@dragunski
Most of Brandenburg Concerti played mediocre or boring perhaps except Richter piano transcription.
Most of Brandenburg Concerti played mediocre or boring perhaps except Richter piano transcription.
List of artists that have never lost quality throughout entire career
Top of the heap ... Sarah Vaughan. She never lost it. Not one iota. In fact, her instrument continued to grow right to the end. Perfect pitch and a voice that emulated a wonderfully lush tenor saxophone that tenor saxophone players only wished they could duplicate. Try the last two cuts of this album, "A Foggy Day in London Town" and I’ve Got a Crush on You" to see what I’m talking about: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Gershwin-Live-by-Michael-Tilson-Thomas-Sarah-Vaughan-CD-CBS-Masterworks-/391... |
I hear you oregonpapa. Here's another Gershwin studio recording with Hal Mooney, a young Sarah and also a cd of the rehearsal cuts to give some insight into how talented and gifted that lady really was, just incomparable. Her voice got a bit smokier and richer as she aged but her interpretative skills just kept growing. https://www.amazon.com/Sarah-Vaughan-Sings-George-Gershwin/dp/B00000AFEZ/ref=ntt_mus_ep_dpi_1 |
Right you are oregonpapa, I was just thinking about composers . Schubert, Mozart, Beethoven and Brahms never did either for that matter . The string quartets Beethoven wrote as he was stone deaf and at deaths door have never been surpassed . Schubert died at 31 and wrote over 1500 pieces and the best were done in his last 2 years when he was very sick. His String Quintet in C is the Holy Grail for string players, I heard no less a musician than Arthur Rubinstein say, with my own ears, he thought it the greatest piece of music ever written . |