Episode 432. Dan Picks YET AGAIN!
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One of the things about my podcast that brings me the greatest joy is when I can introduce my listeners to a wide range of singers that need to be better-known. Back when I was preparing birthday episodes in October, I chose literally hundreds of tracks that I wanted to share with my listeners. At the time I made use of only a handful of them, so today I have once again dipped into that vat of gorgeous, expressive voices to bring another foretaste of what’s to come on the podcast. There’s a special section on some amazing tenors (Alain Vanzo, Wiesław Ochman, George Thill, Anton de Ridder, Richard Lewis, Charles Kullman and many others); I also introduce a plethora of singers of color who will be appearing throughout Black History Month (Madeline Bell, Bertice Reading, Maxine Sullivan, the late Iris Williams, Adelaide Hall, Roland Hayes, Faye Robinson, and Toni Harper, along with many others). It’s offered in a spirit of communal sharing, solidarity, and generosity as we face together the tough times ahead.
RECORDINGS HEARD IN THIS EPISODE
Traditional Irish melody, words by Frederick Weatherly: Danny Boy (Verse 1). Susan Reed [1957]
Anonymous, arr. Bayard Rustin: Ah! The Sights that Came from My Heart. Bayard Rustin [1952]
Traditional Spiritual: Dry Bones. Roland Hayes, Reginald Boardman [live studio recording 15.I.1955]
Traditional Hungarian, arr. Béla Bartók: Istenem, istenem, áraszd meg a vizet [Coldly runs the river]; Ha kimegyek arr’ a magos tetőre [If I climb the rocky mountains] (Nyolc magyar népdal [Eight Hungarian Folksongs], BB47:2,5. Mária Basilides, Béla Bartók [1928]
Hugo Wolf, Joseph von Eichendorff: Verschwiegene Liebe (Eichendorff-Lieder, No. 3). Júlia Hamari, Erik Werba [1969]
Tommaso Giordani: Caro mio ben. Edith Lang, Gottfried Hämpel [196?]
Ned Rorem, Walt Whitman: Youth, Day, Old Age and Night. Judith Raskin, Martin Isepp [live Dobbs Ferry, NY 11.V.1975]
Reynaldo Hahn, Léopold Dauphin: Le rossignol des lilas. Jean-Paul Jeannotte, Jeanne Landry [1960]
Roger Quilter, Percy Bysshe Shelley: Love’s Philosophy. John Ferrante, Richard Sgodova [unknown date or venue]
George Frideric Handel, Thomas Morell [after Judges: 11]: For ever blessed be thy holy name (Jephtha). Richard Lewis, Malcolm Sargent, London Symphony Orchestra [1958]
Emmerich Kálmán, Julius Brammer, Alfred Grünwald: Zwei Märchenaugen (Die Zirkusprinzessin). Charles Kullman[n] [1932]
Franz Lehár, Ludwig Herzer, Fritz Löhner-Beda [after Victor Léon; Polish text by Janina Gillowa]: Twoim jest serce me [Dein ist mein ganzes Herz] (Das Land des Lächelns). Wiesław Ochman, Zdzisław Górzyński, Orkiestra Polskiego Radia i TV [Polish Radio and Television Orchestra] [1975]
Louis Ganne, Louis Debruyère: C’est l’amour qui flotte (Les Saltimbanques). Germaine Cernay, Gustave Cloëz, Orchestre du Théâtre National de l’Opéra-Comique [1928]
Bronislaw Kaper, Walter Jurmann, Charles Pothier: Ninon, quand tu me souris (Tout pour l’amour). Georges Thill, orchestra conducted by Eugène Bigot [1934]
Jacques Offenbach, Jules Barbier [after E.T.A. Hoffmann; German translation by Julius Hopp]: Ha, wie in meiner Seel’ [Ô Dieu, de quelle ivresse] (Hoffmanns Erzählungen [Les Contes d’Hoffmann]). Anton de Ridder, Robert Hanell, Großes Rundfunkorchester Berlin [1973]
[Jean-Yves] Daniel-Lesur [after Alfred de Musset]: Lucrèce! Lucrèce! [Air de Cordiani] (Andrea del Sarto). Alain Vanzo, Manuel Rosenthal, Orchestre National de l’ORTF [1974]
Michael Tippett: O, I’ll go walking [Fast Blues] (Symphony No. 3). Faye Robinson, Richard Hickox, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra [1994]
Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart: Spring Is Here (I Married an Angel). Maxine Sullivan, Claude Thornhill and His Orchestra [1938]
Cole Porter: Begin the Beguine. Adelaide Hall [1940]
Harold Arlen, Truman Capote: A Sleepin’ Bee (House of Flowers). Toni Harper, Orchestra arranged and conducted by Marty Paich [1960]
Frederick Loewe, Alan Jay Lerner: Almost Like Being in Love (Brigadoon). Bertice Reading, The Art Simmons Quartet [Art Simmons, Terry Donahue, Bill Crow, Dave Bailey] [1956]
[Michel] Philippe-Gérard, Johnny Mercer: (Ah, the Apple Trees) When the World Was Young. Eartha Kitt, Tony Osborne and His Orchestra [1962]
David Clayton-Thomas: Spinning Wheel. Salena Jones, arranged and conducted by Keith Mansfield [1970]
Jerry Ross, Larry Weiss: Mr. Dream Merchant. Madeline Bell, produced by Johnny Franz, arranged and conducted by Arthur Greenslade [1967]
Carole King, Toni Stern: Where You Lead. Iris Williams, produced by George Porter [1976]
Jimmy Webb: Wichita Lineman. Sammy Davis, Jr., produced by Jimmy Bowen [1970]
Traditional Irish melody, words by Frederick Weatherly: Danny Boy (Verse 2). Susan Reed [1957]