Johannes Brahms - 3. O Tod wie bitter bist du - Kurt Moll

From Brahms' Vier ernste Gesänge, #3 "O Tod, wie bitter bist du" sung by Kurt Moll (bass).

Nothing to add to Moll's interpretation: deepness and at the same time sharpness of voice, kindness, presence and musicality. A piece of gold, a masterclass for basses.

Recorded in 1983 with Cord Garben at the piano.

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De las 4 canciones serias de Brahms, he aquí la Nº 3 "O Tod wie bitter bist du", cantada por el bajo Kurt Moll.

Nada que agregar a la interpretación de Moll: profundidad y al mismo tiempo punta en la voz, delicadeza, presencia y musicalidad. Una joya, una masterclass para los bajos.

Grabada en 1983 junto a Cord Garben en el piano.

Leonardo Fontana

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[fontana2k]

#AkhmedSync and #clarksc1988: I had a copy from a relative... I didn´t find it out in any server for download... But what you can, for example:

1. Listen to the all 4 songs in my profile

2. Download them to mp3 using w w w .vidtomp3. c o m

Thank you for sharing such a good music with all of us!!

[Finistereny]

Thank you for posting this song. If you can, please post the other three songs from the cycle. Some of the best singing I ever heard on stage at the Met was Moll's.

Does anyone out there have Helen Traubel's rendition of these pieces from the early 40's, once available on a Columbia 10-inch LP? She is authoritatively accompanied, I think, by Coenraad van Bos, who was one of the first pianists to play these songs. My memory of Traubel's performance is that it was magisterial.

[fontana2k]

Hi Finistereny! Please, take a look at my profile and you will find the other three songs!

[2gercelticw]

I want to record this with my Cello...as breathtakingly as sung here at 3:09

[AkhmedSync]

@fontana2k Oh, well, I've long since done that, but I'd love to hear him singing the other songs on the disc. :3

[aclouti6]

@pantanegro you're correct of course. i was reading along with my edition in e minor, and i'm not one of those perfect-pitch-having sort of people. btw totally agree with you; incredible regardless of key.

[pantanegro]

@aclouti6 This is actually a step down, in d minor, but it's still stunning. This baritone is jealous!

[AkhmedSync]

Is this recording available anywhere?

[grandisdavid]

If God exists and has a voice, it is undoubtedly the voice of Kurt Moll!

This is indeed gorgeous like everything the man has recorded and constitute a referential difficult to stand up to. What makes him special to my ears: the musical line of his singing, close to a cello, never singing note by note, word by word but phrases! and also a great vocal technique without this gross wobbling we hear everywhere nowadays!

[aclouti6]

wow. that high f# at 3:09 makes me so happy to be alive.

[bobdoney1]

So strong, so tender. Magnificent interpretation.

[clarksc1988]

Fontana, this is WONDEFUL! Do you know if/how I can get a hold of it? Other good recordings of this cycle, but for me, none hold a candle to this one.