Slippedisc comfort zone (13): Lost to the world

Slippedisc comfort zone (13): Lost to the world

Daily Comfort Zone

norman lebrecht

April 25, 2021

In memoriam Christa Ludwig, instinctual singer of Mahler’s most personal song.

Comments

  • Andrew Powell says:
    April 26, 2021 at 9:30 am

    Christa prime …

    Schlafe, mein Liebster, genieße der Ruh’

    … all eleven minutes of it. For the radiant tone, the trills and the shadings. Never too slow.

    1965, Feb 6-15, Feb 25 to March 4, and June 8-9 and 14-15, Herkules-Saal.

    From the Second Day of Christmas.

    YouTube: tH07fah8LT0

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    • John Kelly says:
      April 27, 2021 at 1:32 pm

      Andrew – THANK YOU! I would never have listened to this if not for your mention. (Am not a big fan of Bach Cantatas) . This is absolutely sublime, and Richter’s accompaniment is superb. I remember Ludwig singing Mahler with Lenny and the NYPO………a truly GREAT singer

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  • Greg Bottini says:
    April 26, 2021 at 2:50 pm

    Sublime.
    Christa was a gift to the world of music.

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  • Russell Platt says:
    April 26, 2021 at 9:09 pm

    My God, what a loss! She was beyond praise.

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  • Vovka Ashkenazy says:
    April 28, 2021 at 9:32 am

    She was a wonderful artist and person.

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