Shirley Verrett as Orfeo "Che faro senza Euridice"
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Sorry , but this women is too happy to sing .... like many of the black singers . In this music , you have to be incredibly sad and frustrated to give the right sense .
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This is very nice and deep, but Ferrier belongs just to an another world .....
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perfection
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@sblackmun Yes. She is beautiful, elegant, precise and with the most wonderful voice you could ever listen. This is indeed perfect.
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just wonderful
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She sounds so wonderful...a great artist...one of the best....
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She does this aria so beautifully =D
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I haven't heard her glorious voice for years - used to have a recording of this with Anna Moffo. Superb singing.
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Hommage à la grande Verrett récemment disparue.
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I adore Kathleen Ferrier and love her performance this piece ( the first version I ever heard) but that does not prevent me appreciating the sheer beauty of this performance. Rather than compare, I am in awe of life, that it provides us with so much beauty to enjoy
This is PRECISELY what Gluck wanted in the performance of hi music: Italian Passion, French steadiness and refinement, and German precision, which is ultimately his compositional ideal. This is one of the most marvelous interpretations I've ever heard. Those who criticize this performance are wrong, plain wrong.
caroconte 3 years ago 36
you can't fault this performance can you, so emotional, it restores your faith in the human race to listen to this recording.
johncliffe39 3 years ago 15