Luciana Serra is an Italian coloratura soprano and teacher, best known for her brilliant, agile singing as the Queen of the Night in Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte. Beginning her international career...
Read MoreI posted this in 2018, and I think that it is time to repost it. Ljuba Welitsch is well known to certain opera lovers, but may not be known by...
Read MoreAlbert Coates was one of the most outstanding conductors of his generation; he excelled in the Romantic operatic and symphonic repertoire, conducting particularly memorable performances of Russian music and Wagner's...
Read MoreIngeborg Hallstein is a German coloratura soprano, born in Munich on May 23, 1936. This is a very well-produced voice, with no tension in the swallowing muscles and incredible breath...
Read MoreI am posting Beethoven's Trio op.97 (the Archduke). This trio was really written for three virtuosi. The trio that is playing this chamber piece was among the finest ever formed....
Read MoreI don't do this very often. In fact, I can't remember having done it before. Here is a live recording of Richard Strauss's Capriccio, with the part of the Countess...
Read MoreThe six Cello Suites, BWV 1007-1012, are suites for unaccompanied cello by Johann Sebastian Bach. They are some of the most frequently performed and recognizable solo compositions ever written for...
Read MoreThis was a great voice. Wilma Lipp started out as a coloratura soprano, and, as she got older, she added heavier roles. She was an Austrian operatic soprano and voice...
Read MoreI have decided to post Gaspard de la nuit. I first posted this in 2020 with Marcelle Meyer playing. I have heard another performance by the young British pianist, who...
Read MoreI am posting a wonderful performance of Schubert's piano trio No. 1 in B-flat major. Schubert began composing the piano trio no. 1 in 1827, the year before his death,...
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