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Wednesday, December 14, 2005

Iren Lovasz

There are several women I've fallen in love with through their voices alone, mainly:

Elisabeth Schwarzkopf
Maria Callas
Emma Kirkby
Sheila Chandra (and a host of unnamed Indian female singers...)

and now Iren Lovasz
Listen to this song:
http://tinyurl.com/ey3j8

I don't understand a word of it, but I can tell she's telling it like it is. Brings tears to my eyes, but not of sadness, but more like relief at hearing the voice of my own anima

Rudhyar says tone is the carrier wave of psychic energy. In this song I hear the kind of acceptance and compassion that I wish Callas had eventually attained...


her complete album Rosebuds in a Stone Yard (streaming)
http://tinyurl.com/b2njm
A wide range of tones, from the innocently girlish to the slavically assertive...