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Bill Staab

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May 22, 2022, 6:17:30 PM5/22/22
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Surely Irmgard Seefried was perhaps the absolute finest of
Schubert sopranos in the postwar era, singing with Gerald Moore
just after the war and then mostly with Erik Werba. Many recordings
on EMI and then mostly on DGG and live performances on Orfeo from
Salzburg. Interpretively more perceptive than Ameling, more
natural than Schwarzkopf, and with superlative diction and
as expressive as any Schubert soprano one can hear

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May 22, 2022, 9:14:21 PM5/22/22
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Ever heard of Erika Koth?

Her "Nähe des geliebten" is to die for.

Dan Koren

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May 23, 2022, 12:48:48 AM5/23/22
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Is this why you turned
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Dan Koren

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May 23, 2022, 12:50:46 AM5/23/22
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On Sunday, May 22, 2022 at 6:14:21 PM UTC-7, gggg gggg wrote:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ORA2ajdHi7A
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4YuErs2-i-Q

dk

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May 23, 2022, 1:44:09 AM5/23/22
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On Sunday, May 22, 2022 at 3:17:30 PM UTC-7, Bill Staab wrote:
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Six Sopranos sing Ave Maria
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On Sunday, May 22, 2022 at 3:17:30 PM UTC-7, Bill Staab wrote:
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"ANNELIESE ROTHENBERGER " FRÜHLINGSGLAUBE" D. 686"

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May 23, 2022, 3:26:10 AM5/23/22
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Although Kathleen Battle's studio recording of "Gott Im Frühlinge" (accompanied by Levine) doesn't seem to be on Youtube, it is included in the following live concert along with a few other Schubert songs:

"Kathleen Battle - Lincoln Center Recital - 1982"

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On Sunday, May 22, 2022 at 3:17:30 PM UTC-7, Bill Staab wrote:
Concerning AN DIE MUSIK, does anyone have a favorite soprano recording of that?

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On Sunday, May 22, 2022 at 3:17:30 PM UTC-7, Bill Staab wrote:
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Friederike Sailer: "Die Forelle"

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On Sunday, May 22, 2022 at 3:17:30 PM UTC-7, Bill Staab wrote:
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Eleanor Steber; "Ständchen"; Franz Schubert

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On Sunday, May 22, 2022 at 3:17:30 PM UTC-7, Bill Staab wrote:
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Eleanor Steber; "Im Abendrot"; Franz Schubert

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May 26, 2022, 1:33:37 AM5/26/22
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On Sunday, May 22, 2022 at 3:17:30 PM UTC-7, Bill Staab wrote:
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Schubert - 4 Lieder - Della Casa / Sándor (live)

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On Sunday, May 22, 2022 at 3:17:30 PM UTC-7, Bill Staab wrote:
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Montserrat CABALLÉ.An die musik, Die junge nonne. . Franz Schubert.

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On Sunday, May 22, 2022 at 12:17:30 PM UTC-10, Bill Staab wrote:
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"EDDA MOSER Delphine - (Schubert)"

"EDDA MOSER - Die jünge Nonne (Schubert)"

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On Sunday, May 22, 2022 at 12:17:30 PM UTC-10, Bill Staab wrote:
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"ELISABETH RETHBERG SINGS- DER LINDENBAUM-franz schubert 1941 AIR CHECK...."

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May 26, 2022, 4:21:48 AM5/26/22
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On Sunday, May 22, 2022 at 12:17:30 PM UTC-10, Bill Staab wrote:
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Beverly Sills = Schubert: "Der Hirt auf dem Felsen" - New York , 1972

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On Sunday, May 22, 2022 at 12:17:30 PM UTC-10, Bill Staab wrote:
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Helen Donath; "Der Hirt auf dem Felsen"; Franz Schubert

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On Sunday, May 22, 2022 at 12:17:30 PM UTC-10, Bill Staab wrote:
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Helen Donath; "Gott im Frühling"; Franz Schubert

