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In Reply to: One of my Dad's absolute faves... posted by docw on August 3, 2006 at 14:04:20:
If you want to hear her closer to the peak of her prowess, get the 1954 version of Four Last Songs (It's available on CD). Not as moody or as dark and evocative as the Szell version, but being much younger, she has a remarkable flexibility in the range and takes the pieces in much faster tempo (perhaps her voice was in better shape?). Where the Szell version sounds like she contemplating the end, the earlier version reeks of youth and life. I like both, but her vocal suppleness on the earlier version continues to amaze me.
Stu
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- Re: One of my Dad's absolute faves... - unclestu52 14:49:36 08/03/06 (1)
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