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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.
Gaelyne Gabora sings Selected Songs (1974)
Hans Pfitzner's "Palestrina" (New York, 1997)
Beethoven: Missa Solemnis (New York, 1978)
Beethoven: "Rondino for Wind Octet in E♭ major" (Boston, 1979)
Wout Oosterkamp sings "Heine Lieder" (1996)
Darius Milhaud: "Bolivar" (Paris, 1955)
Berlioz: "Roméo et Juliette", op. 17 (New York, 1976)
A Neil Mackie Recital (1988)
Berlioz: "Les Nuits d'Été" (1975)
Yehudi Menuhin plays "Sonata in A major"(Switzerland, 1952)
Franck: Sonata in A major (Paris, 1971)
Gérard Souzay sings "An die Hoffnung" (Prague, 1969)
Gerard Hengeveld plays "Golliwogg's Cakewalk" (1959)
Tom Krause sings "Schwanengesang" (Prague, 1971)
Phyllis Curtin sings Fauré & Debussy (Tanglewood, 1964)
Phyllis Curtin sings Contemporary Latin American Songs (Tanglewood, 1964)
Gounod: Scenes from "Mireille" (Radio-Canada, 1957)
Margreet Honig sings "C'est l'extase" (1977)
Charles Koechlin: "Les Chants de Nectaire" (Paris, 1997)
Déodat de Séverac: "Mélodies et Chansons (1987)
Nathan Gunn sings "Die schöne Müllerin" (2005)
William Walton: "Belshazzar's Feast" (Blossom Festival, 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)