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Here are some favorite artists. Most are quite rare recordings or performances -- hopefully, some excerpts you have not heard before. Feel free to share your comments on these artists.
I have a great admiration for Eileen Farrell, Nan Merriman, Lois Marshall, Maureen Forrester, Peter Pears, Léopold Simoneau, Hermann Prey, and Benjamin Luxon, among others. It is a rare gift to be a good recitalist and these artists are that and so much more!
Every attempt has been made to not violate any audio or visual copyrights. I have deleted more than half of the files uploaded to try and be observant of all copyright issues. If there is any file that is questionable please tell me and I will gladly delete it.
For many years I have been involved in the art of ikebana - Japanese flower arrangement. As you can see, my arrangements fall into a modern free-style. I hope you become acquainted with this great art form and lifestyle.
Wilhelmine Matthès sings "Ruhe, Süßliebchen, im Schatten" (1959)
Cimarosa: "Il matrimonio segreto" (Milan, 1980)
Peter Pears sings "Hymn for a Child" (London, 1951)
Brahms: "Die schöne Magelone", op. 33 (Stuttgart, 2024)
Gabriel Fauré: "Pénélope" (Paris, 1974)
John Browning plays Prokofiev Concerto No. 3 (1965)
Mark Pedrotti sings Wagner mélodies (Toronto, 1998)
Verdi's "Un ballo in maschera" (Amsterdam, 1958)
Matthias Goerne sings "Kindertotenlieder" (Hamburg, 2018)
Handel: "The Gods Go a'Begging" Suite (Concertgebouw, 1965)
Beethoven: Coriolan Overture (1961)
Mahler "Adagietto" from Symphony No. 5 (1962)
Adi le Gué sings French mélodies (1969)
Pierre Mollet sings "La bonne chanson" (1961)
Henk Driessen sings Mozart! (1953)
Udo Reinemann sings Brahms Lieder (1989)
Anner Bylsma plays "Pezzo capriccioso", op. 62 (1959)
Thomas Quasthoff sings Brahms Lieder (Lucerne, 2009)
Michel Debost plays "Fantaisie", op. 79 (1961)
John van Kesteren sings Lieder (1973)
Matthias Goerne sings "Fünf Rückertlieder" (Rotterdam, 2005)
Gounod's "Le Médecin malgré lui" (France, 1972)
William Doppmann plays Barber "Fuga" (New York, 1986)
William Doppmann plays Chopin Études (New York, 1986)
William Doppmann plays Clementi Sonata, op. 13, no. 6 (New York, 1986)
Harry de Groot: "Crossfade" (1965)
Rosemarie Landry sings Poulenc mélodies (1999)
A Matthias Goerne Recital (2012)
Anne Jamison sings "The Holy City" (1949)
Francis Poulenc: "Sept répons des ténèbres" (Paris, 1963)