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001) Martha, 1969
002) Hoffmann 1960
003) Rigoletto, 1967
004) Faust, Colon 1971
005) Evening bells, 1963
006) Prophete, live 1970
007) Grafin Mariza, 1973
008) Wiener Blut, 1970
009) Rahmaninov, 1970
010) Cellini, live 1966
011) Russian arias, 1969
012) Sonnambula, Met 1963
013) Elisir, 1966
014) I vespri, Met 1974
015) Prodana nevesta, Met1978
016) Recital Salzburg, 1961
017) Swedish duets 1983
018) Recital Leningrad, 1980
018) Recital Moscow 1, 1980
020) Les pecheurs, 1960
021) Faust, Paris 1975
022) Liederabend Hannover 1964
023)Entfuhrung, Aix-en-Provence
024) Fra Diavolo, 1984
025) La Boheme 1962
026) Graf von Luxemburg 1968
027) Boris Godunov 1976
028) Carmen 1959
029) Orphee... Aix 1955
030) Manon 1970
031) Huguenots, Vienna 1970
032) Guillaume Tell 1972
033) Early arias
034) Great moments
035) Donizetti, Bellini duets
036) First 10 years
037) I Capuleti e i Montecchi 19
038) Dame blanche, Hilversum 196
039) Gedda sings Lehar
040) Zigeunerbaron 1969
041) Don Giovanni 1965
042) Lady Macbeth from..., 1978
043) Werther Carnegie Hall 1965
044) Barbier von Bagdad 1956
045) Carmen 1964
046) Favorite encores 1964
047) Palestrina 1973
048) Oedipus Rex, Rome 1952
049) Pikovaja dama, Met 1972
050) Capriccio 1957
051) Idomeneo 1971
052) Turco in Italia 1954
053) Don Giovanni, Met 1967
054) Der Zarewitsch 1968
055) Land das Lachelns 1952
056) Barbiere di Siviglia 1974
057) Messiah 1964
058) Tosca, Boston 1971
059) Pelleas et. Mel. Met 1962
060) Cosi fan tutte 1974
061) Verdi Requiem 1963
062) Lakme Carnegie Hall 1981
063) I puritani 1971
064) Puritani Philadelphia 1963
065) Puritani Florence 1970
066) Vanessa 1958
067) Die Fledermaus 1955
068) Carmen 1964
069) Don Giovanni, Aix 1956
070) Faure 1982
071) Life for the Tsar 1957
072) Zauberflote 1964
073) Lucia, Met 1977
074) Iphigenie en Tauride 1961
075) Alceste 1982
076) Paganini 1977
077) Csardasfurstin 1973
078) Szenen aus Faust 1981
079) Boris Godunov 1953
080) Cendrillon 1978
081) North.&Russ. songs 1971
082) Platee Aix-en-P. 1956
083) Bettelstudent 1973
084) Giuditta 1984
085) Bach Mass 1967
086) Betrogene Kadi 1975
087) First recital 1953
088) Zar & Zimmermann 1966
089) La damnation, Rome 1969
090) Rosenkavalier 1956
091) Wunder der Heliane 1992
092) La traviata 1971
093) Padmavati 1983
094) Ballo, Vienna 1975
095) Thais 1976
096) Oedipe 1989
097) Devin du village 1956
098) Lohengrin Stockholm 1966
099) Gustav Wasa 1992
100) Satie 1969
101) Kalanus 1986
102) Undine 1966
103) Traviata Covent Garden 1972
104) Traviata, Vienna 1971
105) Christus am Olberge 1970
106) Tell, Florence 1972
107) Carmen, La Scala 1974
108) Orfeo ed E., Edinburgh 1067
109) Sonnambula, Met 1972
110) Gedda&Slovenski oktet
111) Onegin, Met 1977
112) Entfuhrung 1966
113) Euryanthe 1974
114) Gerontius 1975
115) Lustige Witwe 1967
116) Lustige Witwe 1962
117) Lustige Witwe 1952
118) Louise 1977
119) Iolanta, Paris 1984
120) Faust 1958
121) Recital Zurich 1998
122) Nacht in Venedig 1854
123) Candide 1989
124) Opernprobe 1975
125) Elisir, Met 1965
126) La damnation 1973
127) Werther 1968
128) Mireille, Aix 1954
129) Verdi Requiem Vienna 1954
130) Verdi Requiem, NY 1972
131) Benvenuto Cellini 1972
132) Recital Vienna 1984
133) Last savage Met 1964
134) Cantata BWV Rome 1969
135) Recital Leningrad 1980
136) Zauberflote video 1970
137) Elijah 1968
138) Recital 1970
139) Zauberflote, Rome 1953
140) Ballo video Stockholm 1985
141) Les introuvables
142) War and Peace 1986
143) Don Giovanni, Met 1971
144) Lady Macbeth video 1992
145) La damnation 1969
146) Rigoletto, Stockholm 1959
147) Onegin, Met 1979
148) Onegin, Florence 1980
149) Moscow 1980 video
150) Budapest 1984 video
151) Faust 1953
152) Monte Carlo 1984 video
