This is the first post in the soloist section of this blog.
Peter Jelosits, was a member of Wiener Sängerknaben, and in the years 1969-1975 their soprano soloist. During 1972 -1978 he already made recordings of Bach Cantatas under Nikolaus Harnoncourt.
Peter Jelosits also became successful as an adult concert soloist, with appearances in radio and television broadcasts in Austria as on international level.
Listen to these Bach arias sung by Peter:
BWV 001-3 Aria Erfüllet, ihr himmlischen göttlichen Flammen - Peter Jelosits.mp3
BWV 49 Aria, Ich bin herrlich, ich bin schön - Peter Jelosits.mp3
BWV 57 VII. Aria, Ich ende behende mein irdisches Leben -Peter Jelosits.mp3
BWV 68 Aria, Mein gläubiges Herze - Peter Jelosits.mp3
You can find a zipfile with 17 mp3 files with Peter singing Bach here:
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=JRRAGCUU
Enjoy!
Possibly the greatest treble soloist yet recorded singing Bach cantata arias.
ReplyDeletePeter is no doubt my favorite boy soloits ever. I wonder if anybody know (exaclty) his date of birth?
ReplyDeleteI have (after many years of search!) found a few photos of him :-)
Dear Anonymous, I would love to see whatever photos you have found of Peter as a boy; I have had no luck turning any up. You could email them to me at nymcooke@gmail.com--or post them here?
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