Choruses II
11/19/11 12:00PM
We explore the use of choruses in opera from the 17th through the 20th century.
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 |
12:01pm
Euridice: Final chorus
| Composer | Jacopo Peri |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | Coro Polifonico di Milano |
| Conductor | Angelo Ephrikian |
| CD/Album | Jacopo Peri: Euridice |
| Record co./Cat # | Amadeo 5002/3 [vinyl] |
12:03pm
L'Orfeo: "Vanne Orfeo"
| Composer | Claudio Monteverdi |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | Monteverdi Choir; English Baroque Soloists; His Majesties Sagbutts & Cornetts |
| Conductor | John Eliot Gardiner |
| CD/Album | Claudio Monteverdi - L'Orfeo |
| Record co./Cat # | Archiv 419250 |
| Release Year | 1987 |
12:05pm
Dido and Aeneas: "Come away, fellow sailors"
| Composer | Henry Purcell |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | European Voices; Le Concert d'Astrée |
| Conductor | Emmanuelle Haïm |
| CD/Album | Purcell - Dido and Aeneas |
| Record co./Cat # | Veritas 45605 |
| Release Year | 2003 |
12:07pm
Dido and Aeneas: "With drooping wings"
| Composer | Henry Purcell |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | European Voices; Le Concert d'Astrée |
| Conductor | Emmanuelle Haïm |
| CD/Album | Purcell - Dido and Aeneas |
| Record co./Cat # | Veritas 45605 |
| Release Year | 2003 |
12:10pm
Rinaldo: "Vinto è sol dalla virtù"
| Composer | George Frideric Handel |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | Le Grande Ecurie et la Chambre du Roy |
| Conductor | Jean-Claude Malgoire |
| CD/Album | Haendel: Rinaldo |
| Record co./Cat # | CBS 79308 [vinyl] |
| Release Year | 1977 |
12:12pm
The Beggar's Opera: "Let us take the road"
| Composer | John Gay |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | Pro Arte Orchestra & Chorus |
| Conductor | Sir Malcolm Sargent |
| CD/Album | The Beggar's Opera |
| Record co./Cat # | Seraphim 6023 [vinyl] |
12:15pm
Orfeo ed Euridice: "Vieni a' regni del riposo"
| Composer | Christoph Willibald Gluck |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | Monteverdi Choir; English Baroque Soloists |
| Conductor | John Eliot Gardiner |
| CD/Album | Gluck - Orfeo ed Euridice |
| Record co./Cat # | Philips 434093 |
| Release Year | 1993 |
12:17pm
La clemenza di Tito: "Tu, è ver, m'assolvi, Augusto"
| Composer | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden |
| Conductor | Sir Colin Davis |
| Soloists | Stuart Burrows, tenor ; Janet Baker, mezzo-soprano ; Lucia Popp, soprano ; Yvonne Minton, contralto ; Frederica von Stade, mezzo-soprano ; Robert Lloyd, bass |
| CD/Album | Mozart - La clemenza di Tito |
| Record co./Cat # | Philips 422544 |
| Release Year | 1977 |
12:22pm
Fidelio: "Wer ein holdes Weib errungen"
| Composer | Ludwig van Beethoven |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | Arnold-Schoenberg-Chor; Berliner Philharmoniker |
| Conductor | Sir Simon Rattle |
| CD/Album | Beethoven - Fidelio |
| Record co./Cat # | EMI 57555 |
| Release Year | 2003 |
12:26pm
Aïda: "Gloria all'Egitto"
| Composer | Giuseppe Verdi |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | John Aldis Choir; London Symphony Orchestra |
| Conductor | Erich Leinsdorf |
| CD/Album | Verdi - Aida |
| Record co./Cat # | RCA 6198 |
| Release Year | 1971 |
12:33pm
Parsifal: "Geleiten wir im bergenden Schrein den Gral zum heiligen Amte"
| Composer | Richard Wagner |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | Chor der Deutschen Oper Berlin; Berliner Philharmoniker |
| Conductor | Herbert von Karajan |
| CD/Album | Wagner - Parsifal |
| Record co./Cat # | Deutsche Grammophon 413347 |
| Release Year | 1981 |
12:38pm
Peter Grimes: "To those who pass the Borough"
| Composer | Benjamin Britten |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden |
| Conductor | Bernard Haitink |
| CD/Album | Britten - Peter Grimes |
| Record co./Cat # | EMI 54832 |
| Release Year | 1993 |
12:44pm
Porgy and Bess: Introduction and Jasbo Brown Blues
| Composer | George Gershwin |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | Houston Grand Opera Orchestra and Chorus |
| Conductor | John DeMain |
| CD/Album | Gershwin - Porgy and Bess |
| Record co./Cat # | RCA 2109 |
| Release Year | 1977 |
12:49pm
Porgy and Bess: "My Man's Gone Now"
| Composer | George Gershwin |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | Houston Grand Opera Orchestra and Chorus |
| Conductor | John DeMain |
| Soloists | Wilma Shakesnider, soprano |
| CD/Album | Gershwin - Porgy and Bess |
| Record co./Cat # | RCA 2109 |
| Release Year | 1977 |
12:53pm
Porgy and Bess: "I Ain't Got No Shame"
| Composer | George Gershwin |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | Houston Grand Opera Orchestra and Chorus |
| Conductor | John DeMain |
| CD/Album | Gershwin - Porgy and Bess |
| Record co./Cat # | RCA 2109 |
| Release Year | 1977 |
12:56pm
Porgy and Bess: "Oh, Lawd, I'm on My Way"
| Composer | George Gershwin |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | Houston Grand Opera Orchestra and Chorus |
| Conductor | John DeMain |
| Soloists | Donnie Ray Albert, baritone |
| CD/Album | Gershwin - Porgy and Bess |
| Record co./Cat # | RCA 2109 |
| Release Year | 1977 |
