Album of the Year : the 28th annual classical Grammy Awards radio special
Title
Album of the Year : the 28th annual classical Grammy Awards radio special / produced and presented by MJI Radio Broadcasting Network ; written and produced by John Jowett.
Prominent musicians, James Galway, James Conlon, Michael Tilson Thomas, and Leonard Slatkin talk about the 28th annual classical Grammy Awards (held on February 25, 1986), and introduce nominees for the best Album of the Year [1985] in various musical categories, excerpts of which are played during the program.
Musical works played during the program. Part 1. Preludes for piano, no. 1 (of 3) / George Gershwin (Michael Tilson Thomas, piano) -- 3 dances for guitar: Galliardas ; Passacalles ; Canarios, from the album "Guitarra: the guitar in Spain" / Gaspar Sanz (Julian Bream, guitar) -- Scherzo no. 3 in C sharp minor, op. 39 / Frédéric Chopin (Claudio Arrau, piano) -- Excerpt from the opera The rake's progress / Igor Stravinsky ; libretto by W.H. Auden and Chester Kallman ; based on the series of paintings by Hogarth (Sarah Walker ; London Sinfonietta and Sinfonietta Chorus ; Ricardo Chailly, conductor) -- Love duet from the finale of act II, from the opera The flying Dutchman (German: Der fliegende Holländer) / libretto and music by Richard Wagner ; based on a story from: "Memoiren des Herrn von Schnabelewopski" by Heinrich Heine (José Van Dam and Dunja Vejzović, singers ; Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra ; Herbert von Karajan, conductor; Vienna State Opera Chorus) -- Là-haut, sur le rocher, from Chants d'Auvergne (Series 5) / Joseph Canteloube (Kiri Te Kanawa, soprano ; English Chamber Orchestra ; Jeffrey Tate, conductor) -- L'île inconnue, from "Les nuits d'été," song cycle for voice and piano (or orchestra), H. 81 (Op. 7) / music by Hector Berlioz ; poems by Théophile Gautier (Elly Ameling, soprano ; Atlanta Symphony Orchestra ; Robert Shaw, conductor). Part 2. Oh! Mon Fernand, from La favorite / Gaetano Donizetti (Marilyn Horne, soprano ; Philharmonic Orchestra of Monte Carlo ; Lawrence Foster, conductor) -- 1st movement of Concerto for flute and orchestra (originally composed for violin and orchestra) / Aram Khachaturian (James Galway, flute ; [Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Myung-Whun Chung, conductor]) -- Opening of the Mephisto valse / Franz Liszt (Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra ; James Conlon, conductor) -- Midnight music and the Waltz, from the ballet Cinderella / music by Sergey Prokofiev (Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra ; Leonard Slatkin, conductor) -- Allegro molto (2nd movement) of the Cello concerto in E minor, Op. 85 / Edward Elgar (Yo-Yo Ma, violoncello ; London Symphony Orchestra ; André Previn, conductor) -- Tuba mirum, from the Requiem = Messa da Requiem / Giuseppe Verdi (Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor ; Wiener Philharmoniker ; Herbert von Karajan, conductor) -- Tuba mirum, from the Requiem, Op. 5 = Grande Messe des morts / Hector Berlioz (Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and Chorus ; Robert Shaw, conductor) -- Pie Jesu, from the Requiem / Andrew Lloyd Webber (Sarah Brightman, soprano ; Paul Miles-Kingston, boy soprano ; Winchester Cathedral Choir ; English Chamber Orchestra ; Lorin Maazel, conductor) -- opening of act 2, scene 1: Confrontation and rescue, from the opera Satyagraha / music by Philip Glass (New York City Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; Christopher Keene, conductor) -- Winter, from Four seasons / Antonio Vivaldi ; Brian Slawson, arranger (Brian Slawson, percussionist). Part 3. 1st movement (Allegro risoluto) of Sonatina in G major, for violin and piano, op. 100 / Antonín Dvořák (Itzhak Perlman, violin ; Samuel Sanders, piano).
Call number
*LTC-A 1582
Note
Title from original cassette label.
Streaming file transferred from original audiocassette.
Access (note)
Access to original item restricted. Patrons can access streaming audio only on site at the NYPL Research Libraries.
Additional formats (note)
Archival original: (2 audiocassettes : analog, stereo) in *LTC-A 1582.
Source (note)
Margaret Carson
Language (note)
Spoken in English, sung in various languages.
Linking entry (note)
Forms part of: Margaret Carson audio-visual materials, *L(Special) 92-23.
Title
Album of the Year : the 28th annual classical Grammy Awards radio special / produced and presented by MJI Radio Broadcasting Network ; written and produced by John Jowett.
Production
[1986].
Country of producing entity
United States.
Type of content
spoken word
performed music
Type of medium
audio
computer
Type of carrier
online resource
Performer
James Galway, James Conlon, hosts ; Michael Tilson Thomas, Leonard Slatkin, guest speakers.
Event
Broadcast on MJI Radio Broadcasting Network [1986 February 24] [Los Angeles, Calif.]
Access
Access to original item restricted. Patrons can access streaming audio only on site at the NYPL Research Libraries.
Additional formats
Archival original: (2 audiocassettes : analog, stereo) in *LTC-A 1582.
Language
Spoken in English, sung in various languages.
Linking entry
Forms part of: Margaret Carson audio-visual materials, *L(Special) 92-23.