Shilkret, Nathaniel

Groáe Tenöre der Musikgeschichte, Vol. 2

2 CD / ZYX Records / 2013-01-08

Works: Amilcare Ponchielli: La Gioconda; Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto; I lombardi; Attila; La traviata; Giacomo Meyerbeer: Die Afrikanerin; Gaetano Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor; L' elisir d'amore, opera; Geo...
Performers: Bada, Angelo; de Luca, Giuseppe; Galli-Curci, Amelita; Gigli, Beniamino; Homer, Louise; Pinza, Ezio; Rethberg, Elisabeth
Conductors: Bourdon, Rosario; Setti, Giulio; Reibold, Bruno; Seidler-Winkler, Bruno; Shilkret, Nathaniel; Olivieri, Dino; Ricci, Ruggiero; Sabajno, Carlo; Goehr, Walter; Barbirolli, John; Ghione, Franco; Colling...

Lebendige Vergangenheit: Richard Crooks

1 CD / Preiser / 2011-04-12

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Don Giovanni; Gaetano Donizetti: L' elisir d'amore, opera; Richard Wagner: Lohengrin; Charles Gounod: Faust; Roméo et Juliette; Jules Massenet: Manon; Werther; Edouard L...
Performers: Crooks, Richard
Conductors: Pelletier, Wilfred; Shilkret, Nathaniel

Richard Crooks was known less for the richness of his voice than his musicality, line and concentration of tone. His recordings of Mozart are rightfully...continue...

Icon: Beniamino Gigli (7 CDs)

7 CD / EMI Classics / 2010-03-23

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: La favorita; Lucia di Lammermoor; L' elisir d'amore, opera; Arrigo Boito: Mefistofele; Pietro Mascagni: Iris; L'amico Fritz; Cavalleria rusticana, opera (melodramma) in 1 act; Isab...
Performers: Albanese, Licia; Bada, Angelo; Baldosseri, Nerina; Bechi, Gino; Caniglia, Maria; Conti, Gino; de Luca, Giuseppe; Elmo, Cloe; Fedri, Dino; Galli-Curci, Amelita; Giannini, Dusolina; Gigli, Beniamino; M...
Conductors: Pasternack, Joseph; Bourdon, Rosario; Setti, Giulio; Sabajno, Carlo; Goossens, Eugene, Sir; Ghione, Franco; Barbirolli, John; Goehr, Walter; Berrettoni, Umberto; de Fabritiis, Oliviero; Mascagni, Pie...
Ensemble: ; Neapolitan Novelty Band

Beniamino Gigli was the most popular and successful Italian tenor in the first half of the 20th century. Acclaimed as the second Caruso, he was...continue...

Gigli In Concert

1 CD / Bel Canto Society / 2009-09-08

Works: Giacomo Meyerbeer: Die Afrikanerin; George Frederick Handel: MEDLEY; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Don Giovanni; Johannes Brahms: Songs (5) for voice & piano, Op. 49; Stanislao Gastaldon: Musica proibita,...
Performers: Gigli, Beniamino; Sivieri, Enrico
Conductors: Fekete, Zoltán; Shilkret, Nathaniel

This concert reveals how no tenor on record had as many colors in his palette as Gigli. At this point in his career, his interpretations...continue...

The Classic 100 Concerto [Box Set]

8 CD / ABC Classics Import / 2007-11-20

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Concerto for Piano no 5 "Emperor"; Concerto for Violin in D major, Op. 61; Concerto for Piano no 4 in G major, Op. 58; Concerto for Piano, Violin and Cello in C major, Op. 56 "T...
Performers: Anda, Geza; Anthony, Adele; Auber, Stefan; Baerg, Irmgard; Balsam, Artur; Bargy, Roy; Barton, William; Belkin, Boris; Bennett, Mark [Trumpet]; Brown, Iona; Cazal, Olivier; Collins, Geoffrey; Cominati...
Conductors: Walker, Antony; Fürst, Jànos; Halstead, Anthony; Lang-Lessing, Sebastian; Braithwaite, Nicholas; Dyer, Paul; Kelly, Brett; Bonynge, Richard; Tchivzhel, Edvard; Hogwood, Christopher; Stanhop...
Ensemble: ; Australian Chamber Orchestra; I Musici

What is the one concerto you cannot live without? This question was asked of the australian public through a poll by abc classic fm and...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

Prima Voce - John Charles Thomas in Opera & Song

1 CD / Nimbus Records / 2006-08-08

Works: Ruggero Leoncavallo: Zazà, opera; Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata; Otello; Umberto Giordano: Andrea Chénier; Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia; Tito Mattei: Non è ver; Stefano...
Performers: Hollister, Carroll; Thomas, John Charles
Conductors: Tours, Frank; Finston, Nathaniel; Shilkret, Nathaniel
Ensemble: ; Orchestra

'If I had to choose the four greatest voices I've heard, I would list Thomas along with Enrico Caruso, Rosa Ponselle, and Ezio Pinza.'-Frank Chapman,...continue...

