Brush Up Your Shakespeare With Peggy Reynolds.
4: Othello, or The Moor of Venice
Peggy Reynolds introduces music inspired by Shakespeare's powerful tragedy about the jealous Moor caught up in the lethal machinations of a resentful subordinate.
Khachaturian Vineyards; Venice (Nocturne) (Suite: Othello)
Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, conductor Adriano
Casteinuovo-Tedesco The Soldier
Drinks Anne Victoria Banks
(soprano), William Wellborn (piano) Rossini Nessun Maggior Dolore (Otello, Act 5)
Frederica von Stade (soprano), Nucci Condo (mezzo), Alfonso Leoz (tenor), Philharmonia Orchestra, conductor Jesus Lopez-Cobos
Grainger Willow Song Sarah Walker (mezzo),
Graham Johnson (piano)
Verdi Ave Maria; Niun Mi Tema (Otello) Ramon Vinay (tenor), Herva Nelli (soprano), NBC Symphony Chorus and Orchestra, conductor
Arturo Toscanini