Fabulous talent, top-rate voice for Gustav Mahler & Strauss! The thrill for me is not only her beautiful voice and interpreter of sumptuous lieder, but she's Ralph's Swedish cousin to boot!
Really a great voice in a very honest, straightforward beautiful performance of Mahler's masterpiece. For me this mezzo displays the right colours and that I can even for a while forget about Anne Sofie von Otter's superb rendition while listening to this singer, says enough I think :)
Very fine singing, but I have to take issue with foljamb - the English horn was far from perfect - his first note was a disaster, and the third entrance wasn't much better. I don't like the big vibrato from the clarinet, either. Must be an English orchestra - that's the only place that kind of clarinet playing is accepted in classical playing. In any other country, he'd be limited to jazz or klezmer.
katy, you obviously know more about it than me, but that trace of harmonic on horn's entrance at beat 2 in m1 has a kind of grief-overcome as he sounds his C (only reeds can do that)...and isn't he wonderful doing that C-D again, and then again--i bet you reedplayers don't even realize, but the harmonic flutter falling on a long note can SLAY audiences (and me)
a wonderful, wonderful performance--the visuals are a great addition here, as well as superb orchestra soli--karneus uses her face and eyes and epaulment sparingly but with great communication--french horn negotiated echo passages faultlessly, english horn and oboe perfect, and the violin solo--at 3:54 karneus on the long notes on ruh'- and then on stil- tells us she has journeyed a great long way, and her last couplet ich leb' allein is a coming-home, like then end of kindertoten lieder
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MrJimALyon 8 months ago
Fabulous talent, top-rate voice for Gustav Mahler & Strauss! The thrill for me is not only her beautiful voice and interpreter of sumptuous lieder, but she's Ralph's Swedish cousin to boot!
onavich61 1 year ago
beautiful. Lovely voice.. I like that she keeps this so simple and pure...I didn't know this singer, either.. I am glad I got to hear her.
dbrel 1 year ago
@dbrel Ditto! Just lovely
ian1856 2 months ago
Beautiful, sincere, thank you for posting.
WHo is hte conductor?
1psoas9 1 year ago
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orkneyingasaga 1 year ago
@1psoas9
Carlo Rizzi is the conductor
orkneyingasaga 1 year ago
like an angel...
kalisanna48 1 year ago
I had never heard of this wonderful singer before. Thank you very much for the introduction. Ms Karnéus is great.
Amfortaz 1 year ago
Go Sweden!
Belcantoexpert 2 years ago
No pr009.... you havent meet her
frueza 2 years ago
i have meet her
pr097000 2 years ago
Really a great voice in a very honest, straightforward beautiful performance of Mahler's masterpiece. For me this mezzo displays the right colours and that I can even for a while forget about Anne Sofie von Otter's superb rendition while listening to this singer, says enough I think :)
PieterdeRooijHolland 2 years ago
What a fantastic singer!
Martuccinita 2 years ago 3
hi brad here you look great lots love x
braddys1 3 years ago
beautiful
BeaLukas 3 years ago
An honest and beautiful performance. Wonderful!
peopleinsorrow 3 years ago 4
Well said, and very true.
dadasopher 3 years ago
Marvelous singing
joanabanyeres 3 years ago
Katarina Karnéus' approach to music is honnest and straight. What a unique voice and wonderful musician.
8babydee 3 years ago 12
marvellous
8babydee 3 years ago
beautiful
xgianpatrick 3 years ago
What a beautiful rendition of this beautiful song.
dadasopher 4 years ago 3
Auctally, Katarina Karnéus is a relative to me.
Sahfire 4 years ago
Very fine singing, but I have to take issue with foljamb - the English horn was far from perfect - his first note was a disaster, and the third entrance wasn't much better. I don't like the big vibrato from the clarinet, either. Must be an English orchestra - that's the only place that kind of clarinet playing is accepted in classical playing. In any other country, he'd be limited to jazz or klezmer.
Katyclarinet 4 years ago
katy, you obviously know more about it than me, but that trace of harmonic on horn's entrance at beat 2 in m1 has a kind of grief-overcome as he sounds his C (only reeds can do that)...and isn't he wonderful doing that C-D again, and then again--i bet you reedplayers don't even realize, but the harmonic flutter falling on a long note can SLAY audiences (and me)
foljamb 4 years ago
a wonderful, wonderful performance--the visuals are a great addition here, as well as superb orchestra soli--karneus uses her face and eyes and epaulment sparingly but with great communication--french horn negotiated echo passages faultlessly, english horn and oboe perfect, and the violin solo--at 3:54 karneus on the long notes on ruh'- and then on stil- tells us she has journeyed a great long way, and her last couplet ich leb' allein is a coming-home, like then end of kindertoten lieder
foljamb 4 years ago