CLASSIC CD 100 Coenen)ve f ‘dae | es Cc) The launch in May 1990 of Classic CD magazine with its full-length covermounted CD was a publishing POV MAN di CRM Eee Naeem Nae Teter throughout the world we are still the leading reviews “iy a in and features magazine for classical music CD buyers a OM Eyer acco aetaen corer Caml Oils greatest recordings, our biggest-ever reader survey and our 100th Building a Collection. But first enjoy the highlights of ei years at the cutting edge of classical PITTS TOnMe Te Todas Cesta TNT Dome STOMA Cem ere aT orth TTNKoaUCaNas Me) Mecca USO Tem u aN om aU acm pLccemac ler me) the magazine, starting with the stars of our first cover — Sir Georg Solti, Ute Lemper and Nigel Kennedy eee ee ee ce ee ee ‘Daniel Jae, Mark Funnel, Victora Bevan and Jeremy PoundThe Review Sir Georg So Experience EM) re, Gassie(p ee, li ba 17. KATE O'MARA Cote Charis Duta Ses Herbert von Karajan Mazar Reaue 2S) Renesas tetcon BREE 6 John Eliot Garsiner BRNEMM Vocar vassinCmincr Vola (A One Leonard Bernstein Vladimir Ashkenssy srr Sm 5 (05), Oitrakn, Fichter Rostropovich eenoven Trp re Harmoy 48 Classic CD duly 1998 Highlights of Iti (1912-97 After leaving his native Hungary —where his teachers included Bartok, Kodaly and Dohnanyi ~ in 1939 Georg Solti held musical directorships at Munich Opera and Frankfurt before transforming standards at Covent Garden in the 1960s. In 1969 hhe became musical director of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra His big, decisive, exciting conducting style served several fine recordings including his historic Wagner Ring eye Does a conductor got bottor with experience? The more you conduct the more ore your taste grows, A good musician never diminishes. Any good musician 1 know dis on searching new tentory. I mean Tam particulary dificult because Lam searching all the me. Once you ards age. You always g stop Fighting and searching Inackwards, There is no equilibrium in life. You Of your recordings which is your favourite? {know it will disappoint you but I can’ tell you my favourite recordings. I dont really liten to my old ones. just listen most ‘airefully and mos rita to the ones Iam making, A profesional ‘must always answer the question ‘What is your favourite composer? ‘with What {am doing just now’ Anybody who wil say to you composer X, there is always a limitation to their talent. But what about the Ring oycle? lesa young man’s Ring cyle. I would like 10 doit again but soloists of the calibre of Fags, Homer and Nilsson do not exist any more Do you still get nervous before perfomances? There ae no performances in my life that | approach without palpitations. You never lose that, though it is not always the same amount of nervousn What makes a good conductor? Conducting is nota profession of unknown quantities, It is a profession we yourself. Dally. Orchestras will not you are good looking, oF because you are Or famous? Fame lass for half an hour. An orchestra only likes you if you have ISSUES by Danial ate ‘Sir Chartes Meckerri’slorary— Calas eter to lene’s Onin Cora’ ela The fist laesical ‘magazine and CD Integrated package cover Here are the contents ofiaue 1: Soltis Soreete, both on Vig, Michael Olver resaues ct Sohn ‘Sr Georg Soli ho hse ven neve cee’ sie revives lesyestaariesanae recording ot me Gibort Kaplan uns Boatnown piano of ought provleng crete wihhis naw recoding of Rossii Davis ane Kemparer's Jessie eoang ot ass ‘Besthoven symphonies, Matias Second FrstColecars Parcl's The Fay Smehory (Chote =now Buldnga Queen wih Nancy ‘An evestgateninto Caecon is Vials? Argent, Lynne Dawson priced CDs some Four Saasons and Le At rissa“You must have imagination and a talent to lead — either you have that or you don’t. Nobody can teach you it” Inhibited, The balance between safety and the unstabilsing wish 10 get further i a dangerous balance, but tis within this balance that How do you conduct?” k cious, partly not but the basic isue is simple: you either have a talent to lead or you don’ and nobody can teach you that. ;oung conduc now whether he i akes it; the leader always about the Gan you teach that? Ie doesnt matter at this pot, whether the imagination to interpret the rv with rather cheap, \Who were your conducting heroes? Arnuro Toscanini and Wilhe purely could find. Later Ite ‘so extreme poles and I here in the middle ‘Are there good conductors today? There are a great deal of talented young conductors must be casful suse iI leave out one he'd be very insulted, I would think there are ‘ or six ple around, I can see there are much a Sie Roger e's ote Norrington © nehony rm