this excerpt begins with end of recitative from scene one (Bidú Sayão as Susanna), then in
this excerpt begins with end of recitative from scene one (Bidú Sayão as Susanna), then into scene two as Ezio Pinza sings "Se vuol ballare", then all the recitatives
and ends with scene 3 and Bartolo's aria "La vendetta".
audio from old cassette tape of a live Met broadcast (January 29, 1944) with pictures of Ezio Pinza, Irra Petina and Salvatore Baccaloni.
go here to listen (with a few pics) to the first part of this production:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dqBJoK96F_w
Irra Petina is Marcellina. This picture of her is by Carl Van Vecten, 1948.
Salvatore Baccaloni's Bartolo is wonderfully rounded in tone and character. Superb!
Conducted by Bruno Walter.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) "Le Nozze di Figaro" or "The Marriage of Figaro" (originally "Le nozze di Figaro, ossia la folle giornata" (Trans: The Marriage of Figaro or the Day of Madness), K. 492,
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this segment includes: Overture, duet "Cinque....dieci.....venti....trenta....", all the r
this segment includes: Overture, duet "Cinque....dieci.....venti....trenta....", all the recitatives, and duet "Se a caso Madama".
audio from old cassette tape of a live Met broadcast (January 29, 1944) with pictures of Bruno Walter, Ezio Pinza and Bidú Sayão.
Dr. Walter was famously unsympathetic toward "Figaro" and it shows some here. Too frivolous for him, I imagine.
This is also not Bidú Sayão's best role (see the video of the Hahn song by her I uploaded today!) but Ezio Pinza is in very fine form.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) "Le Nozze di Figaro" or "The Marriage of Figaro"
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Music by Reynaldo Hahn, lyrics by Victor Hugo
Mes vers fuiraient, doux et frêles,
Music by Reynaldo Hahn, lyrics by Victor Hugo
Mes vers fuiraient, doux et frêles,
Vers votre jardin si beau,
Si mes vers avaient des ailes,
Comme l'oiseau.
Ils voleraient, étincelles,
Vers votre foyer qui rit,
Si mes vers avaient des ailes,
Comme l'esprit.
Près de vous, purs et fidèles,
Ils accourraient, nuit et jour,
Si mes vers avaient des ailes,
Comme l'amour!
My verses would flee, sweet and frail,
To your garden so fair,
If my verses had wings,
Like a bird.
They would fly, like sparks,
To your smiling hearth,
If my verses had wings,
Like the mind.
Pure and faithful, to your side
They'd hasten night and day,
If my verses had wings,
Like love!
Translation from French to English copyright © by Richard Stokes
Composer: Reynaldo Hahn
Lyricist: Victor Hugo (1802-1885)
Published: Music: 1920 - Lyrics: 1856, from "Les contemplations"
Dedicated to Maria Hahn.
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Third movement: Allegro assai
Ivan Klánský, Piano
Virtuosi Di Praga, Jiri Belohlavek
Third movement: Allegro assai
Ivan Klánský, Piano
Virtuosi Di Praga, Jiri Belohlavek, Conductor
Recorded Live At The Rittersaal Of Palais Waldstein, 19--20 November 1990
Cadenzas: Ivan Klánský
Mozart, in his autograph of the K. 466, left behind bits of an alternate opening much different than the one we have here. Only the outer string parts are notated, but that's enough to see that it was to begin with a big orchestral tutti, with 32 bars of the rondo melody accompanied by pounding repititions of the motive. Mozart probably kept the bit so he could use it later (a habitual practice of his) perhaps for a future D minor concerto we can only dream about....but we do have the K.466, and very grateful for that--the rheumatic fever complications that most probably hastened his death certainly could have killed him earlier, as could other childhood illness he had. Lucky he lived as long as he did.
As is it is now, this Allegro assai starts with a famous example of the "Mannheim rocket", shattering the mood of the preceeding romanze, producing even more a romantic and dramatic theatrical effect beloved by folks in the succeding decades of musical fashion.
