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The Habanera - Emma Calvé (1858 - 1942), 1907 

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KwZ8sEJ29CI&hd=1

 

Conchita Supervia (1895 - 1936) Carmen "Habanera" 1930

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nGCSsZFr8TM&hd=1

 

Christa Ludwig Carmen "Habanera"

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qpes7ldRK_I&hd=1

 

Victoria De Los Angeles Carmen "Habanera"

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RR9AWv5TMDg&hd=1

 

Carmen Overture, Maria Callas: Habanera (Hamburg, 1962)

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uCj658xbwj0&fmt=18

 

Maria CALLAS sings Carmen HABANERA in covent garden 1962

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6fZRssq7UlM&fmt=18

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Seung-Hee Choi 崔承喜 (1911.11.24 - 1969.8.8, Korean; 최승희) - A Garden In Italy 伊太利庭園(1936) (set 480p for high quality)

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i5x8Ms3s2So&feature=related

 

Seung-Hee Choi (1911.11.24 - 1969.8.8, Korean; 최승희), also known by the Japanese pronunciation of her name, Sai Shoki, was one of the famous leading Korean modern dancer. She was born into an upper-class family in Seoul, Korea, during the Japanese occupation era.

After graduating from Sookmyung High School at the age of fifteen, she went against her father's wishes to study law and started to study dancing and choreography under the famous Japanese modern dancer Baku Ishii. During her study in Ishii's Dancing Institute, she distinguished herself as one of the most talented dancers. She developed her own modern dances inspired by Korean folk dances, which had been considered as lowly works in the past. She was supported by Japanese intellectuals including Yasunari Kawabata (Winner of 1968 Nobel Prize for Literature), who became her economic sponser since 1934 and even wrote a short story based on her character, "The Dancer".

In 1929, she declared her independence from Ishii Institute and made her own Institute in Seoul. During the 1930s, she became one of the most regarded artists in Korean society. She married Mak Ahn (Korean; 안막), a communist and a notable playwright, in 1931. Choi's daughter, Sung-Hee Ahn, (Korean; 안성희) also became a famous dancer in 1950s.

In 1936, Choi starred in a semi-documentary film called "Dancer of the (Korean) Peninsula(Korean; 반도의 무희)", which was continuatively shown in the theater for later 4 years. From 1934, she made many performances in Japan, China, U.S, France, Germany, Belgium, Spain, and Argentina. She also served as a judge in the Second International Dance Concourse in Brussels in 1939. She made acquaintances with many world-famous artists, actors, and writers, including Jean Cocteau, Pablo Picasso, Henry Matisse, Chou En-lai, Martha Graham, John Steinbeck, Walt Disney, Charlie Chaplin, Robert Taylor, and so on.

After the World War II outbroke, however, her career became quite controversal. It is known that she made performances for 'consolatoring Japanese army' from 1942 to 1944. (She later claimed that she was forced to do these performances by the Japanese government.) After the war is over, she was blamed as a "Fascist artist" or even a "Traitor" among the South Koreans for this consolatoring performances.

In 1946, She went to North Korea with her husband who got important posts in the North Korean communist government. For this, the South Korean government prohibited to perform any of her choreography works and even to mention her name, and this prohibition lasted until 1989.

During the 1950s, she re-opened her Institute again in Pyoungyang and teached many pupils with her daughter. After the Dictatorship of the North Korea became firm, however, she was purged by the party for criticizing Kim Il-Sung's dictatorship, and disappeared in the 1960s.

In February 2003, she was rehabilitated and utilized for propaganda by North Korea, and the North Korean government announced that she died in 1969, at the age of 58.

Choi was also an amateur jazz musician.( and a potter) She recorded few songs with Taihei Phonograph company in 1932, and this recording was recorded in 1936 for Japan Columbia. She sings a short song with the original score of R. Erwin's "A Garden in Italy" , accompanied by Columbia Tango Band.

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Bon-Ryong San, A Korean Royal Court Music 1929 (set 480p for high quality)

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r8TizX6YnTk&feature=related

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原帖由 LouisLee 於 22-6-2010 00:55 發表 The Habanera - Emma Calvé (1858 - 1942), 1907 (set 480p for high quality)   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KwZ8sEJ29CI   Conchita Supervia (1895 - 1936) Carmen "Habanera ...

 

多謝Louis好介紹, 實在聽出耳油! 睇到流口水! 純聽, 我會首選Christa Ludwig , 若要計埋眼皮供養呢個因素, Maria Callas(卡拉絲)會系小弟心水! 

