Originally Posted by vinteuil
... must've been unnerving for the accompanist if Felicity Lott was singing it faster than he was playing itShould have said "they". I'm sure they agreed it in advance.
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... must've been unnerving for the accompanist if Felicity Lott was singing it faster than he was playing it
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The German "flott" covers a multitude of sins, such as fast-paced, jauntily, quick, perky, snappy, dashing, smartly, raffish - you name it, flott will cover it!
I intend to live forever - so far, so good.
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I immediately think of my wife who is German and is rather attached to an ancient kitchen device, called a "Flotte Lotte" which she inherited from her mother. It mashes vegetables to pulp with ruthless Teutonic efficiency.The German "flott" covers a multitude of sins, such as fast-paced, jauntily, quick, perky, snappy, dashing, smartly, raffish - you name it, flott will cover it!
http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flotte_Lotte.
(Just contributing this random piece of information in order to avoid having to pick a favourite Schubert song)
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Flotte Lotte would have been a good Schubert Lied, with rippling vegetable-mashing piano accompaniment. And perhaps a chorus: Gemuese, Gemuese....
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Thomas Mann might have had a bestseller on his hands if he had given his "Lotte in Weimar" a racier title such as "Flotte Lotte". Or maybe not - a bit too much like what R3 is doing now?
I intend to live forever - so far, so good.
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Clearly much more to La Lott's nickname than I as a non-German speaker imaginedThomas Mann might have had a bestseller on his hands if he had given his "Lotte in Weimar" a racier title such as "Flotte Lotte". Or maybe not - a bit too much like what R3 is doing now?
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Der Vollmond strahlt von Bergeshöh'n from Rosamunde, one of the very few non-operatic works of Schubert's for voice with orchestra.
Otherwise Der Hirt auf dem Felsen (including that beguiling clarinet-solo as well).
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Anything sung by Fritz Wünderlich or Elly Ameling
The programmes I've caught so far have reminded me how superlative the latter was; I'd never forgotten about FW
"The isle is full of noises... Sounds, and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not"
The Tempest, Act III scene 2 ll 148-9
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But Erlkönig IS my favourite. It's in the Champions' League.
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Red card.But Erlkönig IS my favourite. It's in the Champions' League.
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