#Gerard Souzay

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Fauré/Souzay, Les berceaux

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Gérard Souzay sings Fauré‘s Soir

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Les Berceaux

Título: Les Berceaux (Op. 23, No. 1) Música: Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924) Ano de Composição da Música: 1879 Período musical: romântico Texto: Sully Prudhomme (1839-1907), primeiro Nobel de Literatura Ano de Escrita do Poema: 1865, em Stances et Poèmes Período literário: parnasianismo

Ao longo do cais, os grandes navios que balançam com o mar não fazem ideia dos berços que as mulheres balançam também. Entretanto, a hora da partida uma hora chegará, pois os homens são seres tentados pelo horizonte desconhecido e suas mulheres irão chorar de saudade. Nesse dia, quanto mais se distanciarem do mar, os navios sentirão seu grande volume diminuído pela saudade dos berços que agora estão distantes.

Musicalmente, o piano representa as águas balançando, enquanto a voz significa a calmaria que fica acima dele. Trata-se de um problema de uma família, de pessoas maduras. O drama no meio da música expressa a dor e a raiva da mulher em direção a esse destino, mas a volta eficiente da música à calmaria significa que essa tempestade é igual à do oceano: o destino é maior, não há o que fazer, e por mais distante que estivermos, em tempo e espaço, o mar sempre será reminiscente da saudade que não acaba.

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GERARD SOUZAY. SO WE DON’T FORGET HIM

GERARD SOUZAY. SO WE DON’T FORGET HIM

Przyslala Basia Jaworski

The in all respects beautiful baritone Gérard Souzay has made the big mistake to sing on for far too long. His last Philips recordings are unlistenable and with his hair dyed pitch black he looked rather pathetic. A great pity, because if you listen to his earlier recordings, you can only fall in love with him and his voice. Souzay was without a doubt one of the…

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August 17 in Music History

1686 Birth of Italian composer Nicola Porpora in Naples. 

1775 Birth of composer Philippe Libon.

1779 Birth of composer Franz de Paula Roser.

1786 Death of Frederick the Great, King of Prussia, flute player and amateur composer at age 74, in Potsdam. 

1806 Birth of composer Johann Kaspar Mertz in Pressburg.

1822 Birth of tenor Louis Gueymard in Chapponay.  1828 Birth of American composer George William Warren in Albany, NY. 

1935 Birth of Latvian tenor Janis Zabers.  1834 Birth of Belgian composer Peter Benoit in Harelbeke. 

1839 Birth of American composer Hubert Platt Main in Ridgefield, CT. 

1846 Birth of French pianist Marie Trautmann Jaëll.

1876 FP of Wagner's Die Gotterdammerung as part of the first Ring Cycle performance at Bayreuth.

1880 Death of Norwegian composer Ole Bull in Lysø.

1880 Birth of composer Leo Ascher.

1898 Death of Austrian composer Carl Zeller in Baden. 

1901 Birth of French composer Henri Tomasi in Marseilles. 

1902 FP of Saint-Saëns: "Parysatis" Béziers.

1903 Birth of American pianist, composer Abram Chasins in NYC. 

1907 Birth of composer Marian Viktorovich Koval.

1908 Birth of composer Kurt Hessenberg.

1910 Birth of composer Eric Aaltonen.

1912 Birth of bass-baritone James Atkins in Hinchley, Leicester. 

1912 FP of Armen Tigranian's Anush in Alexandropol.

1913 Birth of Bulgarian bass Ljubomir Pantscheff, in Sofia. 

1926 Birth of English singer and music writer George Melly.

1928 Birth of American composer T. J. Anderson in Coatesville, 

1928 Death of Italian soprano Emma Carelli. 

1928 Composer Kurt Atterberg wins Schubert Centenary Prize for his Symphony in C.

1930 FP of Friml: "Luana" New York (1930).

1932 Birth of French tenor Robert Andreozzi.

1934 Birth of Polish composer Marian Borkowsi in Pabianice.

1934 Birth of Scottish bass Bill McCue, in Allanton. 

1936 Birth of Bulgarian bass Nikolai Ghiuselev in Pavlikeni, Bulgaria. 

1936 Death of French composer Pierre-Octave Ferroud in Debrecen.

1936 Birth of composer Ivan Parik.

1937 FP of John Ireland's A London Overture at a Proms Concert conducted by Sir Henry Wood at Royal Albert Hall in London.

1941 Birth of German mezzo-soprano Gertraud Eckert.

1943 Birth of English composer and conductor Edward Cowie in Birmingham. 1944 Birth of French pianist and conductor Jean-Bernard Pommier in Beziers. 1946 FP of Arthur Honegger's Symphonie Liturgique No. 3, conducted by Charles Munch, dedicatee, in Zürich.

1948 Birth of American baritone John Cheek in Greenville, 

1949 Birth of American soprano Linda Zoghby, 

1950 Birth of American composer and guitarist Anton Del Forno in NJ.

1952 Birth of German composer Heiner Goebbels.

1953 FP of von Einem's opera Der Prozess 'The Trial' at the Salzburg Festival in Austria. Based on the novel by Franz Kafka.

1954 FP of Liebermann: "Penelope" Salzburg.

1955 FP of Werner Egk's opera Irische Legende 'Irish Legend', at the Salzburg Festival in Austria.

1958 Death of French composer Florent Schmitt.

1959 Death of Chilean composer Humberto Allende Saron in Santiago.

1961 Death of French-American harpist and composer Carlos Salzedo.

1968 Birth of Portugese pianist Arthur Pizarro. 1974 FP of K. Penderecki's Magnificat for bass solo, chorus, and orchestra, in Salzburg, Austria.

