We accept an overweight soprano dying of consumption if her voice is good ( as we should) but some people object to an outstanding singer like SK using his hands too much. Absurd.
Simon Keenlyside is one of the greatest baritones of all time, to my ears. What a sound!! I love the uncertainty -- I believe that he is aware of how ephemeral that singing 'in the moment' is... and as others have said, it is a very human quality that I wish MORE classical artists possessed.
I like everything Simon sings... his voice isn’t velvety, but more in the Waechter tradition, yet when he goes gentle on it, it is melting. And so is his audience. His German is grand, his Schubert grandiose. NB: Listen to his English song performances... if you want to really pass out!
Without schubert's music and his great performers, the humanity would be very lonely It is surprisingly wonderful performance. I can't imagine the regrettable of this great composer who died at the age of ３１． Why was he destined to die young ？Did he have to be？ I don't know why. I don't know，
vocalità poco adatta à questo repertorio . come suona il pianista, così deve cantare anche il cantante ... attacco del suono rigido e violento . non mi piace .
