I’ve noticed a weird thing about this particular thread.
It doesn’t show up when I go into Lounge>EndeavorOS Pub. Nor does it pop up in the ‘‘Latest’’ column on the forum front page, when there’s a new reply.
I have to go into my own personal profile, and hunt it down in my ‘‘activity’’ section, or go into someone elses profile, a person I know has posted in this thread not too long ago.
How I found this thread first time around is a mystery then, I must have been drunk at the time.
Weird. Is it supposed to be like this?
Edit: When I log out, then it suddenly shows up in the ‘‘Latest’’ column. When I’m logged in, the thread is nowhere to be found.
Yes, this is Wagner, although it doesn’t sound very much like his music. He composed this when studying composition at the age of 19. It was his first published work, dedicated to his teacher Theodor Weinlig (who was at the time the Thomaskantor, the job held by J.S. Bach some 100 years earlier).
This is one of the best opera recordings ever made.
Yes, it’s mono (recorded in 1951) but the sound is good quality, the cast is a “dream” one, and the conducting - well, you don’t get better than Fritz Reiner.
This is the first opera recording I ever bought (in January 1958). I asked several of my more knowledgeable friends and teachers which was the “best” recording of Carmen and they ALL said that this was it.
I still have my original album and it is still fully playable. In 1984 I did buy a “protection” copy on Italian RCA and later I also bought the CD set.
It is still available on CD [ Carmen ] (please pardon the “advert”) and I can easily recommend it to everyone, especially those who think that they “don’t like opera.”
Maxim Fadeev (Максим Фадеев)
In my opinion, without false modesty - a great man. A man with a very difficult fate. A man, a phenomenon in Russian music. I have a great respect for Maxim… and I’d be happy to just shake his hand.
