Jon Vickers: Four Operatic Portraits
Fully-staged scenes, taped 9th November, 1984
Jon Vickers (tenor), with Irène Lensky
Ottawa National Arts Centre Orchestra and Choir, Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal, Franz-Paul Decker
Contents
Handel: Samson: Why by an angel…Total eclipse
- Jon Vickers (tenor)
- Ottawa National Arts Centre Orchestra and Choir
- Franz-Paul Decker
Verdi: Chi è là? Otello?…Niun mi tema (from Otello)
- Jon Vickers (tenor)
- Ottawa National Arts Centre Orchestra and Choir
- Franz-Paul Decker
Beethoven: Gott! Welch Dunkel hier! (from Fidelio)
- Jon Vickers (tenor)
- Ottawa National Arts Centre Orchestra and Choir
- Franz-Paul Decker
Britten: Steady…there you are (from Peter Grimes)
- Jon Vickers (tenor)
- Ottawa National Arts Centre Orchestra and Choir
- Franz-Paul Decker
Wagner: Ein Schwert verhieß mir der Vater (from Die Walküre)
- Bonus selection
- with Irène Lensky, Jon Vickers (tenor)
- Montreal Symphony Orchestra, Ottawa National Arts Centre Orchestra and Choir
- Franz-Paul Decker, Franz-Paul Decker
