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The Music Salon's Past Programs
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Amour, viens aider (Samson et Dalila)
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Camille Saint-Saëns (1835-1921)
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Elena Greco, mezzo-soprano; Richard Gordon, piano |
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Un moto di gioia (Le Nozze di Figaro)
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Wolfgang Mozart (1756-1791)
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Gail Bedi, soprano; Richard Gordon, piano |
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Embroidery Aria (Peter Grimes)
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Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)
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Lisa Bryce, soprano; Richard Gordon, piano |
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Iolanta's arioso (Otchego eto prezhde ne znala) (Iolanta)
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Peter Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)
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Zhanna Alkhazova, soprano; Richard Gordon, piano |
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Dos gardenias |
Isolina Carrillo (1907-1996) |
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Elena Greco, vocals; Richard Gordon, piano; Guillermo Cardenas, percussion |
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Black Orpheus
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Louis Bonfá (1922-2001)
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Guillermo Cardenas, trumpet; Richard Gordon, piano |
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Yo se que te amo
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Armando Manzanero (1935– )
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Hector Lopez, vocals and guitar |
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Cancion de cuna
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Leo Brouwer (1939- )
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Anthony Purdy, guitar |
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Tu il cuor mi strazi (Edgar)
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Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924)
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Elena Greco, mezzo-soprano; Richard Gordon, piano |
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Sempre libera (La Traviata)
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Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901)
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Alyssa Bowlby, lyric coloratura soprano; Richard Gordon, piano |
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Hai gia vinta la causa...Vedro mentr'io sospiro
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-91)
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Stefanos Koroneos, baritone; Richard Gordon, piano |
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Der Maenner Sippe sass hier im Saal (Die Walküre)
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Richard Wagner (1813-83) |
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Rosa D'Imperio, dramatic soprano; Richard Gordon, piano |
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Love is here to stay (The Goldwyn Follies)
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Ira Gershwin (1896-1983)/George Gershwin (1898-1937)
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Guillermo Cardenas, trumpet; Richard Gordon, piano |
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Dos Gardenias
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Isolina Carrillo (1907-1996)
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Elena Greco, vocals; Richard Gordon, piano; Guillermo Cardenas, percussion |
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Aria con Variazioni
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Girolamo Frescobaldi (1583-1644)
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Frank Galante, guitar |
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Five Simple Studies
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Leo Brouwer (1939- )
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Anthony Purdy, guitar |
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Canciones clásicas españolas
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Fernando Obradors (1897-1945) |
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Elena Greco, mezzo-soprano; Richard Gordon, piano |
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My funny valentine (Babes in Arms)
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Richard Rodgers (1902-79)/Lorenz Hart (1895-1943)
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Guillermo Cardenas, trumpet; Richard Gordon, piano |
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Dos Gardenias
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Isolina Carrillo (1907-1996)
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Elena Greco, vocals; Richard Gordon, piano; Guillermo Cardenas, percussion |
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Selected poems |
Anthony Purdy (1955– ) |
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Anthony Purdy, poet |
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Five Preludes for Guitar |
Heitor Villa-Lobos (1887-1959) |
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Anthony Purdy, guitar |
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Woodstock
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Joni Mitchell (1943– ) (arr. Cassidy)
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Elena Greco, vocals; Anthony Purdy, guitar |
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Study No. 11
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Heitor Villa-Lobos (1887-1959)
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Anthony Purdy, guitar |
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Study No. 11
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Heitor Villa-Lobos (1887-1959)
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Anthony Purdy, guitar |
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Gracias a la vida
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Violetta Parra (1917-1967)
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Elena Greco, vocals; Anthony Purdy, guitar |
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Skylark |
Hoagy Carmichael (1899-1981)/Johnny Mercer (1909-1976) |
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Ilana Kochinska, soprano; Elena Greco, piano |
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Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen
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Gustav Mahler (1860-1911) |
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Hayden DeWitt, mezzo-soprano; Douglas Martin, piano |
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Tu il cuor mi strazi (Edgar)
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Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924)
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Elena Greco, mezzo-soprano; Douglas Martin, piano |
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Cry me a river
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Arthur Hamilton (192?-?)
