маниакальное
Nov. 13th, 2007 10:31 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
arashi_opera(Cорри за инглиш, но это всё равно мало кто читает, так что what the hell. Хочу вот по-английски.)
Only a complete operaманьяк geek like me can sit there and listen to THREE examples of one and the same aria, being unable to decide which s/he likes more. %) I have one by countertenor Andreas Scholl and two more by mezzos Jennifer Larmore and Marijana Mijanovic. And yet, I can't decide which is - not better, they're all excellent - but more pleasant to my ear. Scholl is brilliant here. It's a rare case (probably the only one for now) when an aria bravura from a countertenor doesn't make me wince and say "Leave bravura for mezzos, pal".
But still, if one's looking for Scholl, I'd recommend this piece: "Cara sposa" from Handel's "Rinaldo".
Best rendition I've ever heard (and I have this aria in 6 versions). It's simply gorgeous.
And for nice heroic mezzos, try this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7efM7qZFJYI
The above-mentioned J. Larmore singing Caesar's rage aria "Empio, dirò, tu sei" (with accompanying score). The last note was F3, mind you!!! (фа малой октавы, бл@, я охренела, когда подобрала её на фанно! Я это даже грудным регистром с трудом изображу.)
Only a complete opera
But still, if one's looking for Scholl, I'd recommend this piece: "Cara sposa" from Handel's "Rinaldo".
Best rendition I've ever heard (and I have this aria in 6 versions). It's simply gorgeous.
And for nice heroic mezzos, try this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7efM7qZFJYI
The above-mentioned J. Larmore singing Caesar's rage aria "Empio, dirò, tu sei" (with accompanying score). The last note was F3, mind you!!! (фа малой октавы, бл@, я охренела, когда подобрала её на фанно! Я это даже грудным регистром с трудом изображу.)