I seem to be on a chamber music kick. Yesterday, Brahms, today, Mendelssohn. This is the Mendelssohn Octet, opus 20. Mendelssohn wrote it when he was a teenager. The performers...
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This is a special posting. There will be many people who have not heard of Hugues Cuénod, who died in 2010 at 108. Cuénod had a light French tenor voice,...
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The short, but brilliant career of the Spanish tenor Miguel Fleta lasted for sixteen years, from his debut in Trieste 1919 until his retirement in 1935. He died three years...
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I am not going to make this a long post. The reason that I put this up is for you to hear Giuseppi Giacomini. Here he is singing "Nessun Dorma"...
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These are the Rachmaninoff Vespers, otherwise known as the All Night Vigil, conducted by Alexander Sveshnikov Soloists: Klara Korkan and Konstantin Ognevo in 1965. This is a longer piece than...
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Dino Borgioli (February 15, 1891 – September 12, 1960) was an Italian lyric tenor. Praised by critics for his musicianship, he was particularly associated with roles in operas composed by...
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