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The Music => Recordings & Broadcasts => Topic started by: M. Yaskovsky on Tuesday 19 January 2021, 07:59

Title: Meyerbeer: Alimelek
Post by: M. Yaskovsky on Tuesday 19 January 2021, 07:59
Recording of Meyerbeer's Alimelek available February, 5, at Presto.
https://www.prestomusic.com/classical/products/8866063--meyerbeer-alimelek
Sterling records going from strength to strength!
Title: Re: Meyerbeer: Alimelek
Post by: Alan Howe on Tuesday 19 January 2021, 10:21
...but only if it is well sung! I don't recognise a single name in the cast, so can they actually sing this stuff properly?

What appears to be the same performance can be heard here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yUqlX4SvL-4
Title: Re: Meyerbeer: Alimelek
Post by: Wheesht on Tuesday 19 January 2021, 11:03
and what's the verdict on the singers?
Title: Re: Meyerbeer: Alimelek
Post by: Alan Howe on Tuesday 19 January 2021, 11:59
One soprano's squally, but I haven't really listened to much of it yet.
Title: Re: Meyerbeer: Alimelek
Post by: Mark Thomas on Tuesday 19 January 2021, 13:51
QuoteWhat appears to be the same performance
It's definitely the same performance. Sterling have licensed the recording from SWR, the original broadcaster in 2010.
Title: Re: Meyerbeer: Alimelek
Post by: Alan Howe on Tuesday 19 January 2021, 14:03
It's unlikely to be my cup of tea - and I only buy recordings of this period in opera that are well done. Sitting through a couple of hours of mediocre singing by a provincial cast in such demanding music may be tolerable, even enjoyable live, but to have it all perpetuated in a recording is something up with which I cannot put.
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