Copland, Aaron > Mezzo Soprano

Salzburg Festival 1986 - Songs by Fauré, Strauss, Mahler, Copland, Ives, Pasatieri, Canteloube, Schonberg / Frederica von Stade, soprano, Martin Katz, piano

1 CD / Orfeo / 2013-01-29

Works: Gabriel Fauré: Les roses d'Ispahan, Op. 39 no 4; Mélodies (5), Op. 58 "de Venise"; Au Cimetière, song for voice & piano in E minor, Op. 51/2; La rose, Op. 51 no 4; Richard Strauss: Rot...
Performers: Katz, Martin; Von Stade, Frederica

In 1986 Frederica von Stade offered a program that knew no boundaries - ranging from the florid poesy of settings by Fauré and Strauss to...continue...
Recording information: Groáes Festspielhaus (08/18/1986)....continue...

American Song

1 CD / Traditions Alive / 2012-07-10

Works: George Gershwin: Girl Crazy; A Foggy Day (in London Town), song (from A Damsel in Distress, film); They All Laughed, song (from Shall We Dance?, film); Elliott Carter: Poems (3) of Robert Frost, for ...
Performers: Dickinson, Meriel; Dickinson, Peter

Aaron Copland: Billy the Kid; Rodeo; In the Beginning

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2010-11-22

Works: Aaron Copland: Billy the Kid, ballet; Rodeo; In the Beginning
Performers: Gunson, Ameral
Conductors: Slatkin, Leonard; Cleobury, Stephen

Recording information: Powell Symphony Hall, Saint Louis, Missouri; Chapel of....continue...

Gloriae Dei Cantores - Copland, Thomson / Patterson

1 CD / Gloriae Dei Cantores / 2010-02-16

Works: Aaron Copland: In the Beginning; Old American Songs, Set 1; Motets (4), for chorus; Virgil Thomson: Hymns from the Old South, for chorus; Mass, for 2-part chorus & percussion; Tribulationes civitatum...
Performers: Bybee, Luretta; Chalmers, David, Dr. [Organ]; Jordan, James E., Jr. [Organ]; Norman, Luke; Ortolani, David
Conductors: Patterson, Elizabeth C.
Ensemble: Gloriae Dei Brass Ensemble; Gloriae Dei cantores

Dance Panels - Copland / Dennis Russel Davies, Orchestra of St. Luke's, et al

1 CD / Nimbus Records / 2009-10-13

Works: Aaron Copland: Dance Panels; Poems (8) of Emily Dickinson for voice & orchestra (arr. from 12 Poems of Emily Dickinson); Symphony no 2 ("Short Symphony")
Performers: Schneiderman, Helene
Conductors: Davies, Dennis R.
Ensemble: Orchestra of St. Luke's

A masterful and innovative force in classical music, Dennis Russell Davies is considered among today's most inventive conductors at the forefront of the orchestral, chamber,...continue...

In the Beginning / Nethsingha, Gloucester Cathedral Choir

1 CD / Avie Records / 2009-04-01

Works: Benjamin Britten: Rejoice in the Lamb, festival cantata for trumpet, ATB soloists, chorus & organ, Op. 30; Ildebrando Pizzetti: Composizioni corali (3), for chorus; Gerald Finzi: Lo, the full, final ...
Performers: Birchall, James; Bourne, Frances; Gilchrist, James [Tenor Vocal]; Houssart, Robert; Smith, Allan
Conductors: Nethsingha, Andrew
Ensemble: Gloucester Cathedral Choir

The works on 'In the Beginning', the debut Avie release by the Gloucester Cathedral Choir, were all written in the shadow or the aftermath of...continue...

Marilyn Horne - The Complete Decca Recitals

11 CD / Decca / 2008-04-15

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia; Otello; Tancredi; Semiramide; L'italiana in Algeri; La Cenerentola; L'assedio di Corinto; La donna del lago; Vincenzo Bellini: I Capuleti e i Montecchi, op...
Performers: Ellis, Osian; Horne, Marilyn; Katz, Martin
Conductors: Lewis, Henry; ; Mehta, Zubin; Davis, Carl
Ensemble: Ambrosian Opera Chorus; English Chamber Orchestra; Geneva Grand Theatre Chorus; Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra; Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Suisse Rom...