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Guillermo Cardenas, muted trumpet; Douglas Martin, piano |
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Woodstock
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Joni Mitchell (1943– ) (arr. Cassidy)
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Elena Greco, vocals; Anthony Purdy, guitar; Guillermo Cardenas, percussion |
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Etude No. 11
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Heitor Villa-Lobos (1887-1959) |
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Anthony Purdy, guitar |
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Nana |
Manuel De Falla (1876-1946) |
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Elena Greco, mezzo-soprano; Anthony Purdy, guitar |
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Luna guajira |
Sarah Plant/Bernardo Palombo |
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Elena Greco, vocals; Anthony Purdy, guitar |
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Sonata in A Minor
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Dominico Scarlatti (1685-1757)
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Frank Galante, guitar |
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Selected readings |
Anthony Purdy (1955– ) |
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Anthony Purdy, poet |
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TBA
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Gaspar Sanz (1640-1710)
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Anthony Purdy, guitar |
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O del mio dolce ardor (Paride ed Elena)
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Christoph Willibald Ritter von Gluck (1714-1787)
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Hayden DeWitt, mezzo-soprano; Eric Sedgwick, piano |
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On My Own (Les Miserables)
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Claude-Michel Schoenberg (1944– )/Boublil et al.
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Elena Greco, mezzo-soprano; Eric Sedgwick, piano |
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I'll Be There |
Berry Gordy, Hal Davis, Willie Hutch and Bob West |
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Elena Greco, flute; Eric Sedgwick, piano |
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Blue Monk
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Thelonious Monk (1917-1982)
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Guillermo Cardenas, muted trumpet; Eric Sedgwick, piano |
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Angústia
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Orlando Brito (1930s)
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Elena Greco, vocals; Anthony Purdy, guitar; Guillermo Cardenas, percussion |
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Lagrima
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Francisco Tárrega (1852-1909)
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Anthony Purdy, guitar |
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Tu il cuor (Edgar)
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Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924)
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Elena Greco, mezzo-soprano; Eric Sedgwick, piano |
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Abendempfindung
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Wolfgang Mozart (1756-1791)
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Hayden DeWitt, mezzo-soprano; Eric Sedgwick, piano |
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Vado, ma dove? Oh, Dei!
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Wolfgang Mozart (1756-1791)
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Gail Bedi, soprano; Eric Sedgwick, piano |
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Bedeckt mich mit Blumen
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Hugo Wolf (1860-1903)
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Ilana Kochinska, soprano; Eric Sedgwick, piano |
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Solamente una vez
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Agustín Lara (1897-1970)
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Guillermo Cardenas, muted trumpet; Eric Sedgwick, piano |
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Come rain or come shine (St. Louis Woman)
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Harold Arlen (1905-1986)/Johnny Mercer (1909-1976)
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Elena Greco, vocals; Anthony Purdy, guitar; Guillermo Cardenas, percussion |
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Selected readings |
Anthony Purdy (1955– ) |
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Anthony Purdy, poet |
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Profoundly grounded
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Anthony Purdy (1955– )
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Anthony Purdy, guitar |
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Study No. 5
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Fernando Sor (1778-1839)
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Frank Galante, guitar |
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Ne pensons qu'au plaisir d'amour (Don Quichotte)
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Jules Massenet (1842-1912)
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Elena Greco, mezzo-soprano; Eric Sedgwick, piano |
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Angústia |
Orlando Brito (written in 1930s) |
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Elena Greco, vocals; Eric Sedgwick, piano; Guillermo Cardenas, percussion |
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Summertime
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George Gershwin (1898-1937)
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Guillermo Cardenas, muted trumpet; Eric Sedgwick, piano |
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Erbarme dich (St. Matthew Passion)
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J.S. Bach (1685-1750)
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Hayden DeWitt, mezzo-soprano; Eric Sedgwick, piano |
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Lágrima
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Francisco Tárrega (1852-1909)
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Anthony Purdy, guitar |
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Sonata for two guitars |
Antonio Soler (1729-1783) |
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Anthony Purdy and Frank Galante, guitars |
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Ronda
