Mendelssohn / Handel / Bach, J.S. / Strauss, R.: Songs for Counter-Tenor and Orchestra

Yoshikazu Mera

• Released on 9/30/98 by BIS
• Main artists: Yoshikazu Mera
• Genre: Vocal Music (Secular and Sacred)

Digital booklet

6 Gesänge, Op. 34 (text by H. Heine) (Felix Mendelssohn)

1 Auf Flugeln des Gesänges [On Wings of Song], Op. 34, No. 2

00:03:34

Felix Mendelssohn, Composer - Heinrich Heine, Lyricist - Japan Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Yoshikazu Mera, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Shigeo Genda, Conductor, MainArtist

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Rinaldo, HWV 7 (Georg Friedrich Händel)

2 Lascia ch´io pianga (Let me Lament)

00:03:52

George Frideric Handel, Composer - Giacomo Rossi, Lyricist - Japan Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Yoshikazu Mera, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Shigeo Genda, Conductor, MainArtist

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Serse, HWV 40, Act I (Georg Friedrich Händel)

3 Ombra mai fù, "Largo"

00:03:04

George Frideric Handel, Composer - Nicolò Minato, Lyricist - Japan Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Yoshikazu Mera, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Shigeo Genda, Conductor, MainArtist

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4 Lieder, Op. 27, TrV 170 (Richard Strauss)

4 No. 4, Morgen

00:03:51

Richard Strauss, Composer - John Henry MacKay, Lyricist - Masayuki Kino, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Japan Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Yoshikazu Mera, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Shigeo Genda, Conductor, MainArtist

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8 Gedichte aus "Letzte Blätter", Op. 10, TrV 141 (Richard Strauss)

5 8 Gedichte aus Letzte Blatter, Op. 10, TrV 141: No. 8, Allerseelen

00:03:14

Richard Strauss, Composer - Hermann Von Gilm, Lyricist - Japan Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Yoshikazu Mera, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Shigeo Genda, Conductor, MainArtist

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Faust, CG 4 (Charles Gounod)

6 Faust - Romance

00:02:58

Charles Gounod, Composer - Michel Carre, Lyricist - Jules Barbier, Lyricist - Japan Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Yoshikazu Mera, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Shigeo Genda, Conductor, MainArtist

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7 Faust: La danse des Troyennes Virginales (Dance of Trojan Virgins)

00:02:43

Charles Gounod, Composer - Michel Carre, Lyricist - Jules Barbier, Lyricist - Japan Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Yoshikazu Mera, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Shigeo Genda, Conductor, MainArtist

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8 Ave Maria

00:02:47

Charles Gounod, Composer - Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Bible, Lyricist - Japan Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Yoshikazu Mera, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Shigeo Genda, Conductor, MainArtist - Hisako Matsui, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer

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9 Je te veux (I want you) [arr. E. Blackwood]

00:03:41

Erik Satie, Composer - Masayuki Kino, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Easley Blackwood, Arranger - Japan Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Yoshikazu Mera, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Shigeo Genda, Conductor, MainArtist

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Zigeunermelodien, Op. 55, B. 104 (Antonín Dvořák)

10 Zigeunermelodien (Gypsy Melodies), Op. 55: No. 4, Songs my Mother taught me [Sung in German]

00:02:09

Antonín Dvorák, Composer - Adolf Heyduk, Lyricist - Japan Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Yoshikazu Mera, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Shigeo Genda, Conductor, MainArtist

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Peer Gynt, Op. 23 (Edvard Grieg)

11 Solveigs sang (Solveig´s Song)

00:05:18

Edvard Grieg, Composer - Henrik Ibsen, Lyricist - Japan Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Yoshikazu Mera, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Shigeo Genda, Conductor, MainArtist

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14 Romances, Op. 34 (Serge Rachmaninoff)

12 14 Songs, Op. 34: No. 14, Vocalise in E Minor (Version for voice and orchestra)

00:03:42

Sergei Rachmaninoff, Composer - Japan Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Yoshikazu Mera, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Shigeo Genda, Conductor, MainArtist

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13 Greensleeves

00:05:34

Anonymous, Composer, Lyricist - Japan Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Yoshikazu Mera, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Shigeo Genda, Conductor, MainArtist

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About the album

• 1 disc(s) - 13 track(s)
• Total length: 00:46:27
• 1 Digital booklet

• Main artists: Yoshikazu Mera
• Composer: Various Composers
• Label: BIS
• Genre: Classical Vocal Music (Secular and Sacred)
Available in
16-Bit/44.1 kHz Stereo

Digital booklet

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