As with so many treasures, I came upon this by chance on YouTube: Matti Salminen, the great Hunding and Hagen, sings Wotan in the finale of DIE WALKURE opposite Birgit Nilsson’s Brunnhilde.
Here in the link.
Category: Blog
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Amihai Grosz ~ Schumann’s Fantasiestücke
Violist Amihai Grosz (above) plays Robert Schumann’s Fantasiestücke, Op. 73, with pianist Ohad Ben-Ari.
Watch and listen here.
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Amihai Grosz ~ Schumann’s Fantasiestücke
Violist Amihai Grosz (above) plays Robert Schumann’s Fantasiestücke, Op. 73, with pianist Ohad Ben-Ari.
Watch and listen here.
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Consolation
Alim Beisembayev, winner of the 2021 Leeds International Piano Competition, plays Franz Liszt’s Consolation III. The young pianist was born in Kazakhstan and trained primarily in the UK.
Watch and listen here.
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Françoise Pollet sings Chausson
Françoise Pollet (above) gives a marvelous rendering of Ernest Chausson‘s Poème de l’amour et de la mer; the Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte-Carlo is conducted by Armin Jordan.
Listen here.
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Amazing Grace
It doesn’t matter what your beliefs are…this song speaks to everyone.
Listen here.
Happy New Year to all.
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Sinopoli: PARSIFAL @ Bayreuth ~ 1998
Above: Hans Sotin as Gurnemanz, Poul Elming as Parsifal
Wagner’s PARSIFAL from the 1998 Bayreuth Festival, conducted by Giuseppe Sinopoli.
Watch and listen here.
Cast:
Amfortas – Falk Struckmann
Titurel – Matthias Hölle
Gurnemanz – Hans Sotin
Parsifal – Poul Elming
Klingsor – Ekkehard Wlaschiha
Kundry – Linda Watson
Grail Knights: Richard Brunner, Sándor Sólyom-Nagy
Squires: Sarah Fryer, Jane Turner, Helmut Pampuch, Peter Maus
Alto solo: Andrea BönigFlower Maidens: Claudia Barainsky, Joyce Guyer, Simone Schröder, Katerina Beranova, Dorothee Jansen, Laura Nykänen
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O Holy Night
Norman Treigle and Audrey Schuh sing “O Holy Night“. Listen here.
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Leonard Andrzej Mróz ~ Rachmaninoff Songs
Polish basso Leonard Andrzej Mróz sings four songs by Sergei Rachmaninoff, with Jerzy Marchwiński at the piano.
Watch and listen here.
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