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Performer: Frederica von Stade A SALUTE TO AMERICAN MUSIC- The Richard Tucker...: (Review by James H. North) | mezzo-soprano | DIVA!: (Review by Philip Hart) | soprano | FREDERICA VON STADE: FRENCH OPERA ARIAS (Frederica von Stade) (Review by James Camner) | mezzo-soprano | HEGGIE: A Lucky Child... (Jake Heggie) (Review by Robert Carl) | soprano | PAULINE VIARDOT AND FRIENDS: (Review by Joel Kasow) | mezzo-soprano | THE SOUND OF MUSIC. Recording revival cast. Music...: (Review by John Ditsky) | Maria | ARGENTO: In Praise of Music. Casa Guidi Capriccio for Clarinet and Orchestra, “Rossini in Paris“ (Review by Paul A. Snook) | mezzo-soprano | ARGENTO: In Praise of Music. Casa Guidi. Capriccio for Clarinet and Orchestra, “Rossini in Paris“ (Review by Walter Simmons) | mezzo-soprano | ARLEN/YARBURG: Over the Rainbow (Review by Raymond Tuttle) | vocals | BERLIN, IRVING: Blue Skies. Cheek to Cheek'. Puttin' on the Ritz (Review by Raymond Tuttle) | vocals | BERLIOZ: La Damnation de Faust, Op. 24 (Review by ROGER DETTMER) | Marguerite | BERLIOZ: La Damnation de Faust, Op. 24 (Review by ROGER DETTMER) | mezzo-soprano | BERLIOZ: Les Nuits d'Été (Review by James Miller) | mezzo-soprano | BERLIOZ: Les Nuits d'Été (Review by James Miller) | mezzo-soprano | BERNSTEIN, LEONARD: Arias and Barcarolles''. A Quiet Place (Review by James H. North) | mezzo-soprano | BERNSTEIN, LEONARD: On the Town (Review by Raymond Tuttle) | Claire | BRAHMS, JOHANNES: Six Duets (Review by Henry Fogel) | mezzo-soprano | BRANDT/HAYMES: That's All (Review by Ralph V. Lucano) | mezzo-soprano | BROSCHI, RICCARDO: Idaspe (Review by John Yohalem) | mezzo-soprano | BROWN/FREED: Singin' in the Rain (Review by Raymond Tuttle) | vocals | BRUBECK, CHRIS: Convergence. Bass Trombone Concerto, “Prague.“ River of Song (Review by David Wolman) | mezzo-soprano | CANTELOUBE: Chants de France (Review by Leonard J. Brandt) | mezzo-soprano | CANTELOUBE: Songs of the Auvergne (Review by James Miller) | mezzo-soprano | CANTELOUBE: Songs of the Auvergne (Review by James Miller) | mezzo-soprano | CANTELOUBE: Songs of the Auvergne, Volume 2. Triptyque (Review by James Miller) | mezzo-soprano | CANTELOUBE: Songs of the Auvergne (Review by Paul Turok) | mezzo-soprano | CANTELOUBE: Songs of the Auvergne (Review by James Miller) | mezzo-soprano | CANTELOUBE: Triptyque. Songs of the Auvergne (Review by James Miller) | mezzo-soprano | CAVALLI: La Didone (Review by J. F. Weber) | mezzo-soprano | CHAUSSON: Chanson perpétuelle (Review by Henry Fogel) | mezzo-soprano | CONRAD/MAGIDSON: The Continental (Review by Raymond Tuttle) | vocals | COPLAND, AARON: Dickinson Songs (Review by Paul Turok) | mezzo-soprano | DANIELPOUR: Elegies (Review by John Story) | mezzo-soprano | DANIELPOUR: Sonnets to Orpheus (Review by John Story) | mezzo-soprano | DEBUSSY: Ariettes oubliées. Fêtes galantes, Set I (Review by David Mason Greene) | mezzo-soprano | DEBUSSY: Beau soir. Mandoline. La mer est plus belle. Le son du cor s'afflige. L'echelionement des haies. Fêtes galantes, Set II. Chansons de France. Le promenoir des deux amants. Trois ballades de François Villon. (sung by Gérard Souzay) (Review by Anthony D. Coggi) | mezzo-soprano | DEBUSSY: Cansons de Bilitis (Review by Leonard J. Brandt) | mezzo-soprano | DEBUSSY: