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Details: Published: 25 October 2012

"The reason why your rendition of my lieder was so extraordinary to me is that you know how to sing melodies. And to think that you must go so far to find a performer of melodies!" Arnold Schoenberg to Conxita Badia, 1932.

Do you want to know something more about the great soprano?

Details: Published: 18 October 2012

Is 'Atrocity' a suitable text to be set to music? Arnold Schoenberg did it exactly 100 years ago, while creating one of the most singular song cycles of the XX Century: 'Pierrot Lunaire'.

Details: Published: 11 October 2012

Song of the week: Sei mir gegrüßt (F. Schubert) - I. Bostridge, J. Drake

Do you think that Sei mir gegrüsst is a sad song? O in your opinion it is a exultant love song? It's not an easy question. We can hear it performed by Ian Bostridge and Julius Drake.

Details: Published: 04 October 2012

Song of the week: An den kleinen Radioapparat (H. Eisler) - M. Goerne, E. Schneider

What's a blog without list posts? This week, the 10 saddest art songs ever written. For instance, An den kleinen Radioapparat: Hanns Eisler, Bertolt Brecht and exile.

Details: Published: 27 September 2012

Song of the week: The lads in their hundreds (G. Butterworth) - S. Keenlyside, M. Martineau

The Gramohone Awards 2012 take place today, September 27th. Among the nominations from the Solo Vocal category is "Songs of War" (Simon Keenlyside and Malcolm Martineau)