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Songs of Yrjö Kilpinen
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by Yryo Henrik Kilpinen, Hans Udo Muller, Berlin State Opera Orchestra, Margaret Kilpinen, and Gerhard Hüsch
Sales Rank: 243573
Price:$13.56
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Listener Reviews & Comments
The estimable German baritone Gerhard H?sch makes a welcome addition to the Dutton "Singers to Remember" series. So rich was his voice and so clear was his enunciation that his work in recording studios in the 1930s can hardly be forgotten by those who have sampled it on records over the years. His early champion in recording studios was the producer Walter Legge. Between them they gambled on finding a market for the issue of 400 copies of these recordings in the mid 1930s. So far as I can ascertain, the market for the vast number of songs by this Finnish composer who set many of his songs to German texts has not increased greatly in the meantime. The songs heard here are neither memorable for their vocal attributes - undistinguished melodically and routinely declamatory - nor for their uninteresting accompaniments. It is the work of the singer that deserves to be remembered. Many of the songs push H?sch to the upper end of his vocal range, but the vocalizing is always eloquent. Accompanying Gerhard H?sch at the piano in 19 of the songs is Kilpinen's wife, not his daughter as stated in the liner note. A few attractive songs by Kilpinen's contemporary Rasch have sometimes been added to these Kilpinen songs in H?sch reissues but this has not been done here, although running time is only 53 minutes.
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Songs of Yrjö Kilpinen
by Yryo Henrik Kilpinen, Hans Udo Muller, Berlin State Opera Orchestra, Margaret Kilpinen, and Gerhard Hüsch
Price:$13.56
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