classicalmusic.network: January 2017

recent selections

28,56,Nigel Kennedy - Sospiri, adagio for strings, harp & organ, Op. 70,Nigel Kennedy - Sospiri, adagio for strings, harp & organ, Op. 70
Alan Hovhaness - Oror (Lullaby)
Barber - Violin Concerto (Andante)
Alun Francis, Emmy Verhey & Camerata Antonio Lucio - Johann Sebastian Bach, Violin Concerto No. 2 in E Major, BWV. 1042: II. Adagio
W STOFFIL ET AL - - Henryk Górecki, Symphony No 3, Op 36 Symphony of Sorrowful Songs I Lento -
Edward Elgar - Twilight - Chanson de nuit, Opus 15, No. 1
Herbert von Karajan - Divertimento No. 15 for 2 horn
CHAUSSON Poeme - MERCADANTE Variations in A
Katia and Marielle Labeque - Pavanne for a dead Princess - Maurice RavelRe1(1)
Herbert von Karajan - Thais, opera: Méditation

One of the most prominent American singers to achieve lasting fame and success in opera, Peters is noted for her 35-year association with the Metropolitan Opera Company in New York, among the longest such associations between a singer and a company in opera. She was awarded the National Medal of Arts in 1998.

WIKIPEDIA NYTimes Obit / ROBERTA PETERS ON DISCS

VIDEO: The outstanding American soprano Roberta Peters (Bronx born, Roberta Peterman) in a series of clips from some of her most memorable operatic performances.