#monica groop

[orpheusz]

#kaija saariaho #esa-pekka salonen #gerald finley #dawn upshaw #monica groop #peter sellars #finish national opera chorus #finish national opera orchestra #l'amour de loin #susato

[zhanteimi]

L' Opéra national de Paris / Esa-Pekka Salonen / Monica Groop / Pia Freund / Jyrki Korhonen / Tuomas Katajala – Adriana Mater (Kaija Saariaho / Amin Maalouf)

L’ Opéra national de Paris / Esa-Pekka Salonen / Monica Groop / Pia Freund / Jyrki Korhonen / Tuomas Katajala – Adriana Mater (Kaija Saariaho / Amin Maalouf)

Finland / Lebanon, 2006, spectralism / opera This is my first full-on encounter with spectralism, a form of music that favors timbre and texture over the more generally appealing elements of melody and harmony. I assume adding opera into the mix just creates another level separating this recording from what normally reaches the ears of people on a daily basis. When I read that the origins of…

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#2006 #finland #lebanon #opera #spectralism

[illimitablespaces]

Edvard Grieg

Sex Digte (Ibsensangene) op. 25, no. 2: En svane (Six Ibsen songs, no. 2: A swan)

Barbara Hendricks, soprano; Roland Pöntinen, piano

#Edvard Grieg #Barbara Hendricks #Hendricks may be my favorite singer of Grieg's songs #after Monica Groop #sensitivity to the poetry/not just perfecting the notes

[notyourbirthdayanymore]

Vergnügte Ruh, beleibte Seelenlust, Cantata BWV 170, J.S. Bach. Performed by Monica Groop & The Ostrobothnian Camber Orchestra

Gorgeous voice!

#music #js bach #bach #monica groop #faves