02.14.2024 - By The New Criterion
A Valentine’s Day special—with music by the likes of Strauss, Poulenc, and Barber, sung by the likes of Jessye Norman, Arleen Auger, and Leontyne Price. A bouquet, a box of candies—a musical present for you.
Trad., arr. Quilter, “Over the Mountains”
Strauss, “Traum durch die Dämmerung”
Strauss, “Amor”
Poulenc, “Fleurs”
Koechlin, “Si tu le veux”
Prokofiev, Amoroso, from “Cinderella”
Fusté, “Háblame de amores”
Donaudy, “O del mio amato ben”
Leoncavallo, “Mattinata”
Barber, “Nocturne”
Wild, Étude on Gershwin’s “Embraceable You”
Bridge, “Love Went A-Riding”