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2014-02-02 05:00:00
In memoriam of Gustav Leonhardt [Part two]
Johann Christian BachFour Master WorksPaul Sacher, Wiener Symphoniker Gustav Leonhardt is the soloist in the Harpsichord Concerto op.7 no.5LP Philips S 04003 L [1950(?)] This could be the first LP recorded by Gustav Leonhardt, and can be listen here Seems to me interesting to refer to what Richard Egarr said on the occasion of Leonhardt's death:'I had the great privilege and pleasure to have studied with Gustav and to know him a little personally. Both he and his wife Marie were true pioneers in the field of historical performance. They clung to their ideals of thorough research coupled with (more importantly) a deeply musical and practical application of this knowledge. This is truly the ending of an era. 'He was an aristocratic man, in some ways demonstrating odd contradictions. His living environment was utterly eighteenth century - a CD player and fax machine were, I think, grudging […]
2012-03-13 17:15:04
Counter attack
[…] Canterbury Cathedral by Sir Michael Tippett who remarked that when he heard Deller sing “the years seemed to roll away”: here, finally, was the voice for Purcell. Tippett must have heard countertenors before, but with Deller he was encountering a special solo artist, one who would go on to an immensely influential concert and recording career. One of the seminal moments in historical performance practice occurred in 1954 when Deller recorded Bach cantatas with the Leonhardt Consort, led by that movement’s towering figure, Gustav Leonhardt, who just died in January. America’s early pioneer Russell Oberlin differed from Deller claiming he sang with his “natural” voice rather singing falsetto. It’s often this “false”-ness that pundits use to dismiss countertenor singing: “it’s not natural,” etc. Even as acclaimed an artist as Deller had to put up with enormous prejudice in those early days; prominent musicians remarked (presumably in a “stage whisper” meant […]
2012-01-17 19:55:25
[…] settled permanently and was appointed organist at the Waalse Kerk, which boasted a splendid organ of 1733.Around this time he started making his numerous recordings – a concerto by Johann Christian Bach under Sacher, the first of what would eventually be three recordings of Bach's Goldberg Variations – and, with a small ensemble, discs with the English contertenor Alfred Deller, from whom he declared he learned much about nuance and phrasing. He also formed the Leonhardt Consort, which, for 20 years, made historical instruments the norm for this period of the repertoire to such an extent that he later declared: "If you hear a modern violin, you are almost startled."A busy life was filled with concerts and recordings in Europe and the US, which he visited almost every year. In 1962, and again in 1969, he was visiting professor at Harvard University, and in 1967 appeared as Johann Sebastian Bach […]
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