Kathleen Battle, James Levine--Salzburg recital
Contributors: Levine, James, 1943- performer
Publisher: Deutsche Grammophon
Published: 1986
Place of publication: Hamburg
Language: eng
Format: [sound recording]
Subjects: Songs (High voice) with piano; Spirituals (Songs)
Other titles: Salzburg recital.
Notes: The 1st Purcell work is an opera excerpt, the Handel work is an oratorio excerpt; acc. originally for orchestra.

Sung in English, French, German, and Italian.

Title from container.

Digital recording.

Issued also as cassette (415 361-4) and compact disc (415 361-2).

Texts and translations (4 p.) inserted.

Kathleen Battle, soprano ; James Levine, piano.

Recorded live in the Kleines Festspielhaus, Salzburg, Aug. 25, 1984, during the Salzburg Festival.
Table of contents: title: Come all ye songsters : from The fairy queen (2:23) ; Music for a while (3:49) ; Sweeter than roses (3:10) / Henry Purcell; title: O had I Jubal's lyre : from Joshua / George Frideric Handel (2:28); title: Bei der Wiege : op. 47 No. 6 (2:29) ; Neue Liebe : op. 19a No. 4 (1:48) / Felix Mendelssohn; title: Schlagende Herzen : op. 29 No. 2 (2:28) ; Ich wollt' ein Sträusslein binden : op. 68 No. 2 (2:31) ; Säusle, liebe Myrte : op. 68 No. 3 (4:15) / Richard Strauss; title: Ridente la calma : K. 152/210a (3:41) ; Das Veilchen : K. 476 (2:11) ; Un moto di gioia (1:26) / Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart; title: Mandoline : op. 58 no. 1 (1:39) ; Les roses d'Ispahan : op. 39 no. 4 (3:43) ; En prière (2:43) ; Notre amour : op. 23 no. 2 (1:45) / Gabriel Fauré; title: Spirituals: Honor, honor / arr. Hall Johnson (1:48). His name so sweet / arr. Hall Johnson (1:45). Witness / arr. Hall Johnson (2:19). He's got the whole world in His hand / arr. Margaret Bonds (2:38).