Charpentier - David Jonathan (2009) [FLAC] {Pinchgut Opera}seeders: 9
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Charpentier - David Jonathan (2009) [FLAC] {Pinchgut Opera} (Size: 616.46 MB)
Description Title: David and Jonathan Composer: Charpentier Artist: Pinchgut Opera, Anders J Dahlin, Sara Macliver, Orchestra of the Antipodes, Antony Walker Label: ABC Classics Format: 2 CD Pinchgut Opera nail Charpentier’s 1688 work. This recording was made over four performances by Pinchgut Opera at Sydney's City Recital Hall in 2008. It shows clearly the advantages – and limitations – of live performance recordings. The advantages are the feeling of immediacy, of being caught up in the excitement and danger of live performance. If one performer falters, the whole ensemble can fall. On audio, however, live performance can be distracting. Footsteps, movement of scenery, and of course audience noise, can take the edge from an otherwise immaculate performance. That does happen here intermittently. But only intermittently. In essence, this is another splendid outing from Pinchgut, which continues to offer esoteric operas our national company could not economically stage in the major Sydney and Melbourne theatres. This opera from 1688 features some of Charpentier’s most unshackled writing, free from earlier performance conventions. It’s performed here on Baroque instruments while the supple voices of the principals – especially the outstanding Baroque tenor Anders J Dahlin as David, Sara MacIiver as his beloved Jonathan and baritone Dean Robinson as Jonathan’s father Saul – tackle the special demands of this period’s music with relish. Some studio recordings have finer polish than this, but few match its impetuous drama. Sharing Widget |