"The Light Cavalry Overture". The Glory and the Agony is in this, I think.

Live performance in Munich in 1970 by Janet Baker with the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra conducted by Rafael Kubelik. This is just the final 10 minutes of the final part of the Gustav Mahler's work, the whole of which lasts an hour. YouTube widens your horizons. I confess that a few months ago I was not too.... more

Glenmed is grateful to Universal Music Group (UMG) who hold copyright to the music content of this item. YouTube advises that UMG kindly allows the video to remain for public viewing subject to certain understandable and fully acceptable conditions. Digitally enhanced audio version (originally from the 1957 movie.... more

Prayer for healing. My thanks to dear Glenmed for all his patience, helping me figure out how to upload a video, and more important, how to add text. {{{{{{{{{{Glenmed}}}}}}}}}

Andrea Chenier - Umberto Giordano Recorded 20 September 1954 At Watford Town Hall, near London Philharmonia Orchestra under Tullio Serafin Producer Walter Legge of EMI (husband of Elisabeth Schwarzkopf). What is fascinating about this is that ES quite possibly attended this recording session. There is a famous picture of them sitting together at about this time.

Recorded 1965 with Georg Szell and the Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra (NOT the LSO as the video gives). Interesting that a couple of years ago Renee Fleming picked this recording as one of her 8 "Desert Island Discs". The video response is Elisabeth's rendition of the first two of these songs "Fruehling" and "September"

Canzonetta sullAria (A Little Song on the Breeze) Che soave zeffiretto Questa sera spirerà Sotto i pini del boschetto Ei già il resto capirà How gentle the zephyr Will be this evening In the pine grove The rest hell understand Two recordings of this famous duet from Mozart's Marriage of Figaro: 1. 1959.... more

1993 recording with Academy of Ancient Music with the Winchester Cathedral Choir conducted by Christopher Hogwood. Various commentators have reminded me to put this information here.

Customarily the Third of Richard Strauss's Four Last Songs. 1965 recording with Georg Szell and the Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra - Schwarzkopf was 50. The 2 video responses are: 1. Lucia Popp "Beim Schlafengehen" with the Philharmonia under Klaus Tennstedt. 2. Elisabeth Schwarzkopf "Fruehling" and "September" with the Berlin and Szell.

Don Giovanni - Mozart I really hope no one takes offense at the inclusion of several pictures of the young family that Fritz left behind in 1966 ... his treasures indeed!! I could write two pages on why I have about ten favourite renditions of this fabulous aria. For various reasons each one would have pride of.... more