Playlist
RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: Overture to "The Tsar's Bride"
Bolshoi Symphony Orchestra
Alexander Lazarev (conductor)
ERATO 8573-85668-2 CD 2, Track 7
MASSENET: lo son solo - Ah! Dispar, vision (from Act III of "Manon")
Giuseppe di Stefano (tenor)
Herbert Dawson (organ)
Philharmonia Orchestra
Alberto Erede (conductor)
EMI 5 85087 2 CD 1, Track 3
GALUPPI: Sonata No.5 in C
Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli (piano)
DECCA 417 772-2 Tracks 3-5
Innocent Ear
DVORÁK: Tui nati vulnerati (from "Stabat Mater")
Czech Singers
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra
Vaclav Smetacek (conductor)
CDG 437 937-2 CD 1, Track 5
JOHN ALDEN CARPENTER: Sea Drift
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Karl Krueger (conductor)
BRIDGE 9190 Track 7
HANDEL: Oh Sleep Why Doest Thou Leave Me? (from "Semele")
Erna Berger (soprano)
Michael Raucheisen (piano)
ART ONE 222603 CD 2, Track 1
Innocent Ear
BORODIN: Menuetto (from "String Quintet in F minor")
Kocian Quartet
Michal Kanka (cello)
PRAGA PRD 250 222 Track 7
Bargain Hunter Choice
DEBUSSY: Mazurka
FAURÉ: Three Songs without words, Op.17
Germaine Thyssens-Valentin (piano)
TESTAMENT SBT 1401 Tracks 9-11
TIPPETT: Suite in D for the Birthday of Prince Charles
London Symphony Orchestra
Sir Colin Davis (conductor)
DECCA ELOQUENCE 476 7960 Tracks 2-6
SCHUBERT: Offertorium, D.963
Alejandro Ramirez (tenor)
Lausanne Vocal Ensemble and Chamber Orchestra
Michel Corboz (conductor)
APEX 2564-61688-2 Track 13
SAINT-SAENS: Romanza (3rd mvt from "Cello Sonata No.2, Op.123")
André Navarra (cello)
Annie D'Arco (piano)
CALLIOPE CAL 6818 Track 3
SIBELIUS arr. PRESS: Nocturne, Op.51 no.3
Arthur Grumiaux (violin)
István Hajdu (piano)
PHILIPS PHCP-4956 Track 9
HANDEL: O memory! Still bitter to my soul - Opprest with never-ceasing grief (from "Belshazzar")
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone)
Munich Chamber Orchestra
Hans Stadlmair (conductor)
DG 463 518-2 Track 8
JOAQUIN NIN: Six Variations on a Theme of Milán
Rey de la Torre (guitar)
BRIDGE 9188 Track 5
HUMPERDINCK: Hansel und Gretel Suite
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Rudolf Kempe (conductor)
TESTAMENT SBT 1279 Tracks 7-10
IRELAND arr. TERTIS: The Holy Boy
Lionel Tertis (viola)
BIDDULPH 80219-2 CD 4, Track 19
Building a Library recommendation
MOZART: Act 1 Scenes VIII - XIV (from "La Clemenza di Tito")
Sunhae Im (sopraon)
Alexandrina Pendatchanska (soprano)
Bernada Fink (mezzo soprano)
Marie-Claude Chappuis (mezzo soprano)
Sergio Foresti (bass)
RIAS Chamber Choir
Freiburg Baroque Orchestra
René Jacobs (conductor)
HARMONIA MUNDI HMC 901923.24 CD1, Tracks 18-23