Non-Olympic sports: 12 conductors singing
OrchestrasIt’s Karajan vs Lenny in the final of the medley.
Want more? Solti gives a masterclass to Dudley Moore:
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Ah, but how about the conductors who make noises as they conduct in performances?
Thinking about Rustioni’s groans?
I was thinking about Inbal’s …
Blomstedt singing Bruckner 6:
https://www.facebook.com/Gewandhausorchester/videos/happy-birthday-herbert-blomstedt/440052365524518/
Stutzmann sings for the orchestra for phrasing and colour ! But it’s not as comic as this lot!
Stutzmann is also a professional singer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jeil9S2exIU
Bobby McFerrin is actually the ultimate for that!
I vote for Celi
As an antidote to insomnia, so do I.
Wonderful! I once saw a charming video of Muti singing solfeggio in a masterclass, but couldn’t find it on YouTube. At the risk of annoying Chicagorat, would anyone who has it care to post it?
How about Toscanini’s (in)famous Traviata?
I always thought Toscanini had a nice italian tenor voice. It sounded remarkably resonant even in old age, even when he was cursing the double basses…. Vocal technique was another matter. Making sense?
On the other side of the coin, the conductor Sir Edward Downes was said to have an exceptional singing voice. So it’s not as if a bad singing voice is automatically part and parcel of the job.
Fischer-Dieskau is on record about Friscsay’s lovely tenor voice. (Finding musical flaws in Fricsay must be harder than winning an Olympic medal.)
The moment Karajan starts singing, you realise that he is Austrian.
What a natural talent!
Or speaking.
FWIW, although I did not particularly enjoy Placido Domingo’s conducting (very meh) , but in rehearsals with the orch before the “al italiana” or Sitzprobe, he sang ALL the parts — fascinating.
For sheer virtuosity Solti wins hands down.
The champion singing conductor for your Bruckner Day!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vSY9r7v4cEk