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heard before from any singer), but also in the sparkle of her eyes, the true mirror of the soul, as it came and went. And the perfect harmony between her splendid singing and the exceptionally beautiful piano playing of
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Frau Durigo sang diese und alle anderen Lieder (mit der Zugabe waren es 19) ... mit tiefster
Empfindung. Ihr eigenes Erleben dieser Lieder Àusserte sich nicht allein in den musikalischen Vortragsdifferenzierungen (so wunderzart, poesieverklÀrte Töne, wie die ihres Kopfregisters, hörte man vorher von
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Frau Durigo sang these and all other songs (with those added there were nineteen) ... with the deepest sensitivity. Her own experience of the songs shone through, not only in the musical differences of enunciation (such wonderfully fine, such poetry-transfigured tones of the headâvoice were never
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keiner SĂ€ngerin), sondern auch im zu- und abnehmenden Glanz ihrer Augen, dieses wahren
Seelenspiegels. Und dass ihre Interpretation durchwegs das vom Komponisten Empfundene zutreffend erfasste, bewies die vollkommene Harmonie ihres herrlichen Gesanges mit Schoecks eigenartig schönem Klavierspiel.
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