1983 Death of American lyricist Ira Gershwin in Beverly Hills.

1984 Death of baritone Mostyn Thomas. 

2000 Death of Italian composer Franco Donatoni in Milan. 

2001 Death of Greek soprano Zoe Vlachopoulos.

2004 Death of French baritone Gerard Souzay.

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Repose en paix cher Earl!

Nous apprenons à notre immense peine que notre grand pianiste Earl Buys nous a quitté. 

...Un remarquable artiste, un magnifique musicien, un magnifique pianiste. effectivement, je l'admire. " Gerard Souzay

"An adroit accompanist..." --Dallas Times Herald

Mot de notre directrice Leila Chalfoun:

“C'est avec grande tristesse que j'apprends le décès de notre grand pianiste Earl Buys. J'ai souvenir comme si c'était hier de ma première audition à New York, il y'a de cela au moins 25 ans... j'ai eu la chance de rencontrer Earl qui m'a par la suite toujours accompagnée lors de mes voyages à New York.

Earl Buys est un grand pianiste, un grand coach que je referais toujours à nos artistes avec la plus grande fierté. J'ai eu par la suite le privilège de le représenter en tant qu'agente.

C'est pour moi une énorme tristesse d'apprendre cette nouvelle! Tu vas nous manquer Earl! Repose en paix mon ami et surtout un immense merci! Je me rappellerais toujours nos belles auditions où tu m'avais si bien préparée et encouragée.”

Leila Chalfoun

Earl Buys a œuvré au Métropolitan Opera, Houston, San Francisco, Santa Fe, Florentine, Pittsburgh, Augusta, St. Paul, New Jersey, Marin, Grattacielo et plusieurs autres compagnies d'opéra comme assistant chef et accompagnateur. Il a été chef de chœur pour nombreuses productions d'opéra.

M. Buys s'est produit en récital avec Gerard Souzay, William Warfield, Jerome Hines, pour ne nommer que ceux là parmi les centaines de chanteurs et instrumentistes qu'il a accompagné partout aux États-Unis, Europe, Canada et Amérique du Sud. Il a été accompagnateur officiel pour des dizaines de concours dont la George London, The Metropolitan Opera, Puccini, Chanteurs du monde à Monte Carlo...

Sur la scène de concert soliste il a joué dans chaque lieu majeur de New York y compris le Carnegie Hall (Stern, Weill, Zankel), Avery Fisher, Alice Tully Hall ainsi que des dizaines d'autres lieux. Il a préparé un spectacle de "Pavarotti and friends" en direct de Avery Fisher Hall diffusé à la télé.

Earl Buy a marqué son retour en tant que pianiste- soliste en concert au Bruno Walter Auditorium du Lincoln Center et a présenté à New York une série de récitals: "German imagination".

Earl Buys et sa défunte épouse, Wendy Hoffman, mezzo du Metropolitan Opera, ont enregistré le CD "Women in Love".

Notre Agence LM Opéra le représentait fièrement.

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Gerard Souzay * Schumann

Gerard Souzay * Schumann

SCHUMANN – Der Sandmann Op. 79,12

SCHUMANN – Der Nußbaum Op. 25,3

SCHUMANN – Geständnis Op. 74,7

SCHUMANN – Du bist wie eine Blume Op. 25,24

SCHUMANN – Liederkreis Op. 24

Morgens steh ich auf und frage

Es treibt mich hin

Ich wandelte unter den Bäumen

Lieb’ Liebchen. leg’s Händchen

Schöne Wiege meiner Leiden

Warte, warte, wilder Schiffersmann

Berg und Burgen schau’n herunter

Anfangs wollt’ ich…

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10 Songs I’m Obsessed With

Tagged by @alightinthelantern Thanks for tagging me! (My first time being tagged haha.) An honor to be tagged by you.

I can actually roughly split my taste in music to two: classical and non-classical. I love classical music, and am in fact learning opera songs now, hence many an opera song also being included in my list. I think I’ll do five classical songs and five other genres.

Here we go. First classical:

1. Debussy: The Girl With The Flaxen Hair

2. Erik Satie: Ogives no. 1

3. R. Hahn: La Barcheta, Venezia (Gerard Souzay)

4. Les Contes D’Hoffmann: Les Oiseaux Dans La Charmille

5. L’heure Exquise (Susan Graham)

Non-classical:

1. Hurts: Wonderful Life

2. Hurts: Affair

3. Disclosure: Willing and Able

4. Burial: Untrue Full Album

5. Arctic Monkeys: Don’t Sit Down Cause I Moved Your Chair

Thanks a lot for tagging me!! I’m absolutely clueless as to who I should tag, so I should just say that if you see this on your dash after I post it and you feel like doing it, you can take it as me tagging you :)

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La vie Antérieure - Gérard Souzay Henri Duparc - Baudelaire

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faure, dans la forêt de septembre (”in the forest in september”) gerard souzay, baritone dalton baldwin, piano

(video by DasLiedimGruenen)

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“... and in your eyes full of sorrows, in your eyes then I shall drink so many kisses and tokens of love, that perhaps I shall recover.“

Translation by Christopher Goldsack

Our hearts are with Paris. - Melinda Beasi

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Debussy- Le Jet d'Eau Gerard Souzay, Baritone Dalton Baldwin, piano

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Ravel: Don Quichotte à Dulcinée

Gerard Souzay: Chanson romanesque, Chanson epique, Chanson à boire.

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Gerard Souzay sings Ravel: Don Quichotte a Dulcinee