|
|
Availability: Usually ships in 10 to 13 days
This item ships for FREE with Super Saver Shipping.
Binding: Audio CDEAN: 0675754830229 Label: Gala Manufacturer: Gala MPN: 599 Number Of Discs: 2 Publisher: Gala Release Date: May 31, 2005 Studio: Gala Average Rating:
 Rating: - An unusual and eclectic mixture of musical styles If you are a little jaded by listening to the same great operatic warhorses then you might well be drawn, as was I, to sample some of the more recherche items which have enjoyed some success but have since dropped out of the standard repertoire. "Le Roi d'Ys" - whose eponymous king actually plays a very minor part in the proceedings - will probably never again establish itself as a staple of the big houses but it is certainly worth a revival and this Gala provides excellent advocacy for the piece, ... Read More Rating:  - IN SEARCH OF THE UNHEARDI BOUGHT THIS RECORD FIRST BECAUSE I LIKE LALO'S MUSIC IN GENERAL, BUT ALSO BECAUSE I AM TOTALLY TIRED OF THE STANDARD OPERATIC REPERTOIRE. THUS, I HAVE DECIDED TO TRY FIND THOSE OPERAS THAT HAVE NOT ACHIEVED CANONICAL STATUS AND I AM NOT LIKELY TO SEE PERFORMED EVER IN THE USA. I ALSO LIKE THE FACT THIS IS FRENCH OPERA SUNG BY FRENCH ARTISTS IN THEIR PRIME, PARTICULARLY ALAIN VANZO, WHO IS ALMOST UNKOWN IN THIS COUNTRY AND WHO CAN EASILY BE COMPARED TO A GEDDA OR A KRAUS. THE SOUND IS SURPRISINGLY ... Read More Rating: - A Lovely Bit of FrothI bought this opera because I enjoy the music of Lalo, especially the Symphonie Espagnol, I like French opera, and because it features Alain Vanzo. This is an "easy listening" sort of opera, with pleasant, accessible, not particularly memorable but very melodic music, very well performed. The choruses are interesting and there is a definite folk-music feel to some of them. The plot is a little silly, being a story about a fabled land north of Brittany that is now underwater. Belgian ... Read More Rating: - A curious mixture of Wagner, Celtic melodies and Saint SaensI was familiar with the Hispano-French composer Edouard Lalo (1823-1892) through his justly popular Symphonie Esganole and also his beautiful Symphony in G and his cello concerto. Seeing a recording of his opera Le Roi d'Ys was available through Amazon, I decided to try it since his other compositions are quite enjoyable. Lalo married relatively late in life to Breton mezzo-soprano Julie Besner d'Maligny and promptly proceeded to write a pair of operas for her. Le Roi d'Ys was the second ... Read More |
