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I’m offering a full recording today, Gloria, Gloria. It was recorded June 1987 in the Gorard College Chapel, Philadelphia and features soprano Benita Valente, The Philadelphia Singers and Concerto Soloists Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia with Michael Korn...
I’m back for a week of holiday music. First up, Leontyne Price with the Vienna Philharmonic conducted by Herbert von Karajan from 1960 (it was released Jan 1, 1961). The CD is titled Christmas. It is Price at her prime and her best and in the hands of Karajan with...
For my last selection this week, I am spotlighting Eydie Gormé. A terrific entertainer and one of my all-time favorites.” I use the word entertainer as besides great vocals, she always seemed to deliver on all levels. She was born in Manhattan in August 1928 to...
I started watching tv in the late 1950’s. As I recall, we had two maybe three stations that we could get in our suburb outside the city of Durham, NC. And being the middle of seven (five boys and two girls), the tv got a lot of use. For just a few channels, the...
My first introduction to opera was through The Ed Sullivan Show in the late 50’s and through the 60’s. On Sunday nights I could hear Roberta Peters or Robert Merrill or Renata Tebaldi and many more. I didn’t really “get it” but I did enjoy it. It wasn’t until...
Another wonderful voice performing some terrific songs in another genre—Patsy Cline [1932–1963], one of the great singers of the 20th century. Born in Winchester, Virginia, on September 8, 1932, she got her big break in 1957 thanks to the Arthur Godfrey Talent...