Curved Air presents:
WOMEN SINGING feat. Rosa Ponselle, Bidu Sayão, and a historic 1935 Met broadcast
[Above: Rosa Ponselle in 1919; Below: Bidu Sayão as Manon]
[Below: Anna Moffo in 1962]
Playlist:
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Pierre Boulez & Cleveland Orchestra, “Nocturnes III. Sirenes”
from Debussy: Orchestral Works
Sony Classical Essential Classics - 1997
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Rosa Ponselle, “Interval talk by Geraldine Farrar”
from Verdi: La Traviata
Naxos - 1998
broadcast in 1935
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Dawn Upshaw & Jerome Ducros, “Histoires naturelles (complete)”
Warner Classics International - 1999
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Maria Callas, “Hamlet, Act 4: "A vos jeux mes amis" (Ophélie)”
from Mad Scenes from Anna Bolena, Hamlet & Il pirata (Remastered)
Warner Classics - 1959
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Julie Andrews, “In My Own Little Corner (From "Cinderella")”
Columbia - 1988
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Dame Kiri Te Kanawa, John Mauceri, London Symphony Orchestra, Judith Rees, Susan Bickley & Meriel Dickinson, “My Fair Lady: I Could Have Danced All Night”
from Lerner & Loewe: My Fair Lady
Decca Music Group Ltd. - 1987
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Holly Cole, Gavin Bryars, Owen Underhill & CBC Radio Orchestra, “Planet Earth”
from Bryars: I Have Heard It Said That a Spirit Enters...
CBC - 2000
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Cecilia Bartoli, “Paisiello: Il mio ben quando verra”
from If You Love Me: 18th-century Italian Songs
London - 1992
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Karl Muck, “Parsifal: Act II: Flower Maidens Scene (Komm'! Komm'! Holder Knabel!)”
from The Complete Karl Muck Parsifal Recordings (1927-8)
Naxos - 2011
recorded 1927
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Anna Moffo & Leopold Stokowski, “Rachmaninoff: Vocalise”
from Leopold Stokowski: The Stereo Collection 1954-1975
RCA - 2012
recorded 1964
DJbob Curved Air March 14th, 2023
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