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On Sunday, May 22, 2022 at 3:17:30 PM UTC-7, Bill Staab wrote:
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Maria Müller; "Lied der Mignon I"; Franz Schubert

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On Sunday, May 22, 2022 at 3:17:30 PM UTC-7, Bill Staab wrote:
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ANNELIESE ROTHENBERGER "AN DIE NACHTIGALL" D.497

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May 27, 2022, 3:42:52 PM5/27/22
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On Sunday, May 22, 2022 at 3:17:30 PM UTC-7, Bill Staab wrote:
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Tiana Lemnitz, Am Grabe Anselmos (Schubert)

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On Sunday, May 22, 2022 at 3:17:30 PM UTC-7, Bill Staab wrote:
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Teresa BERGANZA sings "Die post" - Schubert

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On Sunday, May 22, 2022 at 12:17:30 PM UTC-10, Bill Staab wrote:
(Y. upload - go to 27:38 for Schubert):

"Love songs/Arleen Auger ラヴ・ソング/アリーン・オジェー"

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On Sunday, May 22, 2022 at 12:17:30 PM UTC-10, Bill Staab wrote:

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On Sunday, May 22, 2022 at 12:17:30 PM UTC-10, Bill Staab wrote:
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Erna Berger with 80 years sings Schubert's "Im Abendrot" D 799.

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On Sunday, May 22, 2022 at 3:17:30 PM UTC-7, Bill Staab wrote:
> Surely Irmgard Seefried was perhaps the absolute finest of
> Schubert sopranos in the postwar era, singing with Gerald Moore
> just after the war and then mostly with Erik Werba. Many recordings
> on EMI and then mostly on DGG and live performances on Orfeo from
> Salzburg. Interpretively more perceptive than Ameling, more
> natural than Schwarzkopf, and with superlative diction and
> as expressive as any Schubert soprano one can hear

(Recent Y. upload):

Erika Köth: "Ave Maria"

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Jun 1, 2022, 3:02:57 AM6/1/22
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Franz Schubert, 15 Lieder, a tribute to Gundula Janowitz

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ELISABETH RETHBERG SINGS- GRETCHENS BITTE-franz schubert 1941 WITH wilfred pelletier
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On Sunday, May 22, 2022 at 3:17:30 PM UTC-7, Bill Staab wrote:
> Surely Irmgard Seefried was perhaps the absolute finest of
> Schubert sopranos in the postwar era, singing with Gerald Moore
> just after the war and then mostly with Erik Werba. Many recordings
> on EMI and then mostly on DGG and live performances on Orfeo from
> Salzburg. Interpretively more perceptive than Ameling, more
> natural than Schwarzkopf, and with superlative diction and
> as expressive as any Schubert soprano one can hear

Mattiwilda Dobbs' recordings of Schubert were issued on a Testament cd.

Battle's Schubert cd on DG included "Gott im Frühlinge" which was very beautiful in part because of Levine's accompaniment.

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Sep 27, 2022, 1:10:02 PM9/27/22
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On Sunday, May 22, 2022 at 3:17:30 PM UTC-7, Bill Staab wrote:
> Surely Irmgard Seefried was perhaps the absolute finest of
> Schubert sopranos in the postwar era, singing with Gerald Moore
> just after the war and then mostly with Erik Werba. Many recordings
> on EMI and then mostly on DGG and live performances on Orfeo from
> Salzburg. Interpretively more perceptive than Ameling, more
> natural than Schwarzkopf, and with superlative diction and
> as expressive as any Schubert soprano one can hear

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Oct 15, 2022, 8:50:04 PM10/15/22
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On Tuesday, September 27, 2022 at 10:10:02 AM UTC-7, gggg gggg wrote:
> On Sunday, May 22, 2022 at 3:17:30 PM UTC-7, Bill Staab wrote:
> > Surely Irmgard Seefried was perhaps the absolute finest of
> > Schubert sopranos in the postwar era, singing with Gerald Moore
> > just after the war and then mostly with Erik Werba. Many recordings
> > on EMI and then mostly on DGG and live performances on Orfeo from
> > Salzburg. Interpretively more perceptive than Ameling, more
> > natural than Schwarzkopf, and with superlative diction and
> > as expressive as any Schubert soprano one can hear

