Program Details 14 October 2012
Sunday, October 14, 2012
A program of NY Philharmonic recordings to commemorate the 150th anniversary of Debussy’s birth and 100th anniversary of Massenet’s death.
Massenet: Angelus from Scènes pittoresques (Columbia Records/Matrix: 49679)
Debussy (orch. Roger/Ducasse): Rhapsody for Saxophone and Piano (Teldec 0630-13133)
Debussy: Images pour orchestra (Sony/BMG SMK-47545)
Debussy: Le Martyre de Saint Sébastien (NYP Special Editions)
Massenet: Pourquoi me réveiller? from Werther (Decca 444 450)
Soloists: Maria Ewing, narrator; Elizabeth Norberg-Schulz,
soprano;
Nancy Maultsby & Mary Ann McCormick, mezzo-sopranos;
Lucianno
Pavarotti, tenor; Westminster Symphonic Choir.
Conductors: Kurt Masur, Leonard Bernstein, Zubin Mehta, Joseph Stransky.