Archive for the ‘Vocalise’ Category
Vocalise – 2/04/16
8:00 PM Felix Mendelssohn A Midsummer Night’s Dream: “You spotted Snakes” London 4780106 COND Sir Neville Marriner ORCH Philharmonia Orchestra SOLO Ann Murray,alto SOLO Ambrosian Singers ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 8:03 PM Antonin Dvorak Moravian Duets Op 32 Chandos 9257 COND Josef Pancik ORCH Prague Chamber Choir SOLO Marian Lapsansky, piano ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 8:33 PM Ludwig van Beethoven Symphony […]
Vocalise – 1/28/16
8:00 PM Charles Gounod Faust: “Le veau d’or” (The Golden Calf) Teldec 90872 COND Carlo Rizzi ORCH Welsh National Opera Orchestra SOLO and Chorus SOLO Samuel Ramey, bass ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 8:02 PM Sir Edward Elgar Coronation Ode Op 44 Chandos 8430 COND Sir Alexander Gibson ORCH Scottish National Orchestra SOLO Scottish National Orch Chorus ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 8:38 […]
Vocalise – 1/21/16
Thanks to Jonathan for filling in tonight with great vocal music! 8:00 PM Ludwig van Beethoven Mount of Olives: Hallelujah Op 85 Telarc 80119 COND Robert Shaw ORCH Atlanta Symphony Orchestra SOLO Atlanta Symphony Chorus ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 8:05 PM Maurice Ravel Piano Concerto in G London 4789394 ORCH I Fagiolini ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 8:16 PM Gerald Finzi Intimations […]
Vocalise – 1/14/16
8:00 PM Traditional He’s Got the Whole World in His Hand RCA/BMG 63306 SOLO Marian Anderson, contralto SOLO Franz Rupp, piano 8:02 PM Aaron Copland Old American Songs CBS/Sony 60899 SOLO William Warfield, baritone SOLO Aaron Copland,piano 8:27 PM Richard Strauss Four Last Songs Philips 4758507 COND Kurt Masur ORCH Gewandhausorchester Leipzig SOLO Jessye Norman, […]
Vocalise – 1/07/16
8:00 PM Leo Delibes Lakme: Flower Duet London 19033 COND Sebastian Lang-Lessing ORCH Philharmonia Orchestra SOLO Renee Fleming, soprano SOLO Susan Graham, mezzo-soprano ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 8:03 PM Francis Poulenc Tel jour telle nuit Hyperion 66147 SOLO Felicity Lott, soprano SOLO The Songmakers Almanac ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 8:17 PM Francis Poulenc Stabat Mater Naxos 8553176 COND Michel Piquemal ORCH […]
Vocalise – 12/31/16
I hope you enjoy this all 20th century choral music program which includes Leonard Bernstein’s “Chichester Psalms.” This is a poem Bernstein wrote about his 1965 journey writing the iconic work: These psalms are a simple and modest affair, Tonal and tuneful and somewhat square, Certain to sicken a stout John Cager With its tonics […]
Vocalise – 12/17/16
8:00 PM Traditional Spanish Carols Angel/EMI 49909 SOLO The King’s Singers 8:07 PM Eric Whitacre Lux Aurumque Gothic Rec 49227 COND J. Reilly Lewis ORCH Cathedral Choral Society of DC 8:10 PM John Rutter Brother Heinrich’s Christmas Collegium 115 COND John Rutter ORCH London Sinfonia SOLO Cambridge Singers Cambridge Singers SOLO Brian Kay , […]
Vocalise – 12/03/16
Rossini was in his opera writing prime when he wrote his “Messa di Gloria.” Hope you enjoy this work that is a bit off the beaten path. 🙂 8:00 PM Gioacchino Rossini Messa di Gloria Philips 4757781 COND Sir Neville Marriner ORCH Academy of St Martin in Fields SOLO Sumi Jo, soprano SOLO Ann Murray,alto […]
Vocalise – 11/26/16
Tonight’s Vocalise will contain a hodgepodge of hilarious to profound vocal arrangements! 8:00 PM Sir Arthur Sullivan The Gondoliers: Take a Pair of SparklingRCA/BMG 61885 SOLO The King’s Singers 8:03 PM Maurice Ravel Piano Concerto in G London 4789394 ORCH I Fagiolini 8:12 PM Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Symphony No. 40 in g K 550 […]
Vocalise – 11/19/16
8:00 PM Felix Mendelssohn Symphony No. 2 in B-Flat Op 52 “Song of Praise” Sung Portion Teldec 244178 COND Kurt Masur ORCH Gewandhausorchester Leipzig SOLO Leipzig Radio Chorus SOLO Barbara Bonney, soprano SOLO Edith Wiens, soprano SOLO Peter Schreier, tenor ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 8:37 PM Ludwig van Beethoven Symphony No.9: 4th Mvt. “Ode to Joy” OpDG/Archiv 9661 […]
