2010年1月31日 星期日
大導演Zeffirelli批評女高音Daniela Dessì演《茶花女》太老、太胖了...
65公斤應該還好吧！52歲可能就見仁見智了....
但每個女高音都像Anna Netrebko或Angela Gheorghiu般年輕貌美，事實上事不可能的...
Zeffirelli老先生，你就多擔待點吧！
以下摘自英國《泰晤士》報網站：
In the world of opera, it is rarely frowned upon if sopranos or tenors sport a few extra pounds. But before the curtain could go up in Rome on a production of Giuseppe Verdi’s La traviata, the scales appeared to have tipped the other way.
Daniela Dessi, an established Italian soprano, walked out of the production after its director, Franco Zeffirelli, had publicly abused her about her weight and age. She had been due to play the role of Violetta, a lithe courtesan who expires from consumption in the arms of her lover Alfredo.
“A woman of a certain age and plumpness is not credible in the character of Violetta,” the veteran film and opera director told her.
“A woman of a certain age and plumpness is not credible in the character of Violetta,” the veteran film and opera director told her.
But while many top sopranos have been famously statuesque and long-lasting, Dessi is 52 and says that she weighs 65kg (10st 3lb), well within her operatic sell-by date and about half the size of some of the greats.
“Zeffirelli said these things and other, more offensive things,” said Dessi. “I believe a lot in the physical appearance of the singer. I have always taken care of myself. We should be respected for our voices. To be too thin is not good.”
Dessi, who is to star in Andrea Chenier by Umberto Giordano at the Teatro Real in Madrid next month, said other sopranos such as Monserrat Caballé — a woman of unashamedly generous proportions who had a hit with Freddie Mercury with the song Barcelona — had interpreted the role of Violetta without any comment about their physical appearance.
“You don’t sing with the body but with the voice,” said Dessi in an interview with the Spanish newspaper El Mundo. The singer, who has performed at some of the world’s most famous opera houses including Milan’s La Scala, has worked with Zeffirelli in the past. She said: “I respect the artistic past of Franco Zeffirelli, but I don’t have any admiration for the way he created this controversy.”
Fabio Armiliato, her husband, was due to sing the part of Alfredo in La traviata but also withdrew. Zeffirelli remained unrepentant yesterday. “I did say she was on the plump side for the part, and she is. She is is not exactly the kind of woman who is likely to die of tuberculosis,” he told The Times, arguing that La traviata was a story of “youth and sensual passion”. He said he had offered Dessi an alternative part as Alice Ford, a “mature woman” in Verdi’s Falstaff, but she had turned it down.
Dessi is consulting her lawyers about possible legal action against Zeffirelli, 86, who has enjoyed a long and distinguished career as a director of both operas and films, including his 1967 debut The Taming of the Shrew starring Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton, Romeo and Juliet in 1968, and Jesus of Nazareth in 1977 which became an ITV television mini-series.
Asked about the threat of legal action, he said: “She can threaten what she likes, but I am entitled to choose my singers and exercise my artistic freedom.”
Asked about the threat of legal action, he said: “She can threaten what she likes, but I am entitled to choose my singers and exercise my artistic freedom.”
Gianluigi Gelmetti, the chief conductor of the Rome Opera — who is believed to have hired Dessi for the role — disagreed with Zeffirelli’s assessment of the performer, saying Dessi’s voice was “in excellent form — and I have to say that her appearance pleases me as a man”.
Opera singers are no strangers to gibes about weight. In 2004 the American soprano Deborah Voigt was sacked from the Royal Opera House’s production of Richard Strauss’s Ariadne auf Naxos because she was thought to be too fat. It was said at the time that it was felt she would not suit her costume. Voigt later had gastric bypass surgery to reduce her weight.
Luciano Pavarotti, who died in 2007, was said to have suffered increasingly poor health, partly because of his fluctuating weight. It has often been said that rounder figures make for better voices in the rarefied world of opera. When Maria Callas shed more than 20 kilograms towards the end of her career, critics claimed her voice was never the same again.
