tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8556711150201224653.post7126264230336693686..comments2012-08-20T16:21:41.724+02:00Comments on Lost in the stars ...: La Dame de Pique / The Queen of SpadesKapellmeisterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14290698101585397564noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8556711150201224653.post-78495352702703075462009-10-08T23:23:29.382+02:002009-10-08T23:23:29.382+02:00Thanks a lot for the information. ;)Thanks a lot for the information. ;)Kapellmeisterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14290698101585397564noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8556711150201224653.post-9261281228199360912009-10-08T21:02:02.395+02:002009-10-08T21:02:02.395+02:00Glad you like my blog. I've just started writi...Glad you like my blog. I've just started writing non-phonological content.<br /><br />You can pre-order the double CD here:<br />http://www.amazon.com/Dmitri-Hvorostovsky-sings-Tchaikovsky-P-I/dp/B002KX6GKS/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1254771968&sr=1-1<br />However, in the Russian release, there were three CDs - two Tchaikovskys, and one of romances to the poems of Pushkin's. I don't know if they're planning to release it here.Adira Santinihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06367146723698576271noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8556711150201224653.post-53766675646362304772009-10-08T19:07:50.072+02:002009-10-08T19:07:50.072+02:00L'air est beau. Les deux bonshommes sont de gr...L'air est beau. Les deux bonshommes sont de grands chanteurs. Ca ne peut normalement que marcher. ;)<br /><br />C'est vraiment l'un des airs de Tchaikovsky que je préfère. Ecrit pour bartyon en plus, un type de voix que j'adore.Kapellmeisterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14290698101585397564noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8556711150201224653.post-62571990060534576472009-10-08T13:37:44.086+02:002009-10-08T13:37:44.086+02:00M A G N I F I Q U E !!!!!!!!!M A G N I F I Q U E !!!!!!!!!Fafanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8556711150201224653.post-49197852533665615092009-10-07T19:17:46.074+02:002009-10-07T19:17:46.074+02:00You're welcome. Thanks for your post. :)
I...You're welcome. Thanks for your post. :)<br /><br />I've checked your blog and it's very interesting : I'm currently discovering Jan Martinik. I'll go back to it as soon as I've finished my "homework".<br /><br />About Dmitri : I may not have been very fair to him in my post. I guess I wrote a bit quickly. I don't find his voice really deteriorated. I think it still sounds very good, even if I do believe that he changed it by trying to adapt to a style that was not really made for him : Verdi's. He's always had a very beautiful voice, but not super powerful, and not as dramatic as the typical Verdi baritones imho. Hence the "hooded" sound of his voice now, that's probably partly a result of trying to get that deep Verdian voice he didn't really have. There also the fact that he's now in his fifties. <br /><br />However, I have to admit that he improved in many ways with time. I still remember the way he used to sing Onegin when in his thirties. It was not very good : beautiful voice but no real emotion and his acting skills were rather limited. He totally masters the part now. He was absolutely incredible in that Met performance with Fleming a few years ago. <br /><br />To sum it up, I'd say that even if there are some things that I find a bit iffy in Dmitri's current technique compared to his early 90's singing, I do believe that he became a much better artist with time. He's indeed a truly great interpreter now. It was not necessary the case back then, even if I think he's always been a great Yeletsky.<br /><br />All that makes me think that I'll have to post something about Onegin, Dmitri, Fleming and Guryakova, one of these days. :)<br /><br />Btw, can you tell me under what title Dmitri's CD is supposed to come out in the rest of Europe ? I'm quite interested.Kapellmeisterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14290698101585397564noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8556711150201224653.post-43480387363500289972009-10-07T18:21:00.945+02:002009-10-07T18:21:00.945+02:00Thanks for following me :-)
I don't think it&...Thanks for following me :-)<br /><br />I don't think it's this straightforward with Dmitri's voice. Yes, the freshness is gone, but other things have been added. He himself said that when he was young, he was artificially darkening his voice, which is definitely not good. I personally prefer (not in this specific example, though) the "older" Dmitri. I like how his voice has become bigger, darker and fuller. I definitely wouldn't call that deterioration.<br /><br />BTW, I find myself addicted to his newest CD of Russian romances, soon to be released outside Russia - and find it difficult to switch back to the fresher, but much smaller and somehow less interesting voice of his of the first half of the 1990's. I also love the concert with Kaufmann.Adira Santinihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06367146723698576271noreply@blogger.com