Lebendige Vergangenheit - Lawrence Tibbett

1 CD / Preiser / 2003-11-01

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia; Giuseppe Verdi: Un ballo in maschera; Simon Boccanegra; Otello; Richard Wagner: Tannhäuser; Charles Gounod: Faust; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Rugge...
Performers: Bampton, Rose; Dreeben, Herman; Martinelli, Giovanni; Massue, Nicolas; Nicholson, Robert; Tibbett, Lawrence; Warren, Leonard [Baritone Vocal]
Conductors: Shilkret, Nathaniel; Setti, Giulio; Pelletier, Wilfred; Bourdon, Rosario

Sousa Marches Played by the Sousa Band

3 CD / Crystal Records / 2000-01-18

Works: Spoken Word: Introductory Speech by John Philip Sousa; John Philip Sousa: Stars and Stripes Forever; The Honored Dead, march for band; Mikado March, march for band; Mother Hubbard March, march for ba...
Performers: Band, Sousa's
Conductors: Sousa, John Philip; Pryor, Arthur [Trombone]; Higgins, Henry; Rogers, Walter B.; Rogers, Walter; Shilkret, Nathaniel; Bourdon, Rosario; Clarke, Herbert L.; Pryor, Arthur; Clarke, Edwin G.; Pasternack...
Ensemble: Sousa Band

Personnel: John Philip Sousa (spoken vocals).

Recording information: Camden, NJ (??/??/1897-10/06/1930); NBC Studios, New York, NY (??/??/1897-10/06/1930); New York, NY (??/??/1897-10/06/1930);...continue...

Beniamino Gigli - Complete Opera Recordings Vol 3

2 CD / Italian Discographic Institute / 1999-05-29

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Attila; Rigoletto; Aida, opera; La traviata; Il Trovatore; La forza del destino; Jules Massenet: Manon; Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Tosca; Manon Lescaut; Charles Gounod: Faust;...
Performers: Caniglia, Maria; Elmo, Cloe; Giannini, Dusolina; Gigli, Beniamino; Noto, Giuseppe; Pinza, Ezio; Rethberg, Elisabeth
Conductors: Bourdon, Rosario; Barbirolli, John; Goossens, Eugene, Sir; Shilkret, Nathaniel; Sabajno, Carlo; Ghione, Franco; Olivieri, Dino; Seidler-Winkler, Bruno; Goehr, Walter; Collingwood, Lawrance; Berretton...

Gershwin: An American in Paris

1 CD / Traditions Alive / 1998-11-10

Works: George Gershwin: My One and Only, song (from Funny Face, musical); Preludes (3) for piano; Rhapsody in Blue, for piano & orchestra (orchestrated by F. Grofé); An American in Paris; Cuban Overt...
Performers: Bargy, Roy; Gershwin, George; Linda, Rosa
Conductors: Shilkret, Nathaniel; Whiteman, Paul

Historic Gershwin Recordings

2 CD / RCA Records / 1998-10-13

Works: George Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue; An American in Paris; Porgy and Bess; Strike up the Band; Preludes (3) for Piano
Performers: Gershwin, George; Gould, Morton; Jepson, Helen; Tibbett, Lawrence
Conductors: Whiteman, Paul; Shilkret, Nathaniel; Bernstein, Leonard; Smallens, Alexander; Gould, Morton; Fiedler, Arthur
Ensemble: Boston Pops; Chorus; Morton Gould Orchestra; Orchestra; Paul Whiteman & His Orchestra; RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra

John McCormack - My Wild Irish Rose

1 CD / RCA Records / 1997-02-11

Works: Traditional: Ireland, mother Ireland; By the short cut to the roses; Ireland, my sireland; Eileen; Kathleen Mavourneen; Mother Machree; The Irish Emigrant; Molly Bawn; The low back'd car; Believe me ...
Performers: Bourdon, Rosario; McCormack, John; Schneider, Edwin
Conductors: Shilkret, Nathaniel; Herbert, Victor; Bourdon, Rosario; Pasternack, Josef

