Gisela May Archive

WEILL/BRECHT: Die Sieben Todsünden – Gisela May (sop.), Peter Schreier (tenor)/ Rundfunk-Sinfonie-Orch. Leipzig – Brilliant Classics
WEILL/BRECHT: Die Sieben Todsünden – Gisela May (sop.)/ Peter Schreier (tenor)/ Rundfunk-Sinfonie-Orch. Leipzig – 95126, 70:33 – Brilliant Classics (Distr. by Naxos) ****½: What a difference the right style makes. A short while ago I listened to the DVD release of The Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny (2007), the performance with Patty […]
Gisela May: Brecht Songs (along with Hosalla, Medek, Fischer, Dessau, and Eisler) – Gisela May, mezzo-soprano/ Leipzig Radio Symphony/ Herbert Kegel/ Studio Orchestra/ Heinz Rogner/ Studio Orchestra/ Henry Krtschil – Berlin Classics
Her superb diction and marvelous way with the flavoring of the words are a model for all.