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Buried Treasure: Great Opera Stars of the Past (Part I)

Listening Guide The Work NOTE: Many of the recordings heard in this program are available on the Nimbus Prima Voce series: http://www.wyastone.co.uk/nimbus/prima-voce.html CARUSO (1873-1921) FRANCESCO TAMAGNO (1850-1905) GIOVANNI MARTINELLI (1885-1969) GIGLI (1890-1957) TITO SCHIPA (1889-1965) McCORMICK (1884-1945) GIACOMO LAURI-VOLPI (1892-1979) BJOERLING (1911-1960) MARCELLA SEMBRICH (1858-1935) NELLIE MELBA (1861-1931) LUISA TETTRAZINI (1871-1940) MARY GARDEN (1874-1967) EMMY… Continue reading Buried Treasure: Great Opera Stars of the Past (Part I)

Buried Treasure: Brazil Part III

Listening Guide   The Work Heitor Villa-Lobos – Symphony No. 10 “Amerindia” “Sume Pater Patrium”Lothar Odinus, Tenor; Henryk Böhm, BaritoneJürgen Linn, Bass-BartioneMembers Of The Staatspernchor StuttgartSWR Vokalensemble StuttgartThe Stuttgart Swr Radio SymphonyDirected By Carl St. Clair.[CPO 999 786]Buy this CD on Amazon Click here to read the libretto in PDF Mario Tavares – Sonata No.… Continue reading Buried Treasure: Brazil Part III

Buried Treasure: Brazil Part II

Listening Guide   The Work Francisco Manuel Da Silva – Brazilian National Anthem Performed by The Orchestra & Chorus Of The Classical Music Of The “Grande Oriente Do Brazil” Elias Alvares Lobo – The Overture To The Opera “A Louca” Performed By The Brazilian Radio SymphonyDirected By Alceo Bocchino[EMI Coronado SC 10122 LP] Henrique Alves… Continue reading Buried Treasure: Brazil Part II

Buried Treasure: Brazil Part I

Listening Guide   The Work Missa Pastoril Para A Noite De Natal by Jose Mauricio Nines GarciaThe Soloists Are:Paulo Fortes, BaritoneDircea Amorim, SopranoMaura Moreira, ContraltoIsauro Camino, Tenor The Orchestra And Chorus Of The Association Of Choral Singing Of Rio De JaneiroConducted By Francisco MignoneEMI Coronado SC 10119 LP 5 Modinhas by Joaquim Manuel Se Me… Continue reading Buried Treasure: Brazil Part I

Buried Treasure: Myths, Legends, and Fairytales

Listening Guide   The Work The Overture To The Opera Ali Baba By Giuseppe BottesiniPerformed By The London Symphony OrchestraFranco Petracchi, Conducting(ASV CD DCA 907)Buy this CD on Amazon.com The Mountain King By Hugo Alfven1-Invocation: which depicts a bright summer night in terms of the magical mood of a “white night.”2-Troll Maiden’s Dance: a grotesque… Continue reading Buried Treasure: Myths, Legends, and Fairytales

Buried Treasure – 2/5ths & 3/6ths – Part II

Listening Guide   The Work Georges Auric (1899-1983) IMAGINEESMichel Debost, fluteClaude Desulmondt, clarinetMichele Command, sopranoFrederick Lodeon, celloLa Quatuor ParreninJacques Cazauran, bassJean Philippe Collard, pianoAlexandre Myrat, director(Pathe C069 16287) PARTITA for two pianosGenevieve Joy/Christian Ivaldi, pianos(Adès 14.018) TRIO for oboe, clarinet and bassoonRobert Casier, oboeAndre Boutard, clarinetPaul Hongue, bassoon(Adès 14.018) DOUBLES JEUX for two pianosGenevieve Joy/Christian… Continue reading Buried Treasure – 2/5ths & 3/6ths – Part II

Buried Treasure – 2/5ths & 3/6ths – Part I

Listening Guide   The Work Mily Balakirev (1837-1910) GRANDE FANTASIE ON RUSSIAN FOLKSONGS, OP. 4Anastiasia Seifetdinova, pianoRussian PhilharmonicDmitry Yablonsky, conductor(Naxos 8.570396 CD)Buy this CD on Amazon OVERTURE ON THEMES OF RUSSIAN FOLKSONGSKansas City PhilharmonicHans Schwieger, conductor(Urania 5131)[GLAZOUNOV #4] RUSSIA (SYMPHONIC POEM)Philharmonia OrchestraYevgeny Svetlanov, conductor(Hyperion CDA 66493)Buy this CD on Amazon ISLAMEYAlexander Paley, piano(6-Brilliant Classics 92617)Buy… Continue reading Buried Treasure – 2/5ths & 3/6ths – Part I