 

The Habanera - Emma Calvé (1858 - 1942), 1907 

Emma Calve 的音質奇實不太特出, 比起其他幾位歌手的豐富音色有點輸蝕. 

 

Conchita Supervia (1895 - 1936) Carmen "Habanera" 1930

Conchita Supervia 的卡門充滿法式風情, 但她聲音中的震幅大了點, 有點似Lilly Pons, 純因個人口味, 我不大喜歡!

 

Christa Ludwig Carmen "Habanera" 

Christa Ludwig 的音色不算太光亮, 彷彿帶點矇矓神秘的黑灰, 塑造出來的卡門充滿了嬌媚, 又帶點野性, 技巧及聲音圓滑度無可比爾, 齋聽的確系No. 1 首選!

 

Victoria De Los Angeles Carmen "Habanera"

我成日覺得若要用顏色來形容安赫麗斯的音色, 嬌艷欲滴的紅色最恰當! 論技巧, 她不遜於Christa Ludwig, 她唱的卡門更是風情萬種, 還有點辛辣味, 可惜在這個版本裡, 這種小辣椒本色有點過了頭, 壞了風情, 詮釋上就有點不及Ludwig了!

 

Carmen Overture, Maria Callas: Habanera (Hamburg, 1962)

Maria CALLAS sings Carmen HABANERA in covent garden 1962

以柯德莉夏萍為減肥藍本的卡拉絲, 成功減掉一半體重後, 的確秀色可餐, 她那濃厚馥郁的胸腔及中聲區將卡門演譯得淋漓盡緻! 論狀態聲線, 兩場音樂會都不錯, 在柯芬園的表現較漢堡的還要好! 可惜她本人不大喜愛卡門這個角色, 加上嫌卡門群戲多, 可唱獨角戲的機會不多, 所以她一生重沒有在台上演出過卡門, 只為EMI錄製了唱片!可惜她錄製卡門時, 聲音高峰期已過! 時實上, 1962-63年正好是卡拉絲嗓音的最後鼎盛期, 之後因為健康及感情打激,加上過度夜生活, 聲線便一直走下坡了, 而她的唱片則剛好大部份是62-67年間錄製的!因為她想用錄音打救自己漸漸退色的事業! 若果不是有海盜版的早期錄音或音樂會錄影, 恐怕很多人沒法欣賞她巔峰時期的表現!曾經有人問過她, 當聲音出現問題時, 為何不轉唱女中音, 她但笑不語! 試問一個曾經光芒萬丈的女高音, 怎會甘心轉唱女中音呢!   

 

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Willem Mengelberg conducts Beethoven - The ruins of Athens op 113 Turkish march

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=giLVH1WJAGg&hd=1

Orchestre du Goncertgebouw d'Amsterdam, enr o0-11-1942.

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Mozart Symphony 40 - Federick Stock conducts Chicago Symphony Orchestra
 
1. Allegro molto
 
 
2. Andante
 
3. Menuetto
 
 
4. Allegro assai
 
 
Frederick Stock (Friedrich August Stock) (November 11, 1872 October 20, 1942) was a German conductor and composer. Conductor of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra from 1905 to 1942.

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中國音樂界的前輩黃友棣教授在台灣高雄病逝,享年100歲。

 

http://www.libertytimes.com.tw/2010/new/jul/5/today-life7.htm

 

當年黃友棣與林聲翕、韋瀚章合稱「歲寒三友」。林、韋兩位前輩早已過身,今黃教授也仙去,可說是一個時代的結束。

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Mozart - Serenade in G major, K. 525 - Vienna Konzerthaus Quartet (1954)

1 - Allegro

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LOqHDha0Jcs&hd=1

2 - Romanza

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qB6d82l3aYI&hd=1


3 - Menuetto

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=47hoCfnZ_j0&hd=1


4 - Rondo - Allegro

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C-jHR44fOns&hd=1


The Romanza (movement 2) of Eine Kleine Nachtmusik, K. 525, performed by the Vienna Konzerthaus Quartet. Anton Kamper, 1st violin; Karl M. Titze, 2nd violin; Erich Weiss, viola; Franz Kwarda, cello; and Josef Hermann, double bass. Mozart composed this work in 1787; is written for a chamber ensemble of two violins, viola, and cello with optional double bass, which is featured in this recording.

