Sad News- German Conductor Gerd Albrecht, 78, Has Died
Although he was never a glamorous, high profile podium star , Gerd Albrecht , 78 , had a long and distinguished career and left a legacy of numewrous recordings of obscure but interesting operas by...
View ArticleMissed opportunities the could-have-been-greats
Recording history is full of missed opportunities recordings that could have been very good, but for a crucial case of bad miscasting. Realizing that commercial considerations and conflicting...
View ArticleI need your help cataloguing this CD
I have come up with a snag in my going through the CDs in the Vladimir Horowitz Carnegie Hall box. The problem is the last two works on CD 36. The problem is a cataloguing one. It is unclear what role...
View ArticleSeriously Out of Date?
I first became interested in Schubert's lieder back in the 1970s, and I found that I really liked the baritones rather than the tenors for song cycles such as Die Winterreise or Die schöne Müllerin, so...
View ArticleAribert Reimann
http://www.schott-music.com/shop/per...ibert-reimann/ Quote: Aribert Reimann (born 4 March 1936) is a German composer, pianist and accompanist, known especially for his literary operas. His version of...
View Article14 Hours of Classic Singers on Blu-ray
I've been waiting for this one! Classic Archive: Voices 14 hours of recitals and television broadcasts featuring Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Gundula Janowitz, Regine Crespin, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Rita...
View ArticleWinterreise by Bostridge, Drake
What a wonderful day this was! First, a talk on Winterreise by none other than Susan Youens, author of "Retracing a Winter's Journey: Schubert's Winterreise." Then, the long-awaited Winterreise by Ian...
View ArticleSingers who also conduct
A few days ago I saw mention that the Thomas Quasthoff, the great baritone who retired in 2012, is scheduled to conduct the Bach St. Matthew Passion at this summer's Verbier Festival. This brought to...
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