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Playlist

01:31 PM

Show Boat: "Make Believe"

Composer	Jerome Kern
Soloists	James Melton, tenor
Record co./Cat #	Cambria 1148
Release Year	2008
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01:37 PM

State Fair: "It's a Grand Night for Singing"

Composer	Richard Rodgers
Soloists	James Melton, tenor
Record co./Cat #	Cambria 1148
Release Year	2008
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01:40 PM

The Bohemian Girl: "Marble Halls"

Composer	Michael Balfe
Ensemble	Francis Craig Orchestra
Soloists	James Melton, saxophone
Record co./Cat #	Cambria 1148
Release Year	2008
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01:44 PM

Among My Souvenirs

Composer	Edgar Leslie
Soloists	James Melton, tenor
Record co./Cat #	Cambria 1148
Release Year	2008
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01:49 PM

Oklahoma!: "Surrey with the Fringe on Top"

Composer	Richard Rodgers
Soloists	James Melton, tenor
Record co./Cat #	Cambria 1148
Release Year	2008
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01:53 PM

Porgy and Bess: "Summertime"

Composer	George Gershwin
Soloists	James Melton, tenor
Record co./Cat #	Cambria 1148
Release Year	2008
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02:01 PM

September in the Rain

Composer	Harry Warren
Soloists	James Melton, tenor
Record co./Cat #	Cambria 1148
Release Year	2008
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02:06 PM

Tosca: "E lucevan le stelle"

Composer	Giacomo Puccini
Ensemble	RCA Victor Orchestra
Conductor	Jean Paul Morel
Soloists	James Melton, tenor
Record co./Cat #	Lebendige Vergangenheit 89693
Release Year	2007
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02:10 PM

Madama Butterfly: Love Duet

Composer	Giacomo Puccini
Ensemble	RCA Victor Orchestra
Conductor	Frieder Weissmann
Soloists	Licia Albanese, soprano ; James Melton, tenor
Record co./Cat #	Lebendige Vergangenheit 89693
Release Year	2007
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02:19 PM

Madama Butterfly: "Addio fiorito asil"

Composer	Giacomo Puccini
Ensemble	RCA Victor Orchestra
Conductor	Frieder Weissmann
Soloists	James Melton, tenor
Record co./Cat #	Lebendige Vergangenheit 89693
Release Year	2007
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02:25 PM

Carmen: Flower Song

Composer	Georges Bizet
Ensemble	RCA Victor Orchestra
Conductor	Jean Paul Morel
Soloists	James Melton, tenor
Record co./Cat #	Lebendige Vergangenheit 89693
Release Year	2007
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02:31 PM

Jocelyn: Berceuse

Composer	Benjamin Godard
Ensemble	RCA Victor Orchestra
Conductor	Frank Black
Soloists	James Melton, tenor
Record co./Cat #	Lebendige Vergangenheit 89693
Release Year	2007
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02:38 PM

Louise: "Depuis le jour"

Composer	Gustave Charpentier
Ensemble	English Chamber Orchestra
Conductor	Jeffrey Tate
Soloists	Renée Fleming, soprano
Record co./Cat #	London 458 858
Release Year	1998
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02:44 PM

La rondine: "Chi il bel sogno di Doretta"

Composer	Giacomo Puccini
Ensemble	English Chamber Orchestra
Conductor	Jeffrey Tate
Soloists	Renée Fleming, soprano
Record co./Cat #	London 458 858
Release Year	1998
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02:48 PM

Die tote Stadt: Lautenlied der Mariette

Composer	Erich Wolfgang Korngold
Ensemble	English Chamber Orchestra
Conductor	Jeffrey Tate
Soloists	Renée Fleming, soprano
Record co./Cat #	London 458 858
Release Year	1998
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02:54 PM

Songs my mother taught me, 55

Composer	Antonín Dvořák
Ensemble	English Chamber Orchestra
Conductor	Jeffrey Tate
Soloists	Renée Fleming, soprano
Record co./Cat #	London 458 858
Release Year	1998
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02:57 PM

