Classical Music

[bioniczeenger]

sino may sacd na classical?

 

SACD na classical? what do u mean?

[brahma]

sayang last day na kahapon. didnt get a chance to see her live and i think that's her last performance na ata here in manila. nywei after my trip lets meet,malaking ref magnet bibigay ko na may hula girl na malaki boobs :upside:

[bioniczeenger]

sayang last day na kahapon. didnt get a chance to see her live and i think that's her last performance na ata here in manila. nywei after my trip lets meet,malaking ref magnet bibigay ko na may hula girl na malaki boobs :upside:

hmm salamatttttttt in advance. have fun on your trip.

[manny a. quito]

Sorry to dash everyone's fantasies but La Trebka is very much pregnant by Uruguay-born baritone Erwin Schrott.

 

 

Anna shared the open-air stage of the Waldbuhne in Berlin with Placido Domingo and Rolando Villazon in this July 2006 concert released on DVD:

 

 

A highlight is Rolando singing Rossini's La Danza and Anna brings the house down when at one point she sings without boosting from any microphone. Wow! (The audience was estimated at 20,000.)

 

Track details:

 

01. Nabucco: Overture by Giuseppe Verdi (performed by Berlin Deutsche Oper Orchestra)

02. L'Arlesiana: E la solita storia...Anch'io vorrei "Lamento" by Francesco Ciléa (performed by Placido Domingo)

03. Gianni Schicchi: O mio babbino caro by Giacomo Puccini (performed by Anna Netrebko)

04. Le mage: Ah! Parais! by Jules Massenet (performed by Rolando Villazón)

05. Otello: Giŕ nella notte densa by Giuseppe Verdi (performed Anna Netrebko and Placido Domingo)

06. Carmen: Act 3 Prelude "Intermezzo" by Georges Bizet (performed by Berlin Deutsche Oper Orchestra)

07. Les pęcheurs de perles: Au fond du temple saint by Georges Bizet (performed by Placido Domingo and Rolando Villazón)

08. Semiramide: Overture by Gioachino Rossini (performed by Berlin Deutsche Oper Orchestra)

09. Jurame by María Grever (performed by Rolando Villazón)

10. Giuditta: Meine Lippen, sie küssen so heiss by Franz Lehár (performed by Anna Netrebko)

11. Non ti scordar di me by Ernesto De Curtis (performed by Rolando Villazón and Placido Domingo

12. La Bohème: O soave fanciulla by Giacomo Puccini (performed by Rolando Villazón and Anna Netrebko)

13. Cavalleria Rusticana: Intermezzo by Pietro Mascagni (performed by Berlin Deutsche Oper Orchestra)

14. Vurria by Furio Rendine (performed by Placido Domingo)

15. West Side Story: Tonight by Leonard Bernstein (performed by Rolando Villazón and Anna Netrebko)

16. Les soirées musicales: no 8, La danza by Gioachino Rossini (performed by Rolando Villazón)

17. La Bohème: Quando m'en vo' soletta "Musetta's Waltz" by Giacomo Puccini (performed by Anna Netrebko)

18. La tabernera del puerto: No puede ser by Pablo Sorozabal (performed by Placido Domingo)

19. La traviata: Libiamo ne' lieti calici "Brindisi" by Giuseppe Verdi (performed by Rolando Villazón, Anna Netrebko, Placido Domingo)

20. Das Land des Lächelns: Dein ist mein ganzes Herz by Franz Lehár (performed by Placido Domingo, Anna Netrebko, Rolando Villazón)

 

This DVD is a gem, highly recommended for its tasteful repertoire selection and exceptional blend of talents!

Edited May 8, 2008 by manny a. quito

[manny a. quito]

 

Anna Netrebko is an opera phenomenon of the new millennium. This DVD (done MTV style and originally conceived as a one-hour television special), when first released in Europe in 2004, managed to outsell those from Beyonce and Britney Spears (which tells you something about the cultural and intellectual levels of those Europeans).

 

Track List:

 

01. Opening Credits

02. "Quando me'n vò" (Musette's Waltz), La Bohème (Concert Version) Act 1

03. Interview (I)

04. Synopsis: Faust

05. No.14b Air des bijoux: "Ah! Je ris de me voir", Faust Act 3

06. Interview (II)

07. Synopsis: Don Giovanni

08. "Crudele!-Ah no, mio bene!" - "Non mi dir, bell'idol" (Donna Anna), Don Giovanni, ossia Il dissoluto punito, K.527 Act 2

09. Interview (III)

10. Synopsis: La Sonnambula

11. Care compaggne, et voi, teneri amici ... Come per me sereno, La Sonnambula Act 1

12. Interview (IV)

13. Synopsis: Rusalka

14. Mesicku na nebi hlubokém, Rusalka, Op.114 Act 1

15. End Credits

 

La Trebkens is the epitome of class and sophistication.