Some opera singers also say that if one is out of shape, a night on the stage can be a struggle. The British bass Sir John Tomlinson said: “To get through a long night of Wagner you have to be fit. It’s like running a marathon.”
As for her age, Dessi, while perhaps no dead ringer for Violetta, is well within the average career limit for a recognised opera singer. The Australian soprano Joan Sutherland sang Violetta aged 53 in a classic 1979 Decca recording with Carlo Bergonzi.
Zeffirelli is still a dominant force in Italian opera. Last September a decision by New York’s Metropolitan Opera to open its 2009-2010 season with a new production of Tosca directed by Luc Bondy caused a stir after a number of opera fans demanded Zeffirelli’s 25-year-old staging instead. （08/01/2010）
郎朗 揮別環球，投向索尼
1月31日台灣《中國時報》有以下報導：
郎朗「跳槽」的聲浪傳言已久，二○○八年他正式成為索尼產品代言人，之後事情漸趨白熱化。雖然索尼目前尚未正式對外宣告，但環球唱片去年底已對內宣佈郎朗轉戰索尼的消息。
事實上，英國《留聲機》雜誌網站早在五天前（1/26）便率先獨家披露此則消息：
Gramophone exclusive: Lang Lang signs to Sony
Chinese pianist moves from DG
Chinese pianist Lang Lang has signed to Sony Music.
The 27-year-old moves from Deutsche Grammophon, the label he joined in 2003. In the years since, his virtuoso talent and media appeal have propelled him to the status of one of classical music’s highest-profile stars, not least in China where he has become a figurehead for the country’s burgeoning enthusiasm for classical music.
The deal with Sony begins this month and their first disc together is due in the autumn, though repertoire details are yet to be announced. According to Lang Lang’s management, part of the reason for the move is the increased opportunities that Sony, a media company with film and technology divisions, can offer. In 2008 the pianist became a brand ambassador for Sony, helping promote its electronics products.
Lang Lang’s most recent recording on DG – Rachmaninov and Tchaikovsky chamber works performed with Vadim Repin and Mischa Maisky – was well received in Gramophone’s November 2009 issue.
Earlier this month Sony Classical also announced the signing of Simone Dinnerstein, another high-profile pianist whose previous two discs both topped the US Classical Billboard chart. She moved from Telarc – the label where, incidentally, Lang Lang had begun his recording career prior to joining DG. （26 January 2010）
郎朗「跳槽」的聲浪傳言已久，二○○八年他正式成為索尼產品代言人，之後事情漸趨白熱化。雖然索尼目前尚未正式對外宣告，但環球唱片去年底已對內宣佈郎朗轉戰索尼的消息。
事實上，英國《留聲機》雜誌網站早在五天前（1/26）便率先獨家披露此則消息：
Gramophone exclusive: Lang Lang signs to Sony
Chinese pianist moves from DG
Chinese pianist Lang Lang has signed to Sony Music.
The 27-year-old moves from Deutsche Grammophon, the label he joined in 2003. In the years since, his virtuoso talent and media appeal have propelled him to the status of one of classical music’s highest-profile stars, not least in China where he has become a figurehead for the country’s burgeoning enthusiasm for classical music.
The deal with Sony begins this month and their first disc together is due in the autumn, though repertoire details are yet to be announced. According to Lang Lang’s management, part of the reason for the move is the increased opportunities that Sony, a media company with film and technology divisions, can offer. In 2008 the pianist became a brand ambassador for Sony, helping promote its electronics products.
Lang Lang’s most recent recording on DG – Rachmaninov and Tchaikovsky chamber works performed with Vadim Repin and Mischa Maisky – was well received in Gramophone’s November 2009 issue.
