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Symphonic Songs from Mahler and Strauss feat. Janet Baker, Jessye Norman, and Elisabeth Schwarzkopf
Not everything is a song. A symphony is not a song. A sonata is not a song. Only a song is a song, In German, a song is called a “lied”, and…
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The Women of Richard Strauss, feat. Jessye Norman, Inge Borkh & Elisabeth Schwarzkopf
I’ve burnt myself out on Italian opera, so we are moving on to the Germans. Last week was Wagner, and this week is Strauss. https://interlude.hk/richard-strauss-and-his-leading-ladies/ https://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/jul/19/rosenkavalier-real-racy-richard-strauss https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C%C3%A4cilie_(Strauss) Text of Strauss’s final song:…
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WOMEN SINGING feat. Rosa Ponselle, Bidu Sayão, and a historic 1935 Met broadcast
[Above: Rosa Ponselle in 1919; Below: Bidu Sayão as Manon] [Below: Anna Moffo in 1962]
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