Gerard Souzay
Gérard Souzay Back many years ago, my father (Z/L) was a great fan of this singer. Mr. Souzay had an unusually beautiful way of performing the music of Franz Schubert and Richard Strauss, even though...
View ArticleDer Doppelgänger but not as we know it
As far as you can get from Schubert. Der Doppelgänger Charles Panzéra, 1934 with solemn orchestral accompaniment, in French and in a style that's more Opéra comique than Lieder. Later, Gerard Souzay...
View ArticleA Blog About Music Part I
For those who don’t know me (which is many of you reading), I am a classically trained pianist and singer with about 14 years on the former, including three years as a piano performance major, and...
View ArticleClassical music Q&A: The Annals of Accompanying, Part 1 of 2. The Ear talks...
By Jacob Stockinger Baritone Paul Rowe and pianist Martha Fischer have been performing song and song cycles together for almost two decades at the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Music . Some...
View ArticleStéphane Degout Wigmore Hall
Wonderful Wigmore Hall recital with Stéphane Degout and Simon Lepper. Degout is one of the great names in French repertoire and in French baroque in particular. He sang Thésée in the Glyndebourne...
View ArticleGERARD SOUZAY - Airs anciens d'Italie et d'Espagne
Airs anciens d'Italie et d'Espagne Extraits de l'anthologie "Canzone Scordate" Gérard Souzay, baritone Dalton Baldwin, piano Lumen LD 3-430 Original mono LP rip Recorded 1958 FLAC image, cuesheet |...
View ArticleSquare-cut or pear-shape
On this day in 1949, Jule Styne‘s musical Gentlemen Prefer Blondes opened at the Ziegfeld Theater. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UcyDo0fthZI Born on this day in 1865 composer Jean Sibelius...
View ArticleLa Ligne Corolle
On this day in 1946 designer Christian Dior and his backer Marcel Boussac founded Maison Dior. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CwjYzi7WGcE Born on this day in 1865 composer Jean Sibelius...
View ArticleRecent updates to previously posted music
8/5/16 Summer Nights #7 +1CD Mendelssohn's String Quintets at the Marlboro Festival 1990 (a rip by Corrado D.) 8/5/16 In the Name of Music +1CD set Mendelssohn's Elias by Wolfgang Sawallisch (a rip by...
View ArticleJonas Kaufmann triumphant: the plenitude of a great artista
I won´t mince words: the most important tenor chamber recital in more than four decades. Jonas Kaufmann, a week after the ill-planned ending of the Barenboim Festival, came back for a song session...
View ArticleA girl like I
On this day in 1949 the Jule Styne musical Gentlemen Prefer Blondes opened on Broadway. httpvh//www.youtube.com/watch?v=UcyDo0fthZI On this day in 1849 Verdi’s Luisa Miller premiered in Naples....
View ArticleRecent updates to previously posted music
03/29/17 Debussy #4 +1CD Etudes by Gordon Fergus-Thompson (1990) 03/28/17 Summer Nights #5 +1CD Melodies Françaises (Berlioz, Ibert, Poulenc, Ropartz) by José van Dam (1988) 03/23/17 Brahms +1CD set...
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