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The Los Angeles Philharmonic celebrated the second season with Music Director Gustavo Dudamel with this opening night concert, Celebración. The gala concert featured another Latin American artist, tenor Juan Diego Flórez. The concert was broadcast nationally on NPR and was taped for a PBS broadcast this December. The program includes a first half of bel canto favorites with both overtures and bravura arias as performed by Flórez. The second half featured the music of Latin America in both song and orchestral works including the popular song, Granada. The video includes back stage footage and interviews with the artists. Program: Rossini: Overture to La gazza ladra Details Rossini: "Principe più non se" from La Cenerentola Rossini: Semiramide Overture Details Listen Rossini: "La speranza più soave" from Semiramide Intermission Granda (arr. Flórez): La flor de la canela Lara (arr. Guinovart): Granada Moncayo: Huapango Grever (arr. Guinovart): Júrame Gutiérrez (arr. Pena): Alma llanera Márquez: Danzón No. 2
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19 of 19 people found the following review helpful
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I just received the DVD from Amazon and have had it on continuous play all day. The young Maestro really brings out details in the two Rossini overtures I have never heard or noticed before.....the performance of the overture to Semiramide made my hair stand on end. Dudamel is quite a showman .........he is fun to watch. During the big crescendos in the Rossini overtures he actually stops waving his arms and sorta dances his way through them.
Juan Diego Flores was in great voice for this performance ........... it seems he was very relaxed and was really into performing that night..................is there a better Rossini/ bel canto tenor singing today?? I think not.
He brought the house down with his encore, the high C laden aria from Le Fille du Regiment.
Great disc......not to be missed.
Juan Diego Flores was in great voice for this performance ........... it seems he was very relaxed and was really into performing that night..................is there a better Rossini/ bel canto tenor singing today?? I think not.
He brought the house down with his encore, the high C laden aria from Le Fille du Regiment.
Great disc......not to be missed.
27 of 29 people found the following review helpful
This is a fabulous concert, and though it leans towards Latin music, there is plenty to admire, enjoy, and love. Dudamel is definitely a "hot conductor" in that he seems to become himself electrified by the music he's performing. His conducting of the Rossini "Semiramide" overture is electrifying. There are moments when he just "stands there", smiling at the music he's getting his fabulous orchestra to perform. Moreover, there are some wonderful "close-ups" of the strings, piccolos, etc, as they burrow through the incredibly taxing measures of the rather longish overture. This musicians are something to behold. The DVD is enhanced by the panning of the players. Ditto for the Latin orchestral numbers as well. Dudamel certainly knows how to "turn on" his orchestra. The results are stunning to the ear.
Of Juan Diego Florez, what can one say? The guy is the greatest and most astonishing tenor in this repertoire known to me. To compare any previous competitors is a waste of time. His two Rossini arias, one from "Cenerentola" and the other from "Semiramide" (a really fiendish piece of vocal music requiring coloratura cadenzas and repetitions, is enough to astonish you. His singing of such latin songs as "Granada", as well as other Latin favorites, are balm for the ears. Moreover, he gives two incredible encores ==== the "Ah, mez amis" from Donizetti's "La Fille de Regiment" (one of his "hit arias) with those nine incredible high C's, as well as The Djuke's "La Donna de Mobile" from Rigoletto", to which he adds a few extra "grace notes" gliding over the music as though he were a champion ice skater, and his climatic top C seems to last forever.
It's incredibly rich musical evening, and each selection is prefaced by an explanation of the music beforehand. It's a jewel of a concert, and the audience obviously realized that it was getting it's money's worth and then some. Heartily recommended to all who love this wonderful music. The Dudamel/Florez combo is truly an amazing musical experience. For those who love Florez, this DVD is a must.
Of Juan Diego Florez, what can one say? The guy is the greatest and most astonishing tenor in this repertoire known to me. To compare any previous competitors is a waste of time. His two Rossini arias, one from "Cenerentola" and the other from "Semiramide" (a really fiendish piece of vocal music requiring coloratura cadenzas and repetitions, is enough to astonish you. His singing of such latin songs as "Granada", as well as other Latin favorites, are balm for the ears. Moreover, he gives two incredible encores ==== the "Ah, mez amis" from Donizetti's "La Fille de Regiment" (one of his "hit arias) with those nine incredible high C's, as well as The Djuke's "La Donna de Mobile" from Rigoletto", to which he adds a few extra "grace notes" gliding over the music as though he were a champion ice skater, and his climatic top C seems to last forever.
It's incredibly rich musical evening, and each selection is prefaced by an explanation of the music beforehand. It's a jewel of a concert, and the audience obviously realized that it was getting it's money's worth and then some. Heartily recommended to all who love this wonderful music. The Dudamel/Florez combo is truly an amazing musical experience. For those who love Florez, this DVD is a must.
20 of 25 people found the following review helpful
That conductor Gustavo Dudamel is a welcome addition to the Los Angeles music scene is a given. His energy and enthusiasm and passion for music is infectious and the orchestra loves him as much as the audience. This recording of the Gala Opening Night for the 2010-2011 season is more like a Prom concert or a New Year's spectacular. The music is light but very well performed, the guest soloist is the handsome current rage of the bel canto opera stage Juan Diego Flórez, and the emphasis of the evening is fun. There is less concern for craftsmanship and repertoire than there is for simply having a good time - balloons, confetti and all.
The first half of the concert is devoted to Rossini with Dudamel spinning and dancing the overtures to 'La Gaza Ladra' and Semiramide' and Flórez having a jolly time with arias form 'La Centerentola' and 'Semiramide'. After intermission the stage became Latin in honor of both Dudamel's (Venezuela) and Flórez's (Peru) roots, and in appreciation that there is a very large Hispanic population in Los Angeles the orchestra hopes to capture. The orchestra bounced through José Pablo Moncayo's "Huapango" and Arturo Márquez's Danzon No. 2 and Flórez offered some all but forgettable 'canciones' and ended the concert with a couple more of bel canto arias. Dudamel and Flórez appear to be having a great time on this DVD, but the sound is only mediocre and the camera work is distracting. Of note, the other evenings of this opening of the new season were not repeats of the fiesta, but rather got down to some serious music - Beethoven and Schumann. It is a shame those concerts were not captured instead. Grady Harp, December 10
The first half of the concert is devoted to Rossini with Dudamel spinning and dancing the overtures to 'La Gaza Ladra' and Semiramide' and Flórez having a jolly time with arias form 'La Centerentola' and 'Semiramide'. After intermission the stage became Latin in honor of both Dudamel's (Venezuela) and Flórez's (Peru) roots, and in appreciation that there is a very large Hispanic population in Los Angeles the orchestra hopes to capture. The orchestra bounced through José Pablo Moncayo's "Huapango" and Arturo Márquez's Danzon No. 2 and Flórez offered some all but forgettable 'canciones' and ended the concert with a couple more of bel canto arias. Dudamel and Flórez appear to be having a great time on this DVD, but the sound is only mediocre and the camera work is distracting. Of note, the other evenings of this opening of the new season were not repeats of the fiesta, but rather got down to some serious music - Beethoven and Schumann. It is a shame those concerts were not captured instead. Grady Harp, December 10
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