12 Nov 12
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Originally posted by scacchipazzoHow about this for an 'outside' of opera duel/jewel 😉?
Without question! Classical requires lots of training and hence the uniformity. Pop tends to be delightfully eclectically different. Lots of non-entity singers get away with awful voices like Taylor Swift, but I do admit her tone is pleasant indeed. My favorite songs outside of great opera arias are the jewels to be found in Schubert lieder and Hugo Wolff's! Brahms' are not bad as are Schuman's!
-m.
Oh! Edit: Doesn't Barbra just destroy the integrity of the weaker voice? 😲
13 Nov 12
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Originally posted by scacchipazzoYes - Schubert's Winterreise - a great, if disturbing work. The first Lied in particular, "Fremd bin ich eingezogen" has a unique haunting beauty. Here's Ian Bostridge singing the work (slightly fussy backgrounds - it's kind of done like a film - but terrific voice):
My favorite songs outside of great opera arias are the jewels to be found in Schubert lieder and Hugo Wolff's! Brahms' are not bad as are Schuman's!
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And here's another interpretation - this one with subtitles:
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13 Nov 12
Originally posted by TeinosukeI prefer a baritone singing this work to lend it an even darker hue. I am deeply steeped in Die Winterreise, a masterpiece of the very first order! However, Schubert wrote no darker song than Der Doppleganger from his Swan Song cycle.
Yes - Schubert's Winterreise - a great, if disturbing work. The first Lied in particular, "Fremd bin ich eingezogen" has a unique haunting beauty. Here's Ian Bostridge singing the work (slightly fussy backgrounds - it's kind of done like a film - but terrific voice):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ISz_lP9zo7s&feature=related
And here's another interp ...[text shortened]... on - this one with subtitles:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3tIbJviHGMI&feature=relmfu
I love Ian Bostridge in Schubert's lighter songs.
14 Nov 12
Originally posted by scacchipazzoI forgot to mention Siegfried Lorenz gives the best rendition of Die Winterreise, IMHO. His recording along with Norman Shetler on the ivories is second to none. I just wish it had side by side German/English. Thomas Quathoff also does this masterwork great justice as does Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau.
I prefer a baritone singing this work to lend it an even darker hue. I am deeply steeped in Die Winterreise, a masterpiece of the very first order! However, Schubert wrote no darker song than Der Doppleganger from his Swan Song cycle.
I love Ian Bostridge in Schubert's lighter songs.