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  • Pulcinella
    Host
    • Feb 2014
    • 10950

    Elsie Morison RIP

    There is an obituary in today's Times for Elsie Morison, who died on 5 April, aged 91.

    Remembered here as the soprano in John Pritchard's recording of Tippett's A child of our time.
  • ferneyhoughgeliebte
    Gone fishin'
    • Sep 2011
    • 30163

    #2
    Originally posted by Pulcinella View Post
    There is an obituary in today's Times for Elsie Morison, who died on 5 April, aged 91.
    Remembered here as the soprano in John Pritchard's recording of Tippett's A child of our time.
    ... and as the soprano soloist in her husband's recording of the Mahler Fourth (not to mention the Sargent G&S recordings). Lovely voice.
    [FONT=Comic Sans MS][I][B]Numquam Satis![/B][/I][/FONT]

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    • Richard Barrett
      Guest
      • Jan 2016
      • 6259

      #3
      Originally posted by ferneyhoughgeliebte View Post
      ... and as the soprano soloist in her husband's recording of the Mahler Fourth
      That's the thing I remember. Absolutely radiant.

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      • Stanley Stewart
        Late Member
        • Nov 2010
        • 1071

        #4
        Many happy memories of an early phase in my life. RIP - Elsie Morison

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        • Roslynmuse
          Full Member
          • Jun 2011
          • 1239

          #5
          I must confess that I hadn't realised she was still with us. Ferney's reference to the Sargent G and S recordings reminds me of how I first encountered her voice; she seems to have retired very young (not quite 40). RIP.

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          • Petrushka
            Full Member
            • Nov 2010
            • 12254

            #6
            She also sang the soprano part in Sargent's recording of the Messiah and this, together with the Kubelik Mahler 4, represent her only contribution on my shelves.
            "The sound is the handwriting of the conductor" - Bernard Haitink

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            • cloughie
              Full Member
              • Dec 2011
              • 22127

              #7
              Originally posted by ferneyhoughgeliebte View Post
              ... and as the soprano soloist in her husband's recording of the Mahler Fourth. Lovely voice.
              Indeed so RIP Mrs Kubelik

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              • Hornspieler
                Late Member
                • Sep 2012
                • 1847

                #8
                The Voice of an Angel.

                Resting with them now.

                Hornspieler

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                • aeolium
                  Full Member
                  • Nov 2010
                  • 3992

                  #9
                  Hers was indeed a lovely voice, not just in the G&S recordings mentioned by ferney but also in Beecham's recording of Handel's Solomon, my first encounter with that work and still a recording I greatly value.

                  RIP.

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