生け花 Ikebana flowers
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by kadoguy2006 2 years ago
A few favorites....
Nan Merriman
a variety of very rare recordings by the great American mezzo -- many from her farewell concerts! No one sang Mahler or French mélodies or Spanish art songs like Merriman.
The great music critic John B. Steane said of Nan Merriman:
"A radiant creature, with a voice of summer, tender and passionate, reflective and zestful in turn, she has the delicacy and sensitivity for the French songs, the verve and flame for the Spanish, and the qualities, never inertly departmentalized, cross and interpenetrate in a wonderfully rich exercise of the complete vocal art."
Here's a link to a complete performance of Mahler's "Song of the Earth" with Fritz Wunderlich:
http://www.youtube.com/user/kadoguy2006#grid/user/7737CAA21F
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Lois Marshall (1925-1997)
a collection of rare recordings by the great Canadian soprano. Lois Marshall considered herself "just a singer". What a remarkable artist who led a remarkable life. Many varied songs and arias may be found in this playlist.
Here is a link to another playlist with a complete recital given by Lois Marshall and Stuart Hamilton in 1974:
http://www.youtube.com/user/kadoguy2006#grid/user/B435C86FEA
Somewhere out there are videos of her performing opera in Boston under Sarah Caldwell. They were staged especially for Marshall. I hope they surface and become available to her many many fans.
Suggested reading:
Lois Marshall: A Biography
by James Neufeld
http://www.amazon.ca/Lois-Marshall-Biography-James-Neufeld/d
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Eileen Farrell - opera plus!
One of many playlists I have created to accommodate the rare performances by this great artist. This one will feature primarily opera arias and scenes. I have a completely separate playlist for her Wagnerian operatic output.
I believe Eileen Farrell to be the greatest singer America has yet produced! I have created several playlists of this wonderful artist.
Farrell sings Songs... and more: http://www.youtube.com/user/kadoguy2006#grid/user/7F4A78B401
Farrell sings Opera... and more: http://www.youtube.com/user/kadoguy2006#grid/user/D14015D28B
"Farrell sings Wagner" list:
http://www.youtube.com/user/kadoguy2006#grid/user/3B1BCE14E1
Joint recital with Nikolaidi:
http://www.youtube.com/user/kadoguy2006#grid/user/0B6799F50E
Joint recital with Beverly Sills (1973): http://www.youtube.com/user/kadoguy2006#grid/user/856107C4E9
"Together with Love" (album with Previn):http://www.youtube.com/user/kadoguy2006#grid/user/AA
"Farrell sings Bach" list:
http://www.youtube.com/user/kadoguy2006#grid/user/9DE3531B13
"Classics to Blues" videos (Rare!):
http://www.youtube.com/user/kadoguy2006#grid/user/0B2274C966
"Songs & Ballads" album:
http://www.youtube.com/user/kadoguy2006#grid/user/052B2403A3
Debussy's "L'enfant prodigue": http://www.youtube.com/user/kadoguy2006#grid/user/F0F826204E
She had a sense of humor too... A quote from the San Francisco Chronicle of November 8, 1964:
The Bach Aria Group, which includes tenor Jan Peerce, Soprano Eileen Farrell, two other fine singers and a chamber group, gives sedate, even austere recitals -- everybody dressed in black, sitting primly in straight-backed chairs onstage and being very, very dignified, as befits Bach.
Before one recital Peerce was backstage warming up his remarkable vocal cords and hitting one high C after another, as Miss Farrell listened in wonderment. At last she asked, "How do you do it, Jan? How do you hit those high ones so effortlessly?" "Easy, Eileen," he smiled. "I just imagine I'm being goosed by an ice-cream cone."
A few minutes later the Bach Aria Group filed onstage -- serious and proper -- and took their seats. As Peerce started to arise for his first solo, Miss Farrell whispered something, whereupon he fell back, helplessly convulsed with laughter; in this instance the show did NOT go on and the delicate mood was never restored. What she had whispered was: "What flavor?"
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Eileen Farrell - songs plus!
One of many playlists I have created to accommodate the rare performances by this great artist. This one will feature primarily the art song repertoire.
I believe Eileen Farrell to be the greatest singer America has yet produced! I have created several playlists of this wonderful artist.
Farrell sings Songs... and more: http://www.youtube.com/user/kadoguy2006#grid/user/7F4A78B401
Farrell sings Opera... and more: http://www.youtube.com/user/kadoguy2006#grid/user/D14015D28B
"Farrell sings Wagner" list:
http://www.youtube.com/user/kadoguy2006#grid/user/3B1BCE14E1
Joint recital with Beverly Sills (1973): http://www.youtube.com/user/kadoguy2006#grid/user/856107C4E9
Joint recital with Nikolaidi:
http://www.youtube.com/user/kadoguy2006#grid/user/0B6799F50E
"Together with Love" (album with Previn):http://www.youtube.com/user/kadoguy2006#grid/user/AA
"Farrell sings Bach" list:
http://www.youtube.com/user/kadoguy2006#grid/user/9DE3531B13
"Classics to Blues" videos (Rare!):
http://www.youtube.com/user/kadoguy2006#grid/user/0B2274C966
"Songs & Ballads" album:
http://www.youtube.com/user/kadoguy2006#grid/user/052B2403A3
Debussy's "L'enfant prodigue": http://www.youtube.com/user/kadoguy2006#grid/user/F0F826204E
She had a sense of humor too... A quote from the San Francisco Chronicle of November 8, 1964:
The Bach Aria Group, which includes tenor Jan Peerce, Soprano Eileen Farrell, two other fine singers and a chamber group, gives sedate, even austere recitals -- everybody dressed in black, sitting primly in straight-backed chairs onstage and being very, very dignified, as befits Bach.
