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To create a blog to share recordings is an act of kindness and effort. It is not as simple as upload it and voilà! Most of the time is someone that has been all the life collecting records and some of them are really difficult to find on the net, few of them has a story behind. In my particular case I have been collecting records since I was a kid because of my mother taught me the value of the vinyls we had at home, LPs that I conserve in my home like a golden treasure.  Since then I have been buying and collecting recordings of all kind: studio, live, radio on vinyls, CDs, DVDs, VHS, MiniDiscs and even tapes. Nowadays we have hard discs and clouds to save them. Sharing a recording means you have a copy and you have ripped it, scanned the covers, uploaded to a server and posted in a blog. It is not a kind of magic! It means money, time and the willingness to share it. Unfortunately not everyone sees this process like that so from now on if you want to download one of the recording...

Matthew Polenzani live at the Verbier Festival

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The first time I've ever heard tenor Matthew Polenzani was ending 2004 at my friend's apartment Lucy Arner in New York, where I did copy her disc with one of those devices that made it in real time. Years later I could invite him for a recital in Telde with Julius Drake. Matthew's voice is not "espectacular" like Pavarotti's, Corelli's, Bergonzi's... but what makes him special, very unique, is the way he sings: sensitive, exquisite, passionate. For more info about him and his wonderful career visit his website matthewpolenzani.com If you want this recording send me an email to canariasesmusica@gmail.com and I will send you the link.

John-Henry Crawfod - A new young talent to discover

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Born in the small Louisiana city of Shreveport, John-Henry Crawford was accepted at age 15 into the legendary Curtis Institute of Music where he served as principal cellist of the Curtis Orchestra. He went to complete an Artist Diploma at the Manhattan Music School, a Master of Music at The Juilliard School and pursue further studies in Chicago. I discovered him thanks to this beautiful recording and invited him to play for the Sociedad Filarmónica de Las Palmas and for the city of Telde. Extraordinary musician and human being. Visit his website for more information: johnhenrycrawford.com If you want this recording send me an email to canariasesmusica@gmail.com and I will send you the link.

Nicolai Gedda - Birthday 100 anniversary

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To complete my little tribute to this wonderful singer, here are two more rarities: Faust/Margarethe in German and Gounod's Romeo et Juliette with the marvelous Rosana Carteri, both highlights. If you want this recording send me an email to canariasesmusica@gmail.com and I will send you the link. If you want this recording send me an email to canariasesmusica@gmail.com and I will send you the link.

Nicolai Gedda - Birthday 100th anniversary

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100 years ago one of the greatest tenors was born in Stockholm, Nicolai Gedda. He is, with the permission of Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, the most recorded opera singer, with celebrated recordings through the pass of time. Bach's Matthew's Passion under Klemperer, Verdi's Requiem under Giulini, Mozart's Requiem with Barenboim, Berlioz's Damnation under Pretre... as well as French, Italian, German, Russian songs on discs. Among his almost 100 opera recordings very few people know that he also recorded extracts, and here it is a very rare one, Puccini's Butterfly in German with Anneliese Rothenberger, Hermann Prey and Siegliende Wagner conducted by Giuseppe Patané. The recording sessions took place at the Grunewaldkirche in Berlin from the 30 of October to the 4 of September in 1966 for EMI/Electrola. Here you can hear Gedda as you never heard him before. Patané conducts the Ochester der Deutschen Oper Berlin and the RIAS-Kammerchor: a luxury.  If you want this recor...

Verdi Otello with Giuseppe Giacomini, Margaret Price and Matteo Manuguerra

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This 1991 live recording of Verdi's Otello under Alain Lombard counts with the great Giuseppe Giacomini in the leading role singing at his best, Margaret Price, close to her retirement, as Desdemona, and Matteo Manuguerra creating a magnificent Iago. The problem of this production is the baton of maestro Lombard, unconnected with what is happening on stage and just focused on sounding forte, keeping no attention to the singers. Alain Lombard never has been a conductor that has been celebrated, correct me if I'm wrong, please. If you want this recording send me an email to canariasesmusica@gmail.com and I will send you the link.

Duets by Schubert with Janet Baker and Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau

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This is one of my favorite recordings ever. Recorded in 1973 with Gerald Moore at the piano and with the magnificent RIAS Kammerchor these nine Lieder were composed to be sung on evenings between friends.  Even today these duets remain largely unknown, music treasures hidden to the large audiences. Later on they would be joined by soprano Elly Amelling and tenor Peter Schreier to record the trios and quartets, and Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau would finished the complete Lieder by Schubert. If you want this recording send me an email to canariasesmusica@gmail.com and I will send you the link.