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Dorothy Dorow

Dorothy Dorow (22 August 1930 – 15 April 2017) was an English soprano, mostly active in the contemporary vocal music field.

Dorow debuted in her birthplace London in 1958. She has sung world-premieres of works by such composers as György Ligeti, Hans Werner Henze, Luigi Dallapiccola, Sylvano Bussotti and Luigi Nono. Dorow was also particularly noted for her performances of the vocal works of the Second Viennese School, and of Igor Stravinsky.[1][2][3][4] She performed internationally including at the Kraków Philharmonic.[5] She won the Edison Award in 1987 with Rudolf Jansen (piano).[6] After several years of living abroad (including the Netherlands) she retired in 1992 to Duloe, Cornwall,[6] where she also died.

Recordings (sel.)

  • 1972 Fartein Valen: Symphonic Poems & Orchestral Songs, Simax
  • 1975 Dorothy Dorow & Friends: Bell, Musgrave, Maros, Werle, Nørgård, Bäck, Caprice Records (CAP 1059)
  • 1977 Dorothy Dorow & More Friends: Dallapiccola, Tavener, Bedford, Lidholm, Denisov, Naumann, Caprice Records (CAP 1112)
  • 1987 Anton Webern: Lieder, Dorothy Dorow (soprano) and Rudolf Jansen (piano), Etcetera Records[6][7]
  • 1988 Franco Donatoni: Spiri; Fili; De Près; etc., EtCetera Records
  • 1988 Arnold Schoenberg: Cabaret Songs; Berg: Lieder; Webern: Seven Early Songs, EtCetera Records
  • 1989 Anton Webern: Complete Vocal Chamber Works, Koch Schwann
  • 1989 Contemporary Music for Soprano and Cello, Dorothy Dorow (soprano) and Aage Kvalbein (cello), Simax
  • 1995 Dorothy Dorow, Gunilla von Bahr, Lucia Negro, (a coloratura recording), BIS Records

References

  1. ^ Dave Lewis. Dorothy Dorow at AllMusic
  2. ^ "Dorothy Dorow". Classical Archives. Retrieved 9 February 2013.
  3. ^ Dorothy Dorow discography at Discogs
  4. ^ "Dorothy Dorow bio with photograph". Last.fm. Retrieved 9 February 2013.
  5. ^ "History of Kraków Philharmonic" (in Polish). Filharmonia Krakowska (Kraków Philharmonic). 2010. Retrieved 2 June 2011.
  6. ^ a b c "Obituary", The Telegraph, 7 May 2017.
  7. ^ Webern / Dorothy Dorow / Rudolf Jansen – Lieder at Discogs


Quelle: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorothy_Dorow