User:Magpie2

I first heard Strauss's Four Last Songs sung by Lisa Della Casa when I was selling classical music in a music shop in London in 1958, aged 21. I was deeply, emotionally struck by the voice and music which blended so perfectly. Her voice was one with the instruments of the orchestra in a way I had never heard before. It was the natural sound of a bird but more, soaring and amalgamating with the music in a divinely sensual and beautifully sympathetic way. What more could Richard Strauss ask? I am now 71 myself and Lisa must be 90. I want to thank her for an unforgettable and irreplaceable musical experience which lightened my life and led me into a world of music which has remained central to my understanding of what it is to be alive. Thank you Lisa. (Magpie2 (talk) 22:59, 7 March 2009 (UTC)) Maggie Goren.