La Damoiselle Élue (Review by James Miller) | mezzo-soprano | DEBUSSY: La Damoiselle Élue (Review by James Miller) | mezzo-soprano | DEBUSSY: La belle au bois dormant. Les cloches. Cinq poèmes de Charles Baudelaire. Les Angelus. Trois chansons de Bilitis. (sung by Michèle Command) (Review by Anthony D. Coggi) | mezzo-soprano | DEBUSSY: Mélodies (Review by Anthony D. Coggi) | mezzo-soprano | DEBUSSY: Nuit d'étoiles. Fleurs des blés. Fêtes galantes, Set I. Dans le jardin. Proses lyriques. Trois poèmes de Stephane Mallarmé. Noël des enfants qui n'ont plus de maison, (sung by Eliy Ameling) (Review by Anthony D. Coggi) | mezzo-soprano | DEBUSSY: Pelléas et Melisande (Review by James Miller) | Mélisande | DEBUSSY: Pelléas et Melisande (Review by Lynn René Bayley) | Mélisande | DEBUSSY: Pelléas et Melisande (Review by James Miller) | mezzo-soprano | DEBUSSY: Voici que le printemps. Paysage sentimental. Quatre chansons de jeunesse. Rondel chinois. Aimons-nous et dormons. Jane. Calmes dans le demi-jour (En sourdine). Romance, (sung by Mady Mesplé) Ariettes oubliées, (sung by Frederica von Stade) (Review by Anthony D. Coggi) | mezzo-soprano | DOWLAND, JOHN: Come again, sweet love doth now invite; Sorrow, stay (Review by Leonard J. Brandt) | mezzo-soprano | DURANTE, FRANCESCO: Danza, danza .. (Review by Paul Turok) | mezzo-soprano | DVOŘÁK, ANTONIN: Zigeunermelodien, op. 55 (Review by David Mason Greene) | mezzo-soprano | FALLA, MANUEL DE: The Three-Cornered Hat. El Amor Brujo (Review by James Miller) | mezzo-soprano | FAURÉ, GABRIEL: 18 Mélodies (Review by Adrian Corleonis) | soprano | FAURÉ, GABRIEL: Les berceaux, Op. 23, no. 1. Le papillon et la fleur, Op. 1, no. 1. Lydia, Op. 4, no. 2. Rêve d'amour, Op. 5, no. 2. La fée aux chansons, Op. 27, no. 2. Au bord de l'eau, Op. 8, no. 1. Notre amour, Op. 23, no. 2. Les roses d'ispahan, Op. 39, no. 4. Daní les ruins d'une abbaye, Op. 2, no. 1. Après un rêve, Op. 7, no. 1. Clair de lune, Op. 46, no. 2. Mandoline, Op. 58, no. 1. En sourdine, Op. 58, no. 2. L'Aurore. Arpège, Op. 76, no. 2. Prison, Op. 83, no. 1. Dans la forêt de septembre, Op. 85, no. 1. Au cimitière, Op. 51, no. 2 (Review by Adrian Corleonis) | soprano | FAURÉ, GABRIEL: Orchestral Works and Incidental Music (Review by Adrian Corleonis) | mezzo-soprano | FAURÉ, GABRIEL: Pelléas et Melisande.' Masques et bergamasques. Shylock. Ballade for Piano and Orchestra. Élégie for Cello and Orchestra.“ Berceuse for Violin and Orchestra. Fantaisie for Piano and Orchestra. Des Djinns for Chorus & Orchestra. Caligula*Pénélope (Review by Adrian Corleonis) | mezzo-soprano | FAURÉ, GABRIEL: Pelléas et Mélisande, Op. 80. Masques et Bergamasques, Op. 112. Les Djinns, Op. 12. Shylock, Op. 57. Caligula, Op. 52. Prélude de Pénélope. Ballade for Piano and Orchestra. Op. 19, Élégie for Cello and Orchestra, Op. 24. Fantaisie for Piano and Orchestra, Op. 111. Berceuse for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 16 (Review by John Ditsky) | mezzo-soprano | FAURÉ, GABRIEL: Pelléas et Mélisande, Op. 80. Masques et Bergamasques, Op. 112. Les Djinns, Op. 12. Shylock, Op. 57. Caligula, Op. 52. Prélude de Pénélope. Ballade for Piano and Orchestra. Op. 19, Élégie for Cello and Orchestra, Op. 24. Fantaisie for Piano and Orchestra, Op. 111. Berceuse for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 