Chants d'Auvergne: Baïlero

Composer	Traditional
Arranger	Joseph Canteloube
Ensemble	English Chamber Orchestra
Conductor	Jeffrey Tate
Soloists	Renée Fleming, soprano
Record co./Cat #	London 458 858
Release Year	1998
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03:05 PM

Tannhäuser: "O du, mein holder Abendstern"

Composer	Richard Wagner
Conductor	Nathaniel Shilkret
Soloists	Lawrence Tibbett, baritone
CD/Album	Lawrence Tibbett Portraits in Memory
Record co./Cat #	MET 219
Release Year	1993
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03:10 PM

Faust: "Avant de quitter ces lieux"

Composer	Charles Gounod
Conductor	Nathaniel Shilkret
Soloists	Lawrence Tibbett, baritone
CD/Album	Lawrence Tibbett Portraits in Memory
Record co./Cat #	MET 219
Release Year	1993
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03:14 PM

Carmen: Toreador Song

Composer	Georges Bizet
Ensemble	Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus
Conductor	Giulio Setti
Soloists	Lawrence Tibbett, baritone
CD/Album	Lawrence Tibbett Portraits in Memory
Record co./Cat #	MET 219
Release Year	1993
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03:20 PM

The New Moon: "Lover, Come Back to Me"

Composer	Sigmund Romberg
Soloists	Lawrence Tibbett, baritone ; Stewart Wille, piano
CD/Album	Lawrence Tibbett Portraits in Memory
Record co./Cat #	MET 219
Release Year	1993
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03:23 PM

Great Day: "Without a Song"

Composer	Vincent Youmans
Conductor	Nathaniel Shilkret
Soloists	Lawrence Tibbett, baritone
CD/Album	Lawrence Tibbett Portraits in Memory
Record co./Cat #	MET 219
Release Year	1993
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03:27 PM

Last Night When We Were Young

Composer	Harold Arlen
Conductor	Nathaniel Shilkret
Soloists	Lawrence Tibbett, baritone
CD/Album	Lawrence Tibbett Portraits in Memory
Record co./Cat #	MET 219
Release Year	1993
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03:32 PM

Carmen: Habanera

Composer	Georges Bizet
Ensemble	Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
Conductor	Leonard Bernstein
Soloists	Marilyn Horne, mezzo-soprano
Record co./Cat #	Decca 0001512
Release Year	2003
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03:36 PM

Semele: "Hence, Iris, hence away"

Composer	George Frideric Handel
Ensemble	New Symphony Orchestra of London
Conductor	Richard Bonynge
Soloists	Marilyn Horne, mezzo-soprano
Record co./Cat #	Decca 0001512
Release Year	2003
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03:40 PM

L'italiana in Algeri: "Cruda sorte!"

Composer	Gioachino Rossini
Ensemble	Orcestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
Conductor	Henry Lewis
Soloists	Marilyn Horne, mezzo-soprano
Record co./Cat #	Decca 0001512
Release Year	2003
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03:46 PM

La Francesca da Rimini

Composer	Gioachino Rossini
Soloists	Marilyn Horne, mezzo-soprano ; Martin Katz, piano
Record co./Cat #	RCA 60811
Release Year	1992
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03:48 PM

Bolero

Composer	Gioachino Rossini
Soloists	Marilyn Horne, mezzo-soprano ; Martin Katz, piano
Record co./Cat #	RCA 60811
Release Year	1992
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03:49 PM

La petite bohémienne

Composer	Gioachino Rossini
Soloists	Marilyn Horne, mezzo-soprano ; Martin Katz, piano
Record co./Cat #	RCA 60811
Release Year	1992
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03:52 PM

La separazione

Composer	Gioachino Rossini
Soloists	Marilyn Horne, mezzo-soprano ; Martin Katz, piano
Record co./Cat #	RCA 60811
Release Year	1992
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04:01 PM

Get on board, little children

Composer	Traditional
Soloists	Paul Robeson, bass ; Lawrence Brown, piano
CD/Album	Paul Robeson Songs of My People
Record co./Cat #	RCA LM-3292 [vinyl]
Release Year	1972
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04:02 PM

Were you there?

