Tristan Archive
PUCCINI: Turandot (2016) – Orch. del Teatro alla Scala di Milano/Riccardo Chailly – Decca
Something’s different about this production. PUCCINI: Turandot (2016, Luciano Berio completion) Cast: Nina Stemme, Aleksandrs Antonenko, Maria Agresta , Coro di voci bianche dell’Accademia Teatro alla Scala Orch.: Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala di Milano Director: Riccardo Chailly Studio: Decca. Blue-ray [1/27/17] Run Time: 130 minutes Video: 1.77:1 Color Audio: DTS-HD 5.1, PCM Stereo Subtitles: English, […]
SIBELIUS: Swanwhite; Odian; A Lonely Ski Trail; The Countess’ Portrait – Segerstam cond. – Naxos
Segerstam extends his Sibelius commemoration with rare scores of incidental music. SIBELIUS: Swanwhite – Complete Incidental Music, Op. 54; Odian – Complete Incidental Music, Op. 8; A Lonely Ski Trail; The Countess’ Portrait – Riko Eklundh, narr./ Turku Philharmonic Orch./ Leif Segerstam – Naxos 8.573341, 63:34 (9/25/15) ****: As part of the 150th Sibelius anniversary […]
SCHOENBERG: Pelleas und Melisande; Variations for Orch. – Israel Philharmonic Orch./ Zubin Mehta – Helicon
Zubin Mehta leads two distinct personae in the Schoenberg canon, and they persist in their testing of our musical perceptions.
DAVID LANG: Love Fail – Anonymous 4 – Cantaloupe
Beautiful, mysterious, a bit disturbing and wonderful!
R. STRAUSS: Also Sprach Zarathustra, Op. 30; WAGNER: Tristan und Isolde: Prelude, Act III; MENDELSSOHN: Symphony No. 3 in A Minor, Op. 56 “Scottish” – Chicago Symphony Orchestra/Artur Rodzinski – Historical Recordings
A sterling reissue testament to Artur Rodzinski–his complete Chicago Symphony inscriptions–in potent sound.
Kirsten Flagstad and Georges Sebastian = WAGNER: Wesendonck-Lieder; Isoldes Erzaehlung und Fluch; Isoldes Klage und Liebestod; Bruennhildes Schlussgesang; Tristan Prelude; R. STRAUSS: Four Last Songs (3); Monolog – with Berlin State Opera Orch. – Audite
The legendary helden-soprano late in her career still possessed the power to thrill in the repertory she had consistently championed.
Stereotypes Audio
Cembal d’amour
Pure Pleasure / Speakers Corner
Cedille
