This week we hear two of the seventeen recordings made by Giuseppe Sinopoli and the New York Philharmonic in the 1980s. We also hear Haydn's Harmoniemesse as recorded by Leonard Bernstein in 1973. Join Alec Baldwin as he begins his 10th season as the host of The New York Philharmonic This Week.
R. STRAUSS: Also sprach Zarathustra, Op. 30
Giuseppe Sinopoli, Conductor
HADYN: Mass in B-flat Major, "Harmoniemesse"
Leonard Bernstein, Conductor
Judith Blegen, Soprano
Frederica von Stade, Mezzo-Soprano
Kenneth Riegel, Tenor
Simon Estes, Bass
Westminster Choir dir. Joseph Flummerfelt
STRAUSS: Tod und Verklärung, Op. 24
Giuseppe Sinopoli, Conductor
00:00 Opening and Introduction to R. Strauss
03:19 Strauss: Also sprach Zarathustra
40:18 Back-announce and Introduction to Haydn
42:05 Haydn: Harmoniemesse, Kyrie
50:51 Gloria
1:02:38 Credo
1:13:36 Sanctus
1:17:09 Benedictus
1:21:21 Agnus Dei
1:27:05 Back-announce
1:28:52 Tod und Verklarung
1:57:08 Closers and credits
NYP 20-01
Host: Alec Baldwin
Producer: Mark Travis
Executive Producer: Vince Ford
Underwriters: Kaplan Brothers Fund; Audrey Love Charitable Foundation; The National Endowment for the Arts
Photo credit: New York Philharmonic Leon Levy Digital Archives
