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Regarding Gallardo-Domas, what a gorgeous voice, right up to the perfect, high C's. What happened to her?
As for Studer, a pity she wore out her voice but what a Salome she left behind: so demented, so beautiful and powerful but more "pliant" than the classic clarion-voiced Nilsson. Yes, Studer swoops, but just listen to her "Ah" as the head raises from the floor. Studer is absolutely possessed, IMHO. Also, Sinopoli mines progressions and colors that I've not heard elsewhere.
Both put me in the "zone" like no other I've yet heard in either part.
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Two Album Selections each (with appropriate quotes from Amazon posters). . .Elina Garanca ("The difficult made to sound effortless"):
(Love her Grace Kelly hair on the Romantique album, and that severe look on the Lieder album is great too! - Elina, I've been a bad boy!)Anna Moffo ("unbelievably beautiful and touching"):
(The Debussy album got a lot of brickbats thrown at it by critics - but it's SO sensuous!)Urszula Koszut (Who?? - My favorite recording of Beethoven's impossibly cruel solo soprano part in his Ninth Symphony - originally recorded in quad too!):
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now we're talkin'.
Her voice is indeed quite beautiful, and once again, Saint Saens pulls a gorgeous tune out of mid air.
Thanks for the lead.
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There was an abundance of lieder on LP back in the hunting and collecting days. Fortunately, most of it was rather inexpensive. I have a nice collection of Brahms, Schubert, Beethoven, Mozart, Schumann, Wolf, Liszt, Debussy, Faure, Ravel, Poulenc ... song/lieder.
The Elly Ameling and Jessye Norman are great recordings for Brahms inspired epiphanies
More recent recordings would be the Hyperion CDs with Graham Johnson accompanying various singers: Ian Bostridge, Christopher Maltman, Robert Holl, Simon Bode, Angelika Kirchschlager, Christine Schäfer.
Enjoy the music.
I love Brahms' piano music, especially the popular and often autumnal Op. 118 and 119.
Any greatest hits from the lieder you'd recommend for a newbie that are similar?
Some of Brahms works for chorus and orchestra are exquisitely beautiful at times but the Motets seemed a bit cold, though I'll try them again someday.
And yes, the piano parts are reminiscent of other works.
Other samples of some that I really like:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JUnazCYUe3o
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=klBWR8K6aww
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SMVuNYlWz2k (Botschaft)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=olwyy3P5eDM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MuFsVKHNvcw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=59g4rHvXEDs
Enjoy the music.
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Autumnal and deep Goerne, superb recording quality, Eschenbach is subtle and stretched-out in the piano parts (which are very similar to Op. 116-119 period). Not surprising, since the Op. 121 Vier Ernste Gesange are among Brahms' last catalogued works. Goerne is a pre-eminent Lieder singer (baritone).
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The Nuit paisible aria always renders me speechless and humbled in the presence of such rapture and beauty.My favorite recording is LP of course with Minton, Fischer-Dieskau, Domingo and Cotrubas.
Another favorite is Renata Tebaldi singing "Ebben? Ne andro lontana"from Catalani's La Wally.
Then there's the Duo des fleurs (Flower Duet) from Delibes Lakmé.
And the Bella figlia dell'amore quartet from Verdi's Rigoletto.
Enjoy the music.
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The one Berlioz opera that really captured my attention. I picked up Colin Davis' first Lp box set sound unheard and was really taken by the music. I prefer it to the later set with Baker.
I remember one duet being particularly ravishing and I'll bet it's the one you mention. Any title with "nuit" in it must be good. : ) I don't know the recording you suggested at all. That's why I like this place. : )
I'm just being light-hearted...I CAN'T -- I just CAN'T -- begin to think about all of my favorite moments of vocal music that put me "in the zone". My head will explode -- no, seriously, grey matter on the keyboard BOOM!:-)
To put it differently, give me 30 seconds of a Handel run by DiDonato and I am probably THERE. Hell, maybe I just get stimulated too easily!:-)
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during the past year. To be honest, I still believe it is an "acquired taste" as it is the Baroquest of Baroque. That said, the operas have superb instrumental parts, and countless vocal runs that are some of the most virtuosic ever devised.
Sample before investing on your streaming service. Many of the librettos are readily available online for the most popular works.
Here is one place to start:
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