Soprano Helena Dix with music that surprises and delights
Soprano Helena Dix reveals familiar and unfamiliar works in a new light, from a musical description of a Blue Wren, to a very famous overture.
Helena Dix is a soprano who is not afraid of a musical challenge. She reveals the immense task of learning Herbert Howells鈥� Missa Sabrinensis for a recording with only 32 hours warning, and talks about how she had to train herself not to cry while singing Peter Allen鈥檚 鈥業 Still Call Australia Home鈥�.
She also describes her experience of singing Vincenzo Bellini鈥檚 opera Norma at the Metropolitan opera, and celebrates the amazing vocal skill of singers Kristin Chenoweth and Luciano Pavarotti.
Plus, Super Mario鈥檚 Gusty Garden Galaxy shows how gaming music guides your brain as you play鈥�
A Tandem Production for 麻豆社 Radio 3
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
The Marriage of Figaro (Overture)
Orchestra: Metropolitan Opera Orchestra. Conductor: James Levine.- DG.
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Giuseppe Verdi
Requiem (IIi. Lacrymosa)
Performer: Iain Farrington. Performer: Anna Tilbrook. Performer: Philip Scriven. Performer: Peter Fry. Orchestrator: Richard Blackford. Singer: Helena Dix. Singer: Catherine Carby. Singer: Luis Gomes. Singer: Jihoon Kim. Choir: The Bach Choir. Conductor: David Hill.- NIMBUS.
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Koji Kondo
Gusty Garden Galaxy (Super Mario Galaxy)
Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Skeet.- WARNER.
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Ruggero Leoncavallo
Mattinata
Singer: Luciano Pavarotti. Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Piero Gamba.- DECCA.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Weinen, Klagen, Sorgen, Zagen, BWV 12 (I. Sinfonia)
Performer: Marcel Ponseele. Ensemble: English Baroque Soloists. Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner.- SOL DEO GLORIA.
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Harold Gretton
Flock (III. Blue Wren)
Performer: Harold Gretton.- MOVE RECORDS.
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Jules Massenet
Meditation (Thais, Act 2)
Performer: Nicola Benedetti. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Daniel Harding.- DECCA.
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Felix Mendelssohn
Scherzo in E minor (3 Caprices, Op.16)
Performer: Elyane Laussade.- DK RECORDS.
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Joseph Haydn
By Thee With Bliss, O Bounteous Lord (The Creation, Part 3)
Singer: Miah Persson. Singer: Peter Harvey. Choir: Chetham's Chamber Choir. Ensemble: Gabrieli Consort & Players. Conductor: Paul McCreesh.- DG ARCHIV.
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The King鈥檚 Singers
Lullabye (Goodnight My Angel)
- SIGNUM RECORDS.
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Louise Farrenc
Symphony No.3 in G Minor (IV. Finale - Allegro)
Orchestra: North German Radio Symphony, Hannover. Conductor: Johannes Goritzki.- CPO.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
12 Variations in C Major on 'Ah, vous dirais-je Maman', K.265
Performer: Isata Kanneh鈥怣ason.- DECCA.
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Vincenzo Bellini
'Deh! Non voleri vittime...' (Norma, Act 2)
Singer: Montserrat Caball茅. Singer: Pl谩cido Domingo. Singer: Ruggero Raimondi. Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Choir: Ambrosian Singers. Conductor: Carlo Felice Cillario.- RCA.
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Leonard Bernstein
Divertimento (V. Turkey Trot)
Orchestra: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Marin Alsop.- NAXOS.
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Kristin Chenoweth
The Girl in 14-G
- SONY.
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Pietro Mascagni
Cavalleria Rusticana (Intermezzo)
Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Philip Ellis.- ORCHID CLASSICS.
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George Frideric Handel
La Resurrezione (I. Sonata)
Orchestra: Les Musiciens du Louvre. Conductor: Marc Minkowski.- DG ARCHIV.
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Herbert Howells
Missa Sabrinensis (V. Benedictus)
Singer: Helena Dix. Singer: Christine Rice. Singer: Benjamin Hulett. Singer: Roderick Williams. Choir: The Bach Choir. Orchestra: 麻豆社 Concert Orchestra. Conductor: David Hill.- HYPERION.
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The Ten Tenors
I Still Call Australia Home
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Broadcast
- Sat 20 Jan 2024 13:00麻豆社 Radio 3
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