BaL 19.09.20 - Tchaikovsky: Eugene Onegin

[underthecountertenor]

It also sounds as if they’ve decided that the only way to do a remote twofer is to script it.

[Ein Heldenleben]

The Bychcov sounds excellent . It’s £11.23 on Amazon which I think is less than I paid for the Solti back in the 70’s !

[underthecountertenor]

The Bychcov sounds excellent . It’s £11.23 on Amazon which I think is less than I paid for the Solti back in the 70’s !

I think you can get it on Amazon for even less. I’ve not listened to my Solti vinyls (or for that matter my Levine CDs) since I bought it.

[Ein Heldenleben]

I think you can get it on Amazon for even less. I’ve not listened to my Solti vinyls (or for that matter my Levine CDs) since I bought it.

I think I’ve listened to the Solti end to end about 3 times. But for some bizarre reason I’ve played the first LP side dozens of times. So when I saw it live for the first time in the 80’s , the polonaise , duel , Lensky aria and thrilling conclusion came as some thing of a surprise to me. The very definition of being stuck in a groove . I had a similar habit with the Karajan Gotterdamerung. The Act 1 duet started on a side I would run thru to the end of the Rhine journey and then depress the tone arm lever.

[underthecountertenor]

I think I’ve listened to the Solti end to end about 3 times. But for some bizarre reason I’ve played the first LP side dozens of times. So when I saw it live for the first time in the 80’s , the polonaise , duel , Lensky aria and thrilling conclusion came as some thing of a surprise to me. The very definition of being stuck in a groove . I had a similar habit with the Karajan Gotterdamerung. The Act 1 duet started on a side I would run thru to the end of the Rhine journey and then depress the tone arm lever.

I’m glad I’m not the only one!

[Ein Heldenleben]

I’m glad I’m not the only one!

Ok fessing up here I have a vinyl Trovatore that I have never played at all. Sheer madness.

[underthecountertenor]

Ok fessing up here I have a vinyl Trovatore that I have never played at all. Sheer madness.

I wonder if it’s the same vinyl Trovatore as the one I’ve never played at all.

[Ein Heldenleben]

I wonder if it’s the same vinyl Trovatore as the one I’ve never played at all.

Karajan .

[kernelbogey]

I wonder if it’s the same vinyl Trovatore as the one I’ve never played at all.

[underthecountertenor]

karajan .

yes!

[Ein Heldenleben]

yes!

Seriously? - that is uncanny . This is the Leontyne Price / Obratsova version . Thing is I had a bit of a snobbish attitude to Verdi - only really liked Otello, Falstaff , then Don Carlos, then Simon Boccangera. Slowly working My way back till I heard Attila last week on R3 and really rather enjoyed it. Also the vinyl box was for years hidden away on a lip of the bookcase . Just found it cost £16.00 back in the 80’s - you’d never get a cast that good now.

[Goon525]

Try Ballo - my favourite of the mid-period Verdis.

[Keraulophone]

I heard Trovatore in the stunning Roman theatre at the Chorégies d'Orange and decided I never needed to hear it again.

[Darloboy]

Btw, the BBC web site lists the DVD Recommendation as Gergiev with Netrebko whereas NB's recommendation was in fact for Gergiev's 2007 staging with Fleming. Personally, I suspect the Netrebko might be more interesting visually given that the production was directed by Deborah Warner.

[Darloboy]

Sounds to me like they have a reasonable quality mike in use today . The problem is the acoustic of Nick which sounds boxy - can’t work out whether that’s an electronic or physical problem . It’s pretty hard checking that yourself On headphones and “talking “ guests into a reasonable acoustic remotely is hard . I think Andrew M still presents from BH , I’ve heard a lot of radio presenters now have a pretty professional setup at home using Lucie live (an app based tablet system ) complete with clean feed of the remote studio output (essentially the music minus themselves ) and talkback from both producer (also at home ) and studio manager . I have the Solti - one of the first vinyl opera sets I bought.

The Solti was Modern Recording Choice last time out in May 94. Khaikin was First Choice - back in the days when BaL routinely used to select mono recordings as first choice library recommendations.