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2 weeks ago
Kathleen Ferrier: Alto Rhapsody (Brahms) - Tuxen, 1949
Alto Rhapsody, Op. 53 by Johannes Brahms (text by Goethe)
Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra and Chorus, cond. Erik Tuxen
Recorded October 14, 1949
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2 weeks ago
Kathleen Ferrier / Chausson Poème de l'amour et de la mer (1/3)
I. La Fleur des eaux
Recorded 1951 with Hallé Orchestra, cond. John Barbirolli.
"The Poème consists of two parts separated by an orchestral inte...
aherzog32 • 146 views
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This recording was never published in KF's lifetime. It was played live on the air and fortunately recorded by an amateur on an "acetate equipment" and discovered in the 1960es. It was bequeathed in the owner's testament to the KF Cancer Research Fund and then given to EMI for publication. One of...
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1 month ago
AUTUMN RAIN - Chopin
AUTUMN RAIN - Chopin Prelude Opus 28 Raindrop. The film end title... I'm sorry, I have made a mistake: only 'arranged by D.Greendale'... and compos...
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Ah, suddenly some "modern music" addicts were captured by true music - how touching.
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1 month ago
Rafal Blechacz, 2005 Int. Chopin Comp., "Winners Recital"
Pianist and 2005 International Chopin Competition winner Blechacz performs at the "Winners Recital." The set is as follows:
1:43 - Mazurka in B m...
thepolonaise • 186,420 views
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Never heard of him before. Yes, he's talented.
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1 month ago
AURELIANO PERTILE--UNA FURTIVA LAGRIMA--L'ELISIR D'AMORE
Donizetti, L'elisir d'amore, act II, Nemorimo. enr 1929.
jacquesurlus • 1,800 views
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This song was an important part of my childhood. I think it was the Danish tenor Stefan Islandi OR Benjamino Gigli. Whoever - a marvellous song. I've tried to sing it myself - it's VERY difficult!!
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1 month ago
Liszt:Czardas macabre
Alfred Brendel
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Yes, you're right. And you know which metal? Platinum. Yours Bluetooth, classical homeopath
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1 month ago
Nino Gvetadze plays Valse Impromptu by Liszt
Nino Gvetadze, Second Prize winner of the 8th International Franz Liszt Piano Competition of Utrecht, The Netherlands plays Valse Impromptu, S213 b...
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She's pretty and plays well.
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2 months ago
Lars H.U.G. - Hvorfor Er Lykken Så Lunefuld
Den originale version af Hvorfor Er Lykken Så Lunefuld!
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Nej, Lars HUG er en original! Kun den originale tekst er bevaret.
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2 months ago
Jeg Føler Kun Længsel - Inge Lise Rune
fra 30'erne
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"I only feel longing". Oh - consult your doctor!!
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2 months ago
Marian Anderson & William Primrose - Brahms: 2 Songs for Contralto, Viola & Piano
1. Gestillte Sehnsucht
2. Geistliches Wiegenlied
Pianist: Franz Rupp
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Oh yes, she was THAT good!! That her German vowels are just as "rotten" as K. Ferrier's is of course forgiven - . Why is anyone barred from world fame as contralto or violist? We all need more sonorous WARMTH!
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2 months ago
Bach - Erbarme dich - karajan- Kathleen Ferrier
if i dont belive in the christian god that dosent mean i dont enjoy the music written 4 him :)
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What do you do when you meet the ultimate beauty, the ultimate sunset, the ultimate piece of art? Shout? Jump? Sing? Weep? NO, you become SILENT. In awe and respect.
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2 months ago
Jussi Björling sings Nessun Dorma (Digitally Remastered)
Pavarotti? Potts you say? NO! THIS is the definitive Nessun Dorma (IMO of course). Not being satisfied with any of the versions on YouTube I decide...
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Yes, he was outstanding.
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2 months ago
"Kindertotenlieder"(2) by Kathleen Ferrier 亡き子をしのぶ歌(2)
第2楽章「なぜそんなに暗い眼差しだったのか」
"Nun seh' ich wohl, warum so dunkle Flammen."
詩 フリードリヒ リュッケルト
Friedrich Rückert
作曲 グスタフ マーラー
Gustav Mahler
独唱(Contralto)カス...
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The lyrics is a masterpiece of suppressed grief. And KF a genius.
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2 months ago
VICTOR MERZHANOV - CHOPIN. Mazurka in a minor, op. 17, no. 4
Victor Merzhanov, piano
Chopin. Mazurka in a minor, op. 17, no. 4.
Recorded at the Hall of Rachmaninov Music College in Tambov, Russia on Novembe...
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A fine interpretation of this rather crazy piece.
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2 months ago
Clara Haskil plays Rachmaninov Etude - Tableau in C Op. 33 No. 2
private home recording, 1958
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Here we hear that Rachmaninov has some relationship with Mozart.
