This program is in memory of the 150th anniversary of Debussy’s birth and the 100th anniversary of Massenet’s death.
CONDUCTORS: Kurt Masur; Leonard Bernstein; Zubin Mehta; Joseph Stransky
SOLOISTS: Elizabeth Norberg-Schulz, soprano; Nancy Maultsby, Mary Ann McCormick, mezzo-sopranos; Luciano Pavarotti, tenor; Westminster Symphonic Choir
NARRATOR: Maria Ewing
Massenet: Scènes pittoresques from Angelus (NYP/Josef Stransky) Columbia Records/Matrix 49679, recorded October 24, 1919
Ducasse: Rhapsody for Saxophone and Piano (Teldec 0630-13133)
Debussy: Images pour orchestra (Sony/BMG SMK-47545)
Debussy: Le Martyre de Saint Sébastien (NYP Special Editions)
Massenet: Pourquoi me réveiller? from Werther (Decca 444 450)