Earlier this month Sony Classical also announced the signing of Simone Dinnerstein, another high-profile pianist whose previous two discs both topped the US Classical Billboard chart. She moved from Telarc – the label where, incidentally, Lang Lang had begun his recording career prior to joining DG. （26 January 2010）
2010年1月26日 星期二
DG 2010年目錄透露的訊息
預計推出的兩款低價環保盒裝磚塊最讓筆者好奇～
馬勒作品大全集（20CDs）
舒曼偉大作品集（35CDs）
由於伯恩斯坦的10首交響曲版本也同步預告發行環保盒裝，因此，納入大全集一部份的可能性應該不高，如此一來，大全集會拉哪一位的版本進來就成了最大的懸念，是早已失去新鮮感的Kubelik版或Sinopoli版，還是80～90年代的Abbado版，或者會是最新的Boulez版本，甚至是七拼八湊的大雜燴版，大家一起來玩猜謎遊戲吧！
另外，古樂指揮家湯瑪士．亨格布洛克（Thomas Hengelbrock）與巴撒沙紐曼古樂團（Balthasar-Neumann-Ensemble）即將展開莫札特交響曲錄音計畫，第一彈推出第35號與41號兩部作品，因為有特別標明第一集，因此可以大膽推測很可能又是另一套全集錄音計畫的開始。
2010年1月25日 星期一
罕見曲目寶藏還是很多的德國CPO唱片
19世紀浪漫派後期交響樂曲罕見作品，Brilliant曾經從BIS與Chandos取得授權，推出不少環保盒裝低價盤，再加上Naxos積極搶攻東歐與北歐市場，也挖出了不少來自波蘭、瑞典、丹麥與挪威等國作曲家的作品進行世界首度錄音，只是，翻開CPO的目錄，還是可以發現一大堆從來未曾聽過的名字。
奧地利籍Ernst Toch交響曲作品全集（3CDs），Alun Francis指揮Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin。
瑞典作曲家Wilhelm Peterson-Berger交響曲全集（5CDs），Michail Jurowski指揮Norrköping Symphony Orchestra與Saarbrucken Radio Symphony Orchestra。
作曲家Allan Pettersson被認為是瑞典20世紀最偉大的作曲家，16首交響曲全集（12CDs）灌錄時間橫跨1984到2004年，演出的指揮有Alun Francis、Thomas Sanderling、Gerd Albrecht、Peter Ruzicka與Manfred Honeck等人，樂團則有Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Saarbrücken、Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra、Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin、與 BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra。
瑞典作曲家Kurt Atterberg交響曲全集（5CDs），由Ari Rasilainen指揮RSO Frankfurt, NDR Radiophilharmonie, Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart des SWR等樂團。
瑞典作曲家Ture Rangström交響曲全集（3CDs），Michail Jurowski指揮Norrköping交響樂團。
奧地利裔英籍作曲家Egon Joseph Wellesz交響曲全集（4CDs） ，Gottfried Rabl指揮Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien。
巴西籍作曲家Villa-Lobos交響曲全集（7CDs），由Carl St. Clair指揮Radio Symphony Orchestra of Stuttgart演出。這一套再加上BIS那一套也是7CDs的《啼樂與巴西風巴哈組曲全集》（Complete Choros & Bachianas Brasileiras ），基本上就已經囊括其一生曲藝菁華了！
巴西籍作曲家Villa-Lobos交響曲全集（7CDs），由Carl St. Clair指揮Radio Symphony Orchestra of Stuttgart演出。這一套再加上BIS那一套也是7CDs的《啼樂與巴西風巴哈組曲全集》（Complete Choros & Bachianas Brasileiras ），基本上就已經囊括其一生曲藝菁華了！貝多芬的門生兼好友Ferdinand Ries交響曲全集（4CDs），由Howard Griffiths指揮Zurich Chamber Orchestra演出。
從曲目與演出樂團整體來看，筆者有兩項感想～
- 瑞典果然是北歐音樂的老大，在Eduard Tubin與Hugo Alfvén之外，還有很多曲目有待進一步陸續開發。
- Naxos旗下不缺英國、中歐、北歐與俄國交響樂團，但德國樂團似乎還是其久攻不下的罩門，這麼多年下來固定合作對象仍侷限在Staatskapelle Weimar與Cologne Chamber Orchestra兩團體，CPO在這方面佔了先天地利之便。
2010年1月24日 星期日