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2 months ago
Robert Riefling plays Grieg Ballade in G minor Op. 24 (2/2)
This is a masterpiece that had few historical interpreters. There are records of d'Albert, Godowsky, Rubinstein. This of Robert Riefling (great lit...
gullivior • 470 views
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Oh, I have a lot of records with Riefling, you always feel safe with him in Scandinavian piano music. Did you know that he made the first recording of Hindemith's "Ludus tonalis"? No?
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2 months ago
Alkan: Grande Sonate for piano, 'Les Quatre Ages' Op 33, Mvt. 1
Charles Valentin-Alkan
Performed by: Marc-Andre Hamelin
Album: Alkan: Les quatre ages; Sonatine; Le festin d'Esope
Year: 1995
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Because the music is unplayable! And weird! But amazing, yes.
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2 months ago
Joan Baez - Finlandia
Joan Baez - Finlandia
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I love the music of Sibelius and of Joan Baez, but the mixture - I don't really know! Her pitch will soon be in the bass area!! OK, we all become older. Who wrote the lyrics?
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2 months ago
Arthur Rubinstein - Chopin Nouvelles Etudes in F Minor
Arthur Rubinstein - Chopin Nouvelles Etudes in F Minor
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We immidiately forget that the "Nouvelle Etudes" were three excercises in polyrhythm. So much poetry!! At least, in case of Rubinstein.
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2 months ago
Franz Liszt - Scherzo and March - VLADIMIR HOROWITZ LIVE
Played live by Vladimir Horowitz, Queens College, New York in 1967.
deviantrake • 4,306 views
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Oh yes, we like the human touch!!
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2 months ago
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2 months ago
Strauss Godowsky Die Fledermaus Pt.1 Saperton Rec.1952
Symphonic Metamorphosis on Themes from "Die Fledermaus." David Saperton was born in Pennsylvania on October 29,1889. In 1924,he married Godowsky's ...
Beckmesser2 • 2,806 views
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Yes, a talented guy. Never heard of him.
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2 months ago
Arthur Rubinstein plays "La campanella"
Arthur rubinstein´s interpretation of Liszt´s etude "La Campanella"
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The world without Rubinstein would be a very barren place!
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2 months ago
BUSONI PLAYS Liszt LA-CAMPANELLA
BUSONI PLAYS Liszt LA-CAMPANELLA
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Yes, that's the problem of piano rolls: The speed makes the tempo, in contrast to gramophone records. In the latter, the right key makes the speed of revolutions (which is very often NOT 78 r.p.m.!!
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2 months ago
BUSONI PLAYS Bach - Busoni - Chaconne d minor 1/2
BUSONI PLAYS Bach - Busoni Chaconne d minor 1/2 Bach
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I sometimes ponder: Why were the romantic composers/musicians in particular so eager about transcribing, improving, embellishing and editing Bach's music?? Should we be grateful to them today for all their wild ideas? Yes, we should - it contributed to opening the ears of generations to Bach's wo...
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2 months ago
Ferruccio Busoni plays Liszt, Feux Follets
Ferruccio Busoni plays Liszt, Feux Follets
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I've managed ONCE to play this piece with no errors - very slowly! It's said that Busoni hated all recording. The hate is not audible here!!
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3 months ago
ENRICO CARUSO AND ANTONIO SCOTTI LA FORZA DEL DESTINO
TAKEN FROM A ONE SIDED PINK LABEL GRAMOPHONE MONARCH RECORD CAT NO WAS 054070
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It's the New York rec. feb. 1906, isn't it?
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3 months ago
Edouard Risler plays Chopin Mazurka op 17 no 4
Edouard Risler playing Chopin's A minor Mazurka, op 17/4.
This recording comes from 1917 and, unfortunately, is in very poor sound due to Pathe's ...
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Extravaganzas was the craze of Romanticism! Compare with Horowitz' version of the same piece.
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3 months ago
Mado Robin sings Bb over high C!!!
French soprano sings what is perhaps the highest note ever sung on video, or audio, for that matter. It is a real high ...
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She crushed my crystal glasses!
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3 months ago
Sviatoslav Richter plays Chopin Etudes
Chopin: Etudes Op. 10
Etude No. 1 in C major
Etude No. 2 in A minor
Etude No. 3 in E major
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Oh, we feel all we can!! I practised these etudes in 20 years, and I assure you: There's not much room for feeling!!
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3 months ago
Artur Rubinstein speaks about playing from the heart
A short except from berlinzeberus' upload of a documentary about Artur Rubinstein.
Please watch the whole original video here: http://www.youtube....
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Yes, a drop from the heart! Otherwise you risk playing typewriter, not piano.
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3 months ago
Enrico Caruso - Che Gelida Manina (Remastered)
Just Music. Enrico Caruso sings "Che Gelida Manina" from "La Bohème" by G. Puccini in this remastered recording where he is accompanied by the Vien...
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Yes, Caruso beats everything!!
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3 months ago
Vasa Prihoda Paganini Nel cor piu 1949
http://www.facebook.com/#!/... Vasa Prihoda was a Czech violinist born on August 22,1900. His father, Alois Prihoda, was his...