Wasn't this Seefried's earliest recording?:

https://www.google.com/search?q=1944+ariadne+auf+naxos+seefried&tbm=isch&source=hp&biw=1366&bih=657&ei=zVRLY4rTI4e6kPIPq8OoyAQ&iflsig=AJiK0e8AAAAAY0ti3f2iiwsR2BWZ2xFbV5uf7FqcHfkp&ved=0ahUKEwjK7fe1w-P6AhUHHUQIHashCkkQ4dUDCAc&uact=5&oq=1944+ariadne+auf+naxos+seefried&gs_lcp=CgNpbWcQAzoICAAQgAQQsQM6BQgAEIAEOgsIABCABBCxAxCDAToGCAAQBRAeOgYIABAIEB5QAFi6VWCtVmgAcAB4AIAB6gKIAYEbkgEJMTguMTIuMC4xmAEAoAEBqgELZ3dzLXdpei1pbWc&sclient=img#imgrc=necOyxtrxJZN0M

drh8h

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Oct 15, 2022, 10:55:28 PM10/15/22
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For any humans who might be interested, there was a Handel "Laudate pueri" recording in which she participated, dated 1943. It was reissued in the two-lp "The Art of Irmgard Seefried" on HMV Treasury and Seraphim. I believe a recording attributed to the same year was issued in a CRQ Edition cd devoted to her.

DH

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Oct 15, 2022, 11:40:43 PM10/15/22
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On Saturday, October 15, 2022 at 7:55:28 PM UTC-7, drh8h wrote:
> For any humans who might be interested, there was a Handel "Laudate pueri" recording in which she participated, dated 1943. It was reissued in the two-lp "The Art of Irmgard Seefried" on HMV Treasury and Seraphim. I believe a recording attributed to the same year was issued in a CRQ Edition cd devoted to her.
>
> DH

The interview she gave Lanfranco Rasponi was included in his book THE LAST PRIMA DONNAS:

https://books.google.com/books?newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&id=Dxo6AQAAIAAJ&dq=rasponi+last+prima+donnas&focus=searchwithinvolume&q=seefried

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Oct 16, 2022, 12:37:12 AM10/16/22
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On Sunday, May 22, 2022 at 3:17:30 PM UTC-7, Bill Staab wrote:
> Surely Irmgard Seefried was perhaps the absolute finest of
> Schubert sopranos in the postwar era, singing with Gerald Moore
> just after the war and then mostly with Erik Werba. Many recordings
> on EMI and then mostly on DGG and live performances on Orfeo from
> Salzburg. Interpretively more perceptive than Ameling, more
> natural than Schwarzkopf, and with superlative diction and
> as expressive as any Schubert soprano one can hear

Concerning Schwarzkopf, according to the following:

- I first heard Irmgard Seefried in the 1950s and 1960s singing lieder recitals in NYC. They were transforming superior to Schwartzkopf in their musicality, voice and interpretations. Her voice had a golden silver quality with a dark underpinning. The true quality which I heard in Town Hall and the Hunter College auditorium has never really been captured on record.
What impressed everybody was the deep emotional and natural communication of her singing-something that Schwartzkopf -whom I heard in her NYC lieder debut - never achieved in concert...

https://www.amazon.com/Irmgard-Seefried-Lieder/dp/B000M05VNE


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Oct 21, 2022, 9:16:32 PM10/21/22
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On Sunday, May 22, 2022 at 3:17:30 PM UTC-7, Bill Staab wrote:
> Surely Irmgard Seefried was perhaps the absolute finest of
> Schubert sopranos in the postwar era, singing with Gerald Moore
> just after the war and then mostly with Erik Werba. Many recordings
> on EMI and then mostly on DGG and live performances on Orfeo from
> Salzburg. Interpretively more perceptive than Ameling, more
> natural than Schwarzkopf, and with superlative diction and
> as expressive as any Schubert soprano one can hear

