classical music: Simon Keenlyside

classical music: Simon Keenlyside

classical music:

Simon Keenlyside

Richard Strauss - Capriccio / Runnicles, Te Kanawa, Hagegard, Troyanos, San Francisco Opera

Kiri Te Kanawa, Håkan Hagegård

Kultur Video, 2003

Capriccio's beauty and subtle music in a masterful performance!
Capriccio is a difficult nut to crack as some critic commented somewhere but in a performance like this, the opera becomes a delight and worthy of all our attention. Te Kanawa is in radiant voice becoming Madeleine in voice, drama and acting. Troyanos, already ...

Mozart - Die Zauberflote [Blu-ray]

Simon Keenlyside, Dorothea Röschmann

BBC / Opus Arte, 2008

A must have
This rendition of the opera is delightfull. The video is excellent and the sound is amazing. The performance in general is a masterpiece, the Queen of the night performance is a tour de force. Papagino is delightful, funny without being overdone and with great vocal ...

Mozart: The Magic Flute

Simon Keenlyside, Christopher Purves, ...

Chandos, 2005

This 2-CD set soars!
Mozart's Magic Flute has stood on its own merit through the ages and needs no comment from this or any other reviewer. It is an opera written of and in a period where what was expressed made sense to the librettist and the intended audience, and independent of the ...

Ambroise Thomas - Hamlet - Barcelona Opera

Simon Keenlyside, Natalie Dessay

EMI Classics, 2004

Astonishing and Harrowing Operatic Shakespeare
This video of Hamlet by Ambroise Thomas is simply brilliant. Baritone Simon Keenlyside as Hamlet is astonishing. He is a great actor, especially for a singer, and he adapts his light baritone to the dramatic requirements of the opera with intelligence and total ...

Mozart - Die Zauberflote (The Magic Flute) [HD DVD]

Simon Keenlyside, Dorothea Roschmann

BBC / Opus Arte, 2007

Excellent performance!
This is a really good performance of the opera. It's sung in German and done "modern style" and is still very enjoyable. I found Will Hartmann to be a little elderly for the part of Tamino, who needs the inexperience of youth to really fill the role, but his voice is ...

Bryn Terfel - Simple Gifts

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Stephen Sondheim, ...

Deutsche Grammophon, 2005

Relaxing
Excellent selection of music. It covers many different types. My wife likes being able to hear the words with out instruments drowning out the vocals. I find it relaxing and many of the songs are familiar and very well done.

Tales of Opera

Simon Keenlyside, Vincenzo Bellini, ...

Sony Classics, 2007

An artist with true versatility.
Simon Keenlyside picked a programme for his recital of operatic arias that befits an all-round lyrical baritone who is capable of handling the diverse repertoire for this genre with full capability. I don't take for granted his ability in languages. Even great ...

Vaughan Williams: Fantasia On Greensleeves, Etc.

Kenneth Heath, George Butterworth, ...

Decca, 1997

A Most Beautiful Classical Recording!
This is one of my favorite classical albums. I find myself listening to it very frequently. Of particular enjoyment is disc two featuring beautiful and stirring works by Delius and Elgar. This is a most relaxing and refreshing recording that will wonderfully and ...

Mozart - Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute) / Keenlyside, Roschmann, Hartmann, Damrau, Selig, Allen, Sir Colin ...

Mozart, Simon Keenlyside

BBC / Opus Arte, 2003

It All Works Together on this Disk
Like all works of art, opera is the sum of its parts. Opera joins music, both sung and played, acting, both physical and verbal, costumes, settings, and lighting. A video disk of an opera adds camera work and editing. What I found remarkable about this disk is that ...

My Heart Alone: Favorite Opera Arias and Duets
Simon Keenlyside, Imre (Emmerich) Kalman, ...

SONY CLASSICS, 2008

Chabrier - Briséis / Padmore, Rodgers, Harries, Keenlyside, George, Glasgow BBC Scottish SO

Emmanuel Chabrier, Mark Padmore, ...

Hyperion UK, 1995

A magnificent revival of the forgotten opera
This is an unusual role for the baroque master Mark Padmore, who seldom ventures beyond music written before 1800. Yet I was most impressed. He doesn't even leave his baroque high tenor mold, but he still fits in with Chabrier's music. His silky voice beautifully ...

Orff - Carmina Burana / Oelze, Keenlyside, Kuebler; Thielemann

Carl Orff, Christiane Oelze, ...

Deutsche Grammophon, 1999

A Serious Contender for the Baton of Carmina Burana
Christian Thielemann has the equivalent of an architect's mind blended into the vision of a musician. His concept of the ever-popular CARMINA BURANA may not knock the socks off your sound system, may not hit the raucous highs of other recordings that strive for ...

Puccini - La Bohème / Alagna · Gheorghiu · Scano · Keenlyside · D'Arcangelo · Di Candia · Chailly

Giacomo Puccini, Riccardo Chailly, ...

Decca, 1999

just a budding opera listener
Interesting to read all of the succeeding reviews. I would seem to be exposing my lack of musical judgment by admitting that I find Scano's performance exhilarating -- she radiates a tartness & brashness that I associate with Musetta. I wanted to find more recordings ...

Mozart - Le nozze di Figaro / Gens · Ciofi · Kirchschlager · Regazzo · Keenlyside · McLaughlin · van Rensburg ...

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Véronique Gens, ...

Harmonia Mundi Fr., 2004

Strong ensemble work, some excellent singer, generally strong and even cast.
Some say the best recorded Figaro is Levine's, some say Boehm's, some say E. Kleiber's. Some claim that the best Countess Rosina came from Te Kanawa, some say Schwarzkopf, now some say Veronique Gens. Well, the foregoings are all very good. Neverthelss, Rene Jacobs' ...

#1 Christmas Album

Placido Domingo, Luciano Pavarotti, ...

Decca, 2001

Touch of angle, touch of heart
If you enjoy opera or choir, this is a must collection. The Choir of King's College probably knows the secret how to make the listener flying among thousands of Christmas candles. Pavarotti's opening is so mighty that remind people, this year, to be courageous and to ...