Archive for July 10th, 2016
07/30/16 – Norma – 1PM
LA Opera On Air Norma BY VINCENZO BELLINI SUNG IN ITALIAN front-page photo credit: Ken Howard OVERVIEW “Stunning… An exceptionally strong cast” – Los Angeles Times “Angela Meade is astounding… a formidable achievement” – The New Yorker “Angela Meade and Jamie Barton [in Norma]… are a duo that every opera lover should hear” – The New […]
07/23/16 – Gianni Schicchi/Pagliacchi @1pm- LA Opera On Air Begins!
LA Opera On Air Gianni Schicchi/Pagliacchi BY GIACOMO PUCCINI/RUGGERO LEONCAVALLO SUNG IN ITALIAN frontpage photo credit: Craig T. Mathew OVERVIEW Two legendary directors combine forces for a sensational season-opener. First, Plácido Domingo stars as Gianni Schicchi in Woody Allen’s riotous staging of Puccini’s comic masterpiece, conducted by Grant Gershon. When greedy relatives descend upon their […]
Music From Movies 7-10-16
7:00 PM Carl Orff Carmina Burana: O Fortuna! (Fortune, EmpTelarc 80397 COND Robert Shaw ORCH Atlanta Symphony Orchestra SOLO and Chorus ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 7:05 PM Igor Stravinsky The Rite of Spring DG/Archiv 19032 COND Yannick Nezet-Seguin ORCH The Philadelphia Orchestra ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 7:38 PM Richard Addinsell Warsaw Concerto Elan 82268 COND William Hudson ORCH Fairfax Symphony Orchestra […]
Choral Hour 7-10-16
8:01 AM Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Missa Solemnis in C K 337 Teldec 90494 COND Nikolaus Harnoncourt ORCH Concentus musicus Wien SOLO Barbara Bonney, soprano SOLO Elizabeth von Magnus,contralto SOLO Uwe Heilmann, tenor SOLO Gilles Cachemaille, baritone SOLO Arnold Schoenberg Choir ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 8:24 AM Felix Mendelssohn Symphony No. 2 in B-Flat Op 52 “Song of Praise” […]
Playlist: Jul/10/16
8:50 PM Frederick Delius — Summer Evening Conductor: William BoughtonEnsemble: English String OrchestraNimbus, 5208 8:18 PM Ludwig van Beethoven — Symphony No. 5 Key: cOpus: 67Conductor: Sir Simon RattleEnsemble: Vienna Philharmonic OrchestraAngel/EMI, 57165 8:01 PM Johann Sebastian Bach — Toccata, Adagio and Fugue Key: CEvgeny Kissin, pianoRCA/BMG, 63884 7:46 PM Henry Mancini — The Prisoner […]
