ckn Posted October 27, 2019 Share Posted October 27, 2019 I’ve always liked concert orchestra type classical music but haven’t gotten into vocal stuff. On holiday, we went to see these chaps: And it was bloody fantastic. Front row seats and them belting out songs louder than I thought possible and in a quality I couldn’t quite believe. I still have the songs rattling round in my head today from when we went on the 16th. So, TRL Helpdesk: go on then, give me some others that I may enjoy, especially albums or songs I can download to test my car’s volume levels with. I especially have Con Te Partiro battering around my head and that’s a must if you can recommend a good artist. "When in deadly danger, when beset by doubt; run in little circles, wave your arms and shout" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Padge Posted October 27, 2019 Share Posted October 27, 2019 Depends what you are looking for. This is the acist I am also big fan of Gregorian Chants, great for calming you down when stuck on a motorway. Visit my photography site www.padge.smugmug.com Radio 5 Live: Saturday 14 April 2007 Dave Whelan "In Wigan rugby will always be king" This country's wealth was created by men in overalls, it was destroyed by men in suits. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pen-Y-Bont Crusader Posted October 27, 2019 Share Posted October 27, 2019 The Hebrew Slaves chorus from Nabucco. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Pen-Y-Bont Crusader Posted October 27, 2019 Share Posted October 27, 2019 The Pearl Fishers Duet - my mums favourite. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Futtocks Posted October 27, 2019 Share Posted October 27, 2019 Cav'n'Pag, aka Mascagni's 'Cavaliera Rusticana' and Ruggiero's 'Pagliacci' are a rightly popular double bill of one-act operas. If you want something a little different, my dad's music festival did a great double bill of 'Susanna's Secret' by Wolf-Ferrari (cool name), which is a comic opera about smoking. Some lovely melodies in this, as well as the humour. This was paired with 'Mozart and Salieri' by Rimsky-Korsakov, which is more serious and ends with an offstage choir singing the opening to Mozart's Requiem. Really effective and haunting, as the composer lies dying on stage. Then there's always 'Hansel und Gretel' by Engelbert Humperdinck (not the Seventies crooner), whose overture is a stunner. Let me never fall into the vulgar mistake of dreaming that I am persecuted whenever I am contradicted. Ralph Waldo Emerson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Futtocks Posted October 27, 2019 Share Posted October 27, 2019 1 minute ago, Pen-Y-Bont Crusader said: The Pearl Fishers Duet - my mums favourite. And pretty much the only memorable aria in the whole 'Pearl Fishers' opera, just like Delibes' Flower Duet from 'Lakmé'. Let me never fall into the vulgar mistake of dreaming that I am persecuted whenever I am contradicted. Ralph Waldo Emerson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDINTHEHIZZOUSE Posted October 27, 2019 Share Posted October 27, 2019 AL DI LA by Emilio Pericoli,and not so much opera,but certainly anything by Andre rieu Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Futtocks Posted October 27, 2019 Share Posted October 27, 2019 And, although it is considered a subset of mainstream opera, don't neglect Gilbert & Sullivan. Some brilliant writing, both words and music. Let me never fall into the vulgar mistake of dreaming that I am persecuted whenever I am contradicted. Ralph Waldo Emerson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oxford Posted October 27, 2019 Share Posted October 27, 2019 La Wally 2 warning points Non-Political Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Futtocks Posted October 27, 2019 Share Posted October 27, 2019 1 minute ago, Oxford said: La Wally Terrible name, to English ears. Mind you, they parleyed the search for a bootleg tape of it up into a whole movie. Let me never fall into the vulgar mistake of dreaming that I am persecuted whenever I am contradicted. Ralph Waldo Emerson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnM Posted October 28, 2019 Share Posted October 28, 2019 Lightweights the lot of you. There is only one real opera: Der Ring des Nibelungen, WWV 86 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bedfordshire Bronco Posted October 28, 2019 Share Posted October 28, 2019 16 hours ago, ckn said: I’ve always liked concert orchestra type classical music but haven’t gotten into vocal stuff. On holiday, we went to see these chaps: And it was bloody fantastic. Front row seats and them belting out songs louder than I thought possible and in a quality I couldn’t quite believe. I still have the songs rattling round in my head today from when we went on the 16th. So, TRL Helpdesk: go on then, give me some others that I may enjoy, especially albums or songs I can download to test my car’s volume levels with. I especially have Con Te Partiro battering around my head and that’s a must if you can recommend a good artist. Me and the missus watch the touring operas as much as we can. Usual assortment of Verdi or Pucconi classics. Always great fun. To see less well known stuff we watch live screenings Oxford always loads of classical nights we enjoy, Wintereisse by Schubert was great in the summer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oxford Posted October 28, 2019 Share Posted October 28, 2019 2 warning points Non-Political Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bedfordshire Bronco Posted October 28, 2019 Share Posted October 28, 2019 9 hours ago, JohnM said: Lightweights the lot of you. There is only one real opera: Der Ring des Nibelungen, WWV 86 Got it on my to do list to visit Bayreuth and do the full cycle.... Listen to Wagner fairly regularly. Sometimes hard to square with his questionable beliefs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Futtocks Posted October 28, 2019 Share Posted October 28, 2019 1 hour ago, Bedfordshire Bronco said: Got it on my to do list to visit Bayreuth and do the full cycle.... Listen to Wagner fairly regularly. Sometimes hard to square with his questionable beliefs Years ago, there was a full performance of the Ring Cycle in Leeds, and my parents bought tickets for all four parts. They saw the first three... then our house got snowed in and they missed 