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Wagner - Der Ring des Nibelungen - Rudolf Moralt - Vienna 1948-49
[…] enough to impress Fürtwängler so much that he immediately signed him up for his La Scala "Ring" the following year. All have big, dark, firm Wagner voices and the supporting cast features many a Wagnerian stalwart of that epoch, such as the stentorian and highly versatile Rosette Anday, who sings four roles: Erda, Fricka, Waltraute and First Norn. Hilde Konetzni is a radiant if occasionally slightly acid-toned Sieglinde; virtually unknown singers like black-toned bass Herbert Alsen as Hunding and Fafner and better remembered stars like Ludwig Weber as Hagen are extraordinarily effective and dramatic.I am inclined to say that this is not the set to introduce the novice to Wagner but production issues ... clumsy fades and mono sound apart, this is a wholly absorbing, wonderfully sung "Ring" in which little disappoints. The big orchestral moments such as the crossing of the rainbow bridge to Valhalla come across vividly even […]
2016-10-12 14:00:37
“I’m the madam, and you’re just one of the girls”
On this day in 1950 Irving Berlin‘s musical Call Me Madam opened on Broadway. //www.youtube.com/watch?v=1PLQR0kBLvU Born on this day in 1872 composer Ralph Vaughan Williams. //www.youtube.com/watch?v=c7yyI4xLdkw Born on this day in 1892 soprano Gilda Dalla Rizza. //www.youtube.com/watch?v=ayW5x7Ep5J0 Born on this day in 1906 bass Herbert Alsen. //www.youtube.com/watch?v=KqT_p_ZR6QY Born on this day in 1928 conductor Jerzy Semkow. //www.youtube.com/watch?v=m5VU0PfyHcE Born on this day in 1935 tenor Luciano Pavarotti. //www.youtube.com/watch?v=l_eWsuMekSw Happy 72nd birthday tenor Bruce Brewer. //www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ZnMbi6dqis
2015-10-12 14:00:46
He is my shepherd, and shall perform all my pleasure
On this day in 539 BC the army of Cyrus the Great of Persia took Babylon. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3rFjhgUAOwI Born on this day in 1872 composer Ralph Vaughan Williams http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c7yyI4xLdkw Born on this day in 1892 soprano Gilda Dalla Rizza http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ayW5x7Ep5J0 Born on this day in 1906 bass Herbert Alsen http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KqT_p_ZR6QY Born on this day in 1928 conductor Jerzy Semkow http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m5VU0PfyHcE Born on this day in 1935 tenor Luciano Pavarotti http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l_eWsuMekSw Happy 71st birthday tenor Bruce Brewer http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ZnMbi6dqis Happy birthday soprano Elizabeth Blancke-Biggs http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lekZ0qfPouk
2014-10-12 08:55:16
A long long way to run
On this day in 490 BC, the Athenians and their Plataean allies defeated the first Persian invasion force of Greece at the Battle of Marathon. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B23l9PT5m9U Born on this day in 1872 composer Ralph Vaughan Williams http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HUHa2sjkqKI Born on this day in 1892 soprano Gilda Dalla Rizza http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IrUMUE-7JxQ Born on this day in 1906 bass Herbert Alsen http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j6yz80jF3vY Happy 86th birthday conductor Jerzy Semkow http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VaFWPXXLXrQ Born on this day in 1935 tenor Luciano Pavarotti http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TsGrOfmCA1E Happy 70th birthday tenor Bruce Brewer http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ZnMbi6dqis
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