[78-L] R: Moreschi G&T [FWD]

[Erwin Kluwer]

>From Wikipedia but a view I totally agree with:

"others feel that he was a very fine singer indeed, and that much of the
"difficulty" in listening to Moreschi's recordings stems from changes in
taste and singing style between his time and ours. His vocal technique can
certainly seem to grate upon modern ears, but many of the seemingly
imperfect vocal attacks, for example, are in fact grace
notes<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grace_note>,
launched from as much as a tenth below the note - in Moreschi's case, this
seems to have been a long-standing means of drawing on the particular
acoustics of the Sistine Chapel itself. The dated aesthetic of Moreschi's
singing, involving extreme passion and a perpetual type of sob, often sounds
bizarre to the modern listener, and can be misinterpreted as technical
weakness or symptomatic of an aging voice."


Erwin


On Wed, Sep 1, 2010 at 6:11 PM, neechevoneeznayou at gmail.com <
neechevoneeznayou at gmail.com> wrote:

> I understand he was rather old at the time the records were made. He may
> not have cared much, figuring that such records would never go anywhere
> or survive for long, or he may not survive for long. Perhaps he just did
> it for the money.
>
> joe salerno
>
>
> Mike Harkin wrote:
> > I can't believe he is so BAD!  And only in his middle 50's.  Eighteenth C
> > castrati must have been 5000 times better than him to garner the raves
> they did.  And notice, he doesn't sing any Handel or anything actually
> > written for castrati....
> >
> > Mike in Plovdiv
> >
> > --- On Wed, 9/1/10, Alfonsi Sergio <sergio.alfonsi at starvox.it> wrote:
> >
> >> From: Alfonsi Sergio <sergio.alfonsi at starvox.it>
> >> Subject: [78-L] R:  Moreschi G&T
> >> To: "78-L Mail List" <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>, "78-L at 78online.Com" <
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> >> Date: Wednesday, September 1, 2010, 7:00 AM
> >> Looking the picture it seems a little
> >> bit worn. Record is not shining.
> >> I didn't pay more then 100 $.
> >>
> >> P.s.
> >> It's unique record - no exist similar anywhere! ???
> >> Ahahahah
> >>
> >> In the last 15 years I found it at least 10 copies..!!!
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> -----Messaggio originale-----
> >> Da: 78-l-bounces at klickitat.78online.com
> >> [mailto:78-l-bounces at klickitat.78online.com]
> >> Per conto di Thomas Stern
> >> Inviato: martedì 31 agosto 2010 23:41
> >> A: 78-L at 78online. Com
> >> Oggetto: [78-L] Moreschi G&T
> >>
> >> one on the auction site - relisted at 10 times the original
> >> listing price Is this guy showing off, not actually wishing
> >> to sell the item?  Item number: 140445488127 What would
> >> be a fair value for this item?
> >>
> >> Best wishes, Thomas.
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