Gesänge der Frühe Op.133

Robert Schumann's Gesänge der Frühe Op.133 - Maurizio Pollini

Kabalevsky, who!?

How have I forgotten Kabalevsky's Violin Concerto?

This is one of the finest of violin repertoire...ummm... a bit exaggerated though.

Might be because I've seen it live today, performed by an award-winning violin soloist Liliya Nigamedzyanova from Russia and Russian Symphony Orchestra. The second movement was beautiful.I have a record
of Mea's playing.
By the way, the performances also included 'Beethoven's Symphony no.7' & Fantasy Overture from Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s Romeo & Juliet.

Se quel guerrier io fossi!...Celeste Aida!

Aida, four-act opera
I saw 'Aida' live yesterday. It was a part of the 10th International Festival of Music and Dance in Bangkok.
It was wonderful and majestic.Though I kept thinking the music was too pushy for my ears,especially when everyone was expecting the celebrated 'triumph march' of Radames and the conductor just delivered it a little bit too enthusiastically.
The end was so tragic, but that is pretty predictable of Verdi's operas. Most of them are melodrama. My favorite is 'Il Trovatore' but I have never seen it live

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It was performed by the Cairo Opera House. Playing Radames is Oleg Kulko one of the principal singers of Bolshoi Theatre. He has sung Radames at the Metropolitan Opera New York and at La Scala, Milan to critical acclaim. Taking on Aida is the famous soprano Yulia Simonova, (a leading soloist of The Bolshoi Theatre) while Olesya Petrova will play Amenris. Olesya is the winner of the Tchaikovsky Gold Medal (2007), one of the most important awards recognising the most talented singers.

Modern Schumann...

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