Archive for February 10th, 2024
Vocalise 2-10-24
8:00 PM Giacomo Puccini Tosca: “Vissi D’Arte” CBS/Sony 80468 COND Kurt Herbert Adler ORCH Metropolitan Opera Orchestra SOLO Leontyne Price, soprano ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 8:06 PM Gustav Mahler Symphony No. 2 in c “Resurrection” Mov’ts 4 & 5 Philips 420824 COND Seiji Ozawa ORCH Boston Symphony Orchestra SOLO Dame Kiri Te Kanawa,soprano SOLO Marilyn Horne, mezzo-soprano SOLO […]
2-10-24 Music in Maryland…A Quick Tribute To Leontyne Price and Seiji Ozawa plus the BSO Playing Gershwin that isn’t Rhapsody in Blue!
Leontyne Price turned 97 today and though we paid tribute to her on the Opera Preview her recording of Samuel Barber’s Knoxville Summer of 1915 is stunning. Also we are playing Gershwin’s Piano Concerto because everyone else is playing Rhapsody in Blue in honor of the centennial! Finally a couple of Seiji Ozawa recordings in […]
Playlist: Feb/10/24
8:55 PM Franz Schubert — Ave Maria [Ellens Gesang III (hymne)] Opus: 52Conductor: William SelfEnsemble: St. Thomas Choir of Men & BoysLeontyne Price, sopranoRCA/BMG, 68157 8:52 PM John Newton — Amazing Grace Conductor: William SelfEnsemble: St. Thomas Choir of Men & BoysLeontyne Price, sopranoRCA/BMG, 68157 8:45 PM Gabriel Faure — Pavane Opus: 50Conductor: Seiji OzawaEnsemble: […]
