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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.
Charles Koechlin: "Les Chants de Nectaire" (Paris, 1997)
Déodat de Séverac: "Mélodies et Chansons (1987)
Nathan Gunn sings "Die schöne Müllerin" (2005)
Morley Meredith sings Belshazzar's Feast (1971)
Marvis Martin sings Mozart arias - Live!
Mitsuko Shirai sings "Winterreise" selections - Live!
Hugo Wolf: "Italienisches Liederbuch" (Finland, 2005)
André Caplet: "Le miroir de Jésus" (Buenos Aires, 1961)
A Maureen Forrester Recital (Mont Orford, 1963)
André Caplet: "Septuor à cordes vocales et instrumentales" (Paris, 1935)
André Caplet: "Messe à trois voix" (The Hague, 1960)
Elisabeth Lugt sings Caplet mélodies (1974)
David & Robert Johnston sing "Abraham and Isaac", op. 51 (1979)
Britten: Serenade for tenor, horn, and strings (San Francisco, 2014)
Britten: "Serenade for tenor, horn and strings" (New York, 1972)
David Johnston sings "My beloved is mine", op. 40 (1979)
A Júlia Hamari Recital (Netherlands, 1974)
Jacques Leguerney: "Quatuor à Cordes en Ré"
Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 (Chicago, 1982)
Liszt: "Die Legende von der heiligen Elisabeth" (New York, 1971)
"Ch'io mi scordi di te?", K. 505 (Tanglewood, 1964)
Hindemith: "The Four Temperaments" (Detroit, 1966)
Richard Dyer-Bennet discusses "The Lovely Milleress"
Jean Madeira sings "Che farò senza Euridice?" (Los Angeles, 1960)
Jean Madeira sings "When I am laid in earth" (Los Angeles, 1960)
Theodor Uppman sings "Old American Songs" (New York, 1966)
Stravinsky: "Les noces" (live, 1971)
Elisabeth Cooymans sings Chausson melodies! (1980)
Janine Micheau sings "Exsultate, jubilate", K. 165 (Paris, 1948)
Sanford Sylvan sings "The Wound-Dresser" (Lübeck, 1995)