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In Reply to: RE: Lieder CDs you like by current singers posted by bald2 on March 23, 2015 at 10:13:25
My current fave is Ruth Ziesak - she's been around for a fairly long time, but she still sings extremely well. My wife and I just saw her in the Brahms German Requiem last month, and she still sounds great. (My wife in particular was very moved by the whole performance.) Ziesak has an additional advantage in that many of her Lieder recordings are on mid-priced labels:
In particular, I think that the way she does those Suleika songs by Schubert is so perfect and on my wavelength that I just can't imagine other performances of these songs rising up to her standard. Of course, this is again just personal taste.
And finally, I heartily recommend one of her recordings of Bach's Cantata No. 51 (Jauchzet Gott in allen Landen), even though this is obviously not a Lieder type work and even though none of these recordings have ideal engineering or string accompaniments. (The trumpet obligato parts are played very well of course.) Just thrilling! (Although here I recognize that there are other excellent performances of this work too.)
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I just listened to some of her Schubert and Brahms via youtube. A lovely voice and fine artist.
While not possessed with as touching or as beautiful an instrument as Fink or say, Margaret Price (who is peerless most of the time, as far as I'm concerned) for me, I rather like Ziesak's singing. Thanks for the recommendation.
I just listened to some of her Schubert and Brahms via youtube. A lovely voice and fine artist.
While not possessed with as touching or as beautiful an instrument as Fink or say, Margaret Price (who is peerless most of the time, as far as I'm concerned) I rather like Ziesak's singing. Thanks for the recommendation.
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