 

[bioniczeenger]

just finished watching anna netrebko's o mio babbino caro at you tube. galing na ganda pa. whewwww.

[manny a. quito]

Placido Domingo, Anna Netrebko, Rolando Villazón in their finale number --

Franz Lehár's Das Land des Lächelns: Dein ist mein ganzes Herz

 

Watch YouTube Clip

[snowflake]

almost had an orgasm after watching her sing hehehe. i also checked out sumi jo's version. finally i came!!!!

 

 

Sorry, now lang ako nakagamit ng pc na may speaker. Nag iiba ang quality ng voice ni Netrebko sa upper register...but what the heck! Ganda niya. Someone should get her in a bathtub commercial! Sigurado patok yun! Akala ko nga si Rachel Weisz na tumaba eh! LOL!

Edited May 11, 2008 by snowflake

[snowflake]

my favorite tenor jussi bjorling with the great renata tebaldi sing o soave fanciulla http://youtube.com/watch?v=EZJqR_8uE9s&feature=related

 

 

Bjoerling rules!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Patay na siya for more than 60 years, pero I have yet to hear someone comparable to this guy! Lashenggo lang! (Early member ng alcoholics anonymous LOL!)

 

Though he sounds like Christopher Cross, don't you agree Zeenger?

[snowflake]

Placido Domingo, Anna Netrebko, Rolando Villazón in their finale number --

Franz Lehár's Das Land des Lächelns: Dein ist mein ganzes Herz

 

Watch YouTube Clip

 

Manny,

 

Ganda ng concert venue! Naiingit ako, patok ang operatic concert dun. Here puro pala' tayo, dun talagang paying audience! Domingo's voice didn't change there, ganda ng aria.

Edited May 11, 2008 by snowflake

[manny a. quito]

The venue has a bit of historical notoriety.

 

The Waldbühne, or Forest Theatre, was built, as part of the complex used for the Hitler-era 1936 Summer Olympics, by incorporating the glacial river banks of the Berlin Urstromtal. It is a reproduction of the old 3rd century BC theater of Epidaurus and was then named "Dietrich-Eckart-Bühne" in homage to the Nazi ideologue Dietrich Eckart.

 

The Berlin Concert involving Domingo, Netrebko and Villazon was held in conjunction with the World Cup football tournament, following a modern tradition of capping a sports event with an operatic performance began by Pavarotti.

 

End of lecture... heh, heh.

[snowflake]

Still I loved the venue Manny. Sayang di nag click dito sa atin ang concert nila.

[manny a. quito]

Here's a bit of eye and ear candy for you. But this girl wields a mean Strad (yes, she really plays a 1727 Stradivarius) and will definitely be taken seriously in the league of Anne-Sophie Mutter, one day.

 

 

Track List:

 

1. Violin Concerto in E minor, Op.64 - 1. Allegro molto appassionato

2. Violin Concerto in E minor, Op.64 - 2. Andante

3. Violin Concerto in E minor, Op.64 - 3. Allegro non troppo - Allegro molto vivace

4. Romance in F for Viola & Orchestra, Op.85

5. Violin Concerto No.1 in G minor, Op.26 - 1. Vorspiel (Allegro moderato)

6. Violin Concerto No.1 in G minor, Op.26 - 2. Adagio

7. Violin Concerto No.1 in G minor, Op.26 - 3. Finale (Allegro energico)

[manny a. quito]

A very rare clip of Dame Joan Sutherland and Huguette Tourangeau in 1976 Sydney Opera production of Delibes' Lakme

 

[manny a. quito]

This is Sumi Jo and Ah-Kyung Lee attempting the same duet:

 

 

Methinks, it needs a little more lyricism.

[manny a. quito]

You may never have heard of Spike Jones, but he was a musical celebrity of a different sort, way back when.

 

Here is his take on Bizet's Carmen. It's roughly a 3 mb download. Uncompress using WinRAR and you will get an MP3 file. This is only part one of four parts. The original came from a 45 rpm vinyl record (if any of you still know what that is).