he Douglas Adams ia synphories and akes Hanover Bae and Roy trough Ns record Anthony Burgess Leonard Satin’ és {6 yor Michel Tepe ARTE NOVA chassics Toohalle zurich Dovid Zinman, conductor Tophalle zurich Dovid Zinman, conductor Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich, David Zinman, Conductor SYMPHONIES 5 8&6 WHAT THE CRITICS SAY Reb Cowon - Gramophone Eton Choice will be astonished atthe brilliance ond polish of these performances “ond his (Zinman) handling of the the Scherzo's double-boss Ttio where the players keep up the pace without slackening ~ deserves a round of applause” * dhe sound quality of these sessions is rly state-of the-art” é nn abr ode ‘Pastoral’ was 0 revelation, with textures cleaned cs if ‘8 sudden reinstorm ” ‘Amazing value for around £4.99 per CD suggested retail price BMG Conifer edlord Hove, 69-79 Fulham High Sheet, London. SW6 300 BMGPa SSH a DT Nigel Kennedy Few have done more to popularise classical music than Nigel Kennedy. With his controversial bestselling Vivaldi Four Seasons and his excellent recordings of the Elgar concerto he is widely. eqarded as one ofthe top violinists in the world. He is now back ¢ classical circuit after a few years of playing pop and jazz You studied at the Julliard School. What was it ke? There isthe stench of raw ambition, of ruthless professional people conly too happy to conform to whatever is musically suitable succeed. I wasn't a bad thing to go there. At east I lear what the ‘world was going to be like What do you say to critics who say your very individual Vivalat Four Seasons uses pop style marketing? Weve sold lke one anc! a half milion which is listened to Viva in the fist place, { mean hink if you've got people listening record that's so much better than what most classical musos manage 10 o. [related to Vivaldi in a way which is particularly pertinent ody and I wasn't apologetic about i It’s hardly authentically Vivaldi it? Think the authentic movement isa very kind of callous marketing ‘exercise, My recording wasn't calculated in the sme way that authentic marketing i, you know, when ith authentic” on it before you an appreciate the composer In popularising classical music do you also have a responsibility to educate audiences? ‘Once Ihave established an need 10 use every kind know to communicate that tothe listener. don’ reckon isa performer's job to educate the audience. I you'e educating someone it's subjective thing anyway and so "therefore ifs a matter of opinion. The way to get educated with musi sto listen to the sll Which legendary violinists do you admire? | must say Pagunin's one ofthe people {most hate, The musicians tht I really admire are ones who achieved more than just a factual realisation of what’ in the score, who make the music, and the performance, and ther own existence a personal relationship wit audience. I think that's what separates Rubinstein fo Jon sureundinge @ Jeremy J Beadle ©The tuyofcertain income they ot resdersis abysmal Uueathed agarst | @ Rob Ainsley ey alana Dankanay:on pales Ent ere: an ay ch pratt get pole players or Kreisler from other fiddle player: there i personal relationship. I dont know, Ive always assumed that is what people ‘want to get out of music slike Brahms: if you hear i it's almost ike you know the human being. I ust wonder what happened to, like, the Beecham mentality or Toscanini mentality. Is that ike criminal nowadays oF what? 1 Roger Mits bythe ds enc sragear of heaters a {© Norma Major nies (save 11-20: tox muse ander Marci-Dec 1981 bicyapy of Dame (© Sir Malcolm Amold Joan Sutherland fos C's tounding eater Neola Ma's Oayesy —oodee. later oe ut Pecher 1706 ei cur Ett (© Te tamous ars longest cover CD exact @ Norman Labrecht, high success) @ Nikolaus no sane Choo Aor Foo! —-armoneourt records controversy, wes an mnrecodirg otha benchrark.——=—_—cendctore ae gating Meuse Wate Many ane wrong, stoenis 6 rates bone @ CassThe Review Ute Lemper ‘Ute Lemper, the cabaret singer and musical star was 26 and had just released Kurt Wells “Threepenny Opera” when she featured In the first isue of Classic CD. She has talked to us regularly about her releases of standards by Piaf and Dietrich and Berlin cabaret songs. Most recently she met us backstage after a performance inthe hit ‘musical “Chicago” where she ls dubbed the longest legs in London! ‘You once upset the Weill foundation by refusing to sing Kurt Wells ‘songs in the original high, operatic pitches, Why? Tam nota diva and tm fed up of muse cries who (find new interpretations and break the eles, I don Understand what the Weill Foundation means by