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Federico Longas (1893-1968)
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Elena Greco, mezzo-soprano; Eric Sedgwick, piano |
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Son nata a lagrimar (Giulio Cesare) |
George Frideric Handel (1685-1759) |
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Hayden DeWitt and Elena Greco, mezzo-sopranos; Eric Sedgwick, piano |
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Traumgekrönt (lyrics by Rilke)
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Joseph Marx (1882-1964) |
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Hayden DeWitt, mezzo-soprano; Eric Sedgwick, piano |
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I Want Magic! (A Streetcar Named Desire)
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André Previn (1925-1993)/Philip Littell (1868-1943)
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Ilana Kochinska, lyric soprano; Eric Sedgwick, piano |
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Autumn Leaves
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Joseph Kosma (1905-1969)
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Guillermo Cardenas, muted trumpet; Eric Sedgwick, piano |
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Selected Poems |
Anthony Purdy (1955– ) |
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Anthony Purdy, poet |
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Prelude No. 4
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Heitor Villa-Lobos (1887-1959)
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Anthony Purdy, guitar |
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The Girl from Ipanema
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Antonio Carlos Jobim (1927-1994)
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Elena Greco, vocals and flute; Anthony Purdy, guitar; Guillermo Cardenas, percussion |
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Adieu, forêts (Jeanne d'Arc)
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Peter Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)
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Elena Greco, mezzo-soprano; Kelly Horsted, piano |
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Vado, ma dove? Oh, Dei! |
Wolfgang Mozart (1756-1791) |
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Gail Bedi, soprano; Kelly Horsted, piano |
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The White Swan
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Ernest Charles (1895-1984) |
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Serate Musicali
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Gioachino Rossini (1792-1868) |
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Eileen Mackintosh, soprano; Kelly Horsted, piano |
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Del salón en el ángulo oscuro
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Isaac Albéniz (1860-1909) |
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Anna Tonna, mezzo-soprano; Alexander Wu, piano |
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Cantos de España
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Isaac Albéniz (1860-1909) |
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Alexander Wu, piano |
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Five Simple Studies
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Leo Brouwer Mezquida (1939– )
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Anthony Purdy, guitar |
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Selected Poems |
Anthony Purdy (1955– ) |
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Anthony Purdy, poet |
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Tu il cuor mi strazi (Edgar)
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Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924)
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Elena Greco, mezzo-soprano; Kelly Horsted, piano |
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Son nata a lagrimar (Giulio Cesare)
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George Frideric Handel (1685-1759)
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Hayden DeWitt and Elena Greco, mezzo-sopranos; Kelly Horsted, piano |
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Bring Him Home (Les Misérables) |
Claude-Michel Schoenberg (1944– )/
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Guillermo Cardenas, muted trumpet; Kelly Horsted, piano |
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Quiet Nights |
Antonio Carlos Jobim (1927-1994) |
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Guillermo Cardenas, muted trumpet; Anthony Purdy, guitar |
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Diddy wa Diddy
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Blind Blake (Arthur Blake) (c.1893-c.1933)
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Anthony Purdy, guitar |
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Selected Poems |
Anthony Purdy (1955– ) |
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Anthony Purdy, poet |
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Fantasia No. 10
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Luys de Narváez (c.1505-c.1555)
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Frank Galante, vihuela |
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Tu il cuor mi strazi (Edgar)
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Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924)
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Elena Greco, mezzo-soprano; Kelly Horsted, piano |
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Sakura Variations
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Yuquijiro Yucoh (1925&8211; )
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Anthony Purdy, guitar |
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Suite in D for Baroque guitar
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Domenico Pellegrini (1759-1840)
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Frank Gallante, guitar |
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Guitar duo transcription of
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Julian Bream (1933- ) |
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Anthony Purdy and Frank Gallante, guitars |
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Dance of the Bongoes |
Guillermo Cardenas (19?- ) |
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Guillermo Cardenas, percussion |
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The Water Is Wide (bolero style) |
Traditional (originated in Scotland in the 1600s) |
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Elena Greco, vocals; Anthony Purdy, guitar; Guillermo Cardenas, percussion |
