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Lebendige Vergangenheit - Leopold Demuth

Artist Leopold Demuth
Title Lebendige Vergangenheit - Leopold Demuth
Release Date Friday, September 8, 2006
Genre Classical > Choro
Composers Richard Wagner, Gioacchino Rossini, Charles Gounod, Giuseppe Verdi, Otto Nicolai, Conradin Kreutzer, Albert Lortzing, Georges Bizet, Carl Maria von Weber, Etienne-Nicolas Mehul, Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Songwriters Leopold Demuth, Elise Elizza / Leopold Demuth, Leopold Demuth / Wilhelm Hesch, Hermine Kittel / Leopold Demuth
Copyright © Preiser Records
Country AUSTRIA

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Lebendige Vergangenheit

Leopold Demuth gilt auch heute noch, viel jahre nach seinem Tode, als Vertreter des Belcanto, der seinem künstlerischen Wirken vor allem den Gesang in technischer Vollendung zugrunde legte. Die Kritiken seiner Zeit lobten immer wieder den warmen, schwebenden, sorgsam durchgebildeten Gesang, die vornehme Schönheit der Tongebung, das satte, goldbraune Timbre seines Baritons, ein Kritiker sprach sogar von einer “Rembrandtstimme“. Today, many years after his death, Leopold Demuth is still considered a representative of belcanto singing whose vocal artistry was firmly anchored to the perfection of his singing technique. The critics of his day repeatedly praised the warm, floating and carefully trained voice, the elegant beauty of his tone, his rich, golden baritone timbre. One critic even called it a "Rembrandt" voice. Such visual similes are not difficult to translate into the acoustical sphere, and they provide an almost audible impression für readers who have never actually heard the singer's voice.