Teresa Stich-Randall unearthly beautiful Telemann aria

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G.F.TELEMANN Cantata "Machet die Tore weit"
Aria:"Jesu, komm in meiner Seele".
Kurt Equiluz, tenor;
Ernst Schramm, bass;
Teresa Stich-Randall, sop,
Nedda Casei alt
Vienna State Opera O & C;
Wilfried Bottcher

Concert hall SMS 2486

I de-clicked and eq-ed the record myself.

Enjoy!

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[otterhouse]

*Note from Otterhouse* For all viewers; In the Netherlands, the "Alternative" classical and Jazz radio/internet channel Concertzender is threatened. I did an internship there (balancing engineer), and love their inventive programming- and use of internet. Now the Dutch public radio wants to pull the plug from the CZ because... the channel is too popular!! Please read the full story at my channel home "otterhouse", and send an e-mail to mening(at]concertzender(dot]nl for support. Thanks! Rolf

[seth669669]

That's really weird - Netherlands had always been considered a very free and democratic country but I am sad to discover some obscure practices like the removal of the plead for help from the Concertzender site.

[otterhouse]

Yet, it gave actually more attention to the matter than otherwise... :) Even Norman Lebrecht put a message on his blog. Anyway, the decision has been postponed till the end of october 2008. So people, please support the Concertzender! And send a mail to say "please don't pull the plug from the Concertzender". It would be such a (undeserved!) pity if the ego's of other radiomanagers would be more important then a good radio / internet channel...

Greetings,

Rolf

[billyguns2]

Stich-Randall had one of the most gorgeous voices I ever heard, and never more so than in this stunning performance; many thanks for sharing this treasure.

[gfweis]

Rolf, thank you very much for digitizing and posting this soothing balm for the troubled soul. I can very well imagine that Bruno Walter, who spoke of the importance of a "human quality" in singing voices, must have loved S-R's voice. She has in the soprano register what Ferrier had in the contralto, and Janet Baker in the mezzo. Warmth and sincerity. Just glorious singing. And frankly, I didn't know Telemann has such moving music in him! Must explore more!

[hansverschoor1]

Dear Rolf or anybody else, Am amazed by this R S-R performance of Teleman's beautiful area. Is there a way of getting this track digitised? Am of course quite willing to pay for that. Thanks a lot in advance. verschoor.hans@gmail.com

[watutman]

I bought this recording on vinyl in the 1980's from Tower Records in Seattle near the University of Washington. I think it was on the Vox label. Vox had some very good recordings at a budget price!

[redbrian3655]

@anisuthideyakoindu Very well said on the "verlangsamung" issue. I was taught to "milk" the phrase for all it is worth, not to "whiz" through it like fireworks on display.  I am sure that in twenty years these "historically"-informed performances of 2011 will have their detractors. Violinist Julia Fisher is quoted: "I play 18th-century music for 21st-century ears!"

[anisuthideyakoindu]

@redbrian3655 exactly! I was preparing the premiere /live recording of Telemann's Last Passion 1767 with Capella Aurora, chose people who COULD SING first, then a baroque orchestra. 1st air there, I discovered it indicates the tempi: to be very slow! Telemann was a pioneer of the "Verlangsamung"the slow down of tempi!!! Also Kurt Redel's Markus Passion, best performance of that work ever, shows how baroque performers are correct in many ways, but sometimes just pass the essence

[222mozart]

better then me

[222mozart]

wonder-wonder-wonderful

Wolfgang Amadé



[OlDoinyo]

@lilplmblsm Imagine hearing classical music of this sort coming out of a college dorm room! Today, it just would not happen. Even by the 1980s, it was rare.

[TatCoz]

The voice of an angel...........

[yankobutt]

@sphaleritex It was nice and peaceful and relaxing you can lie down with it and take a nap. :)

[redbrian3655]

@Bertarido WELL SAID! As a musician, I have to work with the people I have!. It is more important for me to get the message to 21st-century ears, than to stop and think "What would Telemann have done or heard?" Like all musicians, he wrote for his time. TG that music is eternal and knows no dates or bounds. In the 1960s, the performances then were as historical as musicology knew. 1990s already can be considered outdated... so what! We throw them out??? No way. Closed minds see no light.