At her peak, French soprano Régine Crespin was universally praised by critics and the public alike. She was praised not only for her elegant technique, nuanced power, and refined but passionate expression, but also for her ability to perform the major roles in nearly every national school with complete confidence and whole-hearted compassion. But, ...
Régine Crespin was unquestionably one of the great sopranos of the twentieth century, although her career was marked by periods of struggle with her instrument. EMI's The Very Best of Régine Crespin is concentrated in the years 1958-1961, when Crespin enjoyed her first bloom of international fame, and in 1965, when she was locked into her first ...
Characteristically quirky but quintessentially musical, this disc of lieder of Alban Berg, Claus Ogermann, and Gustav Mahler is a wonderful addition to mezzo-soprano Brigitte Fassbaender's relatively slender discography of solo recordings. Fassbaender was always an original interpreter and an individualistic artist and her choice of repertoire ...
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