having opera singer doing Weil. tis not an anfcal a in an educated sense — i's street theatte. And it has to say on the ground and in touch wih everyday life ‘With my instrument I make t aucheni. [know inthe Torespenny Opera polly Peachum isa very young innocent gl. Butt doest mean whe play her I have to scream hysterically fa voice which & not my own What qualities does a singer need to perform Weil's work well? You have an enormous range. Do you have an operatic training? [have sung the final scene from Strus's Salome and Berg’ Lulu in te riginal soprano — but | would exter nc talc about i. [found ou prety ly tht my voice and temperament were to sage for me to be an er singer. My musical rots were in jazz where notes arent projected ina high racing way but are whispered and can crack once in a while Bur I might do Poulene’s Za rote bumasne ould do i with a speaking voice away fom dhe prima donna C sharp area. But e's in copyright so ‘we may get shat down by the tradiionaliss in the Poulene Foundation! What do you try to bring to Berlin 1920s and 30s cabaret songs? Every performer has his or her own syle and there is no one definitive ‘way for anything. Today everything is possible and nothing can shock anymore. $0 if you ty to make an ast point it doesnt count. What unts isthe way you tel the story. The crafts the stomtelling. You can ie witha young atinude or an older person's view. can be toned. It ibe fresh Theres no one wy ‘What do you ike about playing Velma in Chicago? at ‘sand a ttt 7 | x [arene cele concerto ‘Steven eset snd aU al Upstate George Crumbs ct rade cso on hs Rau Ute Lemper ae Michael Nyman Florence Foster peraesn oe S2Classie CD duty 1988 have always liked playing strong women ruber than these sly romant pats you often get in musicals and thsi a great son ofa bach part — ike cabaret performances 1c really uc my ui How did you decide on leaving one woman cabaret shows to do.a punishing musical eight times a week? going fr of cul cabaret performance t something so obviously commercial andl hyped. lot of people tied 10 persuade me not to do ie and 1 know my regular followers wil be shocked by this move but its great to have a wider audience he reay ws that et Hugh Canning Dame Felity Lott shed eo hard and An Murray ako 00m by thao sme and roun Roger il tks “cin ace, ccna ag. a king horses thanHOUT HEAT) Dame Kiri Te Kanawa ‘The most popular female opera singer since “Maria Callas, Dame Kiri has been a howschold ‘name since singing in Prince Charles's ‘wedding in 1981. Renowned for her interpretations of Mozart and Richard Strauss she is admired for her graceful stage presence and her ravishingly beautiful voice Describe your character Tima very conservative, uit person who knows al that Fam, But 1 also know Iam doing job that snot quite like that ~ so there isthe oer side ‘ich is that I as om to sing and Ihave a dy to do that and nothing, can ge in the way, no matter what happens in my private fe. not allowed not to sing Ive goto do it~ somehow it seems tobe like tha ‘wth everthing ese taking second place. In this Me there s no way out tut you have sung a song. What's the best thing about singing? ‘This must sound totaly selfish but the mos precious moments are when you are up on stage in your last rehearsal with the orchestra and theses only you and the conductor — it yours, not anybody else's You've got an orchestra of 80 people completely locked in together creating this picture 1f someone opened a museum of the Sine Chapel t midnight just for you and every panting there was yours Wouldnt that be grea It isthe same with a solo rehearsal where Iam the one who is receing; in a concert Tam giving, so itis yours, [And the worst.. the ertics? Cites are most definitely not annoying because I doa take any notice of something I cant do anything abost eis someone's opinion on bad day ~ well get bad days. The constant packing and tnpacking of suitcases and the impersonal side of fying is quite distressing sometimes. IF eally wanted t qui that would be the reason Td quit because I hate Rogrots? {could fill a book of regrets. They ome in all sons of forms, I wish Tl leamt languages before becoming a singer ~ but you can think about that ‘What do you set out to do when you work? always wane to create beauty, my’ main ain i to create beautifl phrases and of course to get inside the character Tm portraying ao ty t0 make ‘oper as accessible as possible. Some people sil like to see pera a this special priate club. I dont believe in that ~the doors ae open fr anyone ‘When willbe the time to retire? Retr a 60 ether that or drop