Jan 25, 2008

A week in music: week 1





I wanted to do this for a long time, so here I start it, finally.
A day-by-day music journal, so that I can keep track of the CDs I listen to most.


Week 1: Monday 21 -> Friday 25, January 2008
  • Monday
    Donizetti's La Fille du Régiment, MET live performance, 1972; Richard Bonynge conducting, Joan Sutherland, Luciano Pavarotti (available in CD with the same previous three, but recorded with the Royal Opera House Chorus and Orchestra, Covent Garden).

  • Tuesday
    Beniamino Gigli's New York recordings (1927-1928), volume 5

  • Wednesday
    Verdi's La Forza del Destino, CD1 (Act 1 & beginning of act 2)

  • Thursday
    Verdi's Don Carlos, CD3 (Act 4 & 5)

  • Friday
    Mascagni's Cavalleria Rusticana (Pietro Mascagni conducting in this 1938 recording)



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