COMPOSERS: Schubert
LABELS: EMI
ALBUM TITLE: Schubert Lieder
WORKS: Lieder
PERFORMER: Christa Ludwig (mezzo-soprano), Geffrey Parsons, Gerald Moore (piano)
CATALOGUE NO: 562 8962
Christa Ludwig’s billowing portamenti reinforce a largeness of gesture not always to current taste. But she does ‘dark’ (witness ‘Der Tod und das Mädchen’) magnificently. Paul Riley
Schubert: Lieder
Christa Ludwig’s billowing portamenti reinforce a largeness of gesture not always to current taste. But she does ‘dark’ (witness ‘Der Tod und das Mädchen’) magnificently. Paul Riley
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Published: January 20, 2012 at 3:56 pm