvia McNair melt me with their rendition of this famous Renaissance love song.Their ...             Monteverdi: L'Incoronazione di Poppea4 reviews Claudio Monteverdi, Concentus musicus Wien, ... Teldec, 1993 Monteverdi Interpreted by the Best! There is nothing about this recording that is not excellent. Let me start with the conductor, Mr. Nicholas Harnoncourt. Kudos for this amazing period rendition of this eternal operatic masterpiece. The orchestra is unarguably made of some of the best period instrument performers in Europe; they don't just accompany the singers, they are part of the opera! The liner notes and libretto are quite ...             Vivaldi: Opera Arias and Sinfonias2 reviews Antonio Vivaldi, Roy Goodman, ... Hyperion, 1994 Rare selections brilliantly performed With the resurgence in popularity of early music, especially Handel and Bach, I find it odd that the vocal music of Antonio Vivaldi isn't experiencing something similar. With a couple of exceptions, for example this disc or Cecilia Bartoli's wonderful Vivaldi Album (not quite as wonderful as Ms. Kirkby's, however), Vivaldi's operas are still virtually unknown. This is a shame--Vivaldi's vocal ...             L'Incoronazione Di Poppea - Claudio Monteverdi / Cynthia Haymon, Pierre Audi1 review Cynthia Haymon, Brigitte Balleys Kultur, 2008 a voice teacher and early music fan MONTEVERDI AT SEVENTY-FOUR YEARS OF AGE BRINGS FORTH AN OPERA FULL OF YOUTH AND VITALITY! Almost four decades before creating his Poppea, Monteverdi wrote in the preface of this fifth book of madrigals: "The modern composer must create works solely on the basis of the truth"-a credo to which the music of his final opera is utterly faithful. Poppea is a potent work from opera's first true ...             Vivaldi - L'incoronazione di Dario / Elwes · Ledroit · Lense · Verschaeve · Poulenard · Mellon · Visse · ... Antonio Vivaldi, Gilbert Bezzina, ... Harmonia Mundi / Hmf Musique D'abord, 1997             Anne Sofie von Otter - The Artist's Album11 reviews Gustav Mahler, Johannes Brahms, ... Deutsche Grammophon, 1998 Amazing versatility and unparalleled emotion OK, so I own almost everything she's done. I am particularly fond of songs/lieder and, having listened to a great number of both male and female song singers, I can find no singer in the same universe. The intelligence of her approach, the control of her vocal color and vibrato to match the notes and lyrics, the playfulness with which she approaches the music are without equal. This is an ...             Masters of the Opera, 1642-1843, Vol. 1-5 (Box Set) Claudio Otelli, Marco Chingari, ... 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