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| | STRAVINSKY: Petrushka, etc.(Decca)
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Three ballet scores connected by the tragic figure of the great Russian dancer Vaslav Nijinsky make a superb programme.
The main work is Stravinsky's second ballet Petrushka (Petrouchka in French), which makes an ideal vehicle for young Finnish whiz kid Klaus Makela, conducting the Orchestre de Paris.
He has chosen the 1947 revision _ the original 1911 score would have given pianist Bertrand Chamayou more to do _ and makes the most of the folk-inflected rhythms and melodies.
Makela also does very well with Debussy's 18-minute Jeux; and my only slight criticism is that the solo flute in the Prelude à l'Apres-Midi d'Un Faune has a wide beat in his or her tone.
Otherwise the Parisian musicians play very well for their 28-year-old music director and we can marvel again at the music that the great impresario Sergei Diaghilev gave his audiences.
The main work is Stravinsky's second ballet Petrushka (Petrouchka in French), which makes an ideal vehicle for young Finnish whiz kid Klaus Makela, conducting the Orchestre de Paris
TROTTA: Requiem (Hampton Roads)
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A new Requiem is a rare thing and this one, by American composer Michael John Trotta, is both beautiful and very approachable.
He is lucky in his interpreters: the 21 singers of Tenebrae, under their director Nigel Short, sing exquisitely and are sympathetically recorded in St John the Evangelist Church, London.
Trotta's Dies Irae would not frighten a mouse _ it is quite jazzy _ and in fact Trotta has trimmed the text of this medieval sequence back, to avoid having sinners hurled into Hell and so on.
He follows others in giving the Pie Jesu to a solo soprano (Rosanna Wicks) and supports her with an alto (Elisabeth Paul); they are from the choir, as is solo baritone Jimmy Holiday.
With two excellent players sharing the organist's duties this disc will provide solace and inspiration.
A new Requiem is a rare thing and this one, by American composer Michael John Trotta, is both beautiful and very approachable
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| | Lady Gaga celebrated her 38th birthday in style on Wednesday night, as she headed to a five-hour midnight celebration at Giorgio Baldi.
Making a rare appearance with her boyfriend Michael Polansky, the hitmaker slipped into an edgy leather trench coat as she arrived at the swanky eatery.
Gaga cut a glamorous figure in the Knightley Leather Trench Coat, narrow-framed sunglasses and a chunky silver necklace.
But adding one of her quirky twists, the star stepped out in a pair of huge platform boots with an eight-inch heel.
Gaga is set to star as Dr. Harleen Quinzel aka Harley Quinn opposite Joaquin Phoenix's Joker in the upcoming sequel Joker: Folie à Deux, which will be released on October 4.
Lady Gaga showed off her edgy sense of style in a leather trench coat as she celebrated her 38th birthday with her boyfriend Michael Polansky at Giorgio Baldi on Wednesday
The singer made a rare appearance with her boyfriend Michael Polansky as she headed to her birthday celebration
Polansky is an executive at Parker Group and is nine years Lady Gaga's senior
According to onlookers, the group spent five hours in the eatery celebrating Gaga's birthday before heading home.
Gaga previously stunned fans when she shared her unseen, fresh-faced yearbook snaps in 2019.
With bare skin and voluminous brunette tresses, the award-winning actress, who was born Stefani Joanne Germanotta, looks a far cry from the preened, platinum beauty we have come to know.
Gaga appears shy as a teenager in the set of fascinating yearbook photos from her time at Convent of The Sacred Heart.
The seventh grade shots, which are almost 20 years old, show the then-singing-protegee happy as smiling whilst with friends.
In one particular black-and-white image, a young Lady Gaga can be seen with a hat on her head, and her hands on her hips, taking part in an on-stage production, honing her acting skills aged 13.
Another shot shows the chart-topping star gathered with her classmates clad in a school uniform, complete with pleated skirt, white shirt and buttoned up cardigan.
She and her boyfriend Michael were first linked in January 2020 when they shared a kiss in Las Vegas to celebrate the New Year.
Gaga teamed her look with a pair of dangerously high platform heels as she exited the eatery with her boyfriend and a group of pals
Gaga cut a glamorous figure in the fitted black leather coat, narrow-framed sunglasses and a chunky silver necklace
Adding one of her quirky twists, the star stepped out in a pair of huge platform boots with an eight-inch heel
Gaga previously stunned fans when she shared her unseen, fresh-faced yearbook snaps
The seventh grade shots, which are almost 20 years old, show the then-singing-protegee happy as smiling whilst with friends
According to onlookers, the group spent five hours in the eatery celebrating Gaga's birthday before heading home
Gaga is set to star as Dr. Harleen Quinzel aka Harley Quinn opposite Joaquin Phoenix's Joker in the upcoming sequel Joker: Folie à Deux, which will be released on October 4
She and Michael were first linked in January 2020 when they shared a kiss in Las Vegas to celebrate the New Year
They two had a brief split in early 2023, but seemed to have patched things up by the summer
According to OK Magazine , last year their relationship 'hit a wall' and was thought to have run its course
The two had a brief split in early 2023, but seemed to have patched things up by the summer.
Polansky is an executive at Parker Group and is nine years Lady Gaga's senior.
According to OK Magazine, last year their relationship 'hit a wall' and was thought to have run its course.
They reportedly decided to go their separate ways due to the singer-songwriter wanting marriage and children and the tech executive not being ready to take those steps.
Throughout their time dating, Gaga and Polansky have attended the Super Bowl, the BAFTAs, and the Critics Choice Awards together.
Since August, the two have been pictured several times together, including an appearance at a Saturday Night Live afterparty where they were seen arriving hand-in-hand.
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