Luciano Pavarotti - King of the High Cs

Luciano Pavarotti

King of the High Cs

Gaetano Donizetti (1797-1848)

La fille du régiment: "Ah, mes amis, quel jour de fête!...Pour mon âme"

Eric Garrett (bass)

The Royal Opera House Orchestra and Chorus

Richard Bonynge

La Favorita: "Spirto gentil"

Wiener Opernorchester

Edward Downes

Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901)

Il trovatore: "Ah si, ben mio...Di quella pira"

Gildis Flossmann (soprano), Peter Baillie (tenor)

Wiener Opernchor

Wiener Opernorchester

Nicola Rescigno

Richard Strauss (1864-1949)

Der Rosenkavalier, Op. 59: "Di rigori armato il seno"

Wiener Philharmoniker

Georg Solti

Gioachino Rossini (1792-1868)

Guglielmo Tell: "Non mi lasciare...O muto asil...Corriam! Voliam"

Wiener Opernchor

Wiener Opernorchester

Nicola Rescigno

Vincenzo Bellini (1801-1835)

I puritani: "A ten o cara"

Arleen Augér (soprano), Reid Bunger (bass), Herbert Lackner (bass)

Wiener Opernchor

Wiener Opernorchester

Nicola Rescigno

Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924)

La Bohème: "Che gelida manina"

Berliner Philharmoniker

Herbert von Karajan

Luciano Pavarotti (tenor)

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(by courtesy of Bodtje@Susato)

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White Moon [Dawn Upshaw]

White Moon

Songs to Morpheus

Peter Warlock (1894-1930)

Sleep

Georg Friedrich Händel (1685-1759)

Gentle Morpheus

Claudio Monteverdi (1567-1643)

Oblivion soave

Ruth Crawford Seeger (1901-1953)

White moon

Joseph Schwantner (1943-)

Black anemones

John Dowland (1563-1626)

Weep you no more, sad fountains

Heitor Villa-Lobos (1887-1959)

Aria from Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5

George Crumb (1929-)

Night of the four moons

Henry Purcell (1659-1695)

See, even night

Dawn Upshaw (soprano)

Margo Garrett (piano)

Sérgio and Odair Assad (guitars)

Eric Bartlett (electric cello), Susan Rotholz (alto flute, piccolo), David Starobin (banjo), James Baker (percussion)

Members of The Orpheus Chamber Ensemble

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(by courtesy of Juan-Bautista@Susato)

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¡Sacabuche! [Linda Pearse]

¡Sacabuche!

17th-Century Italian Motets with Trombones

Ercole Porta (1585-1630)

Corda Deo dabimus

Gasparo Casati (c1610-1641)

Laetare Syon

Carlo Fillago (c1586-1644)

Sub tuum praesidium

Confitemini Domino

Diligam te Domine

Ego sum qui sum

Francesco Usper (before 1570-1641)

Vulnerasti cor meum

Intonuit de caelo

Ottavio Maria Grandi (fl 1610-1630)

Sonata decima nona 1628

Federico Cauda (?)

Iste sanctus

Beatus vir qui suffert / Sancte N.

Domine Iesu Christe

Iubilemus Deo

Leone Leoni (c1650-1627)

Deus exaudi

In te Domine speravi

Nicolò Corradini (d1646)

Spargite flores

Cantate Domino

Stefano Pasino (fl 1610-1679)

Sonata XII detta la Savolda

Eric Brenner (countertenor)

Nicholas Tamagna (countertenor)

Drew Minter (countertenor)

Aaron Sheehan (tenor)

Sumner Thompson (tenor)

Peter Becker (bass)

Martha Perry (violin,viola)

James Andrewes (violin)

Matthew Jennejohn (cornetto, recorders)

Catherine Motuz (sackbut)

Christopher Canapa (sackbut)

Garrett Lahr (bass sackbut)

Sylvain Bergeron (theorbo)

Alexander Weimann (organ)

Linda Pearse (bass sackbut)

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(by courtesy of Carlos@Susato)

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