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British operatic baritone
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- United Kingdom
- opera singer, musician, performing artist
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2022-03-08 00:00:00
Edward Elgar:1.01 The Severn Suite * [19'28]1.02 - 1.03 The Dream of Gerontius, op.38 - Part One [35'00]2.01 - 2.03 The Dream of Gerontius, op.38 - Part Two [54'56]London Collegiate Brass conducted by James Stobart *Alfreda Hodgson- alto, Robert Tear- tenor, Benjamin Luxon- baritone, Scottish National Orchestra and Chorus conducted by Alexander GibsonCRD 33267 [recording dates not given; LPs issued in 1976 and 1985*, digital download released 2006][digital download; flacs, cover and inlay scans - no booklet]Recording venues: Rosslyn Hill Chapel, Hampstead, London* and Civic Centre, Motherwell, ScotlandRecording engineer: Bob Auger; Producer: Simon LawmanA severe reluctance to properly split and tag the works is the only downside to this CRD release. Although not as compelling as the Gibson, here's an alternative view of Gerontius from Vladimir Ashkenazy and his forces in Sydney. But at least properly split and tagged. 1.01 - 1.04 Cello Concerto in E minor, […]
2021-08-31 23:00:00
Charles Dutoit conducts Berlioz Romeo et Juliette in Philadelphia
Hector Berlioz (1803-1869) Romeo et Juliette Symphonie Dramatique op. 17 Ruxandra Donose mezzo-soprano Gregory Kunde tenor David Wilson-Johnson baritone (Friar Laurence) The Philadelphia Singers Chorale David Hayes director The Philadelphia Orchestra Charles Dutoit conductor Recorded live October 21, 2008 Verizon Hall, The Kimmel Center for the Perfoming Arts 24/88 HD tracks, cover and booklet
2021-05-10 00:38:00
SFCV.org: MarshStream: “Music to My Ears — Hearing Adolphus Hailstork,” will be available for streaming 7:30 PM PT Sat., May 22 & 5 PM PT Sun., May 23
Adolphus Hailstork San Francisco Classical Voice May 8, 2021 Soprano Candace Johnson has sung at Carnegie Hall and The Manhattan Center. But those prestigious guest appearances aren’t the most impressive lines of her resume. In 2018, Johnson premiered Vox in a Box at UC Berkeley, a one-woman show which integrated elements of her Black musical upbringing with her classical education to tell her own “musical biography.” Johnson teaches applied voice classes and a class on African American composers at UC Berkeley, and she has also launched a weekly vocal health program called FitnesSing! with The Marsh. Combining her academic expertise in the work of Black composers and her passion for innovative forms of music education, Johnson is premiering a new solo performance series titled The Art Songs of Black Composers on The Marsh’s digital streaming platform MarshStream. Each performance will […]
2020-02-03 00:00:00
Koechlin - Grainger - The Jungle Book
Charles KOECHLIN (1867-1950) Le Livre de la jungle 1. La Loi de la jungle 2. Les Bandar-Log 3. Berceuse phoque 4. Chanson de nuit dans la jungle 5. Chant de Kala Nag 6. La Méditation de Purun Bhagat 7. La Course de printemps Iris Vermillion (mezzo) Jacque Trussel (ten) Vincent le Texier (bar) Choeur des Opéras de Montpellier Orchestra Philharmonique de Languedoc-Roussillon/Steuart Bedford rec. live, 22 July 1998, Opéra Berlioz-Le Corum ADD ACTES SUD 2000 The valuable series of CDs from the enlightened French publishing house Actes Sud is beginning to makes its way beyond France. The notes in the present case are entirely in French with no translations. The jewel box is forgotten for a change and instead, and this is becoming something of a French hallmark, we get a stiff card folder into which the booklet notes are glued and two CD mounting stems on fold-outs. The […]
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