The 25th anniversary of the resignation of President Richard M. Nixon is observed with the minimalist opera, Nixon in China.
Fanfare I (CD: Praise the Lord) (Gerre Hancock, organ) Ludwig van Beethoven: Concerto in D major, op. 61 (CD: (Zino Francescatti, violin; Columbia Beethoven/Sibelius: Symphony Orchestra; Bruno Walter) Violin Concertos) Arvo Pät: Fratres (recital, 2 (Karen Bentley, violin; February 1996) Dmitriy Cogan, piano)
C. Hubert Parry: Dear Lord and Father (CD: Great Music for (St. James Cathedral Choir Great Cathedrals) (Seattle); James Savage) John Tavener: Village Wedding (CD: Chanticleer: (Chanticleer) Colors of Love) Edward Bairstow: Lord, thou hast been our refuge (CD: Anthem: The (Choir of St. Thomas Church, Choral Music of New York; Gerre Hancock) Edward Bairstow) John Goss: Praise, my soul (CD: Coronation (Choir of St. Paul's Anthems & Hymns) Cathedral; Barry Rose) Hubert Parry: Jerusalem (CD: Brassed Off! (Grimethorpe Colliery Original Soundtrack Band; John Anderson) Recording) Julius Fucik (arr. Barsotti): Florentiner march (CD: Brassed Off! (Grimethorpe Colliery Original Soundtrack Band; John Anderson) Recording) Fred E. Weatherly (arr. Grainger): Danny boy (CD: Brassed Off! (Grimethorpe Colliery Original Soundtrack Band; John Anderson) Recording) Francis Poulenc: Sept Chansons (CD: Poulenc: Figure (New London Chamber Choir; James Wood) humaine and other secular choral works) Eugène Gigout: Scherzo (CD: Scherzo) (Gillian Weir)
John Adams: Short ride in a fast machine (CD: Postcards) (Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music) John Adams & Alice Goodman: Nixon in China (CD: Nixon in China) Act I, scenes 1 & 2 (Orchestra of St. Luke's; Edo de Waart) Milton Ager, Jack Jellen, Charles Amberg: Wochenend und (CD: A Tribute to the Sonnenschein Comedian Harmonists) (King's Singers)
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