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DEVO - The 4th Dimension
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DEVO - The 4th Dimension
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It is some badass bluegrass.
I've been a "fan" of hers for at least 25 years now; I remember buying a CD of her in the late 80s (I can date it, because it was before we moved to California). Even today, I can't hear the "Der Hoelle Rache" aria of the queen of the night without Jenkins' version going through my head.(footage of Florence Foster Jenkins)
Well, soprano singing isn't everyone's cup of tea. In our family, I'm the only person known to tolerate opera, and even then I'm not a real fan. Our son in particular hates vocal music (disclaimer: he is a darn good tuba player, and high screeching sounds obviously grate on him).I love Angela Gheorghiu:
Well, soprano singing isn't everyone's cup of tea. In our family, I'm the only person known to tolerate opera, and even then I'm not a real fan. Our son in particular hates vocal music (disclaimer: he is a darn good tuba player, and high screeching sounds obviously grate on him).
If you want to see a real test of sopranos: Look on youtube for Gliere's "Concerto for Coloratura Soprano and Orchestra". It's brutally hard to sing, in particular the last note (many singers deliberately go an octave down instead of attempting the high F). But for those singers with the technique to do it right, it is a spectacular piece. There is also a nice transcription of the piece for trumpet or cornet.
In general, I refer to Gliere as a part of the three "russian G" composers: They never wrote truly great music, but they also never wrote bad music, and everything they wrote is pleasant to listen to. They are Glinka, Glazunov and Gliere. For fun, try Glazunov's concerto for saxophone (!) and orchestra.
I'm not a voice expert, so I refuse to pass judgement. Plus I listen to so many old recordings that I'm not up to date on current performers. I like the sound quality of Anna Netrebko (light, without being screechy), but her politics are neanderthal. On the other hand, I love the sound of deep contra-altos (one of my favorite pieces with voice is de Falla's "Amor Brujo").I like all three composers but for Angela Gheorghiu I think she is the best soprano nowadays ...
Religious wars. Like Haifetz or Oistrakh, Glenn Gould or Leon Fleisher, Casals or Piatigorsky, Rubinstein or Horovitz. In reality, all of these people are ridiculously good, and it becomes a question of taste and what piece. I used to listen to a lot of Tebaldi, because she was my mother's and godmother's favorite soprano (hint: my godmother was a professional coloratura soprano, worked for the opera house), so I've gotten accustomed to her sound, in particular in Puccini.Who was better Renatta Tebaldi or Maria Callas?
I can simply no longer enjoy that piece. I've suffered with it since I was a teenager (and got ordered to be the piano accompanist for a high-school classmate who was singing it, rather badly), and I've heard it so many times in the last 50 years, it's definitely going out the other ear now. The funny thing is that Zauberfloete is in general a nice opera. Being an orchestral percussionist now, I regularly practice the glockenspiel solos from it.About the Queen of the Night aria, my preferred ones are the Edda Moser and Diana Damrau interpretations.
I've listened to so much music in my life, I'm an omnivore of classical music; less baroque and early classical, more late classical and in particular russian romantics. Yesterday evening I was stuck in my basement shop for many hours (doing an electronics project), and decided to listen to symphonies: Beethoven 3rd, Bruch 2nd, then Balakirev (not Borodin!) 1st. Yes, doing only B's and then in descending order is a little OCD, but they are all beautiful.I do not have a favorite composer. I listen more to what I feel I like at each time.
Religious wars. Like Haifetz or Oistrakh, Glenn Gould or Leon Fleisher, Casals or Piatigorsky, Rubinstein or Horovitz. In reality, all of these people are ridiculously good, and it becomes a question of taste and what piece.
I can simply no longer enjoy that piece.