Jon Vickers: In Concert (1967) (CD)

Live 1967 recital including a performance of Schumann's Dichterliebe. Also arias from Handel's Messiah & songs by Scarlatti, Purcell, and Dvorak. With Richard Woitach, piano.
[1993, 62 minutes]

"He's not an Italian tenor; he's not a German tenor; he's not the usual tenor at all. He's Jon Vickers, and that is quite enough."
- Opera News

HANDEL
Messiah, Part II - Recit: Thy rebuke hath broken His heart / Aria: Behold and see if there be
Messiah, Part II - Recit: He was cut off out of the land / Aria: But thou didst no leave His soul in hell

A. SCARLATTI
Cara e dolce
Difesa non ha
O dolcissima speranza
La speranza
Toglietemi la vita ancor

PURCELL
Sweeter than Roses
There's not a Swain of the Plain
Not all my Torments
Mas is for the Woman made

SCHUMANN
Dichterliebe, Op. 48 (complete)

DVORAK
Four songs from Gypsy Melodies, Op. 55