'Gotterdammerung'. Let me never fall into the vulgar mistake of dreaming that I am persecuted whenever I am contradicted. Ralph Waldo Emerson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Futtocks Posted October 28, 2019 Share Posted October 28, 2019 By the way, if you find the plot of 'The Ring' hard to follow, here's a guide. Let me never fall into the vulgar mistake of dreaming that I am persecuted whenever I am contradicted. Ralph Waldo Emerson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bedfordshire Bronco Posted October 28, 2019 Share Posted October 28, 2019 1 hour ago, Futtocks said: Years ago, there was a full performance of the Ring Cycle in Leeds, and my parents bought tickets for all four parts. They saw the first three... then our house got snowed in and they missed 'Gotterdammerung'. Bet it was a frosty atmosphere in the Futtocks family that evening I'll def do all 4 parts one day. Loads of versions on YouTube about that I've watched. Would sure be something to see it all over in Bayreuth though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnM Posted October 28, 2019 Share Posted October 28, 2019 You can follow the story this way: https://www.mygermancity.com/nibelung-siegfried-route However, I was in error. There are in fact TWO operas. Here's the second. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
longboard Posted October 29, 2019 Share Posted October 29, 2019 On 27/10/2019 at 19:45, ckn said: I’ve always liked concert orchestra type classical music but haven’t gotten into vocal stuff. On holiday, we went to see these chaps: And it was bloody fantastic. Front row seats and them belting out songs louder than I thought possible and in a quality I couldn’t quite believe. I still have the songs rattling round in my head today from when we went on the 16th. So, TRL Helpdesk: go on then, give me some others that I may enjoy, especially albums or songs I can download to test my car’s volume levels with. I especially have Con Te Partiro battering around my head and that’s a must if you can recommend a good artist. One drawback for me in listening to classical music on motorway journeys is that it is too absorbing. Anyway, there's a whole wealth of music for voices out there, including music from the religious choral traditions, plus opera and oratorios etc. How about Spem In Alium by Tallis for something sublime, not to mention 40 part polyphony. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iT-ZAAi4UQQ Tallis, Gibbons, Byrd and Purcell are good starting points for discovering English choral music. Opera was popular entertainment in the 18th century and at times since, and its exclusive reputation in this country in recent decades is regrettable. On a separate note, I'd recommend singing as good for the morale, particularly singing in a choir. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
longboard Posted October 29, 2019 Share Posted October 29, 2019 On 27/10/2019 at 19:53, Padge said: Depends what you are looking for. This is the acist I am also big fan of Gregorian Chants, great for calming you down when stuck on a motorway. I'm meant to be singing in a performance of Carmina Burana next year. Looking forward to it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
longboard Posted October 29, 2019 Share Posted October 29, 2019 One of the best parts of the Messiah, as its coming up to the traditional time of the year for performances:- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ac02mnZJmiQ Can you get a handel on it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Futtocks Posted October 29, 2019 Share Posted October 29, 2019 16 minutes ago, longboard said: One drawback for me in listening to classical music on motorway journeys is that it is too absorbing. Anyway, there's a whole wealth of music for voices out there, including music from the religious choral traditions, plus opera and oratorios etc. How about Spem In Alium by Tallis for something sublime, not to mention 40 part polyphony. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iT-ZAAi4UQQ Tallis, Gibbons, Byrd and Purcell are good starting points for discovering English choral music. Opera was popular entertainment in the 18th century and at times since, and its exclusive reputation in this country in recent decades is regrettable. On a separate note, I'd recommend singing as good for the morale, particularly singing in a choir. As far as choral music is concerned, if you can find a recording of a Russian choir doing Rachmaninov's Vespers, it is a powerful and beautiful thing. I've heard Western choirs attempt it, but they don't have the physical condition and experience of that open-throated singing, especially in the baritone and bass sections. This is a long a cappella choral work, and I've heard good English choirs run out of steam long before the end. As for pop crossovers, Todd Rundgren recorded a version of 'The Lord Chancellor's Nightmare Song' on his self-titled 1974 album. It is a Gilbert & Sullivan patter song, and Todd's attempt is a fun tribute. Let me never fall into the vulgar mistake of dreaming that I am persecuted whenever I am contradicted. Ralph Waldo Emerson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Futtocks Posted October 29, 2019 Share Posted October 29, 2019 Rachmaninov Vespers Let me never fall into the vulgar mistake of dreaming that I am persecuted whenever I am contradicted. Ralph Waldo Emerson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
longboard Posted October 29, 2019 Share Posted October 29, 2019 11 hours ago, Futtocks said: As far as choral music is concerned, if you can find a recording of a Russian choir doing Rachmaninov's Vespers, it is a powerful and beautiful thing. I've heard Western choirs attempt it, but they don't have the physical condition and experience of that open-throated singing, especially in the baritone and bass sections. This is a long a cappella choral work, and I've heard good English choirs run out of steam long before the end. As for pop crossovers, Todd Rundgren recorded a version of 'The Lord Chancellor's Nightmre Sog' on his self-titled 1974 album. It is a Gilbert & Sullivan patter song, and Todd's attempt is a fun tribute. Yes, the Vespers is great. The low notes are a challenge for most basses. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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