(Y. upload):

"Ave Maria - Esther Rethy - Grammophon 78 Rpm"

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Oct 24, 2022, 1:39:23 PM10/24/22
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On Sunday, May 22, 2022 at 3:17:30 PM UTC-7, Bill Staab wrote:
> Surely Irmgard Seefried was perhaps the absolute finest of
> Schubert sopranos in the postwar era, singing with Gerald Moore
> just after the war and then mostly with Erik Werba. Many recordings
> on EMI and then mostly on DGG and live performances on Orfeo from
> Salzburg. Interpretively more perceptive than Ameling, more
> natural than Schwarzkopf, and with superlative diction and
> as expressive as any Schubert soprano one can hear

https://groups.google.com/u/1/g/rec.music.classical.recordings/c/JTajRg_39Do/m/THcriIPxIh4J

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Oct 24, 2022, 10:20:10 PM10/24/22
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Here is a clearer recording of that:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u6kwcXHO1pk

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Oct 25, 2022, 10:51:32 AM10/25/22
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On Sunday, May 22, 2022 at 3:17:30 PM UTC-7, Bill Staab wrote:
> Surely Irmgard Seefried was perhaps the absolute finest of
> Schubert sopranos in the postwar era, singing with Gerald Moore
> just after the war and then mostly with Erik Werba. Many recordings
> on EMI and then mostly on DGG and live performances on Orfeo from
> Salzburg. Interpretively more perceptive than Ameling, more
> natural than Schwarzkopf, and with superlative diction and
> as expressive as any Schubert soprano one can hear

(2022 Y. upload):

"Erika Köth: "Ave Maria""

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Oct 25, 2022, 11:12:50 AM10/25/22
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Oct 25, 2022, 11:17:28 AM10/25/22
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Maria Muller also recorded that:

https://open.spotify.com/track/6WZk2VPxDmvggM59j8MH4P

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Oct 25, 2022, 11:27:46 AM10/25/22
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On Sunday, May 22, 2022 at 3:17:30 PM UTC-7, Bill Staab wrote:
> Surely Irmgard Seefried was perhaps the absolute finest of
> Schubert sopranos in the postwar era, singing with Gerald Moore
> just after the war and then mostly with Erik Werba. Many recordings
> on EMI and then mostly on DGG and live performances on Orfeo from
> Salzburg. Interpretively more perceptive than Ameling, more
> natural than Schwarzkopf, and with superlative diction and
> as expressive as any Schubert soprano one can hear

(Y. upload):

"Friederike Sailer: "Die Forelle""

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Oct 25, 2022, 11:59:34 AM10/25/22
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"Ilse Hollweg: "Die Forelle""

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Nov 1, 2022, 12:13:12 PM11/1/22
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(Y. upload0:

"ave maria, anneliese R"

[Schubert's AVE MARIA sung by Anneliese Rothenberger}

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Nov 4, 2022, 10:19:05 PM11/4/22
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On Saturday, October 15, 2022 at 7:55:28 PM UTC-7, drh8h wrote:
Seefried in Mahler 4:

https://www.wfmt.com/2022/11/04/thomson-milhaud-and-mahler

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On Sunday, May 22, 2022 at 3:17:30 PM UTC-7, Bill Staab wrote:
> Surely Irmgard Seefried was perhaps the absolute finest of
> Schubert sopranos in the postwar era, singing with Gerald Moore
> just after the war and then mostly with Erik Werba. Many recordings
> on EMI and then mostly on DGG and live performances on Orfeo from
> Salzburg. Interpretively more perceptive than Ameling, more
> natural than Schwarzkopf, and with superlative diction and
> as expressive as any Schubert soprano one can hear

(2022 Y. upload):

"Mimi Coertse sings "An die musik" by Schubert."

