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A salute to American music : highlights : Richard Tucker Music Foundation, Gala XVI
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- Format
- Sound Recordings
- Languages
- English, Hebrew
- Contributors
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- Price, Leontyne, singer
- O'Flynn, Maureen, singer
- Pancella, Phyllis, singer
- Hadley, Jerry, singer
- Groves, Paul (Tenor) singer
- Smith, Daniel, baritone, singer
- Mattsey, Jeff, singer
- Milnes, Sherrill, singer
- Holvik, Karen, singer
- Troyanos, Tatiana, singer
- Woods, Denise, singer
- Von Stade, Frederica, singer
- Ramey, Samuel, singer
- Vaness, Carol, singer
- Merrill, Robert, 1917-2004, singer
- Horne, Marilyn, singer
- Conlon, James, 1950- conductor
- Ward, Samuel A., 1847-1903. America the beautiful
- Menotti, Gian Carlo, 1911-2007. Amelia al ballo
- Weill, Kurt, 1900-1950. Street scene
- Thomson, Virgil, 1896-1989. Songs from William Blake
- Griffes, Charles Tomlinson, 1884-1920. Poems by Fiona MacLeod
- Foster, Stephen Collins, 1826-1864. Ah! may the red rose live alway
- Bernstein, Leonard, 1918-1990. Chichester Psalms
- Copland, Aaron, 1900-1990. Old American songs
- Bolcom, William. Songs of innocence and of experience
- Gershwin, George, 1898-1937. Porgy and Bess
- Levy, Marvin David. Mourning becomes Electra
- Barber, Samuel, 1910-1981. Vanessa
- Floyd, Carlisle. Susannah
- Barber, Samuel, 1910-1981. Antony and Cleopatra
- Weill, Kurt, 1900-1950. Knickerbocker holiday
- Bernstein, Leonard, 1918-1990. West Side story
- Bernstein, Leonard, 1918-1990. Candide
- Berlin, Irving, 1888-1989. God bless America
- Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.). Orchestra
- Collegiate Chorale
- Richard Tucker Music Foundation
- Publication
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- New York : RCA Victor Red Seal : Distributed by BMG Music, [1992]
- ℗1992
- Physical Details
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- 1 audio disc : digital ; 4 3/4 in
- OCLC
- ocm27707407
- Credits
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- Various performers ; Collegiate Chorale (1st, 7th, 9th, 10th, 17th-18th works) ; members of the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra ; James Conlon, conductor
- The 1st work, arr. for soprano, chorus, and orchestra; the 2nd-3rd, 10th-14th, opera excerpts; the 4th for baritone and orchestra; the 5th, originally for soprano and piano, orchestrated by the composer; the 6th, for soprano and piano; the 7th for chorus and orchestra; the 8th, originally for mezzo-soprano and piano, orchestrated by the composer; the 9th, for chorus and orchestra; the 15th-17th, musical excerpts; the 18th, originally for voice and piano, arr. for mezzo-soprano, chorus, and orchestra.
- Compact disc.
- Program notes by the conductor in English (7 p.) inserted in container.
- Recorded live on Nov. 10, 1991 at Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center in New York City.
- Principally sung in English; the 7th work sung in Hebrew.
- America the beautiful / (Leontyne Price, soprano) (3:22) -- Amelia goes to the ball. Overture / Gian Carlo Menotti (4:24) -- Street Scene. Ice cream sextet / Kurt Weill (Maureen O'Flynn, soprano ; Phyllis Pancella, mezzo-soprano ; Jerry Hadley, Paul Groves, tenors ; Daniel Smith, Jeff Mattsey, baritones) (4:49) -- Tiger, tiger / Virgil Thomson (Sherrill Milnes, baritone) (2:32) -- The lament of Ian the proud / Charles T. Griffes (Renée Fleming, soprano) (3:38) -- Ah, may the red rose live alway / Stephen Foster (Karen Holvik, soprano) (4:40) -- Chichester psalm no. 1 / Leonard Bernstein (3:23) -- At the river / Aaron Copland (Tatiana Troyanos, mezzo-soprano) (3:03) -- The tyger / William Bolcom (1:59) -- Porgy and Bess. Leavin' for the Promised Land / George Gershwin (Denise Woods, soprano) (4:34) -- Mourning becomes Electra. Too weak to kill the man I hate / Marvin David Levy (Sherrill Milnes, baritone) (5:12) -- Vanessa. Must the winter come so soon? / Samuel Barber (Frederica von Stade, mezzo-soprano) (3:03) -- Susannah. Hear me, o Lord : Prayer of repentance / Carlisle Floyd (Samuel Ramey, bass) (3:50) -- Antony and Cleopatra. Give me my robe / Samuel Barber (Carol Vaness, soprano) (9:20) -- Knickerbocker holiday. September song / Kurt Weill (Robert Merrill, baritone) (2:26) -- West side story. Maria / Leonard Bernstein (Jerry Hadley, tenor) (3:20) -- Candide. Make our garden grow / Leonard Bernstein (Renée Fleming, soprano ; Jerry Hadley, tenor) (4:59) -- God bless America / Irving Berlin (Marilyn Horn, mezzo-soprano) (2:26)