I'm very glad the Leppard version got such a favourable mention...and I couldn't help thinking it would have been Parker's first choice had it not been for HIPP considerations. It is extraordinary what (notwithstanding modern instruments) incredible sensitivity and meticulous tidiness Leppard got from the band. Definitely proto-HIPP. I'm very glad also that edashtay mentioned Anthony Lewis who was a pioneer in the staging of Baroque operas....at a time when they were thought to be un-stageable. Leppard, however, had the musical edge over Lewis in terms of direction.
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Well, I must admit I'm staying with Minkowski...and unlike everyone else, I absolutely love that 12 minute version of the aria with Anne Sophie Van Otter!Comment
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Yes, you're so right, ardcarp, about the relative meeits of Leppard and Lewis: true professional meets the versatile scholar.Originally posted by ardcarp View PostComment
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Originally posted by MickyD View Post
Well, she is gorgeous, and you must be a patient lover, MickyD.Comment
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He he, yes, when it's Miss Van Otter, I will forgive everything. But I do genuinely like that slow speed in that aria. Chacun à son goût!Comment
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I very much enjoyed this BaL. It felt to me this was a BaL in safe and very capable hands. No adverbs, adjectives, similes or metaphors for their own sake. All the points were easy to follow, and Alan Curtis!!Comment
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I'm with you 100% - plus it's a great set generally. The di Donato/Gauvin duo didn't tempt me at all.Originally posted by MickyD View Post"...the isle is full of noises,
Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices..."
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