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vocal concert & recital

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Groups of Artists


Cole Porter - All Star Tribute
Ethel Merman, John Raitt,
Martha Wright, Gretchen Wyler,
Peter Nero, and Jillana

New Orleans Opera
and its Singers, 1859 -1919
Bourbon Street to Paradise

Indianapolis Children's Choir

performing Purcell & Britten

Greatest Hits of Christmas
by the greatest artists!

Artist By Last Name

Alda, Frances
Acoustic & Electric Recs.

Anderson, Marian
Rare & Unpublished Recs.
Rarities, Broadcasts

Armstrong, Nancy
What Magic Has Victorious Love

Bjoerling, Jussi
Jussi Bjoerling Rarities

Brooks, Patricia
In Recital

Callas
, Maria
In Performance
 Never before available!

Casei
, Nedda
A Portrait

Curtin, Phyllis
Opera Arias 
In Recital - Sibelius Fest
Fauré & Debussy 
Sings Copland & Rorem


De Los Angeles, Victoria
Live in Concert
Live in Recital

Di Stefano, Giuseppe
Encounters with Great Singers

Faull, Ellen
An American Soprano

Favero, Mafalda
Arias and Duets

Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau - Close
Encounters with Great Singers

In Discussion with Jon Tolansky,
- and musical highlights.

Flagstad, Kirsten
Live in Concert

Freni, Mirella
Mirella Freni - Close
Encounters with Great Singers

In Discussion with Jon Tolansky,
- and musical highlights.

Gigli, Beniamino
Rarities

Giordani, Marcello
Sicilia Bella

Jenkins, Florence Foster
The Muse Surmounted

Kirsten
, Dorothy
Live Performances
In New Orleans

Kunde
, Gregory
Rossini Tenor Scenes

Larmore, Jennifer
In Concert

Lear
, Evelyn
On The Lighter Side

Sings Wagner & Strauss

Des Knaben Wunderhorn
20th Century Song
Songs My Mother Taught Me
Songs by Richard Strauss
Children's Songs
Narrates Poulenc & Satie
The Art of Evelyn Lear
The Art of the Recital
Opera Arias
 
An 80th Birthday Tribute

Lehmann, Lotte
The NY Farewell Recital
Live in Concert
 
London
, George
In Concert

Malfitano, Catherine
Duets for Voice and Violin
Blue Cat: At Joe's Pub

Martin, Mary
& Merman, Ethel
Ford's 50th Anniversary

Milnes, Sherrill
There but for You Go I
Kingdom by the Sea

Mishura, Irina
In the Silence of the Night

Oberlin, Russell
Music of John Blow
and Henry Purcell

Olivero, Magda
Celebrated Death Scenes

Polenzani, Matthew
Live at the Verbier Festival

Pons, Juan
Verdi Gala

Pons, Lily
The Odeon Recordings

Russell,
Anna
Takes on Nabucco
- and The Magic Flute


Sayou
, Bidu
Rarities

Schipa, Tito
Arias & Duets

Scotto, Renata
Christmas with

Steber, Eleanor
In Concert
Sings Richard Strauss
Her First Recordings
Sings Mozart
Steber Collection, Vol. 1

Stewart
, Thomas
On The Lighter Side

A Portrait

Sings Wagner & Strauss
Des Knaben Wunderhorn
Children's Songs
Songs of Gambling & the Sea

Tebaldi, Renata
NY Farewell Recital
Lewisohn Stadium Concert
Farewell Tour, Moscow

Teyte
, Maggie
In Concert

Tokody, Ilona
Verdi Gala
Portrait of the Artist

Troyanos, Tatiana
In Recital
w/ James Levine

Uppman, Theodor
Art of Theodor Uppman

Vallin, Ninon
Canciones, Lieder

Villabella, Miguel
Prince of French Tenors

Vickers, Jon
Italian Opera Arias
In Concert
Wintereisse
Enoch Arden
75th Birthday Tribute
Jon Vickers - Close
Encounters with Great Singers


Warren
, Leonard
His First Recordings
Arias & Songs

Zilliani, Alessandro
Arias & Duets

Zouves, Maria
 With Flowers Crowned

 

Evelyn Lear - An 80th Birthday Tribute
VAI Audio CD 1245, $16.99 (2 CDs for the price of 1)
 

A stunning compendium of operatic and song performances by one of America’s finest sopranos. Includes arias and duets with Thomas Stewart from Giulio Cesare, Le Nozze di Figaro, Der fliegende Holländer, Otello, Der Rosenkavalier, and Arabella; Barber’s Knoxville, Summer of 1915; lieder and songs by Schubert, Berlioz, Strauss, Fauré, Villa-Lobos and others.

CD 1

Opera

1) NICOLAI: Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor
Nun eilt herbei, Witz, heit’re Laune

2) HANDEL: Giulio Cesare
Si pietà di me non senti

3) MOZART: Le Nozze di Figaro
Voi che sapete

4) VERDI: Otello
Mia madre aveva… Ave Maria

5) WAGNER: Der Fliegende Holländer
Wie aus der Ferne längst…
(with Thomas Stewart)

6) STRAUSS: Der Rosenkavalier
Da geht er hin

7) STRAUSS: Arabella
Sie wollen mich

Songs with orchestra

BARBER:
Knoxville, Summer of 1915

VILLA-LOBOS:
Bachiana brasileira no. 5 Aria

VILLA-LOBOS:
Bachiana brasileira no. 5 Dansa

VILLA-LOBOS:
Canção do carreiro

BERLIOZ: Les nuits d’été
Villanelle

BERLIOZ: Les nuits d’été
Le spectre de la rose

MAHLER: Des Knaben Wunderhorn
Das irdische Leben

STRAUSS: Vier letzte Lieder
Beim Schlafengehen

CD 2


Lieder and Mélodies

SCHUBERT: Fischerweise

SCHUBERT: Nacht und Träume

HAHN: L’heure exquise

FAURÉ: Chanson d’amore

FAURÉ: Mandoline

FAURÉ: Prison

TCHAIKOVSKY: At the Ball

TCHAIKOVSKY: Not a Word

RACHMANINOFF: Lilacs

STRAUSS: Morgen!

STRAUSS: Die Nacht

STRAUSS: Ständchen

Favorite Encores

SAINT-SAËNS: Ici les tendres oiseaux
(with Thomas Stewart)

FOLKSONG: He’s Gone Away

COPLAND: I Bought Me a Cat

ZELLER: Der Vogelhändler
Schenkt man sich Rosen in Tirol

 

DISC I: TK. 1; TK. 2: Bayerische Rundfunk Orchester, Mathias Kunsche, cond. (1970); TK. 3: Salzburg Festival, Lorin Maazel, cond. (1963);

TK. 4: Budapest Opera Festival, Istvan Szimandi, cond. (1975); TK. 5; TK. 6: La Scala Orchestra, Carlos Kleiber, cond. (1976);

TKs. 8-10: Winfried Zillig, cond (1960s)

DISC 2: TK. 1: Winfried Zillig, cond. (1960s); TKs 2-3: Hessische Rundfunk Orchester, Dean Dixon, cond. (1972)

TK. 4: Richard Kraus, cond. (Berlin, 1964); TK. 5: Vienna Philharmonic (1964); TKs. 6-11: Martin Katz, piano (1975-1977)

TKs. 12-14: Rudolf Jansen, piano (Holland 1974); TKs. 15-17: Erik Werba, piano (Salzburg and Vienna 1964-1965)

TK. 18: Erik Werba, piano (1960s); TKs 19-21: Martin Katz, piano (1975-1977)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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