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Ronda
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Federico Longas (1893-1968)
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Elena Greco, mezzo-soprano; Eric Sedgwick, piano |
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Addio, addio miei sospiri (originally from
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Christoph Willibald Gluck (1714-1787)
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Hayden DeWitt, mezzo-soprano; Eric Sedgwick, piano |
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Allegro de Concerti
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Enrique Granados (1867-1916)
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Erika Dohi, piano |
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A New Hiding Place (arr. of "My Lord What a Morning")
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Harry T. Burleigh (1866-1949)
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Alexander Wu, piano |
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Anji
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Davey Graham (1940-2008)
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Anthony Purdy, guitar |
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The Water Is Wide |
Traditional (originated in Scotland in the 1600s) |
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Elena Greco, vocals; Anthony Purdy, guitar |
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Tu il cuor mi strazi (Edgar)
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Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924)
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Elena Greco, mezzo-soprano; Eric Sedgwick, piano |
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Preludes No. 1 and No. 5 |
Heitor Villa-Lobos (1887-1959) |
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Anthony Purdy, guitar |
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The Water Is Wide
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Traditional (originated in Scotland in the 1600s)
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Elena Greco, vocals; Anthony Purdy, guitar |
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Tu il cuor mi strazi (Edgar)
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Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924)
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Elena Greco, mezzo-soprano; Eric Sedgwick, piano |
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"Pauline Viardot" (animated slideshow) |
Elena Greco (19?- ) |
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Elena Greco, presentation/graphic artist |
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Habañera (duet)
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Pauline Viardot-García (1821-1910)
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Hayden DeWitt and Elena Greco, mezzo-sopranos; Eric Sedgwick, piano |
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Chacun à son goût (Die Fledermaus) |
Johann Strauss (1825-1899) |
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Hayden DeWitt, mezzo-soprano; Eric Sedgwick, piano |
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Befreit
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Richard Strauss (1864-1949)
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Youtha Franklin, soprano; Eric Sedgwick, piano |
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Mein Herr Marquis (Die Fledermaus)
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Johann Strauss (1825-1899)
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Evelyn Thatcher, soprano; Eric Sedgwick, piano |
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The Water Is Wide (bolero style) |
Traditional (originated in Scotland in the 1600s) |
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Elena Greco, vocals; Anthony Purdy, guitar; Guillermo Cardenas, percussion |
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Suite in D Minor |
Robert deVisee (1650-1725) |
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Anthony Purdy, guitarist |
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Various Poems |
Anthony Purdy (1955– ) |
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Anthony Purdy, poet |
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Pandeiro Deluxe |
Guillermo Cardenas (19?- ) |
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Guillermo Cardenas, percussion |
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Ronda
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Federico Longas (1893-1968)
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Elena Greco, mezzo-soprano; Ishmael Wallace, piano |
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Never-Land (Peter Pan) (duet) |
Leonard Bernstein (1918-1990) |
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Hayden DeWitt and Elena Greco, mezzo-sopranos; Ishmael Wallace, piano |
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Selections from The Realm of You (song cycle)
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Ishmael Wallace (1971- ) |
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Hayden DeWitt, mezzo-soprano; Ishmael Wallace, piano |
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Tatyana's Letter Scene (Eugene Onegin) |
Peter Tchaikovsky (1840-1893) |
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Michelle Trovato, lyric coloratura soprano; Ishmael Wallace, piano |
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Dich, teure Halle (Tannhäuser)
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Richard Wagner (1813-1883)
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Kathy Geary, soprano; Ishmael Wallace, piano |
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Selections from Equator Poems |
Anthony Purdy (1955– ) |
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Anthony Purdy, poet |
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Serenata Española |
Joaquin Malats (1872-1912) |
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Anthony Purdy, guitar |
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Unusual Way (Nine)
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Maury Yeston (1945- )
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Courtney Graves, vocalist; Ishmael Wallace, piano |
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Tamora Suite |
Guillermo Cardenas (19?- ) |
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Guillermo Cardenas, percussion |
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The Water Is Wide (bolero style)
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Traditional (originated in Scotland in the 1600s)
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Elena Greco, vocals; Ishmael Wallace, piano; Guillermo Cardenas, percussion |