16 (Review by Adrian Corleonis) | mezzo-soprano | FAURÉ, GABRIEL: Pelléas et Mélisande, Op. 80 (Review by Adrian Corleonis) | mezzo-soprano | FAURÉ, GABRIEL: The Orchestral Works, Volume I (Review by Adrian Corleonis) | mezzo-soprano | GERSHWIN/GERSHWIN: They Can't Take That Away from Me (Review by Raymond Tuttle) | vocals | GORDON, RICKY IAN: A Coffin In Egypt (Review by Robert Carl) | Myrtle Bledsoe | GORDON/WARREN: The More I See You (Review by Ralph V. Lucano) | mezzo-soprano | HALL, CAROL: Jenny Rebecca (Review by Leonard J. Brandt) | mezzo-soprano | HAYDN, FRANZ JOSEPH: Il Mondo della Luna (Review by John Yohalem) | Lisetta | HAYDN, FRANZ JOSEPH: Il Mondo della Luna (Review by John Yohalem) | mezzo-soprano | HAYDN, FRANZ JOSEPH: Il mondo della luna (Review by William H. Youngren) | Lisetta | HAYDN, FRANZ JOSEPH: La Fedeltà Premiata (Review by Leonard J. Brandt) | mezzo-soprano | HAYDN, FRANZ JOSEPH: La fedeltà premiata (Review by William H. Youngren) | Amaranta | HAYDN, FRANZ JOSEPH: La fedeltà premiata (Review by Ralph V. Lucano) | mezzo-soprano | HAYDN, FRANZ JOSEPH: Mass in B♭, “Harmoniemesse” (Review by James H. North) | mezzo-soprano | HAYDN, FRANZ JOSEPH: The Creation. Mass [No. 14] in Bb, Hob. XXII (Review by Mortimer H. Frank) | mezzo-soprano | HEGGIE: Dead Man Walking (Review by Walter Simmons) | Mrs. Patrick de Rocher | HEGGIE: Great Scott (Review by Andrew Desiderio) | Winnie Flato | HEGGIE: Three Decembers (Review by Colin Clarke) | Madeline Mitchell | HONEGGER, ARTHUR: Petit cours de morale (Review by David Mason Greene) | mezzo-soprano | HUMPERDINCK: Hansel and Gretel (Review by Leonard J. Brandt) | Hansel | HUMPERDINCK: Hansel und Gretel (Review by George Jellinek) | Hansel | HUNDLEY, RICHARD: Come ready and see me. The Astronomers (Review by Paul Turok) | mezzo-soprano | KERN: Show Boat (Review by John Ditsky) | Magnolia Hawks | KERN: Show Boat (Review by James Camner) | Magnolia Hawks | KERN, JEROME/FIELDS, DOROTHY: A Fine Romance' (Review by Raymond Tuttle) | vocals | LEONCAVALLO, RUGGERO: La Bohème. È destin (Review by John Yohalem) | mezzo-soprano | LISZT: Die drei Zigeuner; Einst; Oh! quand je dors (Review by Leonard J. Brandt) | mezzo-soprano | LUBBOCK/CLARK: Play Me Your Light. Lullaby. He Is My Man. Once Again (Review by Ralph V. Lucano) | mezzo-soprano | MAHLER, GUSTAV: Des Knaben Wunderhorn. Kindertotenlieder. Lieder Eines Fahrenden Gesellen. Das Lied von der Erde. Rückert Lieder (Ich bin der Welt abhanden Gekommen) (Review by Benjamin Pernick) | mezzo-soprano | MAHLER, GUSTAV: Songs of a Wayfarer (Review by Christopher Abbot) | mezzo-soprano | MAHLER, GUSTAV: Songs of a Wayfarer. Rheinlegendchen. Wer hat dies Liedlein Erdacht?. Five Rückert Songs (Review by Paul Turok) | mezzo-soprano | MAHLER, GUSTAV: Symphony No. 4 In G. Songs of a Wayfarer (Review by David Hurwitz) | mezzo-soprano | MAHLER, GUSTAV: Symphony No. 4 in G (Review by Benjamin Pernick) | mezzo-soprano | MAHLER, GUSTAV: Symphony No. 4 (Review by Christopher Abbot) | mezzo-soprano | MARCELLO, BENEDETTO: Il mio bel foco (Review by Paul Turok) | mezzo-soprano | MASSENET, JULES: Cendrillon (Review by Henry Fogel) | mezzo-soprano | MASSENET, JULES: Chérubin (Review by Anthony D. Coggi) | Chérubin | MASSENET, JULES: Chérubin (Review by Anthony D. Coggi) | mezzo-soprano | MASSENET, JULES: