Works
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Radio
Television Hong Kong: Radio 4
March 18: Love Letter to My Wife, Lorraine, on the Occasion of her Birthday
Sammy Fain: Love is a Many Spendored Thing
Boston Pops Orchestra, John Williams, conductor; Philips
Billy Preston: You Are So Beautiful
Joe Cocker; Star
Francis Poulenc: Les chemins de l'amour
Jessye Norman, soprano; Dalton Baldwin, piano; Philips
Parish/Burwell: Sweet Lorraine
Nat King Cole;
Poem: Elizabeth Barrett Browning: Sonnets from the Portuguese, XLIII: How do I love thee? Let me count the ways.
Ludwig van Beethoven: Ich liebe Dich
Elly Ameling, soprano; Rudolf Jansen, piano; Philips
Dietz/Schwartz: Dancing in the Dark
Jane Monheit; Sony
Frederic Chopin: Sliczny chlopiec (Handsome Youth)
Elly Ameling, soprano; Rudolf Jansen, piano; Philips
W. A. Mozart: Canzonetta and La ci darem la mano from Don Giovanni
Ingvar Wixell, Mirella Freni; Philips
Randy Newman: You Can Leave Your Hat On
Joe Cocker; Capitol
Johannes Brahms: Vergebliches Standchen (Futile Serenade)
Elly Ameling, soprano; Rudolf Jansen, piano; Philips
Gershwin/Gershwin: Our Love is Here to Stay
Jessye Norman; John Williams, piano; Philips
Robert Schumann: Auftrage (Errand)
Elly Ameling, soprano; Rudolf Jansen, piano; Philips
Ewan MacColl: The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face
Roberta Flack; Atlantic
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Gabriel Faure: Chanson d’amour; Notre Amour
Barbara Hendricks, soprano; Michel Dalberto, piano; EMI
Bright Sheng: Three Chinese Love Songs
Lisa Saffer, soprano; Paul Neubauer, viola; Bright Sheng, piano; New World
Gustav Mahler: Selections from Des Knaben Wunderhorn
III. Verlor’ne Muh; VII: Wer hat dies Liedlein erdacht?; XII: Wo die schonen Trompeten blasen
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, soprano; Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, baritone; London Symphony Orchestra; George Szell; EMI
Richard Wagner: Selections from Wesendonk-Lieder
II. Stehe still! III. Im Treibhaus IV. Schmerzen
Kirsten Flagstad, soprano; Vienna Philharmonic, Hans Knappertsbusch; Decca
Christopher Coleman: Love Song from Divertimento for Woodwind Trio
I Fiatti Dolci
Coleman/cummings: since feeling is first
James Jirtle, baritone; The Shepherd Singers; Thomas Jaber, conductor
Giacomo Puccini: Diecimila anni al nostro Imperatore! From Turandot
Joan Sutherland, Luciano Pararotti; London Philharmonic Orchestra; Zubin Mehta; London