Russell Oberlin
Russell Keys Oberlin (October 11, 1928 – November 25, 2016) was an American singer and founding member of the New York Pro Musica Antiqua ensemble who became the first, and for years the only, countertenor in the United States to attain general recognition—in The New Yorker's words, "America's first star countertenor." A pioneering figure in the early music revival in the 1950s and 1960s, Oberlin sang on both sides of the Atlantic, and brought a "full, warm, vibrato-rich tone" to his recitals, recordings, and his performances in works ranging from the thirteenth-century liturgical drama The Play of Daniel to the twentieth-century opera A Midsummer Night's Dream.
Genre: medieval
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Top Tracks
- Messiah, HWV 56: No. 38, How Beautiful Are the Feet
- Messiah, HWV56: Part Two
- Messiah, HWV56: Part One
- British Library MS Egerton 2615 "Le jeu de Daniel de Beauvais": "Apparition de l'ange. "Nuntium vobis fero de supernis""
- British Library MS Egerton 2615 "Le jeu de Daniel de Beauvais": Intervention de l'ange auprès d'Hababuc. "Abacuc, tu senex pie"
- Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2, Scene 1: No. 23, He Was Despised and Rejected of Men
- Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2, Scene 3: No. 33, Lift Up Your Heads, O Ye Gates
- Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1, Scene 5: No. 20, He Shall Feed His Flock Like a Shepherd
- Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1, Scene 3: No. 9, Oh Thou That Tellest Good Tidings to Zion
- C'est quadruble / Voz n'l dormires / Biaus cuers # 30
- Dame,qui j'aime / Amors vaint / Au tans d'este
- On parole / A Paris / Frese Nouvelle # 319
- Flor de Lis / Je n'en puis / Douce dam # 164
- Quant voi l'erbe / Salve,virgo # 43
- Povre secors / Gaude, chorus # 39
- Deus in adiutorium # 303
- Deus in adiutorium # 1
- O natio que vitiis # 47
- J'ai mis / Je n'en puis # 255
- Ja n'aimerai / Sire Dieus # 137
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