dead! But you never know. Nikolaus (@Hyporon's Ted Pery Harnoncourt porcd defends to ih oc’ poromance sioneer, of CD, ‘sstonshingy ta {© Anoad on cation oremy J Beale otwoen la MacDonats “Aner see Michal Taner ove cucu Stostakovc's Seven €@ he Symphony No.3 citi krow Hey Symphony, theater clang hat “much oft PRICE Soeeesoe boc bas Autho coerce sopra Ceca Bart (000 nrodioee ar ‘contovrsal 40 rocest cof recordng (Fb nso aks to lian Bream. wise og misbehavs intro 4 Classio CD July 1808 Mstislav Rostropovich ‘The greatest living cellist, Rostropovich has probably had more works written ‘especially for him than any other musician this century. He is noted for his ‘commanding technique and intense a visionary playing. He is also a distinguished ‘conductor and teacher ‘You have made countless recordings. Do you enjoy making them? When you make grea music there's excitement; but when I bear my result sf four months, it's cold and bard {really suffer fom these record, and sometimes I think why ci Ido ti? Buc beter than pirate rocordings. In Rusia [was given no right o say take avay the microphones and dont record, Anyone could record at my concen, What was the worst thing about being in a Communist state? Having to record things that don’ Rater me. Me Khyennikov head ofthe Soviet Composers Union) composed for me a cello concerto. And {must play &, because he was number one musica atthe Compose’ Union, If | dt play i, there would be a question over my caees. OF couse I ever make record ofthat, even for Melodiya. Those people think about profi for goverment. Because ifthe music was thought melodic by the people, the goverment could siy‘Ah you know we tugh Pokey — he has been a good sudent. Bravo. But i the oppcsite happened they could conganise another attack against him, In any cise the authors would win. When are you happiest? When I eel Tim somebody's student again. That’ gift from the gods Yehudi, Lord Menuhin ‘The American-born violinist of Russian parentage, Lord Menuhin studied with Enescu and became an overnight celebrity when he played in New York at the age of, 11, His technical assurance and depth of understanding ensured lasting success and. {in 1932 he made a famous recording of the Elgar concerto with the composer. He has achieved a remarkable position a a world citizen, You are a grt interpreter of Beethoven's violin concerto, How do {you approach his symphonies? T want feel the bones. Here there i ine flesh and no fat but plenty of hones ikea Leonardo a Vin! sketch, I ook fr the skeleton behind the flesh because this s whit the harmony hangs on, x sue 41-50: ‘smphony oye Sept 82-June 94 (© classic CD inion (0 The farcusredesin what wasto be the when Gass CD ya's bigest cut spared a mineatt Ofcom, astunning front cover o ack mat combination of topped bya ack loss ssmophore ard medion tre. le ang he wore voces ston, Read, Discover (© Vio ask why a0 wo (© ciasse CO's provous moved by mae ad Biogen sue (43)ras a marae the most oder 138 pages jeomerermated se tng factor cassis @ciasse CO's tt ntervewedby Chars @ Woth bartone Bm Pear Aware Searson Terfl sks ut trogh (© Sir Novile Marriner, SSeruben' songs the workfa most, ‘ssue 51-80: (© Our biggest remes recorded concuctor ly +g 85 Ina is dovoted to take toue ‘© ohn Eliot Gardiner Romanticism f@Vesatiepanct ——onnisnew perod Roderick Swanston Joanna MacGregor rsrunertSeatrewen _sndJeremy J BeadleWhy is Beethoven's music so important to you? ‘The mind and the emesions are chanelle ito the convictions. has a consmitment to humanity which makes it rich mene absract than, sy Wagner's Tritan and bolde, which is overwhelming but ina thoroughly sensual way. With Beethoven iis like living with a god fll of energy and anger. These uterances demand the greatest reverence when I appech every note and phase. Lous Persinger, ny teacher, didnt wnte anything in bis score ofthe Violin Concerto except Worship. What was it tke recording Elgar's concerto with the composer? ‘When you are 16, any person who's older than 30 looks old! He was an Engish gentleman who loved horses He was always very happy but Iwas too young to understand the depth of his thinking, his Roman cthotsm orhis mysticism. He had ulcers during the rehearsal forte Paris premiere and my mvather would prepare onion soup for him, id you enjoy being a child prodigy? My childhood was tercalyexeting — traveling around the world, taking ships and rain, bving in France, seeing the gypsies in Romani, Why did you quit the violin at 187 T suppose I fet [had missed out on geting to know people of my ow age. So at 191 bought a second hal, 12 cylinder