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Richard Strauss

Dame Janet Baker

Erstarrung

Franz Schubert

Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau

Franz Schubert

Marian Anderson

Abschied

Franz Schubert

Gerhard Hüsch

Liebestreu

Johannes Brahms

Jessye Norman

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Gianni Schicchi – Puccini

Angela Gheorghiu

Les Pêcheurs de Perles – Bizet

Jussi Björling and Robert Merrill

Le nozze di Figaro – Mozart

Renee Fleming

Die Tote Stadt – Korngold

Beverly Sills

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You guys need to start all over with these lists. I suggest ritual tribal cleansing, because, Everything You Know Is Wrong:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OMtIQOAuzSw

Once you've all healed, we'll talk about what we've seen, and share.

rde

I Think We're All Bozos on this Bus

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Thanks, Peter.

Bronfman fabulous!

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Wesendonck Lieder – Wagner

Kirsten Flagstad

Wesendonck Lieder – Wagner

Jessye Norman

Wagner

Jessye Norman

Wagner

Jessye Norman

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Three versions of Chopin's Etude op. 10 #4:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nMl0hrnxHA4

Argerich is fast (as usual), but not very accurate and she uses too much pedal, which creates a muddy sound, especially with the sixteenth notes in the bass line. The Etude should be played with little or no pedal, after all Chopin indicates pedal only for the last 4 bars.

Richter plays even significantly faster than Argerich, but creates a much clearer sound.

A more "normal" tempo, less extreme than Richter, but also a nice, clear interpretation. With Richter and Lisitsa you can clearly hear the continuous switching of the two figurations (staccato chords and continuously running sixteenth notes) between the two hands.

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Tchaikovsky

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Concerto No.1, First Movement – A</A>

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Concerto No.1, First Movement – B</A>

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No.6, Fourth Movement – A</A>

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No.6, Fourth Movement – B</A>

Shostakovich

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No. 1, Fourth Movement</A>

<A href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kfvBz3huGZU&feature=related">Symphony No. 5, Fourth Movement – A</A>

<A href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=axN0A5n-4yA&feature=related">Symphony No. 5, Fourth Movement – B</A>

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No. 7, Finale</A>

Yes - van Cliburn is still the best performance of that concerto, by far...

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