If anyone wants to hear some SOUR stuff, I would like to suggest a Florence Foster Jenkins recording----"The Glory? of the Human Voice". It is a diamond. Charles Ives accompanying himself is also a kick to listen to.
Trevor
--- Tako Oda <toda@m...> wrote: --- Tako Oda <toda@m...> wrote: > The other evening I was at a party when I heard a > recording of a > tenor singing a *really* sour note. I was informed > it was from a > Donizetti performance at the Met more than a decade > ago, and that > this clip has become something of a cult phenomenon. > > The passage I remember hearing was A4, G4, E5 during > an ensemle. > Actually it was more like an Eb5 at the top, but you > get the point of > why the note was so sour :-) It was off a cassette, > so potentially > it might have been Bb4, Ab4, F5 (wouldn't put it > past Donizetti)... > > Anyway, I would *love* to hear this again, and was > hoping someone > could give me more information about this little gem > of a > performance. Where might I download it? Is it > available in CD stores? > Is there some more info on it somewhere on the web? > > Thanks so much for your assistance. > > Tako > >
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