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Nov 5, 2022, 11:47:42 AM11/5/22
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On Sunday, May 22, 2022 at 3:17:30 PM UTC-7, Bill Staab wrote:
> Surely Irmgard Seefried was perhaps the absolute finest of
> Schubert sopranos in the postwar era, singing with Gerald Moore
> just after the war and then mostly with Erik Werba. Many recordings
> on EMI and then mostly on DGG and live performances on Orfeo from
> Salzburg. Interpretively more perceptive than Ameling, more
> natural than Schwarzkopf, and with superlative diction and
> as expressive as any Schubert soprano one can hear

(Y. upload):

"Elisabeth Söderstöm sings Schubert's Goethe Lieder!"

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Dec 30, 2022, 1:51:43 AM12/30/22
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On Sunday, May 22, 2022 at 3:17:30 PM UTC-7, Bill Staab wrote:
> Surely Irmgard Seefried was perhaps the absolute finest of
> Schubert sopranos in the postwar era, singing with Gerald Moore
> just after the war and then mostly with Erik Werba. Many recordings
> on EMI and then mostly on DGG and live performances on Orfeo from
> Salzburg. Interpretively more perceptive than Ameling, more
> natural than Schwarzkopf, and with superlative diction and
> as expressive as any Schubert soprano one can hear

Rothenberger's Schubert cd:

https://www.amazon.com/Schubert-Rosamunde-Lieder-Cologne-Collection/dp/B00H87JVP8

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On Sunday, May 22, 2022 at 3:17:30 PM UTC-7, Bill Staab wrote:
> Surely Irmgard Seefried was perhaps the absolute finest of
> Schubert sopranos in the postwar era, singing with Gerald Moore
> just after the war and then mostly with Erik Werba. Many recordings
> on EMI and then mostly on DGG and live performances on Orfeo from
> Salzburg. Interpretively more perceptive than Ameling, more
> natural than Schwarzkopf, and with superlative diction and
> as expressive as any Schubert soprano one can hear

(2023 Y. upload):

"KIRSTEN FLAGSTAD SINGS FRUHLINGSGLAUBE franz schubert 1955"

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On Sunday, May 22, 2022 at 3:17:30 PM UTC-7, Bill Staab wrote:
> Surely Irmgard Seefried was perhaps the absolute finest of
> Schubert sopranos in the postwar era, singing with Gerald Moore
> just after the war and then mostly with Erik Werba. Many recordings
> on EMI and then mostly on DGG and live performances on Orfeo from
> Salzburg. Interpretively more perceptive than Ameling, more
> natural than Schwarzkopf, and with superlative diction and
> as expressive as any Schubert soprano one can hear

(Y. upload - also read the 800+ Comments):

"Schubert - Ave Maria - Deanna Durbin"

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Apr 26, 2023, 11:32:34 PM4/26/23
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On Sunday, May 22, 2022 at 3:17:30 PM UTC-7, Bill Staab wrote:
> Surely Irmgard Seefried was perhaps the absolute finest of
> Schubert sopranos in the postwar era, singing with Gerald Moore
> just after the war and then mostly with Erik Werba. Many recordings
> on EMI and then mostly on DGG and live performances on Orfeo from
> Salzburg. Interpretively more perceptive than Ameling, more
> natural than Schwarzkopf, and with superlative diction and
> as expressive as any Schubert soprano one can hear

"Ave Maria" (Clara Ebers):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K9cWYWHMsww&list=OLAK5uy_lBWEGYuh_ilIvFOszFYDYHfJCSD4c1vxc

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Apr 29, 2023, 4:07:46 AM4/29/23
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On Sunday, May 22, 2022 at 3:17:30 PM UTC-7, Bill Staab wrote:
> Surely Irmgard Seefried was perhaps the absolute finest of
> Schubert sopranos in the postwar era, singing with Gerald Moore
> just after the war and then mostly with Erik Werba. Many recordings
> on EMI and then mostly on DGG and live performances on Orfeo from
> Salzburg. Interpretively more perceptive than Ameling, more
> natural than Schwarzkopf, and with superlative diction and
> as expressive as any Schubert soprano one can hear

Tebaldi sings "Ave Maria":

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p_UGwxfY1oI
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