Martin, one of my most avid readers, found this rare footage of Sammy Davis Jr singing two songs you may not know but will be glad to discover.
It was recorded live in Hamburg, Germany in 1969 which is why the video leaves much to be desired . But I think you’ll agree it’s worth it to discover these wonderful songs in a perfect performance by the exemplary Sammy.
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ECM Records has announced the death of 20th-century piano specialist Herbert Henck at the age of 76. Henck released eight albums of modern rep. Herbert Henck, brilliant pianist, dedicated interpreter of modern music, and an […]
By Alessandro Scarlatti. A Belgian performance of the Neapolitan work. The post The other St John Passion appeared first on Slippedisc.
J.M.Synge’s Riders to the Sea at the Abbey Theatre, Dublin Ralph Vaughan Williams’ operatic masterpiece, Riders to the Sea, his 1927 one-act opera remains something of a neglected gem, to a certain extent because no-one […]