153) Les Troyens, Rome 1971
154) Recital with Moore video
155) Ballo, Covent Garden 1977
156) Manon San Francisco 1971
157) Oeduipus Rex Stockholm 1991
158) Elisir, Vienna 1973
159) Manon, Met 1959
160) Recital Amsterdam 1982
161) Beethoven's songs 1969
161a) Beethoven's songs
162) Arias and songs
163) Ciboulette 1982
164) Zigeunerbaron, Met 1959
165) Interview Da capo 1989
166) Matthaus Passion 1961
167) Pecheurs Carnegie Hall 1974
168) Documentary video 1968
169) Persephone 1955
170) Lelio 1974
171) Lehar and Kalman
172) Oberon Carnegie Hall 1978
173) Met 25. anniversary 1982
174) Pushkin's poems 1987
175) Wiener Blut 1954
176) La Boheme Munich 1975
177) Alceste, Met 1961
178) Faust, Met 1969
179) Zauberflote, Met 1970
180) Rosenkavalier Met 1969
181) Cellini Carnegie Hall 1983
182) Orfeo ed. E., Aix 1955
183) Manon, Met 1963
184) Boris Godunov Met 1963
185) Lucia, Met1969
186) Hoffmann, Met 1959
187) Traviata, Met 1964
188) Man who disappeared 1984
189) Forza del destino 1964
190) Postillon 1965
191) Don Carlos 1973
192) Freischutz 1969
193) Matthaus Passion 1969
194) Dalibor Carnegie Hall 1977
195) Gedda Icon-85th bithday
196) Rinaldo, Milan 1983
197) P. m. solenelle 1984
198) Schule Salzburg 1957
199) Lakme 1961
200) Evocations 1986
201) Missa solemnis 1958
202) Recital Vienna 2001
203) Concert Munich 1969
204) Fra Diavolo, SF 1968
205) La clemenza di Tito 1955
206) La damnation 1959
207) Alceste 1962
208) Champagner operette
209) Budapest concert 1984
210) Liszt's songs 1986
211) Faust, Met 1966
212) Paradies und Peri 1973
213) Tosca 1988
214) Cosi fan tutte Aix 1955
215) Recital 1999
216) Idomeneo, Rome 1971
217) Romeo et Juliette 1964
218) La damnation Montreux 1959
219) Abu Hassan 1973
220) Romeo&Juliette Met 1968
221) Carmen, Vienna 1954
222) Tosca, Stockholm 1975
223) Ein Walzertraum 1970
224) Puritani Naples 1971
225) Faust Met 1958
226) Puritani Carnegie Hall 63
227) Mozart Requiem 1971
228) Faust Met 72
229) Berlioz Grande messe
230) Recit. Salzburg 1959
231) Recit. Memphis 1972
231) The very best
232) The very best
233) Rigoletto Met 1967
234) Onegin Boston 1976
235) Three Requiems
236) Die Schone Helena
237) Onegin English 1992
238) Russian lith. chant
239) Orthodox chants
240) Russian songs 1980
241) Candide video 1989
242) Gala concert Munich
243) Butterfly 1955
244) Zigeunerbaron 1954
245) Onegin 1988
246) Swedish songs 1980
247) Fledermaus 1972
248) Beethoven's 9. Symph
249) B. Godunov 87 audio
250) B. Godunov 87 video
251) Hoffmann Met 1970
252) Recital London 1973
253) Bach Magnificat
254) Land des Lächeln 67
255) Schauspieldirector
256) Mesplé& Gedda duos
257) Hugo Wolf
258) Robert Stolz
259) Zwillingsbrüder 1975
260) French connection
261) Beethoven 9th, 1973
262) Kienzl Evangelimann
263) Berlioz Romeo et J.
264) Strauss Venedig 1967
265) Cellini live 1964
266) Salzburg 1971
267) Onegin Met 1978 live
268) Operetta duets 1972
269) Hoffmann live 1971
270) Russian romances '60
271) Mozart Krönungsmesse
272) Bach B minor Mass
273) Entführung Met 1979
274) Beethoven Missa 1959
275) Mozart Requiem live
276) Poulenc Melodies
277) Pelléas et Mélis. 71
278) Don Giovanni live 62
279) Schubert rec. Rome74
280) Russian hymns&chants
281) Arias&songs
284) Manon, Colon 1970
285) Viennese delights
286) Orphée Gluck live 75
287) L'enfance du Christ
288) Zauberflöte Met 1958
289) Iphigenie Taur. 1956
290) Cosi fan tutte 1959
291) Zauberflote Scala55
292) Butterfly German
293) Bruckner 9th symph.
293) G. Tell highlights
294) Sjögren songs
295) Verdi Requiem 1979
296) Entführung 1968
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NICOLAI GEDDA IN OPERAS AND RECITALS
Sunday, 26 July 2009
133) Gian Carlo Menotti The Last Savage - live performance
Mood:  don't ask
Topic: 133) Last savage Met 1964