Calc ~ today it woul be worh a milion. Inthe autumn of 1936 I was also given a book of Chinese philesophy with four ine epithets by 130 Tse. tl real ty Nikolaus Harnoncourt The Austrian conductor and cellist formed the Vienna Concentus Musicus in 1953 and soon became the leading exponent of er period instrument performance. His 7 recordings of Monteverdi operas, Bach cantatas and the Viennese classics have become benchmarks. What isthe authentic movement? For me authensicty is ridiculous, IF Mozart performs one of bis piano concerts himself, this s authentic. My perfomance i suthentic me; I can’t fave an authentic performance of any composer. A modem oboe player playing on a reereaion of a Beethoven insiment sil plays in toxay's syle How do you approach a piece of music? "must ty to understand in the highest possible way’ wha the composer meant, but then I must tell what he means and forget all my’ knowlege ‘when | perform i ‘Which composer is closest to you? se pt trough ner up wt i contoversi paces ona bin testing Hamoncourt ple session ssweasked——@ News breaks about spoted by aClasse ow good ects?” Angela Gheorghiy's cre, earring her aut (@ Awards 1996-Oisc Traviata ndasarea ‘a Classe CD Choice ofthe Year: Gaaoven bom, We cary ena ctthe @ Curmost ucceest symghonis: Orchesto eet ntensowe win supoleent "Mule at revoutenare at tenon dra ‘the movies" ith A romantquedohn Elot © Gheorghiu's Favta Zot classic cuts Gardiner (2) ‘8OscoftheMonm —_@ Founding Cass (@rsavow with “Power reviewer and fete tssue 61-70: betnd the Proms ter Jeremy J May 95-Feb 98 ‘Beadie css 9 nou Fim Specal we Decemoo ‘akto George Fenton, suocoest © Josephine John Witiams snd “Nuts ano ote" Tewson ‘Michael Nyman abcut —laurchod wh (acressin teatotwrtngior——anariceon Bec TV's ‘nama Sonata form Keene Up (Brian Hurt sts things @ Line a eos Nimbus NEW RELEASES SIR MICHAEL TIPPETT (1905-1998) Conducts: Triple Concerto, Piano Concerto, Ritual Dances from The Midsummer Marriage and other works NIA759 4.CD set (Special price) BEETHOVEN The Complete Violin Sonatas [BENJAMIN HUDSON, ssi MARY VERNEY, rine NI5557/60 4 CD set (Special price) J.S. 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His vigorous, shapely performances of Handel and Mozart and the Beethoven symphonies (discussed here) are classics. ability of Domingo’. | wonder iI please because I'm like another singer or because Tm me ‘What qualities do you try to bring to your singing? [like a clean syle. Ike to atack notes cleanly with no sing potament. ‘No addtional notes or ena expressive devices or mezza coc effects the ‘older eneraton use. You should sing exally what the composer wrte Sir Simon Rattle Since becoming its principal conductor in 1979 Simon Rattle has brought the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra to new peaks of excellence. He still conducts them along with the Berlin and Vienna Philharmonics. He fs admired for is uct style and lucid direction. What advantages do period instruments bring to Beethoven ? Period instrument have a much more individual timbre so you'te aware of the individual personaly. Theve had more ofa sense of being right at the centre of the acion conducting Beethoven symphonies on period instruments than almost any cher period of music with any other orchestra. Take the lst movement ofthe Eighth. I has tobe realy fs, and it can be done with modem ce period orchestras but the ference i that because ofthe namowmess ofthe bands f sound. With a perio Ingrument orchestra you can actually hear more of what's going oo, ‘What are the buzzes of working with an orchestra? [Tho havea major relationship with the CBSO, the Age of Enlightenment and the Vienna Philsamonc. They ll come wishing to work, wishing (0 rake a beter, nck stifed unless it keeps on geting better. Thats whats unusual. There are orchestras which pay wendkrfuly but say “Please dont lst us any further Is having the orchestras that wil play wonderfully and then ae wing to go that exes mile, That's very exeting ‘The Vienna Phitharmonic with its men-only policy hes been described as a litle conservative. Would you agree? Mahler sid "When the end of the world comes Il go to Vienna because ceventhing gets there 20 years too ate, There is kind of truth in that they re using basicaly the sume instruments as atthe tum ofthe century, 1 id know it was possible to have so much fan with so many men, But its good that they'e reaching the twentieth century before i ishes, Roberto Alagna 7 What do you hope to achieve with your Beethoven cycle? ‘You want to be as close to perfection a5 you can in terms ofthe ow of the