Dundonnell
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« on: March 23, 2019, 02:41:12 pm » |
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I can more easily understand the idea of wanting to hear or to collect different performances in the context of opera. There are so many different approaches to opera, whether in staging live opera or in the individual performances of the solo singers, chorus, orchestra..Having only one version of "Parsifal" or "Peter Grimes" or "Elektra" (say) would not be a recommended approach for an opera lover. But if I take say Richard Strauss's Alpine Symphony: I have three versions which were bought after reading a range of reviews (Karajan, Blomstedt and Antoni Wit). All three are great performances. Why should I want to buy more? I would rather invest my money in hearing something new, something previously unrecorded- which may be disappointing but equally may be a fresh discovery of real wonder.
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