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Frankfurter Opern- und Museumsorchester – Meyerbeer: L’africaine “Vasco da Gama” (J. Selk Critical Edition) (2024)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 03:20:15 minutes | 3,71 GB | Genre: Classical, Opera
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At a late stage of composition, Meyerbeer changed the name of his opera L’Africaine to Vasco da Gama and completed it the day before his death in 1864. The Belgian musicologist and composer François-Joseph Fétis then made changes and created a performance version from the extensive score material, retaining the title L’Africaine, before the opera was premiered in April 1865. The plot revolves around the famous Portuguese navigator and a series of love entanglements depicted in a magnificent Grand Opéra. This production is based on the critical edition of the full score and reflects Meyerbeer’s original intentions.
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Georgy Vasiliev, Julia Muzychenko-Greenhalgh, Enkelejda Shkoza, Alexey Tikhomirov, Andrei Popov, Frankfurt Opera Chorus, Frankfurter Opern- und Museum, Sebastian Weigle, Frankfurter Opern- und Museumsorchester – Rimsky-Korsakov: Christmas Eve (Live) (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 02:26:50 minutes | 2,66 GB | Genre: Classical, Opera
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Rimsky-Korsakov’s Christmas Eve, based on a short story by Gogol, centres on the love of the blacksmith Vakula for the rich farmer’s daughter Oksana, who mockingly requires him to obtain for her the Tsarina’s shoes in order to win her hand in marriage. However, evil spirits are on the rampage imperilling their love – a witch on her broomstick gathers the stars and the devil steals the moon. Rimsky-Korsakov blends Christian and pagan elements, Ukrainian folk songs and carols, and atmospheric orchestral interludes in this vivacious and fantastical village romance. This is the disc version of the audiovisual release on 2.110738 and NBD0154V: ‘Sebastian Weigle leads the excellent Frankfurt orchestra and chorus in a spellbinding account of Rimsky-Korsakov’s score’, wrote MusicWeb International. It also won the German Record Critics Award for Quarterly Critics Choice and was a Musicweb International ‘Recommended’ release.
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Frankfurter Opern- und Museumsorchester, Chor der Oper Frankfurt & Eun Sun Kim- Lehár: Der Graf von Luxemburg (Live) (2017)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:26:21 minutes | 1,55 GB | Genre: Classical
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Though it has been recorded live in a concert performance, Franz Lehars successful operetta has plenty of theatrical presence. The cast is strong with to really good singers in the principal roles, Daniel Behle as Graf von Luxemburg and Camilla Nylund as Angèle Didier.
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