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Prima Voce - Leonard Warren

2 CD / Nimbus Records / 2007-06-12

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Un ballo in maschera; Il Trovatore; Simon Boccanegra; Rigoletto; La forza del destino; Aida, opera; Otello; Falstaff; Traditional: Blow the man down; The drummer and the cook; The Dru...
Performers: Keast, Raymond; Milanov, Zinka [Soprano Vocal]; Peerce, Jan [Tenor Vocals]; Varnay, Astrid; Warren, Leonard [Baritone Vocal]
Conductors: Mitropoulos, Dimitri; Cellini, Renato; Perlea, Jonel; Bellezza, Vincenzo; Shaw, Robert; Black, Frank

Leonard Warren (1911-1960) was the acknowledged Metropolitan Opera successor to the previous leading baritone, Lawrence Tibbett. He dominated the Met stage, especially in Verdi roles,...continue...

Songs of Angels - Christmas Hymns and Carols / Robert Shaw

1 CD / Telarc / 2006-08-29

Works: Traditional: God rest ye merry, gentlemen; Angels we have heard on high; How Unto Bethlehem?; Boar's Head Carol; O Tannenbaum; Masters in this hall; Tomorrow shall be my dancing day; Good Christian m...
Performers: Baughman, Wayne; Burrichter, Ronald; Carter, Donna; Cock, Christopher; Ledbetter, Victor; Murray, Katherine; Stalter, Tim; Timmerman, Frank
Conductors: Shaw, Robert
Ensemble: Robert Shaw Chamber Singers

All of these carols are heard in delightful arrangements by Alic Parker and Robert Shaw. The arrangements date from the early 1950s and the popular...continue...

Angels On High: A Robert Shaw Christmas

1 CD / Telarc / 2006-08-29

Works: Traditional: O come, O come Emmanuel; The first nowell; What is this lovely fragrance?; While by my sheep; Randall Thompson: Alleluia; Eric Harding Thiman: Carol of the Birds; Guillaume Costeley: All...
Performers: Blalock, David; Borland, William; Carter, Donna; Chandler, Janice; Elrod, Pam; Mackenzie, Norman; Mayer, Sean; Murray, Katherine; Nealon, Patricia; Remy, Elisabeth; Soles, Nanette; Spalinger, Anne-Ma...
Conductors: Shaw, Robert
Ensemble: Robert Shaw Chamber Singers

Among the grand and brilliant choruses that are staple parts of any Robert Shaw Christmas concert are the quieter moments, lightly accompanied if at all,...continue...

A cappella / Shaw, Robert Shaw Festival Singers

1 CD / Telarc / 2005-07-26

Works: Tomás Luis de Victoria: O vos omnes, qui transitis per viam, motet for 4 voices; Thomas Tallis: A new commandment, anthem for 4 voices; Francis Poulenc: Quatre motets pour un temps de pénit...
Performers: Carter, Donna; Dent, Karl [Tenor Vocal]
Conductors: Shaw, Robert

'These selections, ranging from sacred masterpieces of the Renaissance to gems of the late 20th century, all had special meaning for Shaw', according to the...continue...

Songs of Faith and Inspiration / Robert Shaw Chorale

1 CD / RCA Records / 2001-09-11

Works: César Franck: Panis angelicus; Franz Schubert: Ellens Gesang III, D 839/Op. 52 no 6 "Ave Maria"; Stephen Adams: The Holy City; Martin Luther: Ein' feste Burg ist unser Gott; Johann Sebastian B...
Performers: Holloway, Clyde; Kopleff, Florence
Conductors: Shaw, Robert
Ensemble: Robert Shaw Chorale; Symphony Orchestra

A Festival of Carols / Shaw, Robert Shaw Chorale

1 CD / RCA Records / 1999-10-01

Works: Traditional: In dulci jubilo; Patapan; O come, O come Emmanuel; Go tell it on the mountain; O Sanctissimus; Fum, fum, fum; March of the Kings; My dancing day; What child is this?; Un flambeau, Jeanne...
Performers: Arnold, Robert; Chernet, Al
Conductors: Shaw, Robert
Ensemble: Robert Shaw Chorale; Robert Shaw Orchestra

Sea Shanties / The Men of the Robert Shaw Chorale

1 CD / RCA Records / 1999-08-10

Works: Traditional: Blow the man down; Lowlands; Shenandoah; What shall we do with the drunken sailor?; A-Roving; Bound for the Rio Grande; The drummer and the cook; Good-bye, fare ye well; Haul away, Joe; ...
Performers: Diard, William; Hotop, Jack; Kranendonk, Leonard; Pyle, Thomas [baritone]; Stover, James; Ukena, Paul
Conductors: Shaw, Robert
Ensemble: Robert Shaw Chorale Men

Ave Maria - Christmas Favorites / Doming, Lanza, et al

1 CD / RCA Records / 1997-09-23

Works: John Francis Wade: Adeste fideles; Traditional: I saw three ships; God rest ye merry, gentlemen; Deck the hall; O Tannenbaum; Ding Dong! Merrily on high; Franz Xaver Gruber: Silent Night; Adolphe-Cha...
Performers: Domingo, Placido; Ellis, Osian; Lanza, Mario; Prey, Hermann; Sonnleitner, Johannes; Valente, Benita
Conductors: Froschauer, Helmuth; Harrer, Uwe Christian; Shaw, Robert; René, Henri; Gillesberger, Hans; Korn, Michael; Ormandy, Eugene
Ensemble: Chorus Viennensis; Concerto Soloists of Philadelphia; Orchestra; Philadelphia Orchestra; Philadelphia Orchestra Chorus; Philadelphia Singers; Robert Shaw Chorale; Vienna Boys' Choir; Vienna Chamber O...

