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Porgy and Bess (more info)
Performed by: RCA Victor Orchestra Decca Symphony Orchestra Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra Leo Reisman Orchestra Lehman Engel Orchestra Bulgarian Radio Symphony Orchestra Metropolitan Orchestra CBS Studio Orchestra WOR Symphony Orchestra
Composed by: Lehman Engel Lawrence Tibbett Nathaniel Shilkret George Gershwin Alexander Vladigerov Alexander Lang Steinert
Conducted by: Clifford Greenwood Robert Russell Bennett Anatoly Maltsev Igor Agafonnikov Alexander Smallens Alfred Wallenstein
Marie-Josee Lord, soprano
John Rosamond Johnson, baritone
Paul Robeson, bass-baritone
Rise Stevens, mezzo-soprano
Graham Johnson, piano
Felicity Lott, soprano
Anne Brown, soprano
Todd Duncan, tenor
Avon Long, tenor
Edward Matthews, tenor
Helen Dowdy, vocals
Helen Jepson, soprano
Robert Merrill, baritone
Lawrence Winters, baritone
Camilla Williams, soprano
Inez Matthews, soprano
Warren Coleman, baritone
June McMechen, soprano
Eddie Matthews, baritone
Wiiliam A. Glover, tenor
Irving Washington, tenor
Harrison Cattenhead, tenor
Sadie McGill, mezzo-soprano
George Fisher, baritone
Hubert Dilworth, baritone
Ray Yeats, tenor
Barseg Tumanyan, baritone
Alain Trudel, sackbut
Alexandrina Milcheva, mezzo-soprano
Ivan Konsoulov, baritone
Nikola Smochevski, baritone
Ruby Elzy, soprano
Recording date: 14 January 1938


1.   Porgy and Bess, Act I: Summertime - 00:02:20


4 Songs, Op. 13 (text by J. Agee) (more info)
Composed by: Samuel Barber
Graham Johnson, piano
Felicity Lott, soprano


2.   4 Songs, Op. 13: No. 3. Sure on this shining night - 00:02:20


Shepherd's Song, Op. 16, No. 1 (more info)
Composed by: Edward Elgar
Graham Johnson, piano
Felicity Lott, soprano


3.   Shepherd's Song, Op. 16, No. 1 - 00:02:49


Clair de lune, Op. 46, No. 2 (more info)
Composed by: Gabriel Faure
Bernard Kruysen, baritone
Juan-Antonio Alvarez Parejo, piano
Maggie Teyte, soprano
Graham Johnson, piano
Felicity Lott, soprano
Gerald Moore, piano
Noel Lee, piano
Teresa Berganza, soprano


4.   Clair de lune, Op. 46, No. 2 - 00:03:06


Now Sleeps the Crimson Petal, Op. 3 (more info)
Composed by: Roger Quilter
Alfred Tennyson,
Graham Johnson, piano
Felicity Lott, soprano


5.   Now Sleeps the Crimson Petal, Op. 3 - 00:02:04


4 Shakespeare Songs, Op. 30 (more info)
Composed by: Roger Quilter
Graham Johnson, piano
Felicity Lott, soprano
Lisa Milne, soprano
Recording date: 29-30 September / 1 October 1997


6.   4 Shakespeare Songs, Op. 30: No. 1. Who is Silvia? - 00:02:48


Where the Bee Sucks (more info)
Composed by: Thomas Augustine Arne
Graham Johnson, piano
Felicity Lott, soprano


7.   Where the Bee Sucks - 00:01:40


Les nuits d'ete, Op. 7 (more info)
Performed by: Victor Symphony Orchestra London Symphony Orchestra Lille National Orchestra Boston Symphony Orchestra
Composed by: Hector Berlioz
Conducted by: Charles Munch Jean-Claude Casadesus
Wilfrid Pelletier, narrator
Maggie Teyte, soprano
Graham Johnson, piano
Felicity Lott, soprano
Grace Moore, soprano
Leslie Howard,
Victoria de los Angeles, soprano
Elsa Maurus, mezzo-soprano
Janice Taylor, mezzo-soprano
Dalton Baldwin, piano
Bernard Greenhouse, cello


8.   Les nuits d'ete, Op. 7: No. 6. L'Ile inconnue - 00:03:35
9.   Les nuits d'ete, Op. 7: No. 1. Villanelle - 00:02:18


Auf dem Wasser zu singen, Op. 72, D. 774 (more info)
Composed by: Franz Schubert
Edwin Fischer, piano
Wolfgang Holzmair, baritone
Ulrich Eisenlohr, piano
Frida Leider, soprano
Elisabeth Schumann, soprano
Karita Mattila, soprano
Graham Johnson, piano
Felicity Lott, soprano
George Reeves, piano
Michael Raucheisen, piano
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, soprano
Jeno Jando, piano
Lyne Fortin, soprano
Micheal MacMahon, piano
Rudolf Jansen, piano
Edith Wiens, soprano
Tamara Takacs, mezzo-soprano
Ilmo Ranta, piano
Recording date: 7th September, 1936


