Ich bin der Welt abhanden gekommen I have done a posting very similar to this one before, and I am repeating myself, but with different performers. This particular Lied merits...
Read MoreI do not think that Olszewska was a contralto, much in the same way that I don't think that Marian Anderson was a contralto, although both of them are in...
Read MoreMarian Anderson was a wonderful contralto and one of the great voices of the 20th century. In spite of her great success, she was still subject to the racial bias...
Read More"Ich bin der Welt abhanden gekommen", one of Mahler's so-called Rückert lieder, is Mahler's finest song. I have been told that the word "Weltschmerz" or "world pain" is used much...
Read MoreKathleen Ferrier had one of the great voices of the 20th century. She came to singing late, and her career lasted about 10 years after which time it was cut...
Read MoreI heard a performance of the Messiah today, and I decided to put up Kathleen Ferrier singing two arias from it. I also came upon a lovely recording by Ferrier...
Read MoreIn this posting, I am returning to the idea of a comparison of singers against one piece. I have decided to take a single Lied by Robert Schumann and present...
Read MoreKathleen Ferrier was a marvelous English contralto and a great artist. Bruno Walter, the esteemed conductor, said about her, "the greatest thing in music in my life has been to...
Read MoreI really don't have words for this contralto. She had a voice that was a gift from Heaven, but she decided to forsake a career in music to raise a...
Read MoreMarian Anderson (February 27, 1897 – April 8, 1993) was an African-American contralto and one of the most celebrated singers of the twentieth century. Most of her singing career was...
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