 

 

Click here to download.

 

Tell me if you like it.

Edited May 12, 2008 by manny a. quito

[manny a. quito]

Mario Lanza (real name Alfredo Arnold Cocozza) as The Great Caruso

 

 

This DVD is most probably an inferior-quality transfer from VHS, not yet digitally remastered, but the only one available so far.

 

The soundtrack features the following:

 

01. Pagliacci: Vesti la Giubba (Ruggero Leoncavallo)

02. Magnificat (Johann Sebastian Bach)

03. 'A Vucchella (Paolo Tosti & Gabriele D'Annunzio)

04. La Danza (Gioacchino Rossini)

05. Consecration Scene /Voglio Avvertirlo Io Stessa [From Aida] (Giuseppe Verdi)

06. Donna E Mobile [From Rigoleto] (Giuseppe Verdi)

07. Numi Pietà [From Aida] (Giuseppe Verdi)

08. Celeste Aida [From Aida] (Giuseppe Verdi)

09. Torna a Surriento (Ernesto de Curtis)

10. O Terra, Addio [From Aida] (Giuseppe Verdi)

11. Che Gelida Manina [From La Bohème] (Giacomo Puccini)

12. Mattinata (Ruggero Leoncavallo)

13. Miserere/Trio/E Lucevan le Stelle/Brindisi [From Il Trovatore/Rigoletto/Tosca/Cavalleria Rusticana] ... (Giuseppe Verdi/Giacomo Puccini/Pietro Mascagni)

14. Sweethearts [From Sweet Hearts] (Victor Herbert & Harry B. Smith)

15. Recitativo/Vesti la Giubba [From Pagliacci] (Ruggero Leoncavallo)

16. Ave Maria (Johann Sebastian Bach & Charles Gounod)

17. Loveliest Night of the Year (Juventino Rosas)

18. Sesteto [From Lucia di Lammermoor] (Gaetano Donizetti)

19. Because (Guy D'Hardelot)

20. M'Appari [From Martha] (Friedrich von Flotow)

21. Finale [From Martha] (Friedrich von Flotow)

22. Mamma Mia, Che Vo' Sapè? (Emanuele Nutile)

23. Core 'Ngrato (Marcello da Capua)

24. O Paradiso (L'Africaine) [From Because You're Mine] (Giacomo Meyerbeer)

25. Che Gelida Manina [From La Bohème] (Giacomo Puccini)

26. Fleur Que Tu M'Avais Jetee [From Carmen] (Georges Bizet)

27. Libiamo, Libiamo, Ne' Lieti Calice [From La Traviata] (Giuseppe Verdi)

Edited May 13, 2008 by manny a. quito

[bioniczeenger]

Mario Lanza as The Great Caruso

 

 

This DVD is most probably an inferior-quality transfer from VHS, not yet digitally remastered, but the only one available so far.

yap i have a copy of this one na. bought it at metrowalk ok naman. i think the story was so embellished that they really twisted the facts.

[manny a. quito]

Hollywood has never shrank from embellishing a biopic when it deems the subject not dramatic enough to sell the picture. Though in the case of the sanitized Cary Grant starrer Night and Day about composer Cole Porter, they also did not shy away from covering up what was then scandalous behavior of the subject (i.e. drugs and homosexuality). Compare the recent Kevin Kline depiction in De-Lovely, which was rather frank.

 

This is The Student Prince DVD:

 

 

Edmund Purdom lip-synched to the singing voice of Mario Lanza (considered his finest performance in English).

The music was composed by the Hungarian composer Sigmund Romberg.

[snowflake]

Zeenger,

 

Do you have a copy of the opera Manon Lescaut (Puccini) as sung by Jussi Bjoerling and Licia Albanese?

 

Thanks for the reply

Edited May 13, 2008 by snowflake

[bioniczeenger]

Hollywood has never shrank from embellishing a biopic when it deems the subject not dramatic enough to sell the picture. Though in the case of the sanitized Cary Grant starrer Night and Day about composer Cole Porter, they also did not shy away from covering up what was then scandalous behavior of the subject (i.e. drugs and homosexuality). Compare the recent Kevin Kline depiction in De-Lovely, which was rather frank.

 

This is The Student Prince DVD:

 

 

Edmund Purdom lip-synched to the singing voice of Mario Lanza (considered his finest performance in English).