--and about that first performance with no rehearsal: The musicians must have been very good and very familiar with the Mozartean idiom, as Leopold, ever a critical voice on such aspects of his son's work, wrote Mozarts sister that the performance came off splendidly.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) Klavierkonzert Nr. 20 D-Dur KV 466
Piano Concerto No.20 In D Minor, K.466
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Second movement: Romanze
Ivan Klánský, Piano
Virtuosi Di Praga, Jiri Belohlavek, Con
Second movement: Romanze
Ivan Klánský, Piano
Virtuosi Di Praga, Jiri Belohlavek, Conductor
Recorded Live At The Rittersaal Of Palais Waldstein, 19--20 November 1990
Cadenzas: Ivan Klánský
Neal Alexander Zaslaw writes:
..Perhaps because of it's wide range of effects, brooding chromaticism, and stormy outbursts, K. 466--one of only two concertos Mozart composed in minor keys--was a favorite in the nineteenth centrury, even though it's final 75 measures in D major represent a clear instance of 18th century 'lieto fine' (happy ending), which the 19th century musicians found so hard to accept.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) Klavierkonzert Nr. 20 D-Dur KV 466
Piano Concerto No.20 In D Minor, K.466
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go here to see part 1 of the first movement (Allegro):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TKW
go here to see part 1 of the first movement (Allegro):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TKW83XXnveA
Ivan Klánský, Piano
Virtuosi Di Praga, Jiri Belohlavek, Conductor
Recorded Live At The Rittersaal Of Palais Waldstein, 19--20 November 1990
Cadenzas: Ivan Klánský
No cadenzas for this work by Mozart are known, but Beethoven did compose a few and performed them at a charity concert for Mozart's widow in 1795. Brahms also admired the concerto and penned some cadenzas. Mozart's pianist son, Franz Xaver Mozart also composed cadenzas for the K. 466.
info on Ivan Klánský from quartet and record company websites:
Ivan Klánský is one of the Czech Republic's outstanding pianists. He studied at the Prague Academy of Music and has won numerous competitions and awards. Ivan Klansky's concert tours have taken him through Europe, Japan, North and South America, Asia and Africa. He teaches at the Prague Academy of Music and at the Academy of Music, Lucerne.
Much in demand as a soloist throughout the world, the distinguished Czech pianist Ivan Klánsky embarked on an international career after winning second prize in the Bolzano International Piano Competition in 1967 (There was no first prize awarded that year). An extremely versatile musician, his repertoire ranges from the baroque to the contemporary. A member of the Guarneri Trio, Prague, he has also held a teaching position at the conservatory in Lucerne since 1991. His many recordings include the complete piano music of Smetana.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) Klavierkonzert Nr. 20 D-Dur KV 466
Piano Concerto No.20 In D Minor, K.466
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go here to see part 2 of the first movement (Allegro):\
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oj
go here to see part 2 of the first movement (Allegro):\
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OjL1kD0h7QY
to see score of the K. 466, go here:
http://dme.mozarteum.at/DME/nma/nma_cont.php?vsep=155&gen=ed ition&l=1&p1=3
Ivan Klánský, Piano
Virtuosi Di Praga, Jiri Belohlavek, Conductor
Recorded Live At The Rittersaal Of Palais Waldstein, 19--20 November 1990
Charles Rosen ("The Classical Style: Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven") writes:
..But even at a time when Mozart's reputation was low--when his grace obscured his power--the estimation of this work remained high. It is not a work, of course, that is much discussed (it excites no controversy) or much imitated; nor is it the favorite Mozart concerto of many musicians just as no one's favorite Leonardo is the 'Mona Lisa". Like the G minor symphony and 'Don Giovanni', the D minor concerto can be said to transcend it's own excellences.
The historic importance of the K. 466 is that it belongs to the series of works that made Mozart the supreme composer in most musician's minds within ten years of his death. It represents the Mozart who was considered the 'greatest' of the Romantic composers, and it was the character of this work and a few others like it that pushed Haydn in the background for more than a century. It was the concerto that Beethoven played and wrote cadenzas for. It is the fullest realization of that aspect of Mozart that the nineteenth century quite rightly named 'daemonic', and which, for so long, made a balanced assessment of the rest of his work so difficult.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
Klavierkonzert Nr. 20 D-Dur KV 466
Piano Concerto No.20 In D Minor, K.466
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Arthur Honegger: "Concertino for Piano and Orchestra" (1924) with pianist Ilana Vered and
Arthur Honegger: "Concertino for Piano and Orchestra" (1924) with pianist Ilana Vered and the
Swiss Radio Symphony Orchestra conducted by Matthias Bamert
for more info about Ilana Vered (and bunch of music videos), visit her website at:
http://www.ilanavered.com/
Arthur Honegger died before his prophecy of music and civil disintegration occured. During the cremation at Père Lachaise in 1955, Cocteau said these words:
Arthur, you managed to gain the respect of a disrespectful era. You combined the science of an architect of the Middle Ages with the simplicity of a humble cathedral stonemason. Your cinders are burning and will never cool down, even if our earth has stopped living. For music is not of this world, and its reign has no end.
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Filmed by at the Casa Verdi, these old long-retired stars re-enact the scene of Tosca kill
Filmed by at the Casa Verdi, these old long-retired stars re-enact the scene of Tosca killing Scarpia. After that they do a bit from "Rigoletto" Act 2, scene 4.
Then the soprano Sara Scuderi listens to her old record of "Vissi d'arte" from Puccini's "Tosca" and comments.
directed by Daniel Schmid, released in 1984, this fine documentary is available on DVD now.
Il Bacio di Tosca
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