Sleighride! - Classic Christmas Favorites

1 CD / RCA Records / 1997-09-22

Works: Leroy Anderson: A Christmas Festival; Sleigh Ride; Lowell Mason: Joy to the World; Traditional: God rest ye merry, gentlemen; The Holly and the Ivy; Lully, lulla, thow littel tyne child "Coventry Car...
Performers: De Lancie, John; Domingo, Placido; Grady, John; Hirt, Al; Sonnleitner, Johannes
Conductors: Fiedler, Arthur; Ormandy, Eugene; Shaw, Robert; Froschauer, Helmuth; ; Kapp, Richard
Ensemble: Boston Pops; Canadian Brass; Philadelphia Orchestra; Philadelphia Orchestra Chorus; Philharmonia Virtuosi; Robert Shaw Chorale; Vienna Boys' Choir; Vienna Symphony Orchestra

Amazing Grace - American Hymns & Spirituals / Robert Shaw

1 CD / Telarc / 1993-09-28

Works: Traditional: To God our strength; Come away to the skies; Wondrous love; God is seen; Hark, I hear the harp eternal; Bright Canaan; His voice as the sound; I will arise; Saints bound for heaven; Ride...
Performers: Almjeld, Susan; Bailey, Wayne; Burrichter, Ronald; Cock, Christopher; Stalter, Tim
Conductors: Shaw, Robert
Ensemble: Robert Shaw Festival Singers

This is My Country / Price, Horne, Fiedler, Boston Pops

1 CD / RCA Records / 1993-07-13

Works: Aaron Copland: Fanfare for the common man; Rodeo; Ferde Grofé: Grand Canyon Suite; Samuel Augustus Ward: America the Beautiful; William Steffe: Battle Hymn of the Republic; Traditional: Shenan...
Performers: Horne, Marilyn; Price, Leontyne
Conductors: Ormandy, Eugene; Fiedler, Arthur; Gerhardt, Charles; Shaw, Robert; Slatkin, Leonard; Conlon, James
Ensemble: Boston Pops; Collegiate Chorale; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; National Philharmonic Orchestra; Philadelphia Orchestra; Robert Shaw Chorale; St. Louis Symphony Orchestra

Stephen Foster Song Book / Robert Shaw Chorale

1 CD / RCA Records / 1993-05-11

Works: Stephen Foster: Beautiful dreamer; My old Kentucky home, good night; Oh! Susanna; Nelly Bly; Steal away; Camptown races; Ring de banjo; Gentle Annie; Way Down in Ca-i-ro; Old black Joe; Dolcy Jones; ...
Performers: Cali, John; Kopleff, Florence; Krehbiel, Clayton; Natale, Louise; Pyle, Thomas [baritone]; Wainner, James; Williams, Grant
Conductors: Shaw, Robert
Ensemble: Robert Shaw Chorale

Music For All Occasions

1 CD / RCA Records / 1993-01-12

Works: Mildred J Hill: Happy Birthday to You; Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Romeo and Juliet Overture; Anonymous: Crowley's Reel; Edward Elgar: Pomp and Circumstance Marches (5), Op. 39; Richard Rodgers: Victor...
Performers: Galway, James; Krips, Alfred
Conductors: Fraser, Donald; Ormandy, Eugene; ; Fiedler, Arthur; Bennett, Robert Russell; Shaw, Robert; Beecham, Thomas, Sir; Galway, James
Ensemble: BBC Singers; Boston Pops; Canterbury Children's Choir; English Chamber Orchestra; National Philharmonic Orchestra; Philadelphia Orchestra; RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra; Robert Shaw Chorale; Royal Ph...

World's Greatest Choruses

1 CD / RCA Records / 1992-08-25

Works: Carl Orff: Carmina burana; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Charles Gounod: Faust; Richard Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg; Lohengrin; Tannhäuser; Johann Sebastian Bach: Herz und Mund u...
Performers: Dunn, Thomas; Linval, Monique; Macaux, Geneviève; Price, Leontyne; Pyle, Thomas [baritone]
Conductors: Ozawa, Seiji; Karajan, Herbert von; Shaw, Robert; Stokowski, Leopold; Ormandy, Eugene; Leinsdorf, Erich; Basile, Arturo; Westenburg, Richard
Ensemble: Boston Symphony Orchestra; Harvard Glee Club; John Alldis Choir; London Symphony Orchestra; Mendelssohn Club Chorus Philadelphia; Musica Sacra; New England Conservatory Chorus; New Symphony Orchestra...