10.   Auf dem Wasser zu singen, Op. 72, D. 774 - 00:03:43


Soir, Op. 83, No. 2 (more info)
Composed by: Gabriel Faure
Bernard Kruysen, baritone
Graham Johnson, piano
Felicity Lott, soprano
Noel Lee, piano
Dalton Baldwin, piano
Gerard Souzay, baritone


11.   Soir, Op. 83, No. 2 - 00:02:20


Myrthen, Op. 25 (text by J. Mosen) (more info)
Composed by: Robert Schumann
Stephane Lemelin, piano
Elisabeth Schumann, soprano
Marian Anderson, contralto
Graham Johnson, piano
Felicity Lott, soprano
George Reeves, piano
Kosti Vehanen, piano
Marie-Nicole Lemieux, contralto
Donna Brown, soprano
Daniel Blumenthal, piano
Recording date: 18 February 1930


12.   Myrthen, Op. 25: No. 3. Der Nussbaum - 00:01:35


9 Lieder und Gesange, Op. 63 (text by F. Schumann) (more info)
Composed by: Johannes Brahms
Graham Johnson, piano
Felicity Lott, soprano
Susan Platts,
Rena Sharon, piano


13.   9 Lieder und Gesange, Op. 63: No. 5. Meine Liebe ist grun - 00:01:35


In A Persian Garden: Ah! Moon Of My Delight (more info)
Performed by: Victor Orchestra New York Metropolitan Opera Orchestra Studio orchestra
Composed by: Liza Lehmann Edward Fitzgerald
John McCormack, tenor
Graham Johnson, piano
Felicity Lott, soprano
Edward Johnson, tenor


14.   In A Persian Garden: Ah! Moon Of My Delight - 00:04:27


Notre amour, Op. 23, No. 2 (more info)
Composed by: Gabriel Faure
Graham Johnson, piano
Felicity Lott, soprano
Richard Bonelli, baritone
Ernst Victor Wolff, piano
Recording date: 05 February 1947


15.   Notre amour, Op. 23, No. 2 - 00:02:08


Hermit Songs, Op. 29 (more info)
Composed by: Samuel Barber
Felicity Lott, soprano
Graham Johnson, piano


16.   Hermit Songs, Op. 29: No. 8. The Monk and his Cat - 00:02:34


Go not, happy day (more info)
Composed by: Frank Bridge
Kathleen Ferrier, contralto
Graham Johnson, piano
Felicity Lott, soprano
Frederick Stone, piano


17.   Go not, happy day - 00:01:35


To Daffodils (more info)
Composed by: Frederick Delius
Graham Johnson, piano
Felicity Lott, soprano
Robert Herrick,


18.   To Daffodils - 00:02:14


Orpheus with his Lute (more info)
Composed by: Ralph Vaughan Williams
Graham Johnson, piano
Felicity Lott, soprano


19.   Orpheus with his Lute - 00:02:23


The Trellis (more info)
John Ireland,
Graham Johnson, piano
Felicity Lott, soprano


20.   The Trellis - 00:01:27


3 Songs, Op. 3 (text by P.B. Shelley) (more info)
Composed by: Roger Quilter
John Aler, tenor
Graham Johnson, piano
Felicity Lott, soprano
Dalton Baldwin, piano
Grant Gershon, piano
Arleen Auger, soprano


21.   3 Songs, Op. 3: No. 1. Love's Philosophy - 00:01:27


A Brown Bird Singing (more info)
Composed by: Haydn Wood
Graham Johnson, piano
Felicity Lott, soprano


22.   A Brown Bird Singing - 00:02:29


The Lark in the Clear Air (more info)
Composed by: Traditional
Graham Johnson, piano
Felicity Lott, soprano
Ian Giles, baritone


23.   The Lark in the Clear Air - 00:01:32


Sleep (more info)
Composed by: Peter Warlock
Kathleen Ferrier, contralto
Graham Johnson, piano
Felicity Lott, soprano
Frederick Stone, piano


24.   Sleep - 00:02:25


Fifty Million Frenchmen (more info)
Composed by: Cole Porter
Graham Johnson, piano
Felicity Lott, soprano


25.   Fifty Million Frenchmen, Act II: The Tale of an Oyster - 00:03:09


Peter Pan (more info)
Composed by: Leonard Bernstein
Graham Johnson, piano
Felicity Lott, soprano


26.   Peter Pan: My House - 00:01:45


The Little Road to Betlehem (more info)
Composed by: Margaret Rose
Graham Johnson, piano
Felicity Lott, soprano
Michael Head, reader


27.   The Little Road to Betlehem - 00:02:32


Vespers (more info)
Composed by: Harold Fraser-Simpson Alan Alexander Milne
Graham Johnson, piano
Felicity Lott, soprano


28.   Vespers - 00:02:19


The Lord bless you and keep you (more info)
Composed by: John Rutter
Graham Johnson, piano
Felicity Lott, soprano


29.   The Lord bless you and keep you - 00:02:15

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