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Performer: Sylvia McNair

COME RAIN OR COME SHINE- THE HAROLD ARLEN SONGBOOK: Over the Rainbow. Stormy Weather. Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea. It Was Written in the Stars. As Long as I Live. That Old Black Magic. The Morning After. A Sleepin' Bee. Ac-cent-tchu-ate the Positive. Goose, Never Be a Peacock. I Wonder What Became of Me. It's Only a Paper Moon. Two Ladies in the Shade of the Banana Tree. Cocoanut Sweet. Right as the Rain. I've Got the World on a String. Come Rain or Come Shine. This Time the Dream's on Me. Let's Take a Walk Around the Block. Last Night When We Were Young (Review by Raymond Tuttle)

vocals 

HAYDN; Die Schöpfung, Hob. XXI;2: (Review by James H. North)

Gabriel 

HAYDN; Die Schöpfung, Hob. XXI;2: (Review by James H. North)

soprano 

LA MARSEILLAISE AND OTHER BERLIOZ FAVORITES: (Review by Adrian Corleonis)

soprano 

BACH, JOHANN SEBASTIAN: Cantatas Christen ätzet diesen Tag, BWV 63, Sie werden aus Saba alle kommen, BWV 65. Mass in B minor, BWV 232 (Review by George Chien)

soprano 

BACH, JOHANN SEBASTIAN: Mass in B Minor, BWV232 (Review by Ralph V. Lucano)

soprano 

BARBER, SAMUEL: Overture to “The School for Scandal. “ Adagio for Strings. Essays for Orchestra (Review by Walter Simmons)

soprano 

BARROSO: Faceira (Review by Robert Schulslaper)

voice 

BARROSO: Faceira (Review by Lynn René Bayley)

voice 

BARROSO: Faceira (Review by Henry Fogel)

voice 

BARROSO: Faceira (Review by Raymond Tuttle)

voice 

BEETHOVEN, LUDWIG VAN: Consecration of the House Overture, op. 124 (Review by Benjamin Pernick)

soprano 

BEETHOVEN, LUDWIG VAN: Missa Solemnis in D, Op. 123 (Review by Elliott Kaback)

soprano 

BEETHOVEN, LUDWIG VAN: Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, op. 67. Egmont (Review by Mortimer H. Frank)

soprano 

BEETHOVEN, LUDWIG VAN: Symphony No. 9 in D Minor, op. 125 (“Choral“) (Review by Ronnie Yip)

soprano 

BEETHOVEN, LUDWIG VAN: Symphony No. 9 (Review by Peter J. Rabinowitz)

soprano 

BEETHOVEN, LUDWIG VAN: The Consecration of the House (Review by James H. North)

soprano 

BELTRÁN: Sway (Review by Robert Schulslaper)

voice 

BELTRÁN: Sway (Review by Lynn René Bayley)

voice 

BELTRÁN: Sway (Review by Henry Fogel)

voice 

BELTRÁN: Sway (Review by Raymond Tuttle)

voice 

BERLIOZ: Béatrice et Benedict (Review by Adrian Corleonis)

Héro 

BERLIOZ: Béatrice et Benedict (Review by Adrian Corleonis)

soprano 

BIZET: La Coccinelle. Adieux de l'hôtesse arabe. Pastel. Vous ne priez pas (Review by Joel Kasow)

soprano 

BRAHMS, JOHANNES: Ein deutsches Requiem, op. 45 (Review by Ralph V. Lucano)

soprano 

BRITTEN: A Midsummer Night's Dream, op. 64 (Review by Marc Mandel)

soprano 

BRITTEN: A Midsummer Night's Dream, op. 64 (Review by Marc Mandel)

Tytania 

BRITTEN: Les Illuminations (Review by James Miller)

soprano 

DEBUSSY: Ariettes oubliées (Review by Joel Kasow)

soprano 

DEBUSSY: La Damoiselle élue (Review by James Miller)

soprano 

DEBUSSY: Le Martyre de Saint Sebastien (Review by James Miller)

soprano 

DOMINQUEZ: Perfidia (Review by Robert Schulslaper)

voice 

DOMINQUEZ: Perfidia (Review by Lynn René Bayley)

voice 

DOMINQUEZ: Perfidia (Review by Henry Fogel)

voice 

DOMINQUEZ: Perfidia (Review by Raymond Tuttle)

voice 

FARRÉS: Quizás, quizás, quizás (Review by Robert Schulslaper)

voice 

FARRÉS: Quizás, quizás, quizás (Review by Lynn René Bayley)

voice 

FARRÉS: Quizás, quizás, quizás (Review by Henry Fogel)

voice 

FARRÉS: Quizás, quizás, quizás (Review by Raymond Tuttle)

voice 

FAURÉ, GABRIEL: Requiem, op. 48. Pavane, op. 50 (Review by Adrian Corleonis)

soprano 

FAURÉ, GABRIEL: Requiem. Pelléas et Mélisande (Review by Adrian Corleonis)

soprano 

FAURÉ, GABRIEL: Rêve d'amour, op. 5, no. 2. Au bord de l'eau, op. 8, no. 1. Notre amour, op. 23, no. 2 (Review by Joel Kasow)

soprano 

GERSHWIN: Songs (Review by Raymond Tuttle)

soprano 

GLUCK: Orfeo ed Euridice (Vienna version of 1762) (Review by James Camner)