Cinderella (Cendrillon) (Review by John Ditsky) | Cinderella -- Lucette | MASSENET, JULES: Cinderella (Cendrillon) (Review by John Ditsky) | soprano | MASSENET, JULES: Werther (Review by Henry Fogel) | Charlotte | MASSENET, JULES: Werther (Review by Vincent Alfano) | Charlotte | MASSENET, JULES: Werther (Review by Henry Fogel) | mezzo-soprano | MASSENET, JULES: Werther (Review by Vincent Alfano) | mezzo-soprano | MENDELSSOHN, FELIX: A Midsummer Night's Dream (Review by James Miller) | mezzo-soprano | MENDELSSOHN, FELIX: A Midsummer Night's Dream (Review by Richard Burke) | mezzo-soprano | MENDELSSOHN, FELIX: Ich wollt' meine Lieb'. Gruss. O sah ' ich auf der Haide dort. Abendlied (Review by David Mason Greene) | mezzo-soprano | MESSIAEN: Trois mélodies (Review by David Mason Greene) | mezzo-soprano | MONTEVERDI: Il Ritorno d'Ulisse in Patria (Review by J. F. Weber) | Penelope | MONTEVERDI: Il ritorno di Ulisse in patria (Review by John Yohalem) | mezzo-soprano | MONTEVERDI: Ohimè ch'io cado. Et è pur dunque vero. L'Incoronazione de Poppea (Review by J. F. Weber) | mezzo-soprano | MOZART: Cosi Fan Tutte (Review by Leonard J. Brandt) | Dorabella | MOZART: Cosi Fan Tutte (Review by Leonard J. Brandt) | mezzo-soprano | MOZART: Great Mass in C Minor, K. 427. Exsultate, jubilate, K. 165. Ave verum corpus, K. 618 (Review by J. F. Weber) | mezzo-soprano | MOZART: Idomeneo (Review by Mortimer H. Frank) | Idamanate | MOZART: La Clemenza di Tito, K. 621 (Review by Mortimer H. Frank) | Annio | MOZART: La Clemenza di Tito, K. 621 (Review by Mortimer H. Frank) | mezzo-soprano | MOZART: La Clemenza di Tito (Review by Leonard J. Brandt) | mezzo-soprano | MOZART: Le Nozze di Figaro (Review by John Yohalem) | Cherubino | MOZART: Le Nozze di Figaro (Review by John Yohalem) | mezzo-soprano | MOZART: Le nozze di Figaro (Review by David L. Kirk) | Cherubino | MOZART: Le nozze di Figaro (Review by George Jellinek) | Cherubino | MOZART: Le nozze di Figaro (Review by James A. Altena) | Cherubino | MOZART: Marriage of Figaro (Review by Henry Fogel) | mezzo-soprano | MOZART: Mass in c, K. 427 (Review by Peter J. Rabinowitz) | mezzo-soprano | MOZART: Missa Solemnis in C Minor, KV 139 (“Waisenhausmesse“) (Review by J. F. Weber) | alto | MOZART: The Marriage of Figaro (Review by Vincent Alfano) | Cherubino | MOZART: The Marriage of Figaro (Review by Vincent Alfano) | mezzo-soprano | MOZART: The Marriage of Figaro, K. 492 (Review by Royal S. Brown) | Cherubino | MOZART: The Marriage of Figaro (Review by Henry Fogel) | mezzo-soprano | MOZART: The Marriage of Figaro (Review by Ralph V. Lucano) | mezzo-soprano | OFFENBACH: Arias and Overtures (Review by Joel Kasow) | mezzo-soprano | OFFENBACH: La Grande Duchesse de Gerolstein (Review by Henry Fogel) | mezzo-soprano | OFFENBACH: La Périchole (Review by Joel Kasow) | mezzo-soprano | PAISIELLO, GIOVANNI: Nina pazza per amore (Review by John Yohalem) | mezzo-soprano | PORTER, COLE: Anything Goes (Review by James Camner) | Hope Harcourt | PORTER, COLE: I've Got You under My Skin (Review by Raymond Tuttle) | vocals | POULENC, FRANCIS: La courte paille. Hôtel. Voyage à Paris. C'est ainsi que tu es. Fêtes galantes. À sa guitare (Review by David Mason Greene) | mezzo-soprano | PRINCE/RAYE: Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy (Review by Raymond