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American contralto opera singer
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2021-09-14 00:00:00
Vaughan Williams: Anniversary Collector Edition & five more Serenades to Music
[…] superior sound recording and Norma Burrowes singing the Isobel Baillie role. And, of course, you also get the nonpareil recording of The Lark Ascending with Hugh Bean. Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872 - 1958)01. - 05. Symphony No.4 in F minor [33'49]06. Fantasia on a Theme of Thomas Tallis [18'04]07. (arr. Ralph Greaves) Fantasia on 'Greensleeves' [5'02]08. Serenade to Music * [13'30] Sopranos: Adele Addison, Lucine Amara, Eileen Farrell, [A N Other]Mezzos/Contraltos: Lili Chookasian, Jennie Tourel, Shirley Verrett, [A N Other]Tenors: Richard Tucker, Charles Bressler, Jon Vickers, [A N Other]Baritones/Basses: George London, Ezio Flagello, Donald Bell, [A N Other] *, New York Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Leonard Bernstein Sony SBK89779 [recorded 1962 to 1976; digital download released 2002][digital download; flacs, cover and inlay scans only - no booklet] Another recording of Serenade to Music with an all-star cast of soloists. This recording has circulated in numerous issues - […]
2020-08-01 14:18:16
Born on this day in 1921 contralto Lili Chookasian.
Norman Lebrecht - Slipped disc
2018-02-27 10:31:11
Death of an American song composer, 87
Richard Hundley was a singer in the Metropolitan Opera Chorus when he showed the songs he wrote to the soloists. Anneliese Rothenberger, Rosalind Elias, Anna Moffo, Teresa Stratas, Frederica von Stade, Lili Chookasian, John Reardon, and Betty Allen began singing them in recital. Hundley, who died yesterday, produced more than a hundred little gems which […]
2017-08-10 14:00:39
The good earth
[…] as I recall regularly borrowing her cycles recorded with Sir John Barbirolli from the library although also I bought at my local Peaches the LP of the Bruno Walter/Kathleen Ferrier/Julius Patzak Das Lied early in my listening days as well. The sumptuous, gloomy pull of these works worked their spell on me. The first live Mahler I ever heard was on my 21st birthday (!)—the Cincinnati Symphony played (and then recorded) Das Lied with Lili Chookasian and Richard Cassilly conducted by Walter Susskind. We sat very close (student tickets, you know) and it was overwhelming. I’ve never been crazy about Baker’s commercial recording of Das Lied with James King and Bernard Haitink as it probably was captured a bit late so I instead sought out live performances including this one. The five-part series about my fascination with live “pirates” recordings began here two years ago this week and led to […]
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