TREEMONISHA
THE HOUSTON GRAND OPERA / GUNTHER SCHULLER
Componist: Scott Joplin
SACD
2 disc(s)
Opera / Operette
Verwachte levertijd (in NL): 1 - 3 werkdagen
| Staat: | Nieuw |
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| Label: | Pentatone |
| Barcode: | 0827949022166 |
Houston Grand Opera, Gunther Schuller
This release is an outstanding version of Scott Joplin’s opera Treemonisha. Not only because this recording - which was orchestrated by the American composer and jazz musician Gunther Schuller in 1975 for the Houston Grand Opera - probably comes the closest to Joplin’s original intention, but also because the recording’s crisp and bright sound can now be cherished on 2 SACDs, complete with a full libretto in English.
Joplin’s uniquely beautiful and dearly inspiring score is a buoyant blend of ragtime, vaudeville and grand opera, with lots of dancing, a big portion for the chorus, and arias and ensembles of stunning beauty. The composition has an inherently American tone and it was definitely created by a true entertainer. It is “a landmark set”, as Christopher Cook put it in a review in BBC Music Magazine (August 2005).
Joplin:
Treemonisha
"Treemonisha’s love interest, is sung by the forthright lyric tenor Curtis Rayam, the rather platitudinous Parson Alltalk by the solid bass-baritone Edward Pierson. The Broadway singer Ben Harney, as Zodzetrick—the principal ‘conjurer’ who preys on the community and threatens Treemonisha—has easily the clearest diction."
Opera - October 2015
