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Binding: Audio CD
EAN: 0724356615021
Label: EMI Classics
Manufacturer: EMI Classics
Number Of Discs: 3
Publisher: EMI Classics
Release Date: January 01, 1997
Sales Rank: 601186
Studio: EMI Classics
Average Rating: 
Rating:  -
Of course this is not your run of the mill Schubert lieder recital, but there are exceptional gems hidden here (along with some less impressive performances). I found that my ears adjusted quickly to the uneven and scratchy sound when exposed to performances as heart-felt and original as those some of those represented here. Chaliapine and Sibiriakov, immense voices tamed to communicate the most intimate emotion; the wonderful contralto of Ottilie Metzger who was to die in Auschwitz bringing eloquent ... Read More
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Unless you are a curio hunter, who likes collecting voices from the past, you will not find much to enjoy in this set. Indeed, you might find much that will excruciate. Conductor Arthur Nikisch and soprano Elena Gerhardt were musicians of great renown in their day, but their 1911 performance of "An die Musik" is frankly appalling. Nikisch plays the opening accompaniment quickly, then slows to half speed when Gerhardt enters. What follows, for nearly four minutes, is not so much a tribute to music as ... Read More
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