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雜談 1

 

歌劇是一門綜合的表演藝術,顧名思義是以聲樂家的唱做為主,但舞蹈,合唱,舞台燈火效果,戲服設計,指揮及樂團等配合亦缺一不可.由於歌劇通常是在演奏廳或劇院內演出,往往給人一種曲高和寡的感覺.事實上,歌劇亦是一門相當生活化的藝術.我們在日常生活中,也有很多機會接觸到歌劇�堛滬絳痐葛嚏D例如很多人都喜歡用歌劇'卡門'(Carmen)的主題序曲(Overture),作手提電話的鈴聲音樂.英國航空公司就曾經撮錄歌劇'納布果'(Nabucco)中的'希伯萊奴隸之歌'(即'我心乘著黃金之翼飛翔'),作為廣告的配樂;而英航其中一首經典廣告歌,則更是出自歌劇'拉克美'(Lakeme)的'花之歌'(Flower Duet).此外,著名電影'教父續集'(Godfather II) 及'翡冷翠之戀' (A room with a view)亦有用上了'鄉間騎士'(Cavalleria Rusticana)的間奏曲和歌劇'賈尼.斯基基'( Gianni Schicchi)中的詠嘆調 .'我親愛的父親'(O Mio Babbino Caro)作為配樂.以下就讓我們一起重温這些音樂片段吧!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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雜談 2

 

現在世界各地均有大大小小的歌劇院,但稱得上一流的,必須符合數項條件,第一是財力,第二是人才,第三是文化層面的支持,包括民眾及評倫家歷久不衰的支持,第四是劇院的設計.也許大家會問為甚麼是財力第一,人才第二?說穿了是現今世界財可通神,無錢萬萬不能,有才能都得要有人付錢才可温飽,辦歌劇事業雖未至於是燒銀紙玩意,但劇院一闊三大,燈油火臘樣樣要計數,沒有財力是撐不了多久的!縱觀現在,能完全滿足以上條件的其實不多,頂多四間,有些還只是能夠達到其中三項要求罷了,這四間也就是:

 

  1. 奧大利維也納歌劇院(有最強的市民及政府支持)
  2. 英國倫敦柯芬園(有世界最頂尖(其實是最尖酸刻薄)的評論家支援)
  3. 意大利米蘭的史卡拉歌劇院(有堅強的歌劇傳統及最會罷工的樂團)
  4. 美國紐約的大都會歌劇院(算是最財雄勢大(財大氣粗)的劇院)

以上四間可算是全球歌劇界的焦點所在,任可聲樂家若能登上這四家舞台演出,就等如羸得網球四大滿冠一樣,瞬即升價百倍!由於這四家劇院的要求相當高,通常能在其中一家打響名堂,就有機會唱遍四家,若有聲樂家吹虛自身如何了得,但還沒有登列其中一家演出,恐怕還是相當有限的級數罷了!

 

維也納歌劇院其實不是頂大的,所以對歌手傳聲的負擔及要求不算太苛刻,十分適合各類形歌者(舒情或戲劇聲線,大音量或細音量均可).每年市政府均撥出相當多的收入作為劇院及樂團的營運基金.加上此地是德奧歌劇界的典堂,市民對她的熱愛幾近瘋狂,每年大大小小的音樂會及演出,入座率都平均超過九成,吸引了世界各地的精英前來演出.

 

英國倫敦柯芬園在設計上是十分適合歌劇演出,她有一群死忠的評論家為演出護航,加上流社會適時的籌集經費,劇院一直能夠以高薪合約形式聘請各地高手演出.但對於培養本土精英一向不大熱衷.

 

意大利是歌劇的主要發源地,師資十分優良,加上史卡拉劇院上世紀早年實行劇院駐團歌手及師徒訓練制度,一向不乏人才及後起之秀,著名女高音Renato Scotto便是這樣出身,當地民眾亦十分支持劇院的運作,令米蘭這顆明星耀眼一時,可惜近年營運不善,財力大不如前,加上人事糾紛,常常發生樂團罷工的情況,將歌劇界牛耳之位拱手讓與大都會!

