Hour One

Violeta Parra: Gracias a la vida
Mercedes Sosa, Soprano
Universal Latino   2725947   “Siempre: Una vida en canciones: Mercedes Sosa”

Giuseppe Verdi: “Have mercy, dear friends…” from “Ermani”
Conductor: Carlo María Giulini
Plácido Domingo, Tenor; Robert Wagner Chorale, Los Angeles Philharmonic
Deutsche Grammophon   719102   “Truly Domingo”

Flory Jagoda:   Ocho Kandelikas
Pink Martini
Heinz Records   “Joy to the World Part I: Pink Martini”

Joaquîn Rodrigo: Four Sephardic Songs
Barbara Fink, Mezzo-soprano; Anthony Spiri, Piano
Harmonia Mundi   902133   “Canciones Españolas: Granados, Falla, Rodrigo: Fink, Spiri”

Georges Bizet: Carmen Suite (arr Pepe Romero)
Los Romeros
Philips   412609 “Bizet: Carmen; Falla; 3 Dances”

Anonymous: Sephardic Songs
La Rodinella
Dorian Discovery   80130   “A Song of David: Music of the Sephardim and Renaissance”

Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco: Alghe
Jordi Masó
Naxos   8555865   “Castelnuovo-Tedesco: Piano Music”

Hour Two

Joaquín Nin-Culmell: Popular Sephardic Songs
Alberto Jona, Baritone; Oscar Alessi, Piano
Nuova Era   n/a   “Oyf’n Prip’chok: Jewish Melodies of the 20th Century”

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphony No. 30 in D, KI. 202
Conductor: Daniel Barenboim
Daniel Barenboim, Piano; English Chamber Orchestra
EMI Classics   59017   “Mozart: Symphonies 29, 30, 33, 34, 38, 39”

Manuel de Falla: Homenajes
Conductor: Eduardo Mata
Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra of Venezuela
Sono Luminus   90210   “Music of Manuel de Falla”