 

Live performance from the MET, February 8, 1964

 

Kitty - Roberta Peters

Father - Morley Meredith

Abdul - George London

Kodanda - Nicolai Gedda

Maharajah of Ragaputana - Ezio Flagello

Maharanee - Lili Chookasian

Sardula - Teresa Stratas

 

MET Chorus and Orchestra

Conductor Thomas Schippers

 

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132) Nicolai Gedda and Erik Werba (piano) in Wiener Festwochen
Topic: 132) Recital Vienna 1984

 


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Saturday, 25 July 2009
131) Hector Berlio Benvenito Cellini - recording from 1972
Mood:  celebratory
Topic: 131) Benvenuto Cellini 1972

 

Even Sir Colin Davis has rarely conducted a more electrifying Berlioz performance on record than here, demonstrating—with the help of singers from the presentation he promoted at Covent Garden—that for all its awkwardness on stage, this can be a thrilling opera on record. He is enormously helped by his cast, and most of all by Nicolai Gedda here giving one of the very finest, most powerful, most searching performances of his whole career.

The Philips transfer engineers have been just as concerned as in the other big opera project in this series, Les troyens, to use the format of CD with maximum benefit. So the First Act is complete on the first two discs, with each of the two tableaux (six scenes in the first, seven in the second) taking up a whole disc each. That leaves the third disc for the whole of the Second Act, over 70 minutes meaning that there is no unnecessary break anywhere.

The sound too remains very vivid, with the firmness of focus and sense of presence characteristic of Philips engineering of the period all the more apparent on CD. The orchestra is not quite so forward as in some of the Davis Berlioz series, but that sets the stage picture the more clearly, and even the most complex scenes notably the final scene of the casting—are sharpened by the separation of voices. What is not so welcome is that there seems to be rather more treble emphasis than usual, occasionally to the point of fierceness, but that is something which will very much depend on individual hi-fi equipment. I should prefer to have had that brightness compensated by more body in the orchestral sound, but that is to be hyper-critical. This is a superb set, which as in the original issue comes with generous essays as well as libretto. David Cairns's essay on the romantic cult of the Artist-hero, is particularly valuable, along with its explanation of Davis's text, which restores cuts enforced in Liszt's Weimar version and presents the piece (as at Covent Garden) as an extended opera-comique with dialogue.

