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#31

Recordings & Broadcasts / Meyerbeer Le Prophete LSO Live

Last post by patently_obvious - Saturday 18 May 2024, 05:45

Forthcoming in June from LSO Live:

https://www.prestomusic.com/classical/products/9624610--meyerbeer-le-prophete

I tried to link this to the previous thread on this opera, but could not, so maybe one of the moderators can help me here.

Done [Mark]

#32

Recordings & Broadcasts / Re: Feux et Tonnerres ! - Homm...

Last post by kolaboy - Saturday 18 May 2024, 04:04

A must-have, thank you.

#33

Recordings & Broadcasts / Bossi violin sonatas upcoming ...

Last post by eschiss1 - Saturday 18 May 2024, 03:27

In July 2024, according to Presto, a disc of Enrico Bossi's 2 violin sonatas performed by Emmanuele Baldini and Luca Delle Donne will be issued on Naxos. (I know offhand of only one other recording of these two works together.)

#34

Recordings & Broadcasts / Re: Feux et Tonnerres ! - Homm...

Last post by semloh - Saturday 18 May 2024, 03:11

Yes, this is very interesting and the recording sounds excellent to me. Thanks for alerting us, Wheesht. 

#35

Recordings & Broadcasts / Re: Bowen Syms 1 & 2 from Chan...

Last post by semloh - Saturday 18 May 2024, 02:57

I have the mp3s I downloaded from UC, of the 3rd Symphony under Tausky. Any help?

#36

Recordings & Broadcasts / Re: Johanna Senfter Chamber mu...

Last post by Alan Howe - Friday 17 May 2024, 19:03

An 8-minute video (in German with English subtitles) is now available at jpc:
https://www.jpc.de/jpcng/cpo/detail/-/art/johanna-senfter-klarinettentrio/hnum/11170347

#37

Recordings & Broadcasts / Re: Feux et Tonnerres ! - Homm...

Last post by Martin Eastick - Friday 17 May 2024, 12:49

This is indeed an excellent CD! The only problem from a marketing perspective is that, at first glance, it gives little idea as to the contents - I nearly passed it by, but thankfully a closer inspection revealed some very interesting repertoire! I would highlight Heller's Caprice Symphonique in particular - a real virtuoso showpiece that one would not normally associate with this composer, better known for his didactic studies and shorter morceaux. The is plenty more to enjoy here though, and I have no hesitation in thoroughly recommending it to anyone interested in lesser-known 19th century piano music.

#38

Composers & Music / Re: Did AI just kill classical...

Last post by der79sebas - Friday 17 May 2024, 11:31

The synthesizer "Sonnenflammen" were done during Corona and this production was some sort of protest against cultural lockdown. Well, it was worth the try, but of course this never should have been published as DVD...

#39

Recordings & Broadcasts / Re: Feux et Tonnerres ! - Homm...

Last post by Jonathan - Friday 17 May 2024, 10:52

This sounds exactly like my sort of thing!

#40

Composers & Music / Re: Did AI just kill classical...

Last post by tpaloj - Friday 17 May 2024, 10:31

But I think we're getting close to submitting any printed notation to such software and having it produce a reliable, decent quality audio rendition without too much user input at all.

If you are saying generating reality-quality other than midi-quality performance, then there won't be miserable circumstances like Ulrich Leykam "conducting" literally his own "Bayreuth Digital Orchestra" to accompany Naxos-Marco Polo's S. Wagner Sonnenflammen production.

Ooff. I listened to some samples. It sounds like it would have been way more straightforward to hire an actual orchestra given the technical work involved. But I don't know what circumstances led to them performing the work in this arrangement.

It should be added that while orchestral music can be made to sound somewhat realistic via technology with some effort these days, not even AI can seem to fake good vocals, never mind operaic singing voices to any believable level yet.