Maureen Forrester, the contralto on this album, regularly gave 120 performances a year while raising five children.
Recording & Production
The Brahms Vier ernste Gesänge and Wagner Wesendonk-Lieder were recorded in Toronto in March 1968, while the remaining material was recorded live in concert in January 1981.
Recording & Production
Pianist Thomas Muraco stepped in at the last minute for the 1981 live concert recording because John Newmark, the scheduled accompanist, fell ill.
Performer Biography
John Newmark, the pianist on this album, toured and recorded with the renowned English contralto Kathleen Ferrier from 1949 to 1952.
Performer Biography
Maureen Forrester, the contralto on this album, grew up poor in East-end Montreal and left high school at thirteen to support her family, financing her own vocal lessons.
Performer Biography
John Newmark, the pianist for the Brahms and Wagner songs, was a German-born musician who fled the Nazis and was interned in Canada during World War II.
Performer Biography
Maureen Forrester's New York debut in 1956 led to an invitation from conductor Bruno Walter, who had been a student of Mahler, to sing Mahler's Resurrection Symphony.
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