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Christa Ludwig – “Stehe Still!” – “Wesendonck Lieder – Fünf Gedichte für eine Frauenstimme” – Richard Wagner – Text by Mathilde Wesendonck (1828-1902) by Luca

Christa Ludwig – “Stehe Still!” – “Wesendonck Lieder – Fünf Gedichte für eine Frauenstimme” – Richard Wagner – Text by Mathilde Wesendonck (1828-1902). Conductor M.° Otto Klemperer 1962. “Sausendes, brausendes Rad der Zeit, Messer du der Ewigkeit; Leuchtende Sphären im weiten All, Die ihr umringt den Weltenball; Urewige Schöpfung, halte doch ein, Genug des Werdens, […]

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Dreams: Richard Wagner’s Five Poems by Mathilde von Wesendonk – an Analysis by Robert Cart by Luca

Professional and amateur musicians, musicologists and arm-chair music historians agree that Richard Wagner’s (1813 -1883) musical innovations revolutionized opera. His use of leitmotivs, super-human heroes, and the unrivaled scale of his newly conceived genre, the music drama, distinguished him from his contemporaries. Though he focused primarily on composing his thirteen music dramas, he also composed […]

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Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau – “Mörike-Lieder” – Hugo Wolf (13 March 1860 – 22 February 1903) by Luca

Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (R.I.P.) – “Mörike-Lieder”: – “Der Genesene an die Hoffnung” – “In der Frühe” – “Fußreise”. Hugo Wolf (13 March 1860 – 22 February 1903) – Hartmut Höll Piano – 1987 Baden-Baden (D). Hugo Wolf was an Austrian composer of Slovene origin, particularly noted for his art songs, or lieder. He brought to this […]

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