-- Edward Greenfield, Gramophone [1/1989]

 

Benvenuto Cellini - Nicolai Gedda

Teresa - Christiane Eda-Pierre

Giacomo Balducci - Jules Bastin

Fieramosca - Robert Massard

Pope Clement VII - Roger Soyer

Francesco - Derek Blackwell

Bernardino - Robert Lloyd

Innkeeper - Hugues Cuisnod

Pompeo - Raimund Herincx

Ascanio - Jane Berbioli

Speaker - Janine Reiss

BBC Symphony Orchestra, Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden

Conductor Sir Colin Davis

 


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130) Verdi Requiem - live performance from 1972
Mood:  celebratory
Topic: 130) Verdi Requiem, NY 1972
 

Martina Arroyo - soprano

Shirley Verrett - mezzosoprano

Nicolai Gedda - tenor

Cesare Siepi - bass

 

Cleveland orchestra

Conductor Lorin Maazel

 

Recorded in New York, November 27, 1972 

 

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129) Giuseppe Verdi Requiem - live performance from 1954
Mood:  celebratory
Topic: 129) Verdi Requiem Vienna 1954

 

Live recording from November 26, 1954.

 

 

 


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Friday, 24 July 2009
128) Charles Gounod Mireille
Topic: 128) Mireille, Aix 1954

 

Synopsis

The action takes place in 19th century Provence.

Act 1: A mulberry grove on Midsummer night (Fête de la Saint-Jean).
Girls sing as they pick the leaves to feed to silkworms. Taven, an old woman who lives in nearby caves, joins them and comments on their jollity, but they laugh at "the witch" and Clemence voices her wish for a rich husband. Mireille however wants to marry for love, even if her husband be poor and shy, but is teased by the other girls who know that she has set her heart on a poor basket-weaver, Vincent. Taven shares her forebodings with Mireille. Vincent passes by and Mireille gets him to confess his love. As they part, they swear to meet in the church of Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer if anything befalls one of them. The girls are heard singing the opening chorus in the distance.


Act 2: In front of the Arles Amphitheatre the same afternoon.
The crowd is singing and dancing a farandole as it waits for the start of a race. Mireille and Vincent arrive separately but they are greeted joyfully and sing the Song of Magali. After the race, Taven takes Mireille aside and tells her that she has just seen three young men, Ourrias, Alari and Pascoul arguing who should claim Mireille's hand. Alone, Mireille swears that nothing will part her from Vincent. Ourrias enters and forces his boastful attentions on her but Mireille politely rejects his advances. Mireille's father Ramon enters, followed shortly by Ambroise, the father of Vincent. Ambroise asks for advice on what to do about his son who is in love with a rich heiress; Ramon suggest beating the boy to cure him. Shocked, Ambroise is reminded by Ramon of a father's prerogative which used to extend even to life and death over his children. At this, Mireille comes forward crying "Kill me!" - she is the one Vincent loves. Ramon is outraged, orders Mireille to go home then turns on Vincent and Ambroise.

Act 3: First Tableau. The Val d'Enfer in the country outside Arles. Night.
Ourrias and some friends are in the wild spot, supposedly peopled by spirits. Ourrias wants to buy a potion from Taven. Alone, Ourrias vents his fury and jealousy and lies in wait for Vincent, who soon appears. Ourrias insults him but although Vincent tries to calm him down, Ourrias strikes him with his trident, and thinking he has killed him, runs off. Taven hears cries and curses Ourrias as he rushes off, then tends to the unconscious Vincent.
Second Tableau. The banks of the Rhone.
Full of remorse, Ourrias hurries to the river bank and calls the ferryman. An echo greets his call and moans sound with ghosts floating above the water. The ferryman (Passeur) arrives and Ourrias impatiently gets aboard. The waters swell, and as the boatman reminds Ourrias of his crime, the boat sinks beneath the waves.

Act 4: First Tableau. Ramon's farm late the same night.
While the harvesters celebrate, Ramon is sad and knows that by denying Mireille's love he has destroyed his dream of a happy old age. From her window Mireille sees a young shepherd singing, and envies his carefree life. Unseen, Vincenette, Vincent's sister, comes to tell her that Vincent is wounded: Mireille resolves to set off at once to Saintes-Maries.
Second Tableau. The Crau desert.
Mireille, staggers in already tired, and dazzled by the sun, faints as she hears shepherd's pipes in the distance. She makes a last effort to continue her journey.

Act 5: In front of the chapel of Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer. Midday.
Pilgrims are singing. Vincent is there, looking for Mireille, and she arrives, exhausted and collapses in his arms. Ramon arrives with Vincenette, and forgives her, but Mireille dies and is called to heaven by a celestial voice.

