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The Vocal scene radio program interview with Andre Kostelanetz

Title
The Vocal scene radio program interview with Andre Kostelanetz [sound recording] / George Jellinek, interviewer.
Author
Kostelanetz, Andre, 1901-1980.
Publication
1972.

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Additional Authors
  • Jellinek, George, 1919-2010
  • Ponselle, Rosa, 1897-1981
  • Tibbett, Lawrence, 1896-1960
  • Pons, Lily, 1898-1976
  • Pinza, Ezio
  • Sayão, Bidú
  • Bizet, Georges, 1838-1875.
  • Gershwin, George, 1898-1937.
  • Mussorgsky, Modest Petrovich, 1839-1881.
  • Thomas, Ambroise, 1811-1896.
  • WQXR (Radio station : New York, N.Y.)
  • Estate of Andre Kostelanetz, donor
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Estate of Andre Kostelanetz collection of sound recordings collection.
Description
1 sound disc (49 min.) : digital, stereo.; 4 3/4 in.
Summary
George Jellinek interviews Andre Kostelanetz, a popular orchestral music conductor and arranger, one of the pioneers of easy listening music. Kostelanetz recalls his meetings with various singers with whom he had personal and professional relationships such as Rosa Ponselle, Lawrence Tibbett, Ezio Pinza, Lily Pons and Bidú Sayão. Kostelanetz also speaks about his early musical life in St. Petersburg, Russia, and his later career as a conductor and arranger in the USA. He talks about Ezio Pinza and his sense of humor, and how he pretended to speak Russian and then recorded Mussorgsky's Boris Godunov in Italian. Remembering Lily Pons, French-American coloratura soprano, to whom he was married from 1938 to 1958, he discusses her great confidence, combined with lifelong stage fright, her wonderful memory of her roles, her style and lively stage presence. He also reminiscences about her last concert in 1974 after an 18 year absence, that she sang two years before her death in 1976. Speaking of Bidu Sayao, the conductor mentions her vocal talent that helped them to communicate without having a common language (the singer did not speak English of that time). The conductor recalls all these artists as close friends and beloved colleagues. The following recordings are played during the interview: two arias from Carmen (Georges Bizet, music ; Rosa Ponselle (Carmen), singer ; Andre Kostelanetz, conductor); aria from G. Gershwin's Porgy and Bess (Lawrence Tibbett, singer) ; aria from Boris Godunov (Ezio Pinza (Boris), singer ; music by Mussorgsky); Je suis Titania, from Mignon (Lily Pons, singer ; music by Thomas); Casinha Pequenina (Bidú Sayão, singer ; Brazilian folksong)
Series Statement
Radio talks of Andre Kostelanetz ; CDRT 4
Uniform Title
Vocal scene (Radio program)
Alternative Title
  • Vocal scene, with George Jellinek, WQXR : singers I have known and worked with
  • Singers I have known and worked with
  • Casinha Pequenina.
  • Estate of Andre Kostelanetz collection of sound recordings.
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Interviews.
  • Radio interviews.
  • Classical music radio programs.
  • Sound recordings.
Note
  • "Conversations with music, aired on WQXR-FM, 1972-80, posthumous and eulogy" -- Container.
  • "Donated by the Estate of Andre Kostelanetz" -- Container.
Event (note)
  • Broadcast on WQXR-FM, New York, N.Y., Feb. 17, 1972.
Source (note)
  • Estate of Andre Kostelanetz ;
Linking Entry (note)
  • Forms part of the Estate of Andre Kostelanetz collection of sound recordings , *L(Special) 07-50.
Call Number
*LDC 45422
OCLC
691272159
Author
Kostelanetz, Andre, 1901-1980. Interviewee
Title
The Vocal scene radio program interview with Andre Kostelanetz [sound recording] / George Jellinek, interviewer.
Imprint
1972.
Series
Radio talks of Andre Kostelanetz ; CDRT 4
Event
Broadcast on WQXR-FM, New York, N.Y., Feb. 17, 1972.
Linking Entry
Forms part of the Estate of Andre Kostelanetz collection of sound recordings , *L(Special) 07-50.
Source
Gift; Estate of Andre Kostelanetz ; 2007.
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Added Author
Jellinek, George, 1919-2010, interviewer.
Ponselle, Rosa, 1897-1981, performer.
Tibbett, Lawrence, 1896-1960, performer.
Pons, Lily, 1898-1976, performer.
Pinza, Ezio, performer.
Kostelanetz, Andre, 1901-1980, conductor.
Sayão, Bidú, performer.
Bizet, Georges, 1838-1875. Carmen. Près des remparts de Séville.
Bizet, Georges, 1838-1875. Carmen. Chanson bohème.
Gershwin, George, 1898-1937. Porgy and Bess. Where's my Bess.
Mussorgsky, Modest Petrovich, 1839-1881. Boris Godunov (Rimsky-Korsakov). Monolog Borisa. Italian.
Thomas, Ambroise, 1811-1896. Mignon. Je suis Titania.
WQXR (Radio station : New York, N.Y.)
Estate of Andre Kostelanetz, donor.
Added Title
Casinha Pequenina.
Vocal scene (Radio program)
Estate of Andre Kostelanetz collection of sound recordings.
Found In:
Estate of Andre Kostelanetz collection of sound recordings collection.
Research Call Number
*LDC 45422
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