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...
Read MoreThis 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,...
Read MoreThe 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...
Read MoreI 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"...
Read MoreThese 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...
Read MoreDino 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...
Read MoreAlthough this blog posting is ostensibly about the great Swedish dramatic soprano, Birgit Nilsson, it is going to take us little a while to actually listen to clips. The reason...
Read MoreFranz Völker (March 31, 1899, Neu-Isenburg, Grand Duchy of Hesse - December 4, 1965, Darmstadt, Hesse) was a dramatic tenor who enjoyed a major European career. He excelled specifically as...
Read MoreThis singer is a marvel, and she is still singing today. Her name is Mariella Devia, and she is 72 years. I think that she devotes most of her time...
Read MoreI discovered Egorov when I read a biography of him in Dutch. He defected from the USSR when he was very young and found his way to Amsterdam. One of...
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