phrase, the perfect balance, the integrated articulation the sound quality ~ but atthe same time you want to feel the whole thing being created in the moment and tat everyone’ ying by the seat of thelr pants ‘The Sicilian singer is now beginning 7 John Williams a] to be recognised as the leading lyric tenor of his generation after receiving. some adverse publicity and his eritieal dues diminished under the shadow of his wife, the talented soprano Angela Gheorghiu. How does it feel being the Fourth Tenor? Thate being compared to Pavarot. I's not fair because 1 ar After study with Segovia the Melbourne: born guitarist settled in England in the 1950s. He has toured widely and many composers have written for him. He is interested in combining the guitar with electronics and drawing on popular and ‘non-Western idioms, F How crucial isi to play different styles? ‘Our tradonalclassalattudes rest on absurdly song prejudices. There compared 19 huge stars who are 25 years older than me. I want 10 be compared with tenors of my own generation. And yes, in that category Tam doing very well Like any singer I want my own identity. Te read I have 'a voice like Pavarot, the physique of Carers, the acting isa post-imperal assumption that Furope’s classical musi s superior to cher musical cultures and this is wrong. 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(© Awards 96 Dio the Yeo: Vers La travata: Gheorghe OH OrcnesraSr aeerg Soi Decca) irene 88 Classic CD July 1988 tak 1 us about is new the must of ila oye Wor ane rely ets under way in folowing sues vith 2 controversial ok athe at of great Goran barton Ditch | Fischer-Dieskau {© Ncw Jty Cooper 'sfito be rtevioned Inanew back page (urbeteting tim book Lietime Achievement Si Michael Tippett (© Nuts and Bote cares ~ erties “My Cream Mus The ost ambitious (marie on 12ene Nas end Bota fate muse) cnemphenic ‘e Rep.eaions auncred cevlopment features to Dor (@ Ft Composing ‘Competition lune vat op digas Ron Holows), Bana Burrell {and John Woon @Fretot moose inenow vith Woody ‘lon oi acute cassia paces Issue 81-90: an-Oct 87 (9 he tc bidy Interiew with Ske Georg Soll 85 Awards 97-Decet tae ‘lan Bre the Year: sh gt (Classics Val Ronald Cor (Hyperion: Bartok Dike Buevaards (Caste; Aone Sc von (ter; Jono Tomine: Bern Pitarmenie CreetaBerars Hest hie tine errant Ler Wenurin (© Estonian spec ~ neler Paavo Sir ‘and Paul lier @ Kir, Te Kanawa gies her ‘eat owen to Gnas her marrage’. overCecilia Bartoli The leading mezzo-soprano of her age Bartoli Is in demand throughout the world for her sparkling performances of| heroines and increasingly her sensitivity baroque and carly repertoire. She ia thrilling song recitalist delighting audiences with her ural charm and smooth, luscious voice ozart and Rossini You started with Mozart and Rossin. Now you are concentrating on early and baroque music. Wouldn't Carmen be the next logical role? I has been a big suprise for a let of people. People wanted m flamenco fr tourists, Here this lady with a boy ike W with no brains at all singing in huge arena wih What do you hope to convey to an audience when you sing? José Cura ‘One ofthe few young tenors to start attracting the attention that Alagna is aow enjoying. The ee Anyentinian’s debut disc of Paccini aria ‘conducted by Plicide Domingo was a revelation and marks a new era with his dark voice and ‘animal instinet acting His live appearances, i Ihave been riveting definitely one to watch Which is more important to you - singing or acting? Tam an actor who sings not a tenor who pretends to act. IFT have to choose I prefer the roles that I can act and where the pt i believable ~ of cous ‘opera is never believable — but something clove to realty. The challenge of keeping oper alive to make &thlling:you'e taking dangers andl rks, re making efforts to be diferent, Nothing is mor fasting audience than a singer stinding open legged centre sage, tying sure that every note exactly in the same pce. es boring 2 ‘Andes Bocelli lovin Rostropowieh Proketie © p Prete Pte and Vos ested And arate: Sie brour youngest ev Simon Rate oi ne pana of eves: Dame 0 wh tani Edna Everage conse Pinar Edward Migginbotiom up trp as arate 9 foromy Nehele aks @ Drivetime Classics — 1220 AreadiVolodos to Evgeny Kissin Kennedy tur win @ Awards 1988 Ds oF Th Andrew Manze TARTINI ier ae at beautiful and compelling eee Cee eee eae fNBD) PHANTASTICUS Sree Patera er coe Violin Music Andvew Maree, Director eee Pete Wels ML TCs La) For further information please contact: Pn ee enn eC ee Cen eee re ee ee ae ene? 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