"Each of the 11 CDs comes in a slip case with the original cover art, but no texts or translations are provided. At the price...continue...

Aaron Copland: Simple Gifts / Halliday, et al

1 CD / Albany Records / 2007-12-01

Works: Shaker Traditional: Prayer Universal, hymn; A Mince Pie or a Pudding, song; Drink Ye of Mother's Wine, song; I Love Mother, song; Mother Ann's Song; Mother Ann's Closet, song; Dismission of the Devil...
Performers: Bednarz, Frederick; Browder, Emily; Candilis, Corinne; Candilis, Philip; Carroll, Amy; Dellal, Pamela; Fajardo, Thomas; Geha, Bill; Gietheim, Harel; Honeysucker, Robert; Leonard, Andrew; Long, Grace;...

The United Society of Believers in Christ’s Second Appearing, called the Shakers, came to the New World in 1774. The group was so named because...continue...

American Classics - American Choral Music

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2006-11-21

Works: Vincent Persichetti: Flower Songs (Cantata no 6), for mixed chorus & string orchestra , Op. 157; Charles Ives: Psalm 90 "Lord, thou hast been"; John Corigliano: Fern Hill, for mezzo-soprano, chorus &...
Performers: Anderson, Thad; Asbell, Ames; Barber, Elaine; Cho, Seung Won; Cluff, Darlene; Colson, Bruce; Coltman-Smith, Margaret; Dawson, David; Depue, Wallace; Francis, Graeme; Gedigian, Marianne; Gilliam-Valls...
Conductors: Morrow, James
Ensemble: University of Texas Chamber Orchestra; University of Texas Chamber Singers

"The fine Copland performance concludes an excellent disc. The choir is consistently splendid. It's evident that James Morrow has trained them very well indeed. Balance,...continue...

in the beginning - Copland, Barber / Parry, Dunedin Consort

1 CD / Linn Records / 2001-02-06

Works: Aaron Copland: In the Beginning; Motets (4), for chorus; Samuel Barber: Reincarnations, for 4 voices, Op. 16; To Be Sung on the Water, for 4 voices, Op. 42/2; Heaven-Haven, for chorus (arr. of song O...
Performers: Bruce-Payne, Sally

A Copland Celebration Vol 3 - Vocal & Choral Works

2 CD / Sony Classical / 2000-11-07

Works: Aaron Copland: Old American Songs, Set 1; Old American Songs, for voice & piano, Book 2; Poems (12) of Emily Dickinson, song cycle for voice & piano (orchestrated 1970 as "Poems (8) of Emil; In the B...
Performers: Addison, Adele; Cassilly, Richard; Copland, Aaron; Fredericks, Richard; Hale, Robert; Muller, Mildred; Treigle, Norman; Turner, Claramae; Warfield, William [Baritone Vocals]
Conductors: Copland, Aaron
Ensemble: Columbia Symphony Orchestra

An American Collage / D'Anna Fortunato, Rooke Chapel Choir

1 CD / Albany Records / 1993-01-01

Works: Aaron Copland: In the Beginning; Richard Hundley: Isaac Greentree, an epitaph for voice & piano; The Astronomers, an epitaph for voice & piano; Waterbird, for voice & piano; William Duckworth: Southe...
Performers: Cover, David; Fortunato, D'Anna; Lee, Genevieve
Conductors: Payn, William
Ensemble: Rooke Chapel Choir

Bernstein: Chichester Psalms; Barber, Copland / Matthew Best

1 CD / Hyperion / 1987-09-01

Works: Leonard Bernstein: Chichester Psalms; Samuel Barber: Agnus Dei; Aaron Copland: In the Beginning; Motets (4), for chorus
Performers: Denley, Catherine; Kettel, Gary; Martelli, Dominic; Masters, Rachel; Trotter, Thomas
Conductors: Best, Matthew
Ensemble: Corydon Singers

'An imaginative and enterprising programme, extremely well sung and recorded' (Gramophone)

'An exquisite disc. Indispensable' (Acoustic Sounds Catalog, USA)

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