Euridice 

GLUCK: Orfeo ed Euridice (Vienna version of 1762) (Review by James Camner)

soprano 

GLUCK: Orfeo ed Euridice (Review by John Story)

Euridice 

GRIEG, EDVARD: Peer Gynt (Review by George Chien)

Anitra 

GRIEG, EDVARD: Peer Gynt (Review by George Chien)

Solveig 

GRIEG, EDVARD: Peer Gynt (Review by George Chien)

soprano 

GRIEG, EDVARD: Prelude At the Wedding. The Abduction of the Bride/Ingrid's Lament. Peer Gynt and the Dairymaids. In the Hall of the Mountain King. Dance of the Mountain King's Daughter. the Death of Ase. Morning Mood. Arabian Dance. Anitra's Dance. Peer Gynt's Serenade. Solveig's Song. Peer Gynt at the Statue of Memnon. Peer Gynt's Homecoming/Stormy Evening on the Sea. Solveig Sings in the Hut. Night Scene. Whitsun Hymn (Review by George Chien)

Anitra 

GRIEG, EDVARD: Prelude At the Wedding. The Abduction of the Bride/Ingrid's Lament. Peer Gynt and the Dairymaids. In the Hall of the Mountain King. Dance of the Mountain King's Daughter. the Death of Ase. Morning Mood. Arabian Dance. Anitra's Dance. Peer Gynt's Serenade. Solveig's Song. Peer Gynt at the Statue of Memnon. Peer Gynt's Homecoming/Stormy Evening on the Sea. Solveig Sings in the Hut. Night Scene. Whitsun Hymn (Review by George Chien)

Solveig 

GRIEG, EDVARD: Prelude At the Wedding. The Abduction of the Bride/Ingrid's Lament. Peer Gynt and the Dairymaids. In the Hall of the Mountain King. Dance of the Mountain King's Daughter. the Death of Ase. Morning Mood. Arabian Dance. Anitra's Dance. Peer Gynt's Serenade. Solveig's Song. Peer Gynt at the Statue of Memnon. Peer Gynt's Homecoming/Stormy Evening on the Sea. Solveig Sings in the Hut. Night Scene. Whitsun Hymn (Review by George Chien)

soprano 

HANDEL, GEORGE FRIDERIC: Messiah (Review by John Bauman)

soprano 

HANDEL, GEORGE FRIDERIC: Messiah (Review by John Bauman)

soprano 

HANDEL, GEORGE FRIDERIC: S/7efe venti, HWV 242. Laudate pueri Dominum, HWV 237 (Review by Ralph V. Lucano)

soprano 

HANDEL, GEORGE FRIDERIC: Semele (Review by Ralph V. Lucano)

Iris 

HANDEL, GEORGE FRIDERIC: Semele (Review by James Camner)

Iris 

HANDEL, GEORGE FRIDERIC: Semele (Review by James A. Altena)

Iris 

HANDEL, GEORGE FRIDERIC: Semele (Review by Ralph V. Lucano)

soprano 

HANDEL, GEORGE FRIDERIC: Semele (Review by James Camner)

soprano 

HAYDN, FRANZ JOSEPH: Missa in tempore belli, Hob. XXII (Review by James H. North)

soprano 

JOBIM, ANTONIO CARLOS: Dindi. Boy from Ipanema. Corcovado. Insensatez. Água de beber (Review by Robert Schulslaper)

voice 

JOBIM, ANTONIO CARLOS: Dindi. Boy from Ipanema. Corcovado. Insensatez. Água de beber (Review by Lynn René Bayley)

voice 

JOBIM, ANTONIO CARLOS: Dindi. Boy from Ipanema. Corcovado. Insensatez. Água de beber (Review by Henry Fogel)

voice 

JOBIM, ANTONIO CARLOS: Dindi. Boy from Ipanema. Corcovado. Insensatez. Água de beber (Review by Raymond Tuttle)

voice 

KOECHLIN: Choral sur le nom de Fauré (Review by Adrian Corleonis)

soprano 

LARA: Solamente una vez (Review by Robert Schulslaper)

voice 

LARA: Solamente una vez (Review by Lynn René Bayley)

voice 

LARA: Solamente una vez (Review by Henry Fogel)

voice 

LARA: Solamente una vez (Review by Raymond Tuttle)

voice 

MAHLER, GUSTAV: Symphonies (Review by Christopher Abbot)

soprano 

MAHLER, GUSTAV: Symphony No. 2 in C Minor (“Resurrection“) (Review by Benjamin Pernick)

soprano 

MAHLER, GUSTAV: Symphony No. 4 in G (Review by Benjamin Pernick)

soprano 

MAHLER, GUSTAV: Symphony No. 8 in Eb (“Symphony of a Thousand“) (Review by Benjamin Pernick)

