"Hände, lasst von allem Tun / Stirn, vergiss du alles Denken / Alle meine Sinne nun / wollen sich in Schlummer senken"

Tue, 28 Apr 2015 at 04:31

"Dort wo die alten Häuser stehn / dort wo die lieblichen Mädchen gehn" * Marta Eggerth: Wien, Wien nur du allein (aka Wien, du Stadt meiner Träume) * written by Rudolf Sieczyński in 1914 * footage from the Licia Albanese–Puccini Foundation gala at Lincoln Center’s Alice Tully Hall, New York City, Oct 1994 * uploaded by promptersbox on Feb 2nd, 2010

Valse triste, op. 44, no. 1 (composed by Jean Sibelius in 1903 for the play Kuolema, premiered on Dec 2nd 1903, then revised in 1904 to be known as Valse triste; premiered on Apr 25th 1904), performed by Maud Powell (violin), recorded on Jun 24th 1914