 

美國紐約的大都會歌劇院無疑是當今最財雄勢大的歌劇院,她不單有專屬的上流社會富貴團每年為其籌慕營運資金,舉行數以十計的吸水活動,而且還發行劇院自身的刊物及紀念品(一般價錢相當昂貴),實行肥水不流別人田,難得的是美國大把潮人趕時髦,甘心奉上美元大鈔.除了倫敦的評論家,大都會的一群可算是當今世上最尖酸刻薄的了!為減少不必要開支,大都會除了合唱團,近年駐團歌手已明顯減少,主要角色現在多用合約制歌手,雖還有舉行全國選拔賽選秀,但人才供應明顯不足以應付劇團全年演出的需要,加上近年歌劇人才不多,很多劇目空有大製作,排演的卡士很多時已不是一等一了!最重要是當劇院搬往現時的林肯紀念堂後,由於劇院過大這設計上的失誤,現今已没有多少歌手的傳聲可以應付,劇院在演出時,已暗地�堥洏峆}(傳統歌劇是禁用的)這樣東西多年,這不可不算是一種道德淪落!若大家有興趣看看當今世上最大型的歌劇製作,可往港島某些戲院看大都會現場演出的轉播,每張票由百多元至數百元不等!(又一大都會吸水大法! ) 

 

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Beethoven Symphony No 6 Pastoral in F major Op 68 conducted by Sir Adrian Boult

Mvt 1: Erwachen heiterer Empfindungen bei der Ankunft auf dem Lande (Awakening of cheerful feelings upon arrival in the country): Allegro ma non troppo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oA6LARnN3Xw&hd=1



Mvt 2: Szene am Bach (Scene at the brook): Andante molto mosso

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MPjohcvLN_Y&hd=1

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-s-1mFNILwY&hd=1





Mvt 3: Lustiges Zusammensein der Landleute (Happy gathering of country folk): Allegro

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FbM4GzBqbX4&hd=1



Mvt 4: Gewitter, Sturm (Thunderstorm; Storm): Allegro

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hn-pwDCGeqE&hd=1



Mvt 5: Hirtengesang. Frohe und dankbare Gefühle nach dem Sturm (Shepherds' song; cheerful and thankful feelings after the storm): Allegretto

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e_zUueYkntg&&hd=1

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誰與爭鋒!

 

小弟一向是超技派崇拜者, 近日先發覺原來一直無介紹過Cecilia Bartoli (芭圖利). 她可以算是現時世上其中一位最好的女中音 , 她的音色帶點像橄欖綠的色澤, 有點暗但相當豐滿(這亦可能是我潛意識不喜歡她的原因 )!

 

她那密集而連綿不絶的花腔技巧, 甚至較全盛時期的Joan Southerland 及荷恩還要好, 精準程度令人咋舌不已 . 雖未必是前無古人, 後無來者, 但環顧現今女聲樂家, 不論女高音, 女中音, 又或是女低音, '花腔當世無敵'六個字, 她配得上有餘! 以下選來數段她的表演及錄音 (話雖如此, 她仍然不大是小弟杯茶! )

 

 

 

 

 

 

   

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原帖由 虎榮 於 9-8-2010 00:23 發表 誰與爭鋒!   小弟一向是超技派崇拜者, 近日先發覺原來一直無介紹過Cecilia Bartoli (芭圖利). 她可以算是現時世上其中一位最好的女中音 , 她的音色帶點像橄欖綠的色澤, 有點暗但相當豐滿(這亦可能是我潛意識不 ...

 

如果佢嚟香港我一定捧場!!!

 

聲底沉厚, 花腔技巧當代堪稱一絕!!!

 

美中不足之處係唱乜都火辣辣, 有點兒劍拔弩張, 尤其唱 Alleluia, 應該以祈禱、感恩嘅心去演繹。

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Cecilia Bartoli - Mozart - Nozze di Figaro - Voi che sapete

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rJtr0xq1uI0&fmt=18

 

呢首少咗炫燿, 多 D 感情, 襟聽好多!!!

 

Bartoli & Fleming - Le Nozze di Figaro - Sull'aria

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BLtqZewjwgA&hd=1

 

Cecilia Bartoli and Renee Fleming in a duet from Mozart's, "The Marriage of Figaro".

Metropolitan Opera, 1998. Conductor: James Levine.

 

Cecila Bartoli - La Cenerentola - Non piu mesta

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qVZNx39xYiA&fmt=18

 

Cecilia Bartoli in Rossini's La Cenerentola.

