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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

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