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Re: What are you listening two?
Posted: Sun Jan 11, 2015 8:24 pm
by Jose Echenique
fergus wrote:
A beautiful CD and warmly recommended.
Gorgeous singing by the most musical and elegant of countertenors. And here is the only vocal version of La Follia that I know of.
Re: What are you listening two?
Posted: Mon Jan 12, 2015 4:24 pm
by Jose Echenique
Dutch soprano Elly Ameling had one of the most ravishing lyric voices of the 60´s and 70´s. Because of her strict upbringing she never sang opera on stage, but had a long and distinguished career in the concert hall. Her direct, unmannered and honest way with these songs is admirable.
Re: What are you listening two?
Posted: Mon Jan 12, 2015 6:28 pm
by fergus
Jose Echenique wrote:fergus wrote:
Gorgeous singing by the most musical and elegant of countertenors. And here is the only vocal version of La Follia that I know of.
You recommended that CD to me a long time ago Pepe and it was one of my most memorable purchases!
Re: What are you listening two?
Posted: Mon Jan 12, 2015 6:29 pm
by fergus
Jose Echenique wrote:
Dutch soprano Elly Ameling had one of the most ravishing lyric voices of the 60´s and 70´s.
Because of her strict upbringing she never sang opera on stage, but had a long and distinguished career in the concert hall. Her direct, unmannered and honest way with these songs is admirable.
How intriguing!
Re: What are you listening two?
Posted: Tue Jan 13, 2015 2:38 am
by Jose Echenique
Yes, intriguing. Elly Ameling belongs to that wonderful generation of Mozart sopranos that included Lucia Popp, Helen Donath and Edith Mathis, but sadly, Ameling didn´t perform operas on stage.
She was in huge demand as a recitalist though.
Re: What are you listening two?
Posted: Thu Jan 15, 2015 2:28 pm
by markof
fergus wrote:markof wrote:
Did you like that set Mark?
It is not a set that was mentioned on my recent thread on the same subject so I would be interested in your thoughts.
Hi Fergus, sorry for the delay in replying.
This is my favourite version of the three sets which I own, the other two being the Freiberger Barokorchester and Musica Antiqua Koln version.
The recording has a distinct clarity with great instrument separation and a fine performance played with great delicacy and feeling - but then I'm strongly in thrall to everything Savall right now.
Mark
Re: What are you listening two?
Posted: Thu Jan 15, 2015 2:30 pm
by markof
Re: What are you listening two?
Posted: Thu Jan 15, 2015 8:14 pm
by fergus
markof wrote:markof wrote:
This is my favourite version of the three sets which I own, the other two being the Freiberger Barokorchester and Musica Antiqua Koln version.
The recording has a distinct clarity with great instrument separation and a fine performance played with great delicacy and feeling - but then I'm strongly in thrall to everything Savall right now.
Mark
Cheers, Mark and thank you for that. I may well look into that one.
Re: What are you listening two?
Posted: Thu Jan 15, 2015 8:16 pm
by fergus
markof wrote:
Did you enjoy that one Mark? I have not come across that CD in all of my searches of Early Music.
Re: What are you listening two?
Posted: Thu Jan 15, 2015 9:41 pm
by fergus
I have just finished listening to this recent purchase....
I really enjoyed the set. The performances were most enjoyable and certainly justify the recommendations in my recent thread.