Met, 1997

 

Cecilia Bartoli singing Cenerentola 2008

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5wXtiXDJIho&fmt=18

 

Cecilia Bartoli sings high E flat - Riedi al soglio - Rossini

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=myfj2dvAuRU&fmt=18

 

"Riedi al soglio" from Zelmira
composed by Rossini

Cecilia Bartoli - Mezzo soprano
Jean Yves Thibaudet - Piano
Teatro Olimpico,Vicenza,Italy
June 1998

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原帖由 LouisLee 於 11-8-2010 22:23 發表   如果佢嚟香港我一定捧場!!!   聲底沉厚, 花腔技巧當代堪稱一絕!!!   美中不足之處係唱乜都火辣辣, 有點兒劍拔弩張, 尤其唱 Alleluia, 應該以祈禱、感恩嘅心去演繹。

 

呢點就系我到今時今日對佢尚有一點保留的原因, 齋聽無問題, 但若睇現場, 她過份豐富的表情似乎比較適合演唱喜劇角色, 對演譯苦情的角色, 她未必處理得恰到好處!

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三套電影

 

近數十年,以古典音樂為題材的電影不算多,亦不算少,令小弟留下深刻印象的倒有三套.

 

第一套是1984年的Amadeus,這套電影是由Peter Shaffer的劇作改編,導演為Milos Forman,故事主幹以音樂神童莫札特(Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart)的一生為主體,當中牽涉到他與撒利艾榮(Antonio Salieri)(由金像影帝賓京士利出演)的恩怨情仇,二人的關系亦師亦友亦敵,充滿戲劇性,電影中還夾雜了不少莫札特所創作的華彩樂段,值得一看.這套電影在世界各地合共獲得53項是名,擇取了當中的40項獎項,包括8項奧斯卡金像獎(包括最佳電影),4項金球獎,及入選美國電影學會百年最佳電影一百套.

 

第二套是1988年的The Music Teacher(原本的法文戲名是Le maitre de musique),當年在香港碧麗宮戲院上演時,港譯名稱為'曲終情未了'!這是一套比利時電影,由Gerard Corbiau執導及編劇,曾獲得奧斯卡最佳外語片.故事講述著名的男中音歌唱家Joachim Dallayrac退休後,專心授藝於兩名甚具天份的學生,一為出身名門的女高音Sophine Maurier,另一為出身勞工階層的男高音Jean Nilson,其間蘇菲對已婚的老師日久生情(暗戀),而Jean亦對蘇菲暗生情愫!待二人學有所成,老師便派二人出外參賽,二人還遇上了老師年輕時的勁敵Scotti王子,此君年輕時與Joachim Dallayrac鬥唱失聲退出樂壇,當他知道二人來歷後,遂遣門下弟子Francois Manssaux出陣,惜最終還是敗陣收場,當中鬥智鬥力的場面頗為精彩.當Sophine及Jean二人漸行漸近,老師過世的消息亦飄然而至.事實上,戲中飾演老師的並非泛泛之輩,而是貨真價實,馳譽世界的男中音Jose Van Dam (荷西雲頓).以下選來數段片段供大家欣賞.

 

 

 

 

 

A Tanto Duol是美聲歌曲大師Vincenzo Bellini的傳世佳作之一,若嫌戲中版本有過場穿插,可聽下面的版本.

 

 

 

第三套是1994年以意大利閹人歌手法里內利一生故事為題的Farinelli(中文片名好像叫魅影魔聲).出演主角的演員是Stefano Dionisi,導演則是比利時的Gerard Corbiau.法里內利生於1705年,没於1782年,他先後拜Porpora及Bernachi為師,善唱假聲女高音,極具感染力,曾被譽為女神的顫音.片中請來女高音Ewa Malas-Godlewska及男高音Derek Lee Ragin作幕後代唱,為表達閹人歌手的特殊音質,他們特別用電子合成技術將二人聲音融合,效果如何,看官請自行判斷. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Leyenda by Albeniz - Andres Segovia

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lCeebWgjrrU&hd=1

Andrés Segovia plays Bach: Gavotte 1 & 2

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eBQfHJA2Lng&fmt=18

Bach - Bourrèe - Played by Andrès Segovia

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_0QqHzF9X9w&fmt=18

Andres Segovia - Purcell 5 Pieces

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QQd6MOGdvLA&fmt=18

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David Oistrakh plays Beethoven Violin Concerto 1959

1st mvt.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=okY3y5rkd5Y&fmt=18

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tmV4JDXjBmQ&fmt=18

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j1-2rMXe2wc&fmt=18

2nd mvt.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=al1dCUdicYs&fmt=18

3rd mvt.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3BLYQIeVNNU&fmt=18

David Oistrakh playing the Beethoven Violin Concerto with the Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Kirill Kondrashin
Great Hall of the Moscow Conservatory, 1959

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