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Die Sänger und die Musiker
Spotlighting artists who sang and played with freedom.
Helping familiarize today’s music lovers with names and performances of those from the past, both singers and instrumentalists.
Joseph Schmidt, tenor
January 19, 2021JOSEPH SCHMIDT It is impossible to assess how many great artists were among the casualties of the last war. We do... Read More
Maria Reining, Austrian lirico-dramatic soprano
January 4, 2021Maria Reining (August 7, 1903 in Vienna – March 11, 1991 in Deggendorf) was an Austrian soprano, honored with the title... Read More
Licia Albanese, lirico-spinto soprano
January 2, 2021Some. may ask, and it is a fair question, why do I post the same pieces all the time? Not necessarily... Read More
Rachmaninov’s Third Piano Concerto in D minor, Emil Gilels soloist
December 19, 2020Emil Gilels Born: October 19, 1916 - Odessa, Russia Died: October 14, 1985 - Moscow, Russia Emil Grigoryevich Gilels was a... Read More
Joseph Rogatchewsky, Russo/French lyric tenor
December 17, 2020Joseph Rogatchewsky (November 20, 1891 – March 31, 1985) was a French operatic tenor. Born in Mirgorod (Ukraine), Rogatchewsky came to... Read More
Robert Couzinou, French Baritone
December 12, 2020Julien Pierre Bernard Cousinou, called Robert Cousinou, was a French baritone. He was born on October 2, 1888, and he died... Read More
Roger Bourdin, French Baritone
December 8, 2020Bourdin is singing two songs by an obscure French composer named André-Joseph d'Exaudet. I don't know who the poets were. When... Read More
Miguel VillaBella, lyric tenor
November 29, 2020It's getting to a point where I have to develop a system to remember whom I have posted. As I was... Read More
Brahms 2nd Piano Concerto in B-flat major, op. 83
November 23, 2020I seem to find myself in a Brahmsian universe. As such, I am posting this performance of the Brahms 2nd Piano... Read More