Music Mockney's Classical Music Thread

Any Russian/Russian speaking Caftards who feel like helping me translate this interview? Not verbatim, just a general idea. It's not just personal indulgence. (Well, not totally... ;)) It's probably brilliant stuff that would enrich the Caf. I'm such a Reizen fangirl I've watched it many times even though I'm clueless.
The musical excerpts are brilliant, of course.

 
Waltraute said:
Any Russian/Russian speaking Caftards who feel like helping me translate this interview? Not verbatim, just a general idea. It's not just personal indulgence. (Well, not totally... ;)) It's probably brilliant stuff that would enrich the Caf. I'm such a Reizen fangirl I've watched it many times even though I'm clueless.
The musical excerpts are brilliant, of course.

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"Repeal reassuranes, not what they are missing. Heroes on the border! Spoilt the rape morsels along reasonable at the bull crap, proportionate, last year old wardrobe."
...so says youtube's auto translated transcription.

Maybe you've seen it or got it all by now, but someone translated it in the comments section. It seems right to me, but I'm no more of a guarantee than youtube's captions, so I asked a friend who's generally hard to please when it comes to translations & she said it was alright.

So here's the user's PticaLetit's translation:
"I first appeared on the opera stage in Boris Godunov by Mussorgsky - it was in Kharkov. In the autumn of 1921, Alexander Yakovlevich Altshuller called me and asked if I would sing Pimen in their production. They had the rest of the troupe complete already. I thought a bit and agreed.

"For the first time in my life I heard not just a sound, but a musical speech with phrases, intonations...with living words...with just the same intonation as if you speak the lyrics. What a genial truth there is in it! Since then, Mussorgsky has always been with me. Later I sang Khovanshchina and finally the part of Boris Godunov.

"When I was 13, I visited my sister at the village. I remember the old believers I saw there. Their solid gait, big beards, their dialect...The role of Dosifey was something I felt very close...The scene begins with a majestic instrumental music, just like Bach.*

"Dosifey for me is a character with huge moral power. He kept his beliefs until the end and thousands of people trusted and followed him.

"In 1924 I debuted in the former Mariinsky Theatre, and in 1928 I was offered the role of Boris."

* obligatory link!

I'd never heard Khovanshchina but am now not sure how you follow it. It's probably passé but When I am laid in earth from Dido and Aeneas remains one of my favourite pieces (despite having to spend hours studying the ground bass!) & one of the few times I don't mind Janet Baker's voice (blasphemy)?
 
Thank you so, so, so much! \o/
And so sorry if you PMed me, I've had trouble reading them lately (probably something at my end). Love Dido's Lament too! Cheers for posting.

And here's how I feel reading your post :lol: --

 
und dann sinken in die gruft, wahrlich.

Nay, I was just acknowledging that my reply above came a couple of weeks after you asked the question, so it may well have been useless had you no longer needed/been without it.

Continuing the mini Purcell love-in, I have to be in a certain mood to listen to Nyman's epic, Memorial, but can hear this anytime:

The worst part of this thread is trying to contribute, knowing the tiny amount I know and listen to has probably already been posted. But reading through is always good!
 




ETA: Maybe I've posted it before, but this performance of Die Nebensonnen is one of my favourite recordings of all time, so here it is again.



Drei Sonnen sah ich am Himmel steh'n,
Hab' lang und fest sie angeseh'n;
Und sie auch standen da so stier,
Als wollten sie nicht weg von mir.

Ach, meine Sonnen seid ihr nicht!
Schaut ander'n doch ins Angesicht!
Ja, neulich hatt' ich auch wohl drei;
Nun sind hinab die besten zwei.

Ging nur die dritt' erst hinterdrein!
Im Dunkeln wird mir wohler sein.

[Wilhelm Müller]
 
That's a magnificent Lipatti performance, Nani! :D
Belated cheers for posting.

And I know I've posted this before, but I don't care, you need to hear and see it again. It's also perfect for resurrecting the thread.
Hotter under Keilberth in that legendary '59 La Calunnia in German; Die Verleumdung

 
I've listened to the Wesendonck Lieder countless times since it was posted in this thread, so thanks for that.

I think I've been brainwashed listening to a faster Zadok (Pinnock's) to not be at least slightly willing that Gardiner version on. Such a ridiculously moving piece of music anyway, made even better thanks to the CL association.

I've been listening to some Romances lately which are probably too lightweight but I'll post a few, anyway!

Anna German - Shine, shine, my star

Irina Tiviane - Only one who knows yearning

Boris Shtokolov - I go out on the road alone
 
Some people call this "demented circus music" (:lol:)



More Maisky for those who are interested in the man and his inspiring presence:

 
If you live in the USA check out Opera Live at the Met in HD, shown in movie theatres around the country. Like all opera, the performances are long, but you get something that the live audience at the met does not see, Renee Fleming taking you backstage during the interval. Aida was spectacular, starring what the person with me called a couple of "fat Russian women". It really isn't over until the fat lady sings - both of them.
 
surf said:
If you live in the USA check out Opera Live at the Met in HD, shown in movie theatres around the country. Like all opera, the performances are long, but you get something that the live audience at the met does not see, Renee Fleming taking you backstage during the interval. Aida was spectacular, starring what the person with me called a couple of "fat Russian women". It really isn't over until the fat lady sings - both of them.
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:D

And it's not just in the US --

http://www.metoperafamily.org/metopera/liveinhd/uk.aspx

http://www.metoperafamily.org/metopera/liveinhd/international_locations.aspx

And here's Josef Greindl & Herta Klust in Odins Meeresritt



Der Reiter sitzt auf, es klirrt sein Schwert:
"Nun, Meister Oluf, gute Nacht!
Wohl hast du beschlagen Odin's Pferd"
 
AldoRaine18 said:
Must've been posted earlier but just love this one.
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If so, it's well worth a re-post.

Whilst I do enjoy lots of the more lively and dramatic classical music pieces, the soothing and mellow side of the genre is where it's at, most of the time, for me personally.













Also, I can't decide which of these I prefer...

Vs

Thoughts?
 
Brocky In Black said:
Also, I can't decide which of these I prefer...

Vs


Thoughts?
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I enjoy listening to that famous Pachelbel piece. Although I think the piano version is brilliant in its own right, I think the alternative version you posted edges it slightly in terms of overall musical quality.
 
Jussi could sing the silliest things and make you cry.



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Love this so much!
 
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