Black, Frank

Lebendige Vergangenheit - James Melton

1 CD / Preiser / 2008-02-01

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Don Giovanni; Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620; Richard Wagner: Lohengrin; Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg; Jules Massenet: Manon; Georges Bizet: Carmen, op...
Performers: Albanese, Licia; Melton, James
Conductors: Breisach, Paul; Levi, Sylvan; Morel, Jean Paul; Weissmann, Frieder; Black, Frank

The musical crossover is a phenomenon not just of our time; it was already commonplace in the early decades of the 20th century. With one...continue...

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...

Prima Voce - Lucrezia Bori in Opera & Song

2 CD / Nimbus Records / 2006-09-12

Works: Louis Varney: L' amour Mouillé, operetta; Ambroise Thomas: Mignon; Gustave Charpentier: Louise; Jules Massenet: Manon; Giacomo Puccini: La Rondine; La bohème; Madama Butterfly; Giuseppe...
Performers: Bori, Lucrezia; Copeland, George; McCormack, John [Tenor Vocal]; Schipa, Tito [Tenor Vocal]; Tibbett, Lawrence
Conductors: Bourdon, Rosario; Pasternack, Josef A.; Black, Frank; Shilkret, Nathaniel
Ensemble: ; RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra

Mozart Singers of the Past

3 CD / Preiser / 2006-04-01

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492; Don Giovanni; Così fan tutte, K 588; Idomeneo; Il rè pastore, K 208; Die Entführung aus dem Serai...
Performers: Anders, Peter; Baccaloni, Salvatore; Berger, Erna [Soprano vocals]; Beuf, Augusto; Bori, Lucrezia; Cebotari, Maria; Dermota, Anton [Tenor Vocals]; Gigli, Beniamino; Ginster, Ria; Gueden, Hilde [Sopra...
Conductors: Reibold, Bruno; Cleva, Fausto; Morel, Jean Paul; Leinsdorf, Erich; Sabino, Antonio; Seidler-Winkler, Bruno; Walter, Bruno; Black, Frank; Busch, Fritz; Berrettoni, Umberto; Barbirolli, John; Collingwo...
Ensemble: ; Berlin Deutsche Oper Orchestra; Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra; Berlin Staatskapelle Orchestra; Berlin State Opera Chorus; Berlin State Opera Orchestra; Glyndebourne Festival Orchestra; Metropolitan...

The recordings in this CD edition of outstanding Mozart singers were made between 1926 and 1950. This is the period of shellac records made with...continue...

Lebendige Vergangenheit - Leonard Warren Vol 2

1 CD / Preiser / 2002-10-01

Works: Traditional: Blow the man down; The drummer and the cook; The Drunken Sailor; Morris Levine: Haul-A-Way, Joe; Low Lands; Anonymous, English: A-Rovin', sea shanty; American Traditional: Shenandoah; En...
Performers: Warren, Leonard [Baritone Vocal]
Conductors: Levine, Morris; Black, Frank
Ensemble: Chorus; Orchestra; RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra

The Music of Alan Shulman / Antek, Bernstein, NBC SO, et al

1 CD / Bridge / 2002-08-01

Works: Alan Shulman: Theme & Variations for viola & orchestra (or piano); Rendezvous for clarinet & strings; A Nocturne for strings; Hatikvah, arranged for orchestra; Waltzes for orchestra; A Laurentian Ove...
Conductors: Black, Frank; Antek, Samuel; Katims, Milton; Bernstein, Leonard; Cantelli, Guido; Gillis, Don
Ensemble: NBC Symphony Orchestra

Opernsänger einmal anders

1 CD / Preiser / 2002-05-01

Works: Mischa Spoliansky: Ich hab' für die Liebe die gröáte Sympathie (from the film "Zwei Krawatten"); Ich habe Heimweh, ich möcht' nach Haus (from the film "Zwei Krawatten"); Modest ...
Performers: Bechi, Gino; Blatt, Josef; Bohnen, Michael; Grosz, Wilhelm; Herrmann, Josef; Hotter, Hans; London, George [Baritone Vocal]; Milinkovic, Georgine von; Pinza, Ezio; Scheidl, Theodor; Sved, Alessandro; ...
Conductors: Dobrindt, Otto; Schönbaumsfeld, Franz; Brühne, Lothar; Olivieri, Dino; Green, Johnny; Black, Frank
Ensemble: ; Dino Olivieri Orchestra; Johnny Green Orchestra; RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra

Dorothy Warenskjold - A Treasury of Operatic Heroines

1 CD / Cambria / 1999-01-01

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Don Giovanni; Carl Maria von Weber: Der Freischütz, J 277; Friedrich von Flotow: Die letzte Rose (as interpolated into "Martha") (a.k.a. "The Last Rose of Summer"); Giac...
Performers: Warenskjold, Dorothy
Conductors: Merola, Gaetano; Willson, Meredith; Dragon, Carmen; Abravanel, Maurice; Cleva, Fausto; Black, Frank; Monteux, Pierre; Szenkar, Eugen; Fiedler, Arthur

Lucrezia Bori - Arias from Louise, Manon, etc

1 CD / Pearl / 1996-10-15

Works: Gustave Charpentier: Louise; Jules Massenet: Manon; Jacques Offenbach: Gaîté Parisienne; Giacomo Puccini: Madama Butterfly; La bohème; Antonio Literes: Acis y Galatea, zarzuela; F...
Performers: Bori, Lucrezia; Copeland, George; Schipa, Tito [Tenor Vocal]; Tibbett, Lawrence
Conductors: Black, Frank; Bourdon, Rosario

Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto no 3; Khachaturian / Kapell

1 CD / Video Artists International / 1994-06-15

Works: Sergey Rachmaninov: Concerto for Piano no 3 in D minor, Op. 30; Aram Khachaturian: Concerto for Piano in D flat major
Performers: Kapell, William
Conductors: MacMillan, Ernest; Black, Frank
Ensemble: ; NBC Symphony Orchestra