Black Swans at Mid-Century

Label : Parnassus

Format : Flac track

Cover : Yes

Tracklist :

CD 1

Handel: Messiah–Rejoice greatly

Adele Addison, soprano

Handel and Haydn Society Chorus, Zimbler Sinfonietta, Thompson Stone

Bishop: Home, Sweet Home

Anon.: Every Time I feel the Spirit

Marian Anderson, contralto; unknown accompaniment

Kern: Show Boat–Old Man River

Jules Bledsoe, baritone

Brahms: Alto Rhapsody

Carol Brice, contralto

Tanglewood Men’s Choir, Boston Symphony orchestra, Serge Koussevitzky

Mortensen: Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening (Frost) 

Brockway (arr.): The Nightingale, ‘One Morning in May’ 

Burleigh (arr.): Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child

Johnson (arr.): Hold On

Jordan (arr.): His Name So Sweet

Mortensen: Adventures of Isabel (Nash)

Anne Brown, soprano; Kjell Olson, piano

Rossini: Stabat Mater–Fac ut portem 

Betty Allen, mezzo-soprano

St. Hedwig’s Cathedral Choir, Berlin Symphony Orchestra, Karl Forster

Hayes (arr.): Sister Mary

Hayes (arr.): Little Boy 

Thomas Carey, baritone; Lois Gauger, piano

Bachelet: Chère nuit

Sauguet: Berceuse creole 

Ellabelle Davis, soprano; Kjell Olsson, piano

Delibes: Lakmé–Ou va la jeune indoue (“Bell Song”)

Mattiwilda Dobbs, soprano

Sydney Symphony Orchestra, Joseph Post 

CD 2

Shulamit Ran: O, the Chimneys (poems by Nelly Sachs)

Gloria Davy, soprano; Shulamit Ran, piano

Brahms: Von ewiger Liebe

Saint-Saëns: Danse macabre

Mussorgsky: The Seminarianist

Todd Duncan, baritone; William Allen, piano

Gershwin: Porgy and Bess–My Man’s Gone Now 

Ruby Elzy, soprano

rehearsal orchestra, George Gershwin

Dawson: Talk About a Child that do Love Jesus

Johnson (arr.): Honor! Honor!

Charles Holland, tenor; Ralph Lindsey, piano

Foster: Old Folks at Home

Inez Matthews, soprano

Juanita Hall Choir

Mozart: Le Nozze di Figaro–Dove sono

Dorothy Maynor, soprano;

Philadelphia Orchestra, Eugene Ormandy

Verdi: Aida–Quest’ asissa

Verdi: Aida–E in uo potere lo sto! In poser di lei!

Robert McFerrin, baritone; Anna Maria Rovere, soprano

Gershwin: Porgy and Bess–Summertime

Margaret Tynes, soprano

Rio Grande

Blow Ye Winds

Across the Western Ocean

Mobile Bay

Shenandoah

Carpenter: When I bring you coloured toys (Tagore)

Camillia Williams, soprano; Borislav Bazala, piano