Dage & Maneder [Import]

1. Ugerne

2. Mandag

3. Tirsdag

4. Onsdag

5. Torsdag

6. Fredag

7. Lordag

8. Sondag

9. Manederne

10. Junar

11. Febuar

12. Marts

13. April

14. Maj

15. Juni

16. Juli

17. August

18. September

19. Oktober

20. November

See all 21 tracks on this disc

Tracks:

Ugerne
Mandag
Tirsdag
Onsdag
Torsdag
Fredag
Lordag
Sondag
Manederne
Junar
Febuar
Marts
April
Maj
Juni
Juli
August
September
Oktober
November
December

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Music for "blackout nights" during the War

Farinelli & Light Orchestral Songs

Manufacturer: Danacord Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Classical | Styles | Music

General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music

General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music
ASIN: B000003LOT
Release Date: 1998-01-05

Tracks:

Farinelli: The Song Has Wings
Farinelli: He Who Has Pursued Life's Gentleness
Farinelli: The Pleasures Of Life
Farinelli: There Is A Song
A Sailor Leads A Lonely Life
Rosavald and Rosa. It's fine with the compass
Trees
Night and Day
The Tones
In The Twilght Nights
Flag in Storm. A flag Looks Its Best In Head Wind
The Song About Home
Denmark's Freedom Song
Three Rythm Girls
A Meeting In The School Playground' The School Upside Down'
The Five Syncopes
Land of Happiness
The Sun's Lullaby
While I Still Have You, Mum
Play Your Own Gypsy Song
The Good Old Days
Tango

Customer Reviews:

Music for "blackout nights" during the War.......2004-09-12

During the 1930s and `40s, Wagnerian tenor Lauritz Melchior was the most famous Danish tenor in the world, singing virtually every role Wagner ever wrote worldwide, but in Denmark during the same period a very different kind of tenor was flourishing: Aksel Schiøtz, with his light, silvery voice, high standards of musicianship, excellent command of lieder and wide popularity among his countrymen for his singing of Danish folk and art songs.

All of this came to an abrupt end in the fall of 1946 when Schiøtz, suffering from severe headaches and impaired vocal control, was diagnosed with a brain tumor that had to be removed immediately. The operation saved his life but left one side of his face, and vocal muscles, paralyzed. Through sheer hard work he was able to com back, two years later, as a baritone, but though the phrasing and musicianship remained intact the voice no longer had its silvery bloom. He continued to perform and record as a baritone through the late 1950s, then became a teacher of voice and interpretation in Colorado before accepting a similar post in his native Denmark in 1969. He died ten years later.

This particular entry in the Schiøtz series concentrates on light music, the kind of material that made him popular with everyday Danes who were not particularly interested in Schubert, Bach, Buxtedhude or even the art-songs of Carl Nielsen. Among the real treasures here are the excerpts from an operetta based on the life of the great castrato Farinelli, though the plot apparently restored his manhood and made him a hot lover, as well as the Cole Porter song "Night and Day" (sung in beautiful English), excerpts from Bernhard Christensen's "jazz oratorios" with The Rhythm Girls, snippets of Danish film songs, and recordings made under the moniker of "The Masked Tenor." All are sung with an artless simplicity and great beauty of tone.

None of the cramped, dry LP pressings we all became to familiar with were used here, or indeed in any of the volumes of this series; every single track was lovingly and meticulously restored in London's Abbey Road studios from mint-condition copies of the original 78s or brand-new transfers made from the original metal parts. The results are simply magical, creating a tremendous intimacy between the tenor and listener in a way that is hard to describe unless you hear it for yourself. A shame that most of these CDs are now hard to obtain, but I urge you to get them if you can!

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