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1 online resource (1 video file (1 hr., 9 min.)) : sound, color |
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010900 |
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digital |
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video file |
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polychrome |
| Performer |
Christa Ludwig, mezzo-soprano ; Charles Spencer, piano. |
| Event |
Recorded Volkstheater Wien, Vienna, Austria. |
| Summary |
Watch Christa Ludwig sing Lieder by her favourite composers, accompanied by pianist Charles Spencer, filmed during her farewell tour in 1994. Knowned for her perfectly homogeneous tone of voice even at the end of her career, Christa Ludwig has impressed the operatic stage during almost 48 years before her retirement in 1994. She is widely recognised as one of the most significant and distinguished singers of the 20th century. In 2010, to honour her long and brilliant career, she received the prestigious title of Commander of the Legion of Honour. In addition to her opera performances, Ludwig regularly gave recitals of Lieder, alone or as a soloist with orchestras. She did a farewell tour with her friend Charles Spencer on the piano, and performed Lieder by Schubert, Mahler, Bernstein, Wolf and Richard. Strauss, after having given a concert performance of Schubert's Winter Journey. |
| Contents |
Geheimnis, D.491 ; Im Abendrot, D.799 ; Die Forelle (The Trout), D. 550 ; Der Tod und das Mädchen, op. 7, no. 3, D. 531 ; Sehnsucht, D.516 ; Der Musensohn, D.764 / Franz Schubert -- Ich ging mit Lust durch einen grünen Wald ; Rheinlegendchen ; Das irdische Leben ; Ich bin der Welt abhanden gekommen from Rückert-Lieder ; Scheiden und Meiden from Vierzehn Lieder und Gesänge / Gustav Mahler -- I hate music / Leonard Bernstein -- Anakreons Grab from Goethe-Lieder ; Der Gärtner ; In dem Schatten meiner Locken ; Mein Liebster hat zu Tische mich geladen ; Wie lange schon war immer mein Verlangen from Teil I / Hugo Wolf -- Du meines Herzens Krönelein from Schlichte Weisen, op. 21 ; Begegnung, TrV98 ; Die Nacht, op. 10, no. 3 ; Morgen, op. 27 no. 4 / Richard Strauss. |
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Sung in German and English. |
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Songs (Medium voice) with piano.
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Songs (Medium voice) with piano. |
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Internet videos.
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Internet videos.
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Video recordings.
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Video recordings.
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Sánchez Lansch, Enrique, 1963- film director.
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Ludwig, Christa, singer.
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Spencer, Charles, 1955- instrumentalist.
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Container of (work): Schubert, Franz, 1797-1828.
Songs. Selections.
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Container of (work): Mahler, Gustav, 1860-1911.
Songs. Selections.
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Container of (work): Bernstein, Leonard, 1918-1990.
I hate music.
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Container of (work): Wolf, Hugo, 1860-1903.
Songs. Selections.
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Container of (work): Strauss, Richard, 1864-1949.
Songs. Selections.
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O.M.M.A., production company.
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