Stanford Archive Series / Richard Crooks

2 CD / Delos / 1997-01-01

Works: Franz Schubert: Die schöne Müllerin, song cycle, for voice & piano, D. 795 (Op. 25); Schwanengesang, D 957; Ludwig van Beethoven: Zärtliche Liebe, song for voice & piano, WoO 123; Roge...
Performers: Crooks, Richard; Crosby, Bing; Dickinson, Clarence; La Forge, Frank; Schauwecker, Frederick; Warren, Elinor Remick [Composer]
Conductors: Schmalstich, Clemens; Shilkret, Nathaniel

Prima Voce - Tibbett in Opera

1 CD / Nimbus Records / 1996-11-01

Works: Ruggero Leoncavallo: Pagliacci, opera; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Giacomo Puccini: Tosca; Giuseppe Verdi: Un ballo in maschera; Rigoletto; Otello; Simon Boccanegra; Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere ...
Performers: Bampton, Rose; Dreeben, Herman; Martinelli, Giovanni; Massue, Nicolas; Nicholson, Robert; Tibbett, Lawrence; Warren, Leonard [Baritone Vocal]
Conductors: Bourdon, Rosario; Setti, Giulio; Shilkret, Nathaniel; Stokowski, Leopold; Smallens, Alexander; Pelletier, Wilfred

Prima Voce - John Charles Thomas

1 CD / Nimbus Records / 1996-11-01

Works: Arthur Sullivan: HMS Pinafore; Lily Strickland: My Lindy Lou; Albert Hay Malotte: Sing a song of sixpence; The Lord's Prayer; Ernest Charles: The Green-Eyed Dragon; Oscar Rasbach: Trees; May Foster: ...
Performers: Hodges, Lester; Hollister, Carroll; Thomas, John Charles [voice]
Conductors: O'Connell, Charles; Shilkret, Nathaniel; Tours, Frank Edward
Ensemble: Orchestra; RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra

Operatic Arias (1905-1941) / various artists

1 CD / Nimbus Records / 1996-11-01

Works: Jules Massenet: Le jongleur de Notre-Dame; Il re di Lahore; Paolo Tosti: Au temps du grand roi; Giuseppe Verdi: Falstaff; La traviata; Un ballo in maschera; Otello; Ernani; I due Foscari; Rigoletto; ...
Performers: Amato, Pasquale; Ancona, Mario; Battistini, Mattia; de Luca, Giuseppe; Fugere, Lucien; Galeffi, Carlo; Giraldoni, Eugenio; Gorin, Igor; Husch, Gerhard; Magini-Coletti, Antonio; Maurel, Victor; Petri,...
Conductors: Tours, Frank; Shilkret, Nathaniel; Weissmann, Frieder; Reibold, Bruno

Prima Voce - Giovanni Martinelli

1 CD / Nimbus Records / 1996-11-01

Works: Pietro Mascagni: Cavalleria rusticana, opera (melodramma) in 1 act; Iris; Giuseppe Verdi: Ernani; La traviata; Aida, opera; La forza del destino; Il trovatore; Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Eugene Onegin...
Performers: Anthony, Grace; de Luca, Giuseppe; Martinelli, Giovanni; Ponselle, Rosa
Conductors: Rogers, Walter; Pasternack, Josef; Shilkret, Nathaniel; Bourdon, Rosario; Setti, Giulio
Ensemble: ; Metropolitan Opera Chorus; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

3 Legendary Tenors / Caruso, Gigli, McCormack

1 CD / RCA Records / 1996-07-16

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto; La traviata; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Don Giovanni; Gaetano Donizetti: L' elisir d'amore, opera; Jacques Offenbach: Gaîté Parisienne; Ruggero Leoncavallo: Matt...
Performers: Caruso, Enrico; Gigli, Beniamino; Gluck, Alma; Kreisler, Fritz; Leoncavallo, Ruggero; McCormack, John [Tenor Vocal]; Schneider, Edwin
Conductors: Rogers, Walter B.; Bourdon, Rosario; Pasternack, Josef A.; Shilkret, Nathaniel; Setti, Giulio; Robinson, Stanford
Ensemble: Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; Orchestra; Philharmonia Chorus

Gigli in Song

1 CD / Pearl / 1991-09-01

Works: Ernesto de Curtis: Tu sola; Sentinella; Sto Penzanno 'a Maria for voice & orchestra; Goodbye Mari; Canta pe' me; E.A. Mario: Santa Lucia luntana, for voice & orchestra; Riccardo Drigo: Arlekinada (Ha...
Performers: Gigli, Beniamino
Conductors: Pasternack, Josef A.; Bourdon, Rosario; Shilkret, Nathaniel