Composer	Traditional
Arranger	Henry Thacker Burleigh
Soloists	Paul Robeson, bass ; Lawrence Brown, piano
CD/Album	Paul Robeson Songs of My People
Record co./Cat #	RCA LM-3292 [vinyl]
Release Year	1972
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04:05 PM

There's no hiding place

Composer	Traditional
Soloists	Paul Robeson, bass ; Lawrence Brown, piano
CD/Album	Paul Robeson Songs of My People
Record co./Cat #	RCA LM-3292 [vinyl]
Release Year	1972
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04:06 PM

Deep River

Composer	Traditional
Arranger	Henry Thacker Burleigh
Soloists	Paul Robeson, bass ; Lawrence Brown, piano
CD/Album	Paul Robeson Songs of My People
Record co./Cat #	RCA LM-3292 [vinyl]
Release Year	1972
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04:08 PM

Witness

Composer	Traditional
Soloists	Paul Robeson, bass ; Lawrence Brown, piano
CD/Album	Paul Robeson Songs of My People
Record co./Cat #	RCA LM-3292 [vinyl]
Release Year	1972
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04:11 PM

Water Boy

Composer	Traditional
Arranger	Avery Robinson
Soloists	Paul Robeson, bass ; Lawrence Brown, piano
Record co./Cat #	RCA LM-3292 [vinyl]
Release Year	1972
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04:16 PM

Swing low, sweet chariot

Composer	Traditional
Arranger	Lawrence Brown
Soloists	Paul Robeson, bass ; Lawrence Brown, piano
CD/Album	Paul Robeson Songs of My People
Record co./Cat #	RCA LM-3292 [vinyl]
Release Year	1972
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04:19 PM

Sometimes I feel like a motherless child

Composer	Traditional
Arranger	Lawrence Brown
Soloists	Paul Robeson, bass ; Lawrence Brown, piano
CD/Album	Paul Robeson Songs of My People
Record co./Cat #	RCA LM-3292 [vinyl]
Release Year	1972
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04:22 PM

Joshua fit the battle of Jericho

Composer	Traditional
Soloists	Paul Robeson, bass ; Lawrence Brown, piano
CD/Album	Paul Robeson Songs of My People
Record co./Cat #	RCA LM-3292 [vinyl]
Release Year	1972
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04:24 PM

Hear the lambs a-crying

Composer	Traditional
Arranger	Lawrence Brown
Soloists	Paul Robeson, bass ; Lawrence Brown, piano
CD/Album	Paul Robeson Songs of My People
Record co./Cat #	RCA LM-3292 [vinyl]
Release Year	1972
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04:26 PM

Bye and bye

Composer	Traditional
Arranger	Henry Thacker Burleigh
Soloists	Paul Robeson, bass ; Lawrence Brown, piano
CD/Album	Paul Robeson Songs of My People
Record co./Cat #	RCA LM-3292 [vinyl]
Release Year	1972
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04:31 PM

Un ballo in maschera: "Re dell'abisso affrettati"

Composer	Giuseppe Verdi
Ensemble	Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus
Conductor	Dimitri Mitropoulos
Soloists	Marian Anderson, contralto
Record co./Cat #	RCA 7911
Release Year	1989
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04:39 PM

Messiah: "He Shall Feed His Flock"

Composer	George Frideric Handel
Ensemble	Victor Symphony
Conductor	Charles O'Connell
Soloists	Marian Anderson, contralto
Record co./Cat #	RCA 7911
Release Year	1989
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04:43 PM

Ave Maria, 52, No.6, D.839

Composer	Franz Schubert
Soloists	Marian Anderson, contralto ; Kosti Vehanen, piano
Record co./Cat #	RCA 7911
Release Year	1989
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04:48 PM

Go Down, Moses

Composer	Traditional
Soloists	Marian Anderson, contralto
Record co./Cat #	RCA 7911
Release Year	1989
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04:51 PM

My Lord, What a Morning

Composer	Traditional
Soloists	Marian Anderson, contralto ; Franz Rupp, piano
Record co./Cat #	RCA 7911
Release Year	1989
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