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The violin as an orchestra.
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3 months ago
Victor Schiøler plays Brahms Haendel Variations (2/2)
rec. 1951
Victor Schiøler was a Danish classical pianist (b. Copenhagen 1899 - d. Copenhagen 1967).
Born in Denmark, Schiøler worked with both ...
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A very fine musician indeed. And his mother was Augusta Schiøler (1868-1946)
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3 months ago
Victor Schiøler plays Brahms Haendel Variations (1/2)
rec. 1951
Victor Schiøler was a Danish classical pianist (b. Copenhagen 1899 - d. Copenhagen 1967).
Born in Denmark, Schiøler worked with both ...
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Yes, later Danachord! No, he recorded for HMV!
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3 months ago
Victor Schiøler: Mazurka in G Sharp Minor, Op.33 No.1 (Chopin)
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My piano teacher, Peter Westenholz (1937-98), was Schiøler's favourite pupil
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3 months ago
Victor Schiøler plays Scarlatti Pastorale & Capriccio (arr. Tausig)
rec. 1929
Victor Schiøler was a Danish classical pianist (b. Copenhagen 1899 - d. Copenhagen 1967).
Born in Denmark, Schiøler worked with both Fr...
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Correction: not psychiatrist, but ordinary doctor (in a period he worked at the hospital of Odense. He was said to perform heart surgery - and removing the appendix as an encore!!). Schiøler's biological father was the Danish pianist and composer Victor Bendix (1851-1926) (see leaflet in "VB Symp...
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3 months ago
Galina Werschenska plays Wagner - Liszt Spinning Chorus from "The Flying Dutchman"
rec. 1950
GALINA WERSCHENSKA (1906-1994)
Born in St. Petersburg but later a resident of Denmark, Werschenska made many 78rpm discs, mostly of shor...
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Oh yes, she was a genius!
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3 months ago
Schubert: DER ERLKÖNIG, Bearbeitung von Liszt, gespielt von Conrad Ansorge
Franz Schubert (1797 - 1828)
DER ERLKÖNIG
Klaviertranskription von
Franz Liszt (1811- 1886),
gespielt von Conrad Ansorge (1862 - 1930),
Notenrolle ...
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Was Schubert really such a good pianist? The accompaniment of Erlkönig requires such an impeccable handwrist staccato - only common among high-rank pianists 50 years later, i. e. Liszt and such. Even Ansorge has his difficulties here! But the performing tempo is of course always a problem in pian...
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3 months ago
Raoul Koczalski plays Schubert-Liszt "Der Lindenbaum"
rec. 1928
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Schubert as a small opera - long before "music videos", radio, TV et al.!!
Thank you.
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3 months ago
Chopin Etudes Op 25 No's 10,11 & 12 Koczalski Rec 1938-39.wmv
Before this year's observance of the Bicentennial of Chopin's birth is over, I am posting Raul Koczalski's recordings of the Etudes Opus 10 and 2...
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Yes, how different piano playing can be!!
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3 months ago
Anker Skjoldborg & his Orchestra - Sonny Boy - 1936
The Danish tenor saxophonist and band-leader Anker Skjoldborg and his Dance Orchestra playing their version of the famous Al Jolson hit "Sonny Boy"...
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Some think this kind of "jazz" is a big ridiculous laugh. May be - but the good mood and cheer vibrates the room!! F#%$ the orthodox!!
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3 months ago
Tenna Frederiksen & Niels Hansen - Duet, "Madame Butterfly" - 1912
The Danish opera singers Tenna Frederiksen (soprano) and Niels Hansen (tenor) in a duet from Giacomo Puccini's opera "Madame Butterfly" (1904).
Th...
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Niels Hansen (1880-1969). Thank you!
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3 months ago
Tenna Frederiksen - Ah, fors' e lui "La Traviata" - 1913
The Danish soprano Tenna Frederiksen (1885-1954) was the leading soprano at The Royal Danish Opera for more than 30 years.
She made her debut in A...
lakand64 • 137 views
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Yes, beautiful. Please upload "Igennem bøgeskoven" from 1948 (she's 63 years - it's magnificent!!)
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3 months ago
Lauritz Melchior - Morgen
Lauritz Melchior: "Morgen"
Full Lenght: 45 Mins
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Did you know that Melchior was the first singer ever to perform a song on radio broadcast? It was in 1920 - and of course it boosted his career!
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3 months ago
Amelita Galli-Curci - The Last Rose of Summer (1927)
Amelita Galli-Curci (1882.11.18 -- 1963.11.26), one of the best regarded operatic coloratura soprano of the early 20th century, sings "The Last Ros...
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My heart melts - every time! Singers "past their prime" compensate lack of physical ability with musical wisdom!!
I'm so sorry - when I hear this music, I see before my inner eyes hundreds of dead bodies being bulldozed into a mass grave. Menchenhass - Ach, wer heilet die Schmerzen?