 

 

 

 

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127) Jules Massenet Werther - recording from 1968
Mood:  crushed out
Topic: 127) Werther 1968

 

 

 

 

 

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Thursday, 23 July 2009
126) Hector Berlioz La Damnation de Faust - recording from 1973
Mood:  flirty
Topic: 126) La damnation 1973

 

 

 

 

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125) Gaetano Donizetti L'Elisir d'Amore - live performance from MET, 1965
Mood:  amorous
Topic: 125) Elisir, Met 1965

 

This is a different performance from the one that I have already posted, though the cast is almost the same . That was a studio recording, while this is an in-house recording of the live performance from the Met, November 27, 1965.

Adina - Mirela Freni

Nemorino - Nicolai Gedda

Belcore - Mario Sereni

Dr. Dulcamara - Fernando Corena

Gianetta - Joy Clements

 

Metropolitan Opera House orchestra and chorus

Conductor Thomas Schippers

 


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Wednesday, 22 July 2009
124) Albert Lortzing Die Opernprobe
Mood:  chatty
Topic: 124) Opernprobe 1975

 

Der Graf - Klaus Hirte

Die  Gräfin - Gizela Litz

Louise - Kari Lovaas

Hannchen - Lisa Otto

Der alte Baron Reinthal - Dieter Miserre

Der junge Baron Reinthal - Nicolai Gedda

Johann - Walter Berry

 

Orchestra  Der Bayerischen Staatsoper Munchen

Conductor Otmar Suitner

 

Recorded in January 1975 

  

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123) Leonard Bernstein Candide
Topic: 123) Candide 1989

 

 


 

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Tuesday, 21 July 2009
122) Johann Strauss II Eine Nacht in Venedig - recording from 1954
Mood:  mischievious
Topic: 122) Nacht in Venedig 1854

 

 
EINE NACHT IN VENEDIG, 1954

 

 

Elisabeth Schwarzkopf - Annina

Nicolai Gedda - Duke

Emmy Loose - Ciboletta

 Erich Kunz - Caramello

 

Philharmonia Chorus, Philharmonia Orchestra London,

Conductor Otto Ackerman

 

Recorded in London, May 1954

 


 

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121) Nicolai Gedda in recital in Zurich, 1998
Topic: 121) Recital Zurich 1998

 

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Monday, 20 July 2009
120) Charles Gounod Faust - recording from 1958
Mood:  amorous
Topic: 120) Faust 1958
 

Faust -   Nicolai Gedda
Marguerite -  Victoria De Los Angeles
Siebel -   Liliane Berton
Marthe -   Rita Gorr
Méphistophéles -  Boris Christoff
Valentin -  Ernest Blanc
Wagner -   Victor Autran

Orchestra and  Chorus of Théatre National de l'Opéra
Chorus leader  René Duclos
Conductor  André Cluytens

 Recorded in Paris,  October 1958

 


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119) Pjotr Iljic Cajkovski Iolanta - live performance
Topic: 119) Iolanta, Paris 1984
 

Live performance from Salle Pleyel in Paris, December 1984

 Synopsis

Time: The 15th century

Place: The mountains of southern  France 

 Scene 1

Iolanta has been blind from birth, but no one has ever told her. In a beautiful garden on the king's estate, her friends bring flowers and sing to her.

 Scene 2

After announcing the king's arrival, Alméric is warned by Bertrand not to speak of light with Iolanta or to reveal that Iolanta's father is the king. She is betrothed to Robert, who is also unaware of her misfortune. The king arrives with a physician who states Iolanta can be cured, but only if she is told and desires to see. The king refuses the treatment, fearing for Iolanta's happiness.

Scene 3

Wishing to avoid the marriage, Robert and Vaudémont escape to the garden where they encounter Iolanta. Robert, convinced she is a sorceress, leaves to prepare his troops. Vaudémont stays and discovers her blindness. They fall in love, after he explains light and color to her.

Scene 4

The couple is discovered. Vaudémont pledges his love, whether Iolanta is blind or not. The king threatens to kill Vaudémont if the physician's treatment fails. Robert returns, having fallen in love with another. The king cancels the wedding contract, and gives Iolanta to Vaudémont. The treatment works and Iolanta can see!

