Jan Peerce - Carnegie Hall Recital (11/10/1964)

During the month of December, Dead Tenors’ Society marks the 40th anniversary of the death of celebrated American tenor Jan Peerce (1904-1984), whose 50 year career encompassed opera, concert, radio, television and the Broadway stage.

This recording was made during the tenor’s November 10, 1964 Carnegie Hall recital. Peerce, at age 60, is still in magnificent voice as he presents a diverse program of arias and songs. He is accompanied at the piano by Allen Rogers.

The Program
1. Tu lo sai (Torelli) :28
2. Chi vuol’ innamorarsi (Scarlatti) 3:16
3. Calfurnia - No, oh Dio (Bononcini) 6:00
4. Eteocle e Polinice - Che fiero costume (Legrenzi) 9:50
5. Schwanengesang - Der Doppelgänger (Schubert) 11:48
6. Die Schöne Müllerin - Ungeduld (Schubert) 15:49
7. Die Mainacht. Op. 43, no. 2 (Brahms) 17:54
8. O liebliche Wangen, Op. 47, no. 4 (Brahms) 21:21
9. Poema en Forma de Canciones (Turina)
I. Dedicatoria 22:58
II. Nunca olvida 24:12
III. Cantares 26:09
IV. Los dos miedos 28:10
V. Las locas por amor 31:11
10. Psalm 137 (By the Waters of Babylon) (Bloch) 33:05
11. The Drooping Corn (Rachmaninoff) 38:35
12. Three Shakespeare Songs - Blow, Blow Thou Winter Wind (Quilter) 42:14
13. Tosca - E lucevan le stelle (Puccini) 45:14