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Episode 17. O Sole Mio – Peter Schreier

Posted January 12, 2020 • 01:10:31

The highly-regarded German tenor Peter Schreier, who died in Dresden on Christmas Day after a lingering illness at the age of 84, was particularly celebrated...

Episode 16. Souvenirs – Elly Ameling and Dalton Baldwin

Posted January 5, 2020 • 01:20:37

We begin 2020 with a new series of episodes. For the next eight weeks, I will present selections dubbed exclusively from LPs, few if any of which have...

Episode 15. Hail and Farewell

Posted December 30, 2019 • 02:10:56

We set our sights on the New Year, at the same time giving a backward glance, in mostly reverse chronological order, to those singers and other musicians,...

Episode 14. Christmas Potpourri II: Hard/Try

Posted December 21, 2019 • 01:31:23

Another week of Christmas music! The first part of the episode is a continuation of last week's All-Tenor Extravaganza. We hear from Farrold Stephens,...

Episode 13. Christmas with the Tenors

Posted December 14, 2019 • 01:05:39

This week is the first of two episodes featuring Christmas music. I decided to feature tenors, but with a difference: none of The Three Tenors will...