Archive for the ‘Vocalise’ Category
Vocalise 5-14-22
8:00 PM Giacomo Puccini- Tosca: “Vissi D’Arte” Angel/EMI 67782 COND Sir Charles Mackerras ORCH London Symphony Orchestra SOLO Montserrat Caballe, soprano 8:05 PM Ludwig van Beethoven- Choral Fantasy for Piano, Chorus & Orch.Philips 438005 COND Kurt Masur ORCH Gewandhausorchester Leipzig SOLO Menahem Pressler,piano SOLO and Chorus 8:25 PM Ernest Chausson- Poeme de l’Amour et de […]
Vocalise 5-07-22
8:00 PM Antonin Dvorak- Songs My Mother Taught Me: Gypsy Melody London 458858 COND Sir Georg Solti ORCH English Chamber Orchestra SOLO Renee Fleming, soprano 8:04 PM Vincenzo Bellini- Norma: “Casta Diva” RCA/BMG 5757 COND Carlo Felice Cillario ORCH and the Orchestra SOLO and Chorus SOLO Montserrat Caballe, soprano 8:16 PM Robert Schumann- A woman’s […]
Vocalise 4-30-22
8:00 PM Franz Lehar The Merry Widow: “Lippen Schweigen” DG/Archiv 453848 COND John Eliot Gardiner ORCH Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra SOLO Cheryl Studer, soprano SOLO Boje Skovhus,baritone 8:05 PM Giuseppe Verdi Four Sacred Pieces Telarc 80254 COND Robert Shaw ORCH Atlanta Symphony Orchestra SOLO Atlanta Symphony Chorus SOLO Donna Carter, soprano 8:44 PM Johannes Brahms Alto […]
Vocalise 4-23-22
8:00 PM Tonight I’ll be sampling songs and arias from the new recording and concert tour, “Eden” with mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato and Il Pomo d’Oro. You can also catch the extended version of an interview I did with Joyce DiDonato all about her performance on Sunday, April 24 under the auspices of Washington Performing Arts! […]
Vocalise 4-16-22
8:00 PM George Frederich Handel Agrippina: Ogni vento PBO 1 COND Nicholas McGegan ORCH Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra SOLO Lorraine Hunt, soprano 8:07 PM Ralph Vaughan Williams Flos Campi for Viola, Orchestra & Wordless choir Chandos 9 COND Norman Del Mar ORCH Bournemouth Sinfonietta SOLO and Choir SOLO Frederick Riddle, viola 8:28 PM Antonin Dvorak Gypsy […]
Vocalise 4-02-22
8:00 PM Fun fact: Baritone Harve Presnell, who sings on this recording of Carmina Burana, also sang in The Unsinkable Molly Brown on Broadway and in the movie version. He also stared in the Coen Bros. movie Fargo as the cantankerous father-in-law. Carl Orff Carmina Burana CBS/Sony 93081 COND Eugene Ormandy ORCH The Philadelphia […]
Vocalise 3-26-22
8:00 PM Tonight we’ll enjoy the seasons in vocal music. Johann Strauss II Voices of Spring Op 410 DG/Archiv 419616 COND Herbert von Karajan ORCH Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra SOLO Kathleen Battle, soprano 8:08 PM Hector Berlioz Les Nuits d’Ete (Summer Nights) Op 7 PBO 1 COND Nicholas McGegan ORCH Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra SOLO Lorraine Hunt, […]
Vocalise 3-19-22
8:00 PM Johann Sebastian Bach Mass in b BWV 232 DG/Archiv 415514 COND John Eliot Gardiner ORCH English Baroque Soloists SOLO Monteverdi Choir
Vocalise 3-12-22
8:00 PM Hope you enjoy tonight’s Vocalise with opera music sung by Ukrainian-born bass Alexander Kipnis, and “Canticle of the Sun” by Amy Beach in honor of Women’s History Month. Modest Moussorgsky: Boris Godunov: Coronation Scene (Act 1) RCA/BMG 60522 COND Nicolai Berezowsky ORCH RCA Symphony Orchestra SOLO and Chorus SOLO Alexander Kipnis,bass 8:09 PM […]
Vocalise 3-05-22
8:00 PM Kurt Weill The Threepenny Opera: Mack the Knife Decca 159463 SOLO Lotte Lenya SOLO Marc Blitzstein, piano 8:03 PM Joseph Canteloube Songs of the Auvergne: Series 1, 4, 5 London 444995 COND Sir Jeffrey Tate ORCH English Chamber Orchestra SOLO Dame Kiri Te Kanawa,soprano
