There are songs sung by tradition by women. Should a man sing them too? This week, we can listen to Jonas Kaufmann singing Im Treibhaus, from Wagner's Wesendonck Lieder.
The songs of Brahms are usually melancholic and dark. But sometimes there is light in them... Wie bist du, mein Königin, with Gerhard Hüsch and Michael Raucheisen.
This week I'm happy, it's the first anniversary of the blog!
Automata is a short story by E.T.A. Hoffmann, in which a young, mysterious lady sings a song that begins with the words "Mio ben, ricordati". It is not Schubert's song, but...
Next Wednesday is the 50th anniversary of the death of Francis Poulenc. As a hommage, we can listen to the first of the two songs composed upon Louis Aragon's poems, "C", performed by Felicity Lott and Pascal Rogé. Both, poem and song, were written during the Military Administration in France.