Tuttle) | vocals | PURCELL, HENRY: The Blessed Virgin's Expostulation (Review by Leonard J. Brandt) | mezzo-soprano | RAINGER/ROBIN: Thanks for the Memory (Review by Raymond Tuttle) | vocals | RAMEAU, JEAN-PHILIPPE: Dardanus (Review by Anthony D. Coggi) | Iphise | RAMEAU, JEAN-PHILIPPE: Dardanus (Review by Anthony D. Coggi) | soprano | RAVEL: Cinq mélodies populaires grecques (Review by David Mason Greene) | mezzo-soprano | RAVEL: Five Popular Greek Songs (Review by Paul Turok) | mezzo-soprano | RAVEL: Shéhérazade. Cinq mélodies populaires grecques (Review by Henry Fogel) | mezzo-soprano | RODGERS-HART: I Like to Recognize the Tune. Spring Is Here. I Could Write a Book. Wait 'til You See Him (Review by Ralph V. Lucano) | mezzo-soprano | RODGERS-HART: Lover (Review by Raymond Tuttle) | vocals | RODGERS-HART: My Funny Valentine. I Must Love You. I Didn't Know What Time It Was. Moon of My Delight. Ev'rybody Loves You. A Ship Without a Sail. Quiet Nighf. To Keep My Love Alive. Love Never Went to College. You're Nearer. Ill Were You (with Rosemary Ashe, Lynda Richardson, and Peta Bartlett). Bewitched, Bothered, and Bewildered. Now That I Know You. Bye and Bye. Atlantic Blues. Where Or When. Falling in Love with Love' (Review by Nicholas Deutsch) | mezzo-soprano | ROSSINI: Barber of Seville (Review by Henry Fogel) | mezzo-soprano | ROSSINI: Il barbiere di Siviglia (Review by Ralph V. Lucano) | mezzo-soprano | ROSSINI: La Donna del lago (Review by Henry Fogel) | Elena | ROSSINI: La Donna del lago (Review by Henry Fogel) | mezzo-soprano | ROSSINI: Otello (Review by Leonard J. Brandt) | Desdemona | ROSSINI: Otello (Review by Leonard J. Brandt) | mezzo-soprano | ROSSINI: Otello (Review by Leonard J. Brandt) | mezzo-soprano | ROSSINI: Semiramide (Review by Henry Fogel) | mezzo-soprano | ROSSINI: Tancredi (Review by John Yohalem) | mezzo-soprano | ROSSINI: Tanti affetti (From Lady Of the Lake) (Review by Paul Turok) | mezzo-soprano | SATIE: Trois mélodies (Review by David Mason Greene) | mezzo-soprano | SCARLATTI, ALESSANDRO: Se tu della mia morte? (Review by Paul Turok) | mezzo-soprano | SCHUMANN: Frauenliebe und Leben, op. 42 (Review by David Mason Greene) | mezzo-soprano | SCHUMANN: Two Duets (Review by Henry Fogel) | mezzo-soprano | SCHWARTZ/DIETZ: That's Entertainment (Review by Raymond Tuttle) | vocals | STRAUSS, RICHARD: Der Rosenkavalier (Review by John Cento) | Soloist | STRAUSS, RICHARD: Der Rosenkavalier, Op. 59 (Review by James Miller) | mezzo-soprano | STRAUSS, RICHARD: Der Rosenkavalier, Op. 59 (Review by James Miller) | Octavian | THOMAS, AMBROISE: Mignon (Review by John Ditsky) | Frédérick | THOMAS, AMBROISE: Mignon (Review by Henry Fogel) | mezzo-soprano | THOMSON, VIRGIL: A Prayer to St. Catherine (Review by Paul Turok) | mezzo-soprano | TRADITIONAL: The læprechaun (arr. Hughes) (Review by Paul Turok) | mezzo-soprano | VIVALDI, ANTONIO: Filli di gioia vuoi frami morir (Review by Paul Turok) | mezzo-soprano | WARREN, HARRY/DUBIN, ALEXANDER: Forty-second Street*. Lullaby of Broadway (Review by Raymond Tuttle) | vocals | WARREN, HARRY/MERCER, JOHNNY: On the Atchison, Topeka, and the Santa Fe (Review by Raymond Tuttle) | vocals | WOOLF, RANDALL: Angel Heart, a music storybook (Review by Andrew Desiderio) | mezzo-soprano |
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