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Performer: Marian Anderson GREAT SINGERS 1909-1938: (Review by James Camner) | singer | Marian Anderson and Dorothy Maynor. Songs and...: (Review by William H. Youngren) | soprano | PEERCE/ANDERSON/SEGOVIA: (Review by John W. N. Francis) | alto | BACH, JOHANN SEBASTIAN: Arias etc. with Oboe Obbligato (Review by Bernard Jacobson) | alto | BACH, JOHANN SEBASTIAN: Comments by William H. Scheide (WQXR, 1948; WNBC, 1949 and 1950). Excerpts from A Robert Bloom Birthday Party with Robert Sherman, Julius Baker, Bernard Greenhouse, Susan Starr, and Sara Lambert Bloom, WQXR, May 1988 (Review by Bernard Jacobson) | alto | BACH, JOHANN SEBASTIAN: Komm, süsser Tod (Review by Ralph V. Lucano) | alto | BACH, JOHANN SEBASTIAN: Komm, süsser Tod, BWV 478 (Review by James A. Altena) | alto | BACH, JOHANN SEBASTIAN: Komm, süsser Tod. Suites (Review by Michael Jameson) | alto | BACH, JOHANN SEBASTIAN: St. Matthew Passion (Review by Ralph V. Lucano) | alto | BARBER, SAMUEL: Adagio for Strings (Tennstedt) (Review by James Miller) | alto | BARBER, SAMUEL: Adagio for Strings (Tennstedt) (Review by James Miller) | narrator | BARTÓK: Dance Suite (Kertész) (Review by James Miller) | alto | BARTÓK: Dance Suite (Kertész) (Review by James Miller) | narrator | BEETHOVEN, LUDWIG VAN: Choral Fantasy (Sawallisch). Piano Concerto No. 4 (Hofmann/Ormandy). Symphony No. 5 (Stokowski) (Review by James Miller) | alto | BEETHOVEN, LUDWIG VAN: Choral Fantasy (Sawallisch). Piano Concerto No. 4 (Hofmann/Ormandy). Symphony No. 5 (Stokowski) (Review by James Miller) | narrator | BEETHOVEN, LUDWIG VAN: Egmont (Review by Alex Ross) | alto | BEETHOVEN, LUDWIG VAN: Egmont (Review by James H. North) | alto | BEETHOVEN, LUDWIG VAN: Symphony No. 5 (Review by Boyd Pomeroy) | alto | BERG, ALBAN: Violin Concerto (Kogan/Ormandy) (Review by James Miller) | alto | BERG, ALBAN: Violin Concerto (Kogan/Ormandy) (Review by James Miller) | narrator | BERLIOZ: Roman Carnival Overture (Muti) (Review by James Miller) | alto | BERLIOZ: Roman Carnival Overture (Muti) (Review by James Miller) | narrator | BERLIOZ: Romeo and Juliet (Review by James Miller) | alto | BERLIOZ: Romeo and Juliet (Review by James Miller) | narrator | BISHOP, HENRY: Home, Sweet Home (Review by Henry Fogel) | alto | BRAHMS-CAILLIET: Von ewiger Liebe, op. 43 (Anderson/Ormandy) (Review by James Miller) | alto | BRAHMS-CAILLIET: Von ewiger Liebe, op. 43 (Anderson/Ormandy) (Review by James Miller) | narrator | BRAHMS, JOHANNES: Alto Rhapsody (Review by Boyd Pomeroy) | alto | BRAHMS, JOHANNES: Alto Rhapsody (Review by James Miller) | contralto | BRAHMS, JOHANNES: Alto Rhapsody, op. 53. Dein blaues Auge, op. 59, no. 8. Der Schmied, op. 19, no. 4. Immer leiser wird mein Schlummer, op. 105, no. 2 (Review by David Mason Greene) | alto | BRAHMS, JOHANNES: Alto Rhapsody, op. 53. Immer leiser wird mein Schlummer, op. 105, no. 2 (Review by Ralph V. Lucano) | alto | BRAHMS, JOHANNES: Dein blaues Auge, op. 59, no. 8. Der Schmied, op. 19, no. 4. Immer leise wird mein Schlummer, op. 105, no. 2. Die Mainacht, op. 43, no. 2 (Review by Marc Mandel) | contralto | BRAHMS, JOHANNES: Die Mainacht, op. 43, no. 2 (Review by Ralph V. Lucano) | alto | BRAHMS, JOHANNES: Geistliches Wiegenlied. Geistliches Sehnsucht (Review by Michael Jameson) | alto | BRAHMS, JOHANNES: Hungarian Dance No. 5 (Stokowski). Haydn Variations (Sawallisch). Piano Concerto No. 1 (Kapell/Ormandy) (Review by James Miller) | alto | BRAHMS, JOHANNES: Hungarian Dance No. 5 (Stokowski). Haydn Variations (Sawallisch). Piano Concerto No. 1 (Kapell/Ormandy) (Review by James Miller) | narrator | BRAHMS, JOHANNES: Immer leiser wird mein Schlummer. Von ewiger Liebe (Review by Henry Fogel) | alto | BRAHMS, JOHANNES: Music for Viola and for Alto Voice (Review by Bernard Jacobson) | alto | BRAHMS, JOHANNES: Viola Sonatas, op. 120 (Review by Bernard Jacobson) | alto | BRITTEN: Peter Grimes (Review by James Miller) | alto | BRITTEN: Peter Grimes (Review by James Miller) | narrator | CHARPENTIER, GUSTAVE: Louise (Review by James Miller) | alto | CHARPENTIER, GUSTAVE: Louise (Review by James Miller) | narrator | CHOPIN, FRÉDÉRIC: Piano Concerto No. 2 (Review by Boyd Pomeroy) | alto | COPLAND, AARON: A Lincoln Portrait (Anderson/Copland) (Review by James Miller) | alto | COPLAND, AARON: A Lincoln Portrait (Anderson/Copland) (Review by James Miller) | narrator | DEBUSSY: Prélude à L’Après-midi d’un faune (Walter) (Review by James Miller) | alto | DEBUSSY: Prélude à L’Après-midi d’un faune (Walter) (Review by James Miller) | narrator | DONIZETTI: La Favorita (Review by Anthony D. Coggi) | alto | DONIZETTI: La favorita (Review by David Mason Greene) | alto | DONIZETTI: La favorita (Review by Henry Fogel) | alto | DONIZETTI: Lucia di Lammermoor (Review by James Miller) | alto | DONIZETTI: Lucia di Lammermoor (Review by James Miller) | narrator | DVOŘÁK, ANTONIN: Carnival Overture (Review by Boyd Pomeroy) | alto | DVOŘÁK, ANTONIN: Humoresque (Review by Michael Jameson) | alto | GIORDANI, GIUSEPPE: Caro mio ben (Review by Anthony D. Coggi) | alto | GIORDANI, GIUSEPPE: Caro mio ben (Review by Ralph V. Lucano) | alto | GIORDANI, GIUSEPPE: Caro mio ben (Review by Marc Mandel) | contralto | GIORDANO, UMBERTO: Andrea Chénier (Review by James Miller) | alto | GIORDANO, UMBERTO: Andrea Chénier (Review by James Miller) | narrator | GLUCK: Alceste (Review by Alex Ross) | alto | GLUCK: Alceste (Review by James H. North) | alto | GOUNOD, CHARLES: Faust (Review by James Miller) | alto | GOUNOD, CHARLES: Faust (Review by James Miller) | narrator | HANDEL, GEORGE FRIDERIC: Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato (Review by James A. Altena) | alto | HANDEL, GEORGE FRIDERIC: Dettingen Te Deum (Review by James A. Altena) | alto | HANDEL, GEORGE FRIDERIC: Lass mich wandernd. Ch'io mai vi possa. He Was Despised (Review by Henry Fogel) | alto | HANDEL, GEORGE FRIDERIC: Messiah (Review by Ralph V. Lucano) | alto | HANDEL, GEORGE FRIDERIC: Messiah (Review by Anthony D. Coggi) | alto | HANDEL, GEORGE FRIDERIC: Siroe, re di Persia (Review by Marc Mandel) | contralto | HANDEL, GEORGE FRIDERIC: Siroe (Review by James A. Altena) | alto | HANDEL, GEORGE FRIDERIC: Sirœ (Review by Ralph V. Lucano) | alto | HAYDN, FRANZ JOSEPH: My mother bids me bind my hair (Review by James A. Altena) | alto | HAYDN, FRANZ JOSEPH: She never told her love (Review by James A. Altena) | alto | HAYDN, FRANZ JOSEPH: Symphony No. 100 in C (“Military“) (Review by Alex Ross) | alto | HAYDN, FRANZ JOSEPH: Symphony No. 100 in C (“Military“) (Review by James H. North) | alto | HOOK, JAMES: Bright Phoebus (Review by James A. Altena) | alto | KILPINEN: Von zwei Rosen. Det var i vårens ljusa tid (Review by Henry Fogel) | alto | KODÁLY: Peacock Variations (Kodály) (Review by James Miller) | alto | KODÁLY: Peacock Variations (Kodály) (Review by James Miller) | narrator | KREISLER, FRITZ: Liebesfreud (Review by Michael Jameson) | alto | LISZT: Don Sanche, ou le Château d'Amour. Jeanne d'Arc au Bûcher (Review by Adrian Corleonis) | alto | MAHLER, GUSTAV: Kindertotenlieder (Review by Alex Ross) | alto | MAHLER, GUSTAV: Kindertotenlieder (Review by James H. North) | alto | MAHLER, GUSTAV: Kindertotenlieder (Review by Andrew Quint) | alto | MAHLER, GUSTAV: Symphony No. 5 (Scherchen) (Review by James Miller) | alto | MAHLER, GUSTAV: Symphony No. 5 (Scherchen) (Review by James Miller) | narrator | MAHLER, GUSTAV: Symphony No. 8 in Eb (“Symphony of a Thousand“). Kindertotenlieder (Review by Benjamin Pernick) | alto | MAHLER, GUSTAV: Symphony No. 9. Kindertotenlieder (Review by Henry Fogel) | alto | MARTINI: Plaisir d'amour (Review by Anthony D. Coggi) | alto | MARTINI: Plaisir d'amour (Review by Ralph V. Lucano) | alto | MARTINI: Plaisir d'amour (Review by Marc Mandel) | contralto | MARTINŮ: Symphony No. 4 (Sawallisch) (Review by James Miller) | alto | MARTINŮ: Symphony No. 4 (Sawallisch) (Review by James Miller) | narrator | MASSENET, JULES: Élégie (Review by Michael Jameson) | alto | MOZART: Exsultate, jubilate (Sills/Ormandy). Piano Concerto No. 17, K 453 (Richter/Ormandy) (Review by James Miller) | alto | MOZART: Exsultate, jubilate (Sills/Ormandy). Piano Concerto No. 17, K 453 (Richter/Ormandy) (Review by James Miller) | narrator | NEVIN: The Rosary (Review by Michael Jameson) | alto | NIELSEN, CARL: Symphony No. 6 (Review by Alex Ross) | alto | NIELSEN, CARL: Symphony No. 6 (Review by James H. North) | alto | PAGANINI: Caprices (Review by Michael Jameson) | alto | PENDERECKI: Threnody to the Victims of Hiroshima (Ormandy) (Review by James Miller) | alto | PENDERECKI: Threnody to the Victims of Hiroshima (Ormandy) (Review by James Miller) | narrator | PISTON, WALTER: Symphony No. 7 (Ormandy) (Review by James Miller) | alto | PISTON, WALTER: Symphony No. 7 (Ormandy) (Review by James Miller) | narrator | PROKOFIEV, SERGEI: Symphony No. 5 in B♭, op. 100 (Review by Alex Ross) | alto | PROKOFIEV, SERGEI: Symphony No. 5 in B♭, op. 100 (Review by James H. North) | alto | RACHMANINOFF: In stiller Nacht (Review by Michael Jameson) | alto | RACHMANINOFF: In the Silence of the Night, op. 4, no. 3 (Review by Ralph V. Lucano) | alto | RACHMANINOFF: The Isle of the Dead (Ormandy) (Review by James Miller) | alto | RACHMANINOFF: The Isle of the Dead (Ormandy) (Review by James Miller) | narrator | RAVEL: Daphnis and Chloe (Review by James Miller) | alto | RAVEL: Daphnis and Chloe (Review by James Miller) | narrator | RESPIGHI, OTTORINO: The Pines of Rome (Muti) (Review by James Miller) | alto | RESPIGHI, OTTORINO: The Pines of Rome (Muti) (Review by James Miller) | narrator | SAINT-SAËNS: Cello Concerto No. 1 (Du Pré/Barenboim) (Review by James Miller) | alto | SAINT-SAËNS: Cello Concerto No. 1 (Du Pré/Barenboim) (Review by James Miller) | narrator | SAINT-SAËNS: Samson et Dalila (sung in English) (Review by Marc Mandel) | contralto | SAINT-SAËNS: Samson et Dalila (Review by Henry Fogel) | alto | SAINT-SAËNS: Samson et Dalila (Review by David Mason Greene) | alto | SAINT-SAËNS: Samson et Dalila (Review by Anthony D. Coggi) | alto | SAINT-SAËNS: Samson et Dalila (Review by Ralph V. Lucano) | alto | SAINT-SAËNS: Samson et Dalila (Review by Henry Fogel) | alto | SARSEN-BUCKY: Hear the wind whispering (Review by James A. Altena) | alto | SCHOENBERG, ARNOLD: Verklärte Nacht (Ormandy) (Review by James Miller) | alto | SCHOENBERG, ARNOLD: Verklärte Nacht (Ormandy) (Review by James Miller) | narrator | SCHUBERT: Ave Maria (arr. Wilhelmj). Litanei (Review by Michael Jameson) | alto | SCHUBERT: Ave Maria (Review by Henry Fogel) | alto | SCHUBERT: Ave Maria, D. 839. Liebesbotschaft, D. 957. Wohin, D. 795. Der Tod und Das Mädchen, D. 531 (Review by Ralph V. Lucano) | alto | SCHUBERT: Ave Maria. Der Tod und das Mädchen. Die Forelle (Review by James A. Altena) | alto | SCHUBERT: Der Erlkönig (Review by Henry Fogel) | alto | SCHUBERT: Der Jüngling und der Tod (Review by James A. Altena) | alto | SCHUBERT: Der Tod und das Mädchen (Review by James A. Altena) | alto | SCHUBERT: Der Tod und das Mädchen. Ave Maria (Review by Henry Fogel) | alto | SCHUBERT: Die Forelle (Review by Henry Fogel) | alto | SCHUBERT: Die Forelle, D. 550. Der Tod und das Mädchen, D. 531. Ave Maria, D. 839 (Review by Marc Mandel) | contralto | SCHUBERT: Die Forelle, D. 550. Der Tod und das Mädchen, D. 531. Ave Maria, D. 839. Aufenthalt, D. 957, no. 5 (Review by Ralph V. Lucano) | alto | SCHUBERT: Die schöne Müllerin (Review by James A. Altena) | alto | SCHUBERT: Schwanengesang (Review by James A. Altena) | alto | SCHUMANN: 12 Gedichte (Review by James A. Altena) | alto | SCHUMANN: Der Nussbaum, op. 25, no. 3 (Review by Ralph V. Lucano) | alto | SCHUMANN: Der Nussbaum, op. 25, no. 3 (Review by Marc Mandel) | contralto | SCHUMANN: Frauenliebe und -leben (Review by Alan Swanson) | alto | SCHUMANN: Myrthen (Review by James A. Altena) | alto | SCHUMANN: Stille Tränen, op. 35, no. 10. Der Nussbaum, op. 25, no. 3 (Review by Ralph V. Lucano) | alto | SCOTT, CYRIL: Lullaby, op. 57/2 (Review by James A. Altena) | alto | SHOSTAKOVICH: Symphony No. 6 (Ormandy) (Review by James Miller) | alto | SHOSTAKOVICH: Symphony No. 6 (Ormandy) (Review by James Miller) | narrator | SIBELIUS: Aus banger Brust, op. 50/4 (Review by James A. Altena) | alto | SIBELIUS: Aus banger Brust. Längsamt som Kväilskyn (Review by Henry Fogel) | alto | SIBELIUS: Belsazars gästabud. Den judiska flickans sång. Svarta rosor (Review by Henry Fogel) | alto | SIBELIUS: Come away, death, op. 60/1 (Review by James A. Altena) | alto | SIBELIUS: Flickan kom Uran sin älsklangs möte, op. 37, no. 5 (Review by Marc Mandel) | contralto | SIBELIUS: Flickan kom ifran sin, op. 37, no. S. Säv, såv, susa, op. 36, no. 4. Come away, death. Aus banger Brust, op. 50, no. 4. Langsamt som Kvällasskyn, op. 61, no. 1 (Review by David Mason Greene) | alto | SIBELIUS: Flickan kom, op. 37/5 (Review by James A. Altena) | alto | SIBELIUS: Långsamt som kvällskyn, op. 61/1 (Review by James A. Altena) | alto | SIBELIUS: Songs (Review by ROGER DETTMER) | alto | SIBELIUS: Säv, säv, susa, op. 36/4 (Review by James A. Altena) | alto | SIBELIUS: The Maiden in the Tower—Opera in One Act. Five Songs (Review by ROGER DETTMER) | alto | SIBELIUS: Violin Concerto (Heifetz/Stokowski). Symphony No. 2 (Stokowski) (Review by James Miller) | alto | SIBELIUS: Violin Concerto (Heifetz/Stokowski). Symphony No. 2 (Stokowski) (Review by James Miller) | narrator | SPIRITUALS: I Don't Feel No Ways Tired. Deep River. Der's No Hiding Place Down Dere. Ev'ry Time I Feel the Spirit. I Can't Stay Away. Were You There? (Review by Henry Fogel) | alto | SPIRITUALS: Oh! what a beautiful city. Godown, Moses (Let my people go). Deepriver. Lord, I can't stay away. Heaven, heaven (Review by Marc Mandel) | contralto | STRAUSS, RICHARD: Arabella (Review by James Miller) | alto | STRAUSS, RICHARD: Arabella (Review by James Miller) | narrator | STRAUSS, RICHARD: Befreit, op. 39/4 (Review by James A. Altena) | alto | STRAUSS, RICHARD: Morgen, op. 27, no. 4 (Review by Ralph V. Lucano) | alto | STRAUSS, RICHARD: Morgen, op. 27/4 (Review by James A. Altena) | alto | STRAVINSKY, IGOR: The Fairy’s Kiss (Review by James Miller) | alto | STRAVINSKY, IGOR: The Fairy’s Kiss (Review by James Miller) | narrator | TCHAIKOVSKY: Jeanne d'Arc (Review by Anthony D. Coggi) | alto | TCHAIKOVSKY: Jeanne d'Arc (Review by Ralph V. Lucano) | alto | TCHAIKOVSKY: None but the Lonely Heart (Review by Michael Jameson) | alto | TCHAIKOVSKY: Romeo and Juliet (Stokowski) (Review by James Miller) | alto | TCHAIKOVSKY: Romeo and Juliet (Stokowski) (Review by James Miller) | narrator | TCHAIKOVSKY: Violin Concerto (Rabin/Smith) (Review by James Miller) | alto | TCHAIKOVSKY: Violin Concerto (Rabin/Smith) (Review by James Miller) | narrator | THOMAS, CHRISTOPHER: O Men from the Fields (Review by James A. Altena) | alto | THOMSON, VIRGIL: Five Portraits (Thomson) (Review by James Miller) | alto | THOMSON, VIRGIL: Five Portraits (Thomson) (Review by James Miller) | narrator | TRADITIONAL: America (Review by Henry Fogel) | alto | TRADITIONAL: City Called Heaven (Review by James A. Altena) | alto | TRADITIONAL: Comin’ Through the Rye (Review by Henry Fogel) | alto | TRADITIONAL: Deep River (Review by James A. Altena) | alto | TRADITIONAL: Dere’s No Hidin’ Place (Review by James A. Altena) | alto | TRADITIONAL: Done Foun’ My Los’ Sheep (Review by Henry Fogel) | alto | TRADITIONAL: Every Time I Feel the Spirit (Review by Henry Fogel) | alto | TRADITIONAL: Everytime I feel de Spirit (Review by James A. Altena) | alto | TRADITIONAL: Finnish Folk Songs (Review by Ralph V. Lucano) | alto | TRADITIONAL: Go Down Moses (Review by James