The music was composed by the Hungarian composer Sigmund Romberg.

oh crap i saw this movie na. didnt know twas lanza's voice. hmm thanks manny

 

 

 

Zeenger,

 

Do you have a copy of the opera Manon Lescaut (Puccini) as sung by Jussi Bjoerling and Licia Albanese?

 

Thanks for the reply

snow wala talaga akong copy nyan e. gusto mo pahiram ko sa yo na lang yung mario lanza as the great carusso hehehe

 

oh and dharma and snow twas nice having coffee with both of you. nakakatuwa we were even graced by the presence of other classical singers a few of them pa are the best in the phils. tsk tsk.

sana naman manny you can join us next time :cool:

[manny a. quito]

sana naman manny you can join us next time

 

Sorry guys, but I don't go out much because of peripheral nerve disorder. I'll just share my musical discoveries here.

 

Lucio Dalla first came out with his song tribute "Caruso" in 1986 on his album DallAmeriCaruso.

 

Luciano Pavarotti loved the melody so much he covered it in his 1989 album Tutto Pavarotti. Many other pop artists followed thereafter.

 

Here is a YouTube clip of Pavarotti singing Lucio Dalla's "Caruso".

 

[manny a. quito]

You can download Jussi Bjoerling & Licia Albanese - Manon Lescaut using emule or edonkey client

with the following link.

 

ed2k://|file|Puccini-Manon_Lescaut-Albanese-Bjorling-Mitropoulos.zip|118605173|EA3B7C0493751B259FC83E38EBAC9720|/

 

Filesize is 113.11 MB in zip format, so I presume it's MP3.

 

Cover Art:

 

Edited May 15, 2008 by manny a. quito

[brahma]

tito snow and tito bio,twas really a pleasure seeing u guys! been a while for me. kahit na hindi ako masyado makasabay, I learned something in your generation kahit paano hehehe!!sorry mejo busy this week have to finish something at school. hope manny can join our pot session next time hahaha. im gonna miss skuling ahuhu:(

 

tito snow sorry but i cant find a copy of manon lescaut starring bjoerling,wala din sa prof ko

[manny a. quito]

Pavarotti's Opera Made Easy: My Favorite Opera in the Movies

 

I don't have this CD, but it is of interest because it enumerates opera pieces featured prominently in major films.

 

FILM: Philadelphia

01. Andrea Chenier - La mamma morta (Renata Tebaldi)

02. La Wally - Ebben?.. Ne andro lontana (Renata Tebaldi)

03. Adriana Lecouvreur - Ecco, respiro appena... lo son l'umile ancella (Renata Tebaldi)

 

FILM: Guarding Tess

04. Don Giovanni - Madamina, il catalogo e questo (Gabriel Bacquier)

05. The Abduction From The Seraglio - Ich gehe, doch rate ich dir (Martti Talvela, Kathleen Battle)

 

FILM: Mrs. Doubtfire

06. The Barber Of Seville - Largo al factotum (Sherrill Milnes )

 

FILM: The Age Of Innocence

07. Faust - Il se fait tardi!... Laisse-moi (Franco Corelli, Joan Sutherland)

08. The Bohemian Girl - I Dreamt I Dwelt In Marble Halls (Joan Sutherland )

 

FILM: Carlito's Way

09. Lakme - Flower Duet (Joan Sutherland, Jane Berbie)

 

FILM: The Man Without A Face

10. The Girl Of The Golden West - Ch'elle mi creda lebero (Luciano Pavarotti )

 

FILM: M. Butterfly

11. Madame Butterfly - Un bel di (Mirella Freni)

 

FILM: Jennifer 8

12. Madame Butterfly - Humming Chorus (Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra)

 

FILM: Lorenzo's Oil

13. The Elixir Of Love - Una furtiva lagrima (Luciano Pavarotti)

 

FILM: Honeymoon In Vegas

14. Rigoletto - La donna e mobile (Luciano Pavarotti)

 

FILM: Pretty Woman

15. La Traviata - Che fai?... Nulla (Luciano Pavarotti, Joan Sutherland)

 

FILM: Godfather III

16. Cavalleria Rusticana - Beato voi, compar Alfio... Easter Hymn (Giulietta Simionato)

17. Cavalleria Rusticana - Intermezzo (National Philharmonic Orchestra)

 

FILM: The Untouchables

18. Pagliacci - Vesti la giubba (Luciano Pavarotti )

Edited May 15, 2008 by manny a. quito