Niels Gade交響曲全集（5CDs）
雖然又是個陌生的名字，但是Niels Gade有個非常響亮的稱號～「丹麥音樂之父」，還有個名氣更大的徒弟～尼爾森（Carl Nielsen），5CD囊括8部交響曲、交響詩與小提琴協奏曲等作品，由Neeme Jarvi指揮瑞典Malmo Symphony Orchestra演出。
Naxos也在2009年底推出一張三首小提琴奏鳴曲專輯。
浪漫樂派鋼琴協奏曲的黃金年代（20CDs）
Vox的「浪漫樂派鋼琴協奏曲」系列是Hyperion與Naxos類似企劃的先河，在1960與70年代錄音時很多曲目都屬於世界首錄，現由Brilliant取得授權完整推出20CDs。
詳細曲目～
Cramer: Klavierkonzert Nr. 5
Czerny: Divertissement de concert op. 204
Ries: Klavierkonzert op. 55
Clementi: Klavierkonzert C-Dur
Field: Klavierkonzert Nr. 2
Hummel: Concertino op. 73 fur Klavier & Orchester; Klavierkonzert op. 110 "Les Adieux"
Hiller: Klavierkonzert op. 69;Konzertstuck op. 113
Litolff: Concerto symphonique op. 45 fur Klavier & Orchester
Beach: Klavierkonzert op. 45
Kalkbrenner: Klavierkonzert Nr. 1
Moscheles: Klavierkonzert op. 58
Weber: Klavierkonzerte Nr. 1 & 2; Konzertstuck op. 79
Volkmann: Konzertstuck op. 42 fur Klavier & Orchester
Henselt: Klavierkonzert op. 16
Chopin: Allegro de concert op. 46 fur Klavier & Orchester
Moszkowski: Klavierkonzert op. 59
Scharwenka: Klavierkonzert op. 56
Raff: Klavierkonzert op. 185; Ode an den Fruhling op. 76
Mosonyi: Klavierkonzert e-moll
Stavenhagen: Klavierkonzert op. 4
Schubert / Liszt: Fantasie uber Beethovens "Die Ruinen von Athen"; Wanderer-Fantasie fur Klavier & Orchester
Weber / Liszt: Polonaise brillante op. 72
Liszt: Concerto pathetique e-moll; Fantasie uber ungarische Volksthemen; Malediction; Totentanz
d'Albert: Klavierkonzert Nr. 2
Bronsart: Klavierkonzert op. 10
Berwald: Klavierkonzert Nr. 1
Alkan: Concerto da camera Nr. 2 fur Klavier & Orchester
Schumann: Introduktion & Allegro appassionato op. 92
Mayr: Klavierkonzert Nr. 1
Roussel: Klavierkonzert op. 36
Pierne: Klavierkonzert op. 12
Tschaikowsky: Klavierkonzert Nr. 3; Konzertfantasie op. 56
Sinding: Klavierkonzert op. 6
Goetz: Klavierkonzert op. 18
Reinecke: Klavierkonzert Nr. 1
Mendelssohn: Capriccio brillant op. 22
Rheinberger: Klavierkonzert op. 94
Rubinstein: Klavierkonzert Nr. 4
Thalberg: Klavierkonzert op. 5
Medtner: Klavierkonzert Nr. 3
Balakireff: Klavierkonzert Nr. 2
Liapunov: Rhapsodie uber ukrainische Themen
Lalo: Klavierkonzert f-moll
Glasunow: Klavierkonzert Nr. 2
Gershwin: Klavierkonzert F-Dur
Barber: Klavierkonzert op. 38
MacDowell: Klavierkonzert Nr. 2
2010年1月21日 星期四
Marin Alsop的非Naxos錄音
原本下個標題說：「從獨立唱片公司到主流唱片公司」說明Marin Alsop的錄音事業發展軌跡，但後來想一想，獨立唱片公司與主流唱片公司似乎已經是非常過時的說法，Naxos公司每個月推出新錄音數量幾乎抵得上舊國際五大唱片集團總和，主流與非主流的界定恐怕已經翻轉。
這三張錄音按發行時間排序，其中最新的是法國鋼琴家Thibaudet的蓋希文鋼琴協奏曲專輯（Decca），曲目都是現代作品，湊巧的是三位獨奏家都是男性。
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