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Kathleen Deanna Battle (born August 13, 1948) is an American operatic soprano known for her distinctive vocal range and tone. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Born in Portsmouth, Ohio , Battle initially became known for her work within the concert repertoire through performances with major orchestras during the early and mid-1970s.
This is a list of recordings of Kathleen Battle (born 13 August 1948), an African-American operatic soprano.The list includes live and studio recordings available in audio CD, VHS and DVD.
A Carnegie Hall Christmas Concert is an 89-minute television film starring the opera singers Kathleen Battle and Frederica von Stade, the jazz trumpeter Wynton Marsalis, the Wynton Marsalis Septet, the American Boychoir, the Christmas Concert Chorus, the Orchestra of St. Luke's and the pianist and conductor André Previn.
Honey and Rue is a song cycle composed by Oscar and Grammy award winner André Previn and premiered by Kathleen Battle, with words from poems by Nobel laureate Toni Morrison. [1] It is scored for a solo soprano and small orchestra and is influenced by the rhythms of jazz, blues and American spirituals. [2]
New Year's Eve Concert 1992: Richard Strauss Gala was a 76-minute televised event presented in Berlin's Philharmonie on 31 December 1992, in which four pieces of music by Richard Strauss were performed by the pianist Martha Argerich and the singers Kathleen Battle, Renée Fleming, Andreas Schmidt and Frederica von Stade with the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra under the direction of Claudio Abbado.
Kathleen Battle, Frederica von Stade and the Tanglewood Festival Chorus had all sung "with great distinction", he wrote. And the playing of the Boston Symphony Orchestra was "of the highest quality" and "beautifully brought off" from the first bar of the album to the last. But the brightest star in the CD's constellation of talents was Seiji Ozawa.
Italian soprano Renata Tebaldi was the first recipient of the award. 1960 winner, Jussi Björling Thirteen-time winner Leontyne Price Two-time winner Joan Sutherland 1969 winner, Montserrat Caballé Two-time winner Janet Baker Five-time winner Luciano Pavarotti Two-time winner Marilyn Horne Three-time winner Kathleen Battle Five-time winner Cecilia Bartoli Three-time winner Anne Sofie von ...
Mythodea — Music for the NASA Mission: 2001 Mars Odyssey is a choral symphony [1] by Greek electronic composer and artist Vangelis.It premiered as a single concert in Athens, Greece, in 1993 [2] but a recording was only released in 2001 by Vangelis' then new record label Sony Classical, which also set up the NASA connection and promoted a new concert, this time with a worldwide audience.