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O ma lyre (Sapho)
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Charles Gounod (1818-1883)
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Elena Greco, mezzo-soprano; Ishmael Wallace, piano |
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"Mozart's Aria" (from Mozart)
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Reynaldo Hahn (1875-1947)
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Hayden DeWitt, mezzo-soprano; Ishmael Wallace, piano |
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Io son l'umile ancella (Adriana Lecouvreur)
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Francesco Cilea (1866-1950)
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Youtha Franklin, soprano; Ishmael Wallace, piano |
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Clairières dans le ciel (lyrics Francis Jammes)
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Lili Boulanger (1893-1918) |
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Kristi Kelly, soprano; Ishmael Wallace, piano |
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La Vie en Rose
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Louis Gugliemi (1916-1991)/Edit Piaf (1915-1963)
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Evelyn Thatcher, soprano; Ishmael Wallace, piano |
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Barcarolle ("Belle nuit") (Les Contes d'Hoffmann) |
Jacques Offenbach (1818-1880) |
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Evelyn Thatcher, soprano; Hayden DeWitt, mezzo-soprano; Ishmael Wallace, piano |
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Berceuse
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Leo Brouwer (1939- )
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Anthony Purdy, guitar |
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Pegao |
José Feliciano (1945- ) |
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Anthony Purdy, guitar; Guillermo Cardenas, percussion |
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Angústia
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Orlando Brito
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Elena Greco, vocals; Ishmael Wallace, piano; Guillermo Cardenas, percussion |
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Dance of the Bongoes |
Guillermo Cardenas (19?- ) |
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Guillermo Cardenas, percussion |
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O ma lyre (Sapho)
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Charles Gounod (1818-1883)
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Elena Greco, mezzo-soprano; Eric Sedgwick, piano |
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Over the Rainbow
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Harold Arlen (1905-1986)/E.Y. Harburg (1896-1981)
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Evelyn Thatcher, soprano; Eric Sedgwick, piano |
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Wondrous Love
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Traditional Appalachian
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Elena Greco, mezzo-soprano; Ishmael Wallace, piano |
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Variations per Pianoforte avec accompagnato
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Erzherzog Rudolph von Österreich (1788-1831) |
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Orfeo Duo: Vita Wallace, violin; Ishmael Wallace, piano |
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From the Rubaiyat
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Ishmael Wallace (1971- ) |
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Hayden DeWitt, mezzo-soprano; Vita Wallace, violin; Ishmael Wallace, piano |
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Mi chiamano Mimì (La Bohème)
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Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924)
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Evelyn Thatcher, soprano; Ishmael Wallace, piano |
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It Would Have Been Wonderful (Annie Warbucks)
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Charles Strouse (1928- )
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Courtney Graves, vocalist; Ishmael Wallace, piano |
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Criolla en La
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Rafael Landestoy (1953- )
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Francisco Roldán, guitar |
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Mi chiamano Mimì (La Bohème)
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Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924)
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Evelyn Thatcher, soprano; Ishmael Wallace, piano |
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Sommi Dei (Radamisto)
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George Frideric Handel (1685-1759)
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Youtha Franklin, soprano; Ishmael Wallace, piano |
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Ich und du (song cycle)
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Ishmael Wallace (1971- )
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Hayden DeWitt, mezzo-soprano; Ishmael Wallace, piano |
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Jos voisin laulaa (If I Could Sing )
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Traditional
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Ulla Suokko, flute, voice; Carlos Revollar, guitar |
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Ronda
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Federico Longas (1893-1968)
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Elena Greco, mezzo-soprano; Ishmael Wallace, piano |
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Hymns to the Eternal Feminine (lyrics by Goethe)
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Ishmael Wallace (1971- ) |
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Hayden DeWitt, mezzo-soprano; Vita Wallace, violin; Ishmael Wallace, piano |
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"Mozart's Aria" (from the operetta Mozart) |
Reynaldo Hahn (1875-1947) |
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Hayden DeWitt, mezzo-soprano; Ishmael Wallace, piano |
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Sonata in C Major, Op. 16
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Ferdinand Ries (1784-1838) |
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Orfeo Duo: Vita Wallace, violin; Ishmael Wallace, piano |
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Salon Personnel Bios
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