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3.0 out of 5 stars
From the Nazi Era, October 13, 2001
This review is from: Sings Alzira (Audio CD)
This is a must-have for admirerers of Dame Schwarzkopf since it places her voice very early in her recording career (this is from the 30's and she last recorded 40 years later) and in a repetoire not usually associated with her (that is for those that were recorded, she performed, but not recorded, almost every soprano part during her carreer both in Germany, Austria, and Covent Garden).
But this is a two-for: rare Scwarzkopf and rare Verdi. With her distinct timbre, Schwarzkopf is easily identifiable in this amazingly-good audio recording. Many say that Walter Legge was her master and molded her voice, but here when she was very, very young, the Schwarzkopf of the silver voice shows through. One can see that she was a rising star for her artistic, not political (or sexual) qualities and what Michael Reichausen saw in her when he attempted to capture the German lied near the end of Hitler's terror.
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