 

 

 


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Sunday, 19 July 2009
118) Gustave Charpentier Louise
Mood:  irritated
Topic: 118) Louise 1977
 


Performers:  José Van Dam (Bass), Mignon Dunn (Mezzo Soprano), Éliane Lublin (Soprano),
Christiane Château (Soprano), Sonia Nigoghossian (Soprano), Marie Bertola (Soprano),
Martine Surais (Alto), Claude Vierne (Soprano), Carla Rutili (Alto),
Mireille Laurent (), Elya Weismann (Soprano), Maria Mella (Alto),
Martyn Hill (Tenor), Jacques Mars (Baritone), Jean-Jacques Doumene (Bass),
René Massis (Baritone), Nicolai Gedda (Tenor), Pierre-Yves Lemaigat (),
Robert Tallec (Baritone), Tibere Raffalli (Baritone), Guy De Kehrig (Tenor),
Jean-Marie Frémeau (Baritone), Beverly Sills (Soprano), Guy Gabelle (Baritone)

Conductor:  Julius Rudel

Orchestra/Ensemble:  Paris Opera Chorus,  Paris Opera Orchestra,  Maitrise de la Resurrection Chorus

Recorded in Paris, June 1977
 

 

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117) Franz Lehar Die Lustige Witwe - recording from 1952
Mood:  bright
Topic: 117) Lustige Witwe 1952

 

Hanna Glawari - Elisabeth Schwarzkopf
Graf Danilo Danilowitsch - Erich Kunz
Camille de Rosillon - Nicolai Gedda
Valencienne - Emmy Loose


Philharmonia Orchestra and Chorus, London, November 1952

Conductor Otto Ackerman

 

 

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116) Franz Lehar Die Lustige Witwe - recording from 1962
Mood:  bright
Topic: 116) Lustige Witwe 1962
 

Recorded in London, July 1962

 

 

 

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Saturday, 18 July 2009
115) Franz Lehar Die Lustige Witwe (highlights) - recording from 1967
Mood:  bright
Topic: 115) Lustige Witwe 1967

 

 Hanna Glawari - Anneliese Rothenberger

Graf Danilo Danilowitsch - Nicolai Gedda

Valencienne - Erika Köth

Camille de Rosillon - Robert Ilosfalvy

 

 

Chor der Bayerischen Rundfunks

Chorleitung  Eolfgang Schubert

 

Simfonie-Orchester Grunke

Dirigent Willy Mattes

 Recording from 1967.


 

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114) Edward Elgar The Dream of Gerontius
Mood:  incredulous
Topic: 114) Gerontius 1975

Gedda, Watts, Loyd

 Conductor Sir Adrian Boult.

 Recorded in London, July 1975

 

Elgar's friend Jaeger (Enigma 's "Nimrod") asserted that The Dream of Gerontius was not a work that could be appreciated after one hearing. Well said, but the loving dedication of Boult's recording (made in 1975, and the conductor's valedictory choral recording) has tremendously persuasive powers. There was a time when this recording competed with versions led by Malcolm Sargent and John Barbirolli; neither of those seem to be in the catalogue at the moment, and among the "old classics," only Benjamin Britten's version still is around. Boult's soloists are jewels. Gerontius is sung operatically (but with subtlety and grace) by Gedda, whose faint accent provides an unexpected touch of exoticism. Perhaps this recording's finest moment is when Gerontius's soul is granted a lightning-flash glimpse of the Almighty; "Take me away," he exclaims, "and in the lowest deep / There let me be." No one I've heard captures that moment's agony and ecstasy as well as Gedda, and certainly not with such tonal beauty. Watts is a formidable angel, but she shows great compassion. As the Priest (and later, the Angel of the Agony), Robert Lloyd's dark bass scores more points, and his two arias also are highlights of this recording. Boult conducts like a convert, inspiring the choirs and the orchestra to spiritual heights. His conducting is not the most dramatic, but it is the most alluring, "sacred" as it is.

The Dream of Gerontius is not an easy work – it's like Strauss's Death and Transfiguration, but with the scale and flavor of Parsifal – but eventually every devotee of choral music needs to come to term with it. Boult's recording is an excellent opportunity.

 1999, Raymond Tuttle.

 

 

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