What Are You Listening To?

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Haydn and Handel are perhaps the most underrated composers outside of those who dig deep into Classical Music.

 

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Eleanor Steber was one of the first sopranos trained and based in the U.S. to gain success and recognition. She was a regular on The Voice of Firestone & The Bell Telephone Hour. The selections of this disc are all from live recordings dating from 1953-1970.

 

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Listening to Symphony no. 5… which I must admit is the least familiar to me of Mahler’s 9 symphonies.

 

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My visit to the local farmer's market, reported here: https://creativespark.art/threads/what-are-you-up-to.5822/post-138817

made me think of this; for some reason, I always associate this piece with the crazy activity of a flea market rather than "festivities" as such:

 

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19th century French songs or mélodie by one of my favorite singers, Véronique Gens.

Véronique Gens reminds me of Arleen Auger.

 

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