Artwork

Content provided by Presto Music. All podcast content including episodes, graphics, and podcast descriptions are uploaded and provided directly by Presto Music or their podcast platform partner. If you believe someone is using your copyrighted work without your permission, you can follow the process outlined here https://player.fm/legal.
Player FM - Podcast App
Go offline with the Player FM app!

La Divina - Rob Cowan and Alain Lanceron on the centenary of Maria Callas's birth

56:18
 
Share
 

Manage episode 392280777 series 2739605
Content provided by Presto Music. All podcast content including episodes, graphics, and podcast descriptions are uploaded and provided directly by Presto Music or their podcast platform partner. If you believe someone is using your copyrighted work without your permission, you can follow the process outlined here https://player.fm/legal.

As every opera-fan must surely be aware by now, December saw the centenary of Maria Callas’s birth, and Warner Classics marked the occasion by issuing the most comprehensive collection of her recordings ever released – clocking in at a whopping 131 CDs, La Divina offers the chance to experience Callas’s unique qualities in all 74 roles for which audio documents exist, and also includes a bonus CD of alternative takes from recording-sessions in the 1960s.
In this latest episode of the Presto Podcast, our host Rob Cowan is joined by Warner Classics and Erato President Alain Lanceron to reflect on Callas’s vast and varied recorded legacy – discussing just what it was that made her singing so special, exploring how attitudes to her artistry have shifted over the decades, explaining how decisions were made as to what to include on this tribute edition, and selecting some personal highlights along the way…

Presto Music
All things musical... on your doorstep!
Visit our website:
www.prestomusic.com
Follow us on Facebook, Twitter or Instagram
Love us? Review us on Trustpilot, Facebook or Google

  continue reading

48 episodes

Artwork
iconShare
 
Manage episode 392280777 series 2739605
Content provided by Presto Music. All podcast content including episodes, graphics, and podcast descriptions are uploaded and provided directly by Presto Music or their podcast platform partner. If you believe someone is using your copyrighted work without your permission, you can follow the process outlined here https://player.fm/legal.

As every opera-fan must surely be aware by now, December saw the centenary of Maria Callas’s birth, and Warner Classics marked the occasion by issuing the most comprehensive collection of her recordings ever released – clocking in at a whopping 131 CDs, La Divina offers the chance to experience Callas’s unique qualities in all 74 roles for which audio documents exist, and also includes a bonus CD of alternative takes from recording-sessions in the 1960s.
In this latest episode of the Presto Podcast, our host Rob Cowan is joined by Warner Classics and Erato President Alain Lanceron to reflect on Callas’s vast and varied recorded legacy – discussing just what it was that made her singing so special, exploring how attitudes to her artistry have shifted over the decades, explaining how decisions were made as to what to include on this tribute edition, and selecting some personal highlights along the way…

Presto Music
All things musical... on your doorstep!
Visit our website:
www.prestomusic.com
Follow us on Facebook, Twitter or Instagram
Love us? Review us on Trustpilot, Facebook or Google

  continue reading

48 episodes

All episodes

×
 
Loading …

Welcome to Player FM!

Player FM is scanning the web for high-quality podcasts for you to enjoy right now. It's the best podcast app and works on Android, iPhone, and the web. Signup to sync subscriptions across devices.

 

Quick Reference Guide