I haven't posted anything about Felix Weingartner for a long time. Some consider him to be the greatest conductor of the twentieth century. His tempi were definitive for many. Here...
Read MoreI am reposting Wanda Landowska playing Bach's Goldberg Variations just because I think that it needs reposting. Bach was a genius of the highest order, and Landowska worshipped him. If...
Read MoreElisabeth Höngen had a wide range although she is considered to be a mezzo soprano. She had a beautiful, dramatic voice, and she was an exceptional and very expressive musician....
Read MoreI discovered Judith Beckmann while looking on YouTube. I knew nothing about her previously. When I first heard her, I said to myself, "this is a real voice". I think...
Read MoreFrom time to time, I look up names of singers and then go online to see if they have any performances on YouTube. This was the case with Lotte Schädle,...
Read MoreRudoph Schock grew up in poor conditions after his father's early death. His career began in 1934, when received his first engagement as a choir singer at the city theater...
Read MoreThis piano sonata, one of Schubert's final three sonatas, is one of the most beautiful pieces ever written for the piano. It was published posthumously. For a detailed description of...
Read MoreI have decided to post Schubert's 4 Impromptus Op. 90. I have played a few of these, and they are not easy, but they are a staple of the piano...
Read MoreHelen Watts had a really special contralto voice. She was in the same league as Kathleen Ferrier and Maureen Forrester. Her voice was very rich and sonorous at the same...
Read MoreSometimes, I like to post several performances of the same Lied. In this case, I am posting Wolfe's setting of Goethe's poem "Kennst du das Land". The three singers whom...
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