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Welsh opera singer
- mezzo-soprano
- opera
- United Kingdom, Wales, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
- opera singer
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2014-01-05 23:46:00
Elgar Conducts Elgar The Complete Recordings 1914-1925
Elgar Conducts Elgar The Complete Recordings 1914-1925, Elgar: Symphony No. 2/Violin Concerto (Marie Hall)/Cello Concerto (Beatrice Harrison)/Sea Pictures (Leila Megane)/Cockaigne Overture/In the South Overture, etc. Symphony Orchestra/Royal Albert Hall Orchestra/Sir Edward Elgar Producer & Transfer/Restoration Engineer: Lani Spahr Music & Arts CD-1257(4)(296 m 2 s) For collectors this is a gold mine of historic recordings. For music lovers – not so much. These are recordings from the acoustical era, and Elgar went on to make much better-sounding recordings of nearly all the same pieces using the electrical microphone. Frankly, ploughing through many of these performances is almost painful. Given the primitive recording technology, the music comes through greatly diminished. In big orchestra pieces strings are often totally obliterated by brass and dynamics are very limited. The larger pieces are mercilessly cut to fit the time available on sides of a 78 rpm recording. To really appreciate these recordings, one must transport […]
2012-01-01 23:18:00
JANUARY 2 Today in classical music history
[…] Sakata in Yamagata Prefecture, Japan. Teacher:- Luciano Pavarotti.1951 Birth of German composer Volker BLUMENTHALER in Nuremburg. Search Volker BLUMENTHALER.1954 Birth of American composer Bill MOLENHOF. Search Bill MOLENHOF.1954 Birth of American composer John LINK.1955 American debut of Canadian pianist Glenn Gould in Washington, D.C. Search Glenn Gould. 1958 Birth of Russian pianist Vladimir OVCHINNIKOV. Search Vladimir OVCHINNIKOV. 1959 FP of Mili Balakirev's Overture on Russian Songs in Moscow.1960 Death of mezzo-soprano Leila Megane. Born 1890, Died 2 Jan 1960, Teacher :- Jean de Reszke.1963 Birth of American pianist Tzimon BARTO. Management Biography. Search Amazon.com for Tzimon BARTO 1993 Death of American violinist, conductor, and composer Karl Ahrendt in Athens, OH. b-Toledo, OH 3 MAR 1904. Director of the Ohio University School of Music, Athens, 1950-1967. Search Karl Ahrendt .1997 Death of Italian bass Federico Davia. Born 7 July 1933 in Genoa. Debut […]
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