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Choruses I

11/12/11 12:00PM

In the first of two programs on operatic choruses, we simply listen to an hours' worth of mostly famous ones.

Listen Saturday at 12:00pm.

Playlist

12:00pm

Die Entführung aus dem Serail: Overture (excerpt)

Composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Ensemble Scottish Chamber Orchestra
Conductor Sir Charles Mackerras
CD/Album Mozart - Die Entführung aus dem Serail
Record co./Cat # Telarc 80544
Release Year 2000

12:02pm

Il trovatore: Anvil Chorus

Composer Giuseppe Verdi
Ensemble Coro e Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia
Conductor Carlo Maria Giulini
CD/Album Giuseppe Verdi - Il trovatore
Record co./Cat # Deutsche Grammophon 423858
Release Year 1984

12:06pm

Die Frau ohne Schatten: "Vater, dir drohet nichts"

Composer Richard Strauss
Ensemble Chor und Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper
Conductor Karl Böhm
CD/Album Richard Strauss: Die Frau ohne Schatten
Record co./Cat # Deutsche Grammophon 445325
Release Year 1985

12:08pm

Carmen: "Avec la garde montante"

Composer Georges Bizet
Ensemble Chœurs d’enfants; Orchestre du Théâtre National de l’Opéra de Paris
Conductor Georges Prêtre
CD/Album Bizet - Carmen
Record co./Cat # EMI 47313
Release Year 1964

12:13pm

Maritana: Finale

Composer William Vincent Wallace
Ensemble RTE Philharmonic Choir; RTE Concert Orchestra
Conductor Proinnsías Ó Duinn
CD/Album Wallace: Maritana
Record co./Cat # Marco Polo 8.223406
Release Year 1996

12:21pm

Der Freischütz: "Wir winden dir den Jungfernkranz"

Composer Carl Maria von Weber
Ensemble Rundfunkchor Leipzig; Staatskapelle Dresden
Conductor Carlos Kleiber
CD/Album Carl Maria von Weber - Der Freischütz
Record co./Cat # Deutsche Grammophon 415432
Release Year 1973

12:24pm

Der Freischütz: "Was gleicht wohl auf Erden"

Composer Carl Maria von Weber
Ensemble Rundfunkchor Leipzig; Staatskapelle Dresden
Conductor Carlos Kleiber
CD/Album Carl Maria von Weber - Der Freischütz
Record co./Cat # Deutsche Grammophon 415432
Release Year 1973

12:27pm

Tannhäuser: Pilgrims' Chorus

Composer Richard Wagner
Ensemble Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and Chorus
Conductor Robert Shaw
CD/Album Grand & Glorious - Great Operatic Choruses
Record co./Cat # Telarc 80333
Release Year 1994

12:33pm

Götterdämmerung: Act II (excerpt)

Composer Richard Wagner
Ensemble Chor und Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
Conductor Bernard Haitink
Soloists John Tomlinson, bass
CD/Album Wagner - Götterdämmerung
Record co./Cat # EMI 54485
Release Year 1992

12:43pm

La damnation de Faust: Finale

Composer Hector Berlioz
Ensemble London Symphony Orchestra; Ambrosian Singers; London Symphony Orchestra Chorus
Conductor Sir Colin Davis
CD/Album Berlioz - La damnation de Faust
Record co./Cat # Philips 416395
Release Year 1973

12:54pm

Madama Butterfly: Humming Chorus

Composer Giacomo Puccini
Ensemble Ambrosian Opera Chorus; Philharmonia Orchestra
Conductor Lorin Maazel
CD/Album Puccini: Madama Butterfly
Record co./Cat # Sony 35181
Release Year 1978

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