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Description
The reception for the first television broadcast of Menotti's opera Amahl and the Night Visitors (also available in an acclaimed modern recording on Naxos 8.669019) was overwhelming: an estimated five million viewers, the NBC switchboard jammed with congratulatory calls and an unprecedented front-page review in The New York Times. Quickly recorded for RCA Victor, the album became a best-seller and the opera remains a Christmas evergreen, brimming with memorable tunes for both soloists and chorus. Set in 17th-century Venice, Menotti's ballet Sebastian, the concert suite from which is heard here, was applauded by The New York Times as an 'unblushing melodrama... brilliantly effective'.
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Tracklisting
Disc 1
Side 1
- 1. Amahl! Amahl!
- 2. What Was Keeping You Outside
- 3. Don't Cry, Mother Dear
- 4. From Far Away We Come and Farther We Must Go
- 5. Amahl, Go and See Who's Knocking at the Door
- 6. Good Evening!
- 7. Are You a Real King
- 8. Have You Seen a Child
- 9. Shepherds! Shepherdesses!
- 10. Shepherds' Dance
- 11. Thank You, Good Friends
- 12. All That Gold! All That Gold!
- 13. Oh, Woman, You May Keep the Gold
- 14. Look, Mother, I Can Dance
- 15. Introduction - Philadelphia Robin Hood Dell Orchestra
- 16. Barcarolle - Philadelphia Robin Hood Dell Orchestra
- 17. Street Fight - Philadelphia Robin Hood Dell Orchestra
- 18. Cortege - Philadelphia Robin Hood Dell Orchestra
- 19. Sebastian's Dance - Philadelphia Robin Hood Dell Orchestra
- 20. Pavane - Philadelphia Robin Hood Dell Orchestra
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