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Resilience ...

Nothing much worth mentioning in between other than the release of Huawei's CFO and perhaps the subsequent interview of her Alstom counterpart from France...

 

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Heifetz en vivo en Paris - live in Paris with exceptional sound qualities

www.youtube.com/watch?v=tsfMaslQt1U

 

Virginia Zeani: Bellini - I Puritani, 'O rendetemi la speme... Qui la voce... Vien, diletto

www.youtube.com/watch?v=VdOvAmc044Q

 

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Francescon Merli, a not so well known but marvelous vocalist :

www.youtube.com/watch?v=kNg-b13I8v4

 

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Nicola Martinucci: "Nessun dorma" ( 1996 )

www.youtube.com/watch?v=R1Fmayo-c3o

Antonio Cortis - Nessun Dorma - 1929

www.youtube.com/watch?v=hIi4kJTx1uk

 

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Georgi Nelepp - "the most exciting" Bolshoi tenor amongst Ivan Kozlovsky, Georgi Vinogradov, and Sergei Lemeshev -Charles Haynes calls Nelepp "the most exciting" of them, with a compelling ring and a sense of urgency - Eleazar`s aria - La Juive

www.youtube.com/watch?v=MMNeuWM5Fgw&list=RD69_YHJ1O8D...

www.youtube.com/watch?v=GpHMcgtiIK8

 

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Riccardo Stracciari ~ Il balen (1917)

www.youtube.com/watch?v=HvptueEvytw&list=RDHvptueEvyt...

www.youtube.com/watch?v=qL1uRmP61h8

 

 

DOWN IN THE VALLEY - IVAN SKOBTSOV

www.youtube.com/watch?v=ILrqO16q0ac

www.youtube.com/watch?v=eu0rzgRV_Ks

 

 

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MARIO FILIPPESCHI - Rigoletto "La donna è mobile" ( '56 )

www.youtube.com/watch?v=jHqIY8Jx6dM

 

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Othello's Willow Song

www.youtube.com/watch?v=gQtOfHBaNqM

 

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Daniele Barioni, "with the most beautiful tenor voice of our age. Had he not slipped away ( because of the premature death of his wife?), we all have to eat radishes..." according to Mario del Monaco in 1959

 

www.youtube.com/watch?v=XEP4A1Z4w5U

www.youtube.com/watch?v=zKs89DBhHUk

www.youtube.com/watch?v=ootHoKvoUIo

www.youtube.com/watch?v=wIn9PENl00U

www.youtube.com/watch?v=7wXA70c5ePE

www.youtube.com/watch?v=7FtFSIFUdHs

www.youtube.com/watch?v=LvYXDrGrKek

 

 

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Titta Ruffo ( 1877- 1953, Hybrid Verismo school )

Walter Legge: "From the his first phrase the audience was vanquished by the overwhelming beauty of his voice—manly, broad, sympathetic, of unsurpassed richness. Such ease of production, such abundance of ringing high Gs! But more: Ruffo's infinite subtlety, variety of tone-colour, interpretive insight and sincerity, his magnificent control, stupendous breathing powers, and impeccable phrasing stamped him as a genius."

Both Battistini and Ruffo displayed exceptional vocal agility and control plus the ability to sustain a long legato line.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=TpC2v8VbQWI&list=RDpcGrpLAH3Q...

www.youtube.com/watch?v=pcGrpLAH3QQ&list=RDpcGrpLAH3Q...

www.youtube.com/watch?v=qrRd0-YgAsk

 

www.youtube.com/watch?v=-nwhj8dlFxk&t=188s

 

He shared the same vocal teacher with:

 

 

Mattia Battistini ( 1856 – 1928, essentially a Bel Canto singer )

www.youtube.com/watch?v=pB23GBDlAnM

www.youtube.com/watch?v=yEYOJT6N9fI

www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Yvpjz29tAE

www.youtube.com/watch?v=pB23GBDlAnM&list=RDMMpB23GBDl...

 

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Forgotten Great Baritones VIII : Granforte

( "He shares the pre-Warren "Big Three" designation, along with Stracciari & Ruffo! " )

 

www.youtube.com/watch?v=TgJOD3wk0hM&list=RDag_j3rYtHh...

 

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LA GRANDE NOTTE A VERONA 1988

www.youtube.com/watch?v=zRzhM4qkUEw&t=1909s

 

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Somehow Backhaus is one of my favourite pianists, and his 5 Beethoven Piano Concertos here are newly mastered:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=lg29kX1lUg8

 

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Having stumbled into this astounding performance by Julian Sitkovetsky :

www.youtube.com/watch?v=qmbO-XmI5lM

 

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Lauri-Volpi canta A te o cara (in tono - in Re maggiore) dai Puritani di Bellini

www.youtube.com/watch?v=DREGB2x0naE

 

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Ricardo Odnoposoff plays Zigeunerwiesen

www.youtube.com/watch?v=1pWCgE_KbiU

www.youtube.com/watch?v=i3hAFJ6vL_4

 

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Rudolf Kehrer ( Solo pianist of the Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra and professor at the Tchaikovsky Conservatory. In 1961, he won the All-Union Contest )

www.youtube.com/watch?v=KejspsnuvnM

 

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The Little known Horowitz Recital in Moscow, 92

www.youtube.com/watch?v=5VQUgrX3H8A

 

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Mischa Levitsky (1898-1941) - a student of Michalowski, Stojowski, and Dohnanyi - Gluck-Sgambati Melodie from Orfeo, 1923

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zfzvszq8duY&list=RDZfzvszq8du...

 

Mendelssohn Rondo capriccioso in E Major Op.14

www.youtube.com/watch?v=1NBAr9tSRnc

 

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Mario Basiola, teacher of Beniamino Gigli, Giacomo Lauri-Volpi among many other successful singers: La favorita

www.youtube.com/watch?v=4S9F3oKwuSQ

Barbiere di Siviglia "Largo al factotum"

www.youtube.com/watch?v=JJRC6W9RYHU

 

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Halina Czerny-Stefańska: Chopin, Grande polonaise brillante in E-Flat Major, Op. 22 (Remastered 2021)

www.youtube.com/watch?v=e0iI38KYnLs&list=OLAK5uy_nmun...

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Uploaded on October 16, 2021
Taken on March 13, 2019