Before one recital Peerce was backstage warming up his remarkable vocal cords and hitting one high C after another, as Miss Farrell listened in wonderment. At last she asked, "How do you do it, Jan? How do you hit those high ones so effortlessly?" "Easy, Eileen," he smiled. "I just imagine I'm being goosed by an ice-cream cone."
A few minutes later the Bach Aria Group filed onstage -- serious and proper -- and took their seats. As Peerce started to arise for his first solo, Miss Farrell whispered something, whereupon he fell back, helplessly convulsed with laughter; in this instance the show did NOT go on and the delicate mood was never restored. What she had whispered was: "What flavor?"
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Maureen Forrester (1930-2010)
May she rest in peace!
What a joy to hear this woman sing! Personality. Recommend her autobiography: "Out of Character". Somewhere, someday, someone will find and share a video program titled "Diva in Winter".
One of my favorite clips of her art that I have uploaded is her singing Dido's Lament ("Remember me....") Maureen will certainly be remembered
Listen to her Charm of Lullabies album. She had charm galore!
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Ikebana 生け花 Japanese floral arranging
The beauty of ikebana also known as kado: "the way of flowers." A new look at Japanese flower arranging.
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Richard Dyer-Bennet (1913-1991)
Here are some selections sung by the last minstrel, Richard Dyer-Bennet. He was managed by the great impresario Sol Hurok. The only traditional singer to be represented by Hurok, Dyer-Bennet performed regularly at New York's Town Hall, Carnegie Hall and across the country.
Dyer-Bennet chose to perform in tuxedo and not in blue jeans. Here is a quote from an article in Hi Fi/Stereo Review, 1961:
"... this distinction between folk singing and minstrelsy is more than a mere semantic quibble. If you are born and raised among rural people who know the songs, and if you can carry the tunes, and do, you are a folk singer, like it or not. If you are born and raised in the city, you may copy the intonation and accent of a true rural folk singer, but you will be, at best, an imitation of the real thing. What you can become is a minstrel."
Compact discs of his recordings are available through the Smithsonian at:
http://www.folkways.si.edu/searchresults.aspx?sPhrase=richar
A recent biography is available at:
http://www.amazon.com/Richard-Dyer-Bennet-Minstrel-American-
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Richard Lewis, CBE (1914-1990)
I first heard this great Welsh tenor Richard Lewis sing Handel. Amazing. Then heard his numerous recordings of Gilbert & Sullivan under Malcolm Sargent. Exactly right! Then his Mozart, and so much more.
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Peter Pears (1910-1986)
An all-time favorite artist and what magic they (Britten & Pears) worked together. Britten (1913-1976) was one of the very finest accompanists ever!
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Charles Panzéra (1896-1976)
This great Swiss baritone, to whom Fauré dedicated his final cycle "L'horizon chimérique", has continued to move me musically for well over thirty years! Roland Barthes got it! Read his essay which speaks of the beauty of Panzéra's voice. Even with the many wonderful interpretations of French melodies -- and there are many -- I continue to go back to his. To name a few: Pierre Bernac, Camille Maurane, Gérard Souzay, and Bernard Kruysen are all wonderful artists, but I keep going back to Panzéra.
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Alfred Deller (1912-1979)
Alfred Deller was a wonderful countertenor and amazing artist. The music world owes much to him for his reawakening us to so much repertoire. and that voice!
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Benjamin Luxon
Here is an artist who truly loves all kinds of music. Like Louis Armstrong (or whoever first said it!) "there are only two kinds of music -- good and bad!"
I have been a fan of Benjamin's Luxon's voice and artistry since the 1970's. I have most of his recordings and delight in them all. He sang everything from folk to opera and baroque to contemporary. A truly great artist.
This link is to a playlist of his singing Hugo Wolf's Mörike Lieder. Perhaps his finest achievement on record!
http://www.youtube.com/user/kadoguy2006#grid/user/5B5925B4AF
May his tribe increase!
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Hermann Prey (1929-1998)
my favorite!
In addition to this playlist with several diverse videos of Hermann Prey, I have also created a playlist which includes a complete performance of Hugo Wolf's masterpiece: The Italian Song Book (Italienisches Liederbuch). Prey sings with the radiant Lucia Popp! A rare treat for lovers of Hugo Wolf!
Italienisches Liederbuch playlist:
http://www.youtube.com/user/kadoguy2006#grid/user/53600418A6
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Pierre Bernac (1899-1979)
The great French baritone had few equals. The Swiss baritone Charles Panzéra is another artist worth knowing! The Hoffmann/Bach cantata is a rare treat.
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About Kado Guy
Here are some favorite artists. Most are quite rare recordings or performances -- hopefully, some excerpts you have not heard before. Feel free to share your comments on these artists.
I have a great fondness for Eileen Farrell, Nan Merriman, Lois Marshall, Maureen Forrester, Peter Pears, Leopold Simoneau, Hermann Prey, and Benjamin Luxon among others. It is a rare gift to be a good recitalist and these artists are that and so much more!
Every attempt has been made to not violate any audio or visual copyrights. I have deleted more than half of the files uploaded to try and be observant of all copyright issues. If there is any file that is questionable please tell me and I will gladly delete it.
For many years I have been involved in the art of ikebana - Japanese flower arrangement. As you can see, my arrangements fall into a more modern free-style. I hope you become acquainted with this great art form and lifestyle.
Here are some favorite artists. Most are quite rare recordings or performances -- hopefully, some excerpts you have not heard before. Feel free to share your comments on these artists.
I have a great fondness for Eileen Farrell, Nan Merriman, L...