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To My Friends
Hugo [Composer] Wolf, Carl Loewe, Edvard Grieg
To My Friends
Genres: Pop, Classical
 
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Dame Elisabeth Schwarzkopf was a leading sopranos admired for her performances of Mozart, Strauss and Hugo Wolf. Though primarily an EMI recording artist she made her final studio recording for Decca in 1977. This recit...  more »

     
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All Artists: Hugo [Composer] Wolf, Carl Loewe, Edvard Grieg, Johannes Brahms, Geoffrey Parsons, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf
Title: To My Friends
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Total Copies: 0
Label: Decca
Original Release Date: 1/1/1991
Re-Release Date: 11/14/2006
Genres: Pop, Classical
Styles: Vocal Pop, Opera & Classical Vocal, Historical Periods, Baroque (c.1600-1750), Modern, 20th, & 21st Century
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPC: 028943000024

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Dame Elisabeth Schwarzkopf was a leading sopranos admired for her performances of Mozart, Strauss and Hugo Wolf. Though primarily an EMI recording artist she made her final studio recording for Decca in 1977. This recital has been unavailable for over a decade and we are now re-releasing it to mark the passing of this great artist. Complete with full text and translations. Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, soprano & Geoffrey Parson, piano.

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A great singer's ill-advised last album
Santa Fe Listener | Santa Fe, NM USA | 09/04/2007
(3 out of 5 stars)

"Those of us who vastly admire Elisabeth Schwarzkopf react badly to this farewell recital that she was persuaded to make after her voice had declined. I believe the date was either 1972 or 1977 (my disc doesn't have the program insert). Schwarzkopf was the absolute mistress of Wolf lieder, and in the Morike selections heard here, one can't help but respond to her artistry, yet vocal security comes and goes, and all of these songs were done to greater effect on her many recordings for EMI. Georffrey Parsons provides excellent accompaniment, and Decca's sound is first-rate. If you don't know Schwarzkopf, this is a bad place to begin."