Word: ndchen
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Soprano Lisa Delia Casa has carved a career for herself in Strauss operas and can also confidently interpret his lieder. Here she sings Zueignung, Stündchen, and other songs of Strauss's youth in a voice like silver filigree. Her accompanist, Arpad Sandor, achieves the same fragile brilliance on the piano as they evoke both the dark and lighter moods of love...
Singing magnificently in her rich, bronzelike voice, she began with O del mio dolce ardor, by Gluck, went on to Quella fiamma che m'accende, by Benedetto Marcello, Ständchen and Zueignung, by Richard Strauss. Invitation au Voyage and Le Manoir de Rosamonde, by Henri du Pare, Boatmen's Dance, by Aaron Copland. Out in the Fields with God, by William Dawson...