A. Altena) | alto | TRADITIONAL: Go Down, Moses. Crucifixion. My Lord, What a Morning (Review by Ralph V. Lucano) | alto | TRADITIONAL: Go down, Moses. My soul's been anchored in the Lord (Review by David Mason Greene) | alto | TRADITIONAL: Gospel Train (Review by Henry Fogel) | alto | TRADITIONAL: Heav'n, Heav'n. Sometimes I feel like a motherless child (Review by Anthony D. Coggi) | alto | TRADITIONAL: Heav’n, Heav’n (Review by James A. Altena) | alto | TRADITIONAL: Heav’n, Heav’n (Review by Henry Fogel) | alto | TRADITIONAL: Hold On! He’s Got the Whole World in His Hands (Review by Henry Fogel) | alto | TRADITIONAL: I Don’t Feel Noways Tired (Review by James A. Altena) | alto | TRADITIONAL: I Know the Lord Laid His Hands on Me (Review by James A. Altena) | alto | TRADITIONAL: Laksin mina kesäyönä kaymään (Review by Henry Fogel) | alto | TRADITIONAL: Let Us Break Bread Together (Review by James A. Altena) | alto | TRADITIONAL: Lord, I Can’t Stay Away (Review by James A. Altena) | alto | TRADITIONAL: Läksin mina. Tuku, tuku (Review by Marc Mandel) | contralto | TRADITIONAL: Läksin minä kesäyönä käymään (Review by James A. Altena) | alto | TRADITIONAL: Läksin minä. Tuku, tuku (Review by Henry Fogel) | alto | TRADITIONAL: My Soul’s Been Anchored in de Lord (Review by James A. Altena) | alto | TRADITIONAL: My Soul’s Been Anchored in de Lord (Review by Henry Fogel) | alto | TRADITIONAL: O What a Beautiful City (Review by James A. Altena) | alto | TRADITIONAL: O What a Beautiful City (Review by Henry Fogel) | alto | TRADITIONAL: The Londonderry Air (Review by Michael Jameson) | alto | TRADITIONAL: Trampin’ (Review by James A. Altena) | alto | TRADITIONAL: Trampin’ (Review by Henry Fogel) | alto | TRADITIONAL: Trampin’. Oh, Wasn’t Dat a Wide Ribber? (Review by James A. Altena) | alto | TRADITIONAL: Tuku, tuku lampaitani (Review by James A. Altena) | alto | TRADITIONAL: Were You There? (Review by James A. Altena) | alto | VARÈSE: Arcana (Muti) (Review by James Miller) | alto | VARÈSE: Arcana (Muti) (Review by James Miller) | narrator | VERDI, GIUSEPPE: Don Carlo (Review by Anthony D. Coggi) | alto | VERDI, GIUSEPPE: Don Carlo (Review by Ralph V. Lucano) | alto | VERDI, GIUSEPPE: Don Carlo (Review by Marc Mandel) | contralto | VERDI, GIUSEPPE: Don Carlos (Review by Henry Fogel) | alto | VERDI, GIUSEPPE: I vespri siciliani (Review by James Miller) | alto | VERDI, GIUSEPPE: I vespri siciliani (Review by James Miller) | narrator | VERDI, GIUSEPPE: Un ballo in maschera (Review by Henry Fogel) | mezzo-soprano | VERDI, GIUSEPPE: Un ballo in maschera (Review by Ron Salemi) | Ulrica | VERDI, GIUSEPPE: Un ballo in maschera (Review by Ralph V. Lucano) | alto | WAGNER, RICHARD: Götterdämmerung (Review by James Miller) | alto | WAGNER, RICHARD: Götterdämmerung (Review by James Miller) | narrator | WAGNER, RICHARD: Parsifal (Review by James Miller) | alto | WAGNER, RICHARD: Parsifal (Review by James Miller) | narrator | WAGNER/STOKOWSKI: Tristan and Isolde (Review by James Miller) | alto | WAGNER/STOKOWSKI: Tristan and Isolde (Review by James Miller) | narrator |
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