Music From Movies 4-17-22
7:00 PM Aaron Copland The Heiress: Suite from the Film RCA/BMG 61699 COND Leonard Slatkin ORCH St Louis Symphony Orchestra 7:10 PM James Horner Apollo 13 selections MCA 11241 COND James Horner ORCH Studio Orchestra […]
7:00 PM Aaron Copland The Heiress: Suite from the Film RCA/BMG 61699 COND Leonard Slatkin ORCH St Louis Symphony Orchestra 7:10 PM James Horner Apollo 13 selections MCA 11241 COND James Horner ORCH Studio Orchestra […]
8:00 PM George Frederich Handel Agrippina: Ogni vento PBO 1 COND Nicholas McGegan ORCH Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra SOLO Lorraine Hunt, soprano 8:07 PM Ralph Vaughan Williams Flos Campi for Viola, Orchestra & Wordless choir Chandos 9 COND Norman Del Mar ORCH Bournemouth Sinfonietta SOLO and Choir SOLO Frederick Riddle, viola 8:28 PM Antonin Dvorak Gypsy […]
7:00 PM Vangelis The Year of Living Dangerously: L’EnfantSilva 1464 ORCH City of Prague Philharmonic SOLO Mark Ayres, synthesizer 7:07 PM Nino Rota Felini Suite Da Vinci 98 ORCH Italian Saxophone Quartet 7:19 PM Stephen Warbeck Shakespeare in Love (Score) CBS/Sony 63387 COND Nick Ingman ORCH Studio Orchestra […]
8:00 PM On tonight’s Vocalise I’m celebrating the birthday anniversary of the great bass-baritone and polymath Paul Robeson! George Gershwin Porgy and Bess: It Aint Necessarily So CBS/Sony 63223 COND Emanuel Balaban ORCH Columbia Concert Orchestra SOLO Paul Robeson, bass-baritone 8:04 PM Traditional Balm in Gilead CBS/Sony 63223 SOLO Paul Robeson, bass-baritone SOLO Lawrence Brown, […]
7:00 PM On the eve of Elmer Bernstein’s birthday anniversary, I’ve got a bit of music that highlights his versatility and iconic status in the film & TV music world. Elmer Bernstein The Great Escape: Theme Denon 75288 COND Elmer Bernstein ORCH Royal Philharmonic Pops Orch. 7:07 PM Elmer Bernstein Hollywood and […]
8:00 PM Fun fact: Baritone Harve Presnell, who sings on this recording of Carmina Burana, also sang in The Unsinkable Molly Brown on Broadway and in the movie version. He also stared in the Coen Bros. movie Fargo as the cantankerous father-in-law. Carl Orff Carmina Burana CBS/Sony 93081 COND Eugene Ormandy ORCH The Philadelphia […]
7:00 PM Tonight we’ll explore music from movies in and about cities. Charlie Chaplin City Lights: Overture Silva 5006 COND Carl Davis ORCH The City Lights Orchestra 7:05 PM Umberto Giordano Andrea Chenier:”La mamma morta” Angel/EMI 65986 COND Tullio Serafin ORCH Philharmonia Orchestra SOLO Maria Callas, soprano 7:11 PM Shirley Walker Batman: Mask […]
8:00 PM Tonight we’ll enjoy the seasons in vocal music. Johann Strauss II Voices of Spring Op 410 DG/Archiv 419616 COND Herbert von Karajan ORCH Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra SOLO Kathleen Battle, soprano 8:08 PM Hector Berlioz Les Nuits d’Ete (Summer Nights) Op 7 PBO 1 COND Nicholas McGegan ORCH Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra SOLO Lorraine Hunt, […]
8:00 PM Alexander Courage Star Trek: The Main Theme Telarc 80094 COND Erich Kunzel ORCH Cincinnati Pops Orchestra 7:05 PM Ari Pulkkinen Angry Birds Theme Analekta 8734 COND Angele Dubeau ORCH La Pieta SOLO Angele Dubeau, violin Normand Corbell Heavy Rain (video game theme) Nielsen/Cohen Tom Clancy’s […]
8:00 PM Johann Sebastian Bach Mass in b BWV 232 DG/Archiv 415514 COND John Eliot Gardiner ORCH English Baroque Soloists SOLO Monteverdi Choir