1949-1955 studio and live recordings

Artykuł MOZART, WAGNER, GOUNOD, MASSENET, Victoria de los Angeles<br/>The Art of Victoria De Los Angeles pochodzi z serwisu Cleartone.

– The complex origins of the mélodie can be traced to two song types, the 18th-century French romance and the lieder of Schubert.
– The French composers emphasize the text rather than the melody, and the declamatory style is dominating their vocal writing.The French special sense for beauty manifests itself in the piano part, both in the rich textures employed and in the special harmonies.
– The four Henri Duparc’s songs offer the richest writing for the piano as well as the longest and profoundest emotional experiences on this CD.
– Gabriel Fauré’s style favours the balance of melodic forces and the research for melodic shadings, even though his admiration for Wagner appears in the use of irregular phrases and the use of a melodic line which becomes more free.
– Jacques Ibert’s Quatre Chansons de Don Quichotte, composed in 1931, were included in the soundtrack of the movie ”Don Quixote” directed by Wilhelm Pabst, starring the Russian bass Feodor Chaliapin.
– Ravel’s songs are pure and simple and yet full of profound emotional content. These three songs were Ravel’s last works.

– The dark timbre and the colourful diversity of Colombara’s voice, as well as his extraordinary vocal culture, make him one of the most sought-after basses of our time.
– Critics in Italy and abroad have underlined his stylistic versatility and interpretative suppleness, thanks to which Colombara can project the powerful authority of Verdi’s rulers and father figures just as compellingly as he can breathe life into the filigree cantilenas of Italian bel canto parts.
– ”Carlo Colombara was noble and dignified as Norma’s dad, the head priest Oroveso”
The Wall Street Journal, Heidi Waleson
– ”The other find of the evening was Carlo Colombara, a bass making his New York debut as Mocenigo. Mr. Colombara’s sound is deep and rounded, and he projected Mocenigo’s malign character powerfully but without forcing it.”
New York Times, Allan Kozinn

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Artykuł GOUNOD, VERDI, BORODIN, PUCCINI, LEONCAVALLO, Jussi Bjorling<br/>Tutte le registrazioni operistiche, 1930 – 1945 pochodzi z serwisu Cleartone.

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Solche Bearbeitungen ungenannter Bearbeiter zum eigenen Gebrauch sind schon für Johann Sebastian Bach die selbstverständlichste Sache der Welt gewesen. Bei den Bearbeitungen von fremder Hand muß man halt darauf achten, daß diese Arrangements mit gutem Geschmack gemacht wurden, meint Mischa Maisky, und dafür legt er bei dieser Auswahl: Mischa Maisky, Pavel Gililov MEDITATION  – die Hand ins Feuer.

Rostropovich of the Future

Born in 1948 in Riga, Latvia, Mischa Maisky received his first music lessons there at the Children’s Music School and Conservatory. In 1962 he entered the Leningrad Conservatory. In 1965 his debut with the Leningrad Philharmonic earned him the nickname “Rostropovich of the Future”. One year later he was a prizewinner at the International Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow and began his studies with Rostropovich at the Moscow Conservatory while pursuing a concert career throughout the former Soviet Union. After being imprisoned in a labour camp near Gorky for 18 months in 1970, he emigrated from the USSR.

Maisky and extraordinary musicians

„In great demand as a chamber player, Maisky has performed with a number of extraordinary musicians, including Vladimir Ashkenazy, Gidon Kremer, Peter Serkin, and Martha Argerich. Acclaimed for his renditions of concertos by Haydn and Schumann, Maisky is the only cellist to have received a Deutsche Grammophon offer to record Bach’s complete works for the cello. The year 2000 was dedicated to Bach by Maisky, when he performed all of Bach’s cello works in three recitals in a single day, and presented 100 Bach performances around the world.“ – All Music Guide

• 6. Frederic Chopin: Prelude
• 7. Franz Schubert: Ave Maria
• 8. Robert Schumann: Traumerei
• 9. Johannes Brahms: Wiegenlied
• 10. Manuel de Falla: Nana
• 11. Gabriel Faure: Apres un reve
• 12. Jules Massenet: Elegie
• 13. Camille Saint-Saens: Le Cygne
• 14. Maurice Ravel: Habanera
• 15. Anonym: Katalanisches Volkslied (Gesang der Vögel)
• 16. Peter Tschaikowsky: Nocturne
• 17. Sergei Rachmaninow: Vocalise
• 18. Fritz Kreisler: Liebesleid

Sein Meister.

BOCCHERINI VIVALDI TARTINI Cello Concertos Mstislav Rostropovich

Artykuł Mischa Maisky, Pavel Gililov MEDITATION pochodzi z serwisu Cleartone.