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Hitting the High Notes

Tom Service explores the enduring appeal of the tenor voice.

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Music Played

  • Eduardo Di Capua

    O sole mio

    Conductor: Giancarlo Chiaramello. Performer: National Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • Decca.
    • 410 0152.

  • Giuseppe Verdi

    Rigoletto - La Donna e mobile

    Conductor: Pier Giorgio Morandi. Performer: Jonas Kaufmann. Performer: Orchestra dell'Opera di Parma.
    • Sony.
    • 88765492002.

  • Trad.

    Toora-Loora-Looral

    Performer: The Irish Tenors.
    • E1 Music.
    • E1E-CD-2300.

  • Lee Greenwood

    God Bless the USA

    Performer: The Texas Tenors.
    • Not On Label.
    • TEXAS 3610.

  • Trad.

    Danny Boy

    Music Arranger: N/A. Performer: The Celtic Tenors.
    • EMI.
    • 5-570482.

  • Giacomo Puccini

    Turandot - Act 3, Sc1; Nessun dorma

    Conductor: Zubin Mehta. Performer: José Carreras. Performer: Luciano Pavarotti. Performer: Plácido Domingo. Performer: Rome Teatro Reale Dell'Opera Orchestra.
    • Decca.
    • 430 433-2.

  • Nicholas Brodzsky

    Summertime In Heidelberg

    Composer: Webster. Conductor: Paul Baron. Performer: Mario Lanza. Performer: RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra.
    • RCA.
    • LSC-2339.

  • Trad.

    Down By The Sally Gardens

    Performer: Gerald Moore. Performer: John McCormack.
    • Symposium.
    • SYMPCD1165.

  • Ian Gourlay

    Song of the Clyde

    Performer: Kenneth McKellar.
    • Ythan.
    • YCD-18.

  • Josquin des Prez

    Kyrie - Missa L'homme armé sexti toni

    Performer: Peter Philips. Performer: Tallis Scholars.
    • Gimell.
    • CDGIM-206.

  • Claudio Monteverdi

    L'Orfeo - Act 3; Possente Spirto

    Conductor: Emmanuelle Haïm. Performer: Ian Bostridge. Performer: Le Concert d’Astrée.
    • Virgin Classics.
    • 5456422.

  • Claudio Monteverdi

    L'Orfeo - Act 5; 'Questi i Campi di Tracia'

    Performer: Ian Bostridge. Ensemble: Le Concert d’Astrée. Conductor: Emmanuelle Haïm.
    • Erato.
    • 5456422.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Hercules - HWV 60, Act 2: Joys of Freedom

    Conductor: Thomas Dunford. Performer: Iestyn Davies. Performer: Jupiter Ensemble.
    • Erato.
    • 5419719677.

  • Charles Gounod

    Ave Maria

    Performer: Alessandro Moreschi.
    • OPAL.
    • PC 207.

  • Giuseppe Verdi

    Rigoletto - La Donna e mobile

    Conductor: Pier Giorgio Morandi. Performer: Jonas Kaufmann. Performer: Orchestra dell'Opera di Parma.
    • Sony.
    • 88765492002.

  • Giacomo Puccini

    Tosca - Act 3; E lucevan le stelle

    Conductor: Nicola Rescigno. Performer: Luciano Pavarotti. Performer: National Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • Decca.
    • B0009040-02.

  • Vincenzo Bellini

    I Puritani di Scozia - Act 3, no.21b; Credaesi misera

    Performer: Joan Sutherland. Performer: London Symphony Orchestra. Performer: Luciano Pavarotti. Performer: NicolaĂŻ Ghiaurov. Performer: Royal Opera House Chorus.
    • DECCA.
    • 417588-2.

  • Gaetano Donizetti

    La Fille du regiment - Act 1; Ah! mes amis quel jour de fete

    Conductor: Riccardo Frizza. Performer: Juan Diego FlĂłrez. Performer: Milan Verdi Chorus. Performer: Milan Verdi Symphony Orchestra.
    • DECCA.
    • 475-8418.

  • Gioachino Rossini

    William Tell - Asile Hereditaire

    Conductor: Antonino Fogliani. Performer: Judith Howarth. Performer: Michael Spyres. Performer: Virtuosi Brunensis.
    • NAXOS.
    • 8.660363-66.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Fidelio (Leonore) - Act 2; Gott! - Welch Dunkel hier!

    Conductor: Claudio Abbado. Performer: Jonas Kaufmann. Performer: Lucerne Festival Orchestra. Performer: Mahler Chamber Orchestra.
    • DECCA.
    • 478-2551.

  • Giacomo Puccini

    Turandot - Act 3, Sc 1; Nessun dorma

    Conductor: Zubin Mehta. Performer: José Carreras. Performer: Luciano Pavarotti. Performer: Plácido Domingo. Performer: Rome Teatro Reale Dell'Opera Orchestra.
    • Decca.
    • 430 433-2.

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