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 Close Encounters With Great Singers - Jon Vickers
Release Date: 06/24/2003 
Label:  Vai Audio   Catalog #: 1218   Spars Code: ADD 
Composer:  Hector BerliozGiuseppe VerdiRichard WagnerGeorge Frideric HandelBenjamin Britten
Richard Strauss
Performer:  Jon VickersJosephine VeaseyMirella FreniPeter GlossopMarc-André Hamelin

Conductor:  Sir Colin DavisHerbert von KarajanHorst SteinSir Thomas Beecham
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Royal Opera House Covent Garden OrchestraBerlin Philharmonic OrchestraBuenos Aires Teatro Colón OrchestraRoyal Philharmonic Orchestra
Royal Opera House Covent Garden Chorus

Number of Discs: 1 
Recorded in: Stereo 
Length: 1 Hours 9 Mins. 

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Notes & Reviews   Works on This Recording  
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This selection includes radio interviews with Jon Vickers conducted by Jon Tolansky.
 Works on This Recording Back to Top 
1.  Les troyens: Nuit d'ivresse by Hector Berlioz
Performer:  Jon Vickers (Tenor), Josephine Veasey (Mezzo Soprano)
Conductor:  Sir Colin Davis
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1856-1858; France 
Notes: This selection is presented here in excerpted form. 
2.  Otello: Giŕ nella notte densa by Giuseppe Verdi
Performer:  Mirella Freni (Soprano), Jon Vickers (Tenor)
Conductor:  Herbert von Karajan
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1887; Italy 
Notes: This selection is presented here in excerpted form. 
3.  Otello: Si, pel ciel marmoreo giuro! by Giuseppe Verdi
Performer:  Jon Vickers (Tenor), Peter Glossop (Baritone)
Conductor:  Herbert von Karajan
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1887; Italy 
Notes: This selection begins with "Ah! Mille vite..."
This selection is presented here in excerpted form. 
4.  Tristan und Isolde: Wie sie selig by Richard Wagner
Performer:  Jon Vickers (Tenor)
Conductor:  Horst Stein
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Buenos Aires Teatro Colón Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1857-1859; Germany 
5.  Messiah, HWV 56: Ev'ry valley shall be exalted by George Frideric Handel
Performer:  Jon Vickers (Tenor)
Conductor:  Sir Thomas Beecham
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Period: Baroque 
Written: 1742; London, England 
6.  Peter Grimes, Op 33: Ellen, Ellen. Give me your hand by Benjamin Britten
Performer:  Jon Vickers (Tenor)
Conductor:  Sir Colin Davis
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra,  Royal Opera House Covent Garden Chorus
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1944-1945; England 
7.  Enoch Arden, Op. 38: Long lines of cliff breaking have left by Richard Strauss
Performer:  Marc-André Hamelin (Piano), Jon Vickers (Spoken Vocals)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1897; Germany 
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