Kathleen Battle, T. Troyanos Rosenkavalier Act II Duet LIVE (1986) "Mir ist die Ehre widerfahren"
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Metropolitan opera 1986
Sophie: Kathleen Battle
Octavian: Tatiana Troyanos
Conductor: James Levine
One review near the time of this recording pondered whether Kathleen Battle was the best Sophie the Met had ever heard. You can understand why. Such shimmering purity, beauty of tone, liquid legato and sense of Straussian style is truly rare. Troyanos is generally very good, though struggles a little on some high notes, but is a good artist and partner.
My favourite studio performance is Barbara Bonney with Susan Graham - they recorded this excerpt with the Vienna Philharmonic and Christoph Eschenbach for the Strauss Heroines disc that was mainly a vehicle for Fleming, but sadly it didn't fit on that disc. It was later released on a "best of" Barbara Bonney collection entitled "the radiant voice of Barbara Bonney". The sense of synergy between the two artists is magnetic there, making one hear the music afresh as if it was newly composed - an astonishing recording. Bonney also sings Sophie's most famous phrase in one breath, a stupendous feat, especially when the tone is so beautifully full.
Sadly (and surprisingly) Battle never sang Sophie in the studio, so this is a precious document. The extraordinary characteristics of her voice mean that it lacks blend, and so I find her performances of the final trio flawless vocally but unsatisfactory because her voice is always audibly separate from Strauss' carefully woven aural texture. In this clip, which is more of a conventional solo/duet moment, blend is less important and so the voice is perfectly placed to serve the music.
Metropolitan opera 1986
Sophie: Kathleen Battle
Octavian: Tatiana Troyanos
Conductor: James Levine
One review near the time of this recording pondered whether Kathleen Battle was the best Sophie the Met had ever heard. You can understand why. Such shimmering purity, beauty of tone, liquid legato and sense of Straussian style is truly rare. Troyanos is generally very good, though struggles a little on some high notes, but is a good artist and partner.
My favourite studio performance is Barbara Bonney with Susan Graham - they recorded this excerpt with the Vienna Philharmonic and Christoph Eschenbach for the Strauss Heroines disc that was mainly a vehicle for Fleming, but sadly it didn't fit on that disc. It was later released on a "best of" Barbara Bonney collection entitled "the radiant voice of Barbara Bonney". The sense of synergy between the two artists is magnetic there, making one hear the music afresh as if it was newly composed - an astonishing recording. Bonney also sings Sophie's most famous phrase in one breath, a stupendous feat, especially when the tone is so beautifully full.
Sadly (and surprisingly) Battle never sang Sophie in the studio, so this is a precious document. The extraordinary characteristics of her voice mean that it lacks blend, and so I find her performances of the final trio flawless vocally but unsatisfactory because her voice is always audibly separate from Strauss' carefully woven aural texture. In this clip, which is more of a conventional solo/duet moment, blend is less important and so the voice is perfectly placed to serve the music.
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