contralto Archive
Marian Anderson – Let Freedom Ring = Works of DONIZETTI, SCHUBERT, BRAHMS, SCHUBERT SIBELIUS & Others –
Musical and social history are well served by this historic restoration devoted to the art of Marian Anderson. Marian Anderson – Let Freedom Ring = TRAD: “America”; DONIZETTI: “Fia dunque vero…O mio Fernando” from La Favorita; SCHUBERT: Ave Maria; “Gospel Train”; “Trampin’”; BRAHMS: “Immer leiser wird mein Schlummer,” Op. 105, No. 2; “Von ewiger Liebe,” […]
ELGAR: Sea Pictures; The Dream of Gerontius – Sarah Connolly, mezzo-sop.l/BBC Sym. Orch./BBC Sym. Chorus/soloists /Sir Andrew Davis – Chandos (2)
Two of Elgar’s best choral works written back to back in wonderful performances.
MAHLER: Symphony No. 2 in c minor “Resurrection” – Vienna Philharmonic/ Zubin Mehta/ Ilena Cotrubas, sop./ Christa Ludwig, contralto – Decca audio-only Blu-ray
Another spectacular Mahler Second, this time in hi-res stereo on Blu-ray.
In Memoriam Kathleen Ferrier (1912-1953) = Works of MAHLER, BACH, HANDEL & GLUCK – Bruno Walter & Herbert von Karajan cond. – Tahra
Tahra reminds us, in memoriam, of the splendid but ephemeral gift to music that was Kathleen Ferrier, a voice one critic compared to “a consoling angel”.
Stereotypes Audio
Cembal d’amour
Pure Pleasure / Speakers Corner
Cedille