Magna Peccatrix 

MAHLER, GUSTAV: Symphony No. 8 in Eb (“Symphony of a Thousand“) (Review by Benjamin Pernick)

soprano 

MENDELSSOHN, FELIX: Symphony No. 4 in A, op. 90 (“Italian“). A Midsummer Night's Dream. Incidental Music, ops. 21 and 61 (Review by James Miller)

soprano 

MESSIAEN: Trois Mélodies (Review by Joel Kasow)

soprano 

MONTEVERDI: L'incoronazione de Poppea (Review by J. F. Weber)

Poppea 

MONTEVERDI: L'incoronazione de Poppea (Review by J. F. Weber)

soprano 

MOZART: Exsultate, jubilate, K. 165 (Review by Ralph V. Lucano)

soprano 

MOZART: Great Mass in C Minor, K. 427 (Review by J. F. Weber)

soprano 

MOZART: Idomeneo, K. 366 (Review by James Camner)

Ilia 

MOZART: Idomeneo, K. 366 (Review by James Camner)

soprano 

MOZART: La clemenza di Tito, K.621 (Review by James Camner)

Servilia 

MOZART: La clemenza di Tito, K.621 (Review by James Camner)

soprano 

MOZART: Le nozze di Figaro, K. 492 (Review by Ralph V. Lucano)

soprano 

MOZART: Le nozze di Figaro, K. 492 (Review by James Camner)

soprano 

MOZART: Le nozze di Figaro, K. 492 (Review by Ralph V. Lucano)

Susanna 

MOZART: Le nozze di Figaro, K. 492 (Review by James Camner)

Susanna 

MOZART: Mass in C minor, K. 427 (“Great Mass“) (Review by George Chien)

soprano 

MOZART: Mass in C minor, K. 427 (Review by Elliott Kaback)

soprano 

MOZART: Mass in C, K. 317 (“Coronation“) (Review by James H. North)

soprano 

PASCOAL: Chorinho pra ele (Review by Robert Schulslaper)

voice 

PASCOAL: Chorinho pra ele (Review by Lynn René Bayley)

voice 

PASCOAL: Chorinho pra ele (Review by Henry Fogel)

voice 

PASCOAL: Chorinho pra ele (Review by Raymond Tuttle)

voice 

PERGOLESI: Stabat Mater (Review by George Chien)

soprano 

POULENC, FRANCIS: Bleuet. Banalités (Review by Joel Kasow)

soprano 

POULENC, FRANCIS: Gloria (Review by J. F. Weber)

soprano 

POULENC, FRANCIS: Gloria. Concerto for Organ, Strings, and Timpani (Review by James Miller)

soprano 

PREVIN: Sonata for Cello and Piano. Four Songs (to Poems by Toni Morrison), for Soprano, Cello, and Piano. Two Remembrances, for Soprano, Alto Flute, and Piano. Vocalise, for Soprano, Cello, and Piano (Review by Michael Ullman)

soprano 

PUCCINI II, GIACOMO: Gianni Schicchi (Review by Andrew Desiderio)

soprano 

PUCCINI II, GIACOMO: Gianni Schicchi (Review by Arthur Lintgen)

soprano 

PURCELL, HENRY: The Fairy Queen (Review by Michael Ullman)

soprano 

RACHMANINOFF: Symphony No. 2 in E Minor, op. 27. Vocalise, op. 34, no. 14* (Review by James H. North)

soprano 

RAVEL: Pavane pour une infante defunte (Review by Adrian Corleonis)

soprano 

RAVEL: Shéhérazade (Review by James Miller)

soprano 

SCHMITT, FLORENT: In Memoriam, op. 72 (Review by Adrian Corleonis)

soprano 

STRAVINSKY, IGOR: Symphony of Psalms (Review by J. F. Weber)

soprano 

STRAVINSKY, IGOR: The Rake's Progress (Review by Peter J. Rabinowitz)

Anne 

STRAVINSKY, IGOR: The Rake's Progress (Review by Peter J. Rabinowitz)

soprano 

SULLIVAN: The Yeoman of the Guard (Review by James Camner)

Elsie Maynard 

SULLIVAN: The Yeoman of the Guard (Review by James Camner)

soprano 

VELÁZQUEZ, CONSUELO: Bésame mucho (Review by Robert Schulslaper)

voice 

VELÁZQUEZ, CONSUELO: Bésame mucho (Review by Lynn René Bayley)

voice 

VELÁZQUEZ, CONSUELO: Bésame mucho (Review by Henry Fogel)

voice 

VELÁZQUEZ, CONSUELO: Bésame mucho (Review by Raymond Tuttle)

voice 

VIVALDI, ANTONIO: Gloria in D, RV. 589 (Review by George Chien)

soprano 

 

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