On Wings of Song (album)
On Wings of Song: The Performance Recordings of Josephine A. Estill 1939–1974 is a compilation album on four CDs featuring performances by Jo Estill. The album is taken from original live recordings by Charles M. "Bud" Edmonds of Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States. The album was remastered at Banquet Studios, Sebastopol, California, United States during 2008–2009, with sound engineer Darryl Webb and produced by Alice Estill Miller. The album sleve notes credit special thanks to Zana Timroth, Donald P. Jenkins, Kim Steinhauer and Steven Chicurel.[1]
(It is also the name of an album released in 1973 by the Aer Lingus Musical Society, by ARA Records, Dublin, and distributed by EMI Records(Dublin) ARA1003 Stereo, Arranged by Dr. Tadhg de Brún, and produced by Jerry Hughes.)
Track listing
- Disk 1 (The Early Years 1939–1950)
# |
Title |
Writer(s) |
Musician(s) |
Notes |
Year |
Length |
1. |
"KQV - Theme - Cuban Love Song" |
|
Tipton, piano |
Pittsburg Radio Station Show |
1939 |
1:24 |
2. |
"Begin the Beguine" |
|
|
Inglewood Park Cemetery Assn., Inglewood Park, Los Angeles, CA |
1944 |
3:30 |
3. |
"Don't You Know" |
|
|
2:06 |
4. |
"Sophisticated Lady" |
|
|
2:15 |
5. |
"On Wings of Song" |
Felix Mendelssohn |
Inglewood Park quartet |
1945 |
3:08 |
6. |
"Adele's Laughing Song" |
Johann Strauss II |
|
3:35 |
7. |
"Oft in the Silent Night" |
Sergei Rachmaninoff |
|
2:38 |
8. |
"Adazietto" |
Georges Bizet |
|
4:03 |
9. |
Ourvre Ton Coeur |
|
2:22 |
10. |
"Dance a Cachuca" |
Gilbert and Sullivan |
Inglewood Park Quartet |
1:35 |
11. |
"The Moon and I with Intro" |
Earl Towner, conductor |
3:03 |
12. |
Stairway to Stardom - Interview |
|
|
Stairway to Stardom, Columbine Network, The Broadmoor, Colorado Springs, CO |
1947 |
1:42 |
13. |
"Un Bel Di" |
Giacomo Puccini |
|
1:43 |
14. |
"Starke Scheide" (Götterdämmerung) |
Richard Wagner |
Max Lanner, piano |
Colorado College, Colorado Springs, CO |
1950 |
4:00 |
15. |
"Brunhilde's Immolation" |
3:44 |
16. |
"Mein Erbe" (Götterdämmerung) |
4:14 |
17. |
"Immolation Finale" |
1:47 |
18. |
"Du Bist der Lange" |
9:47 |
19. |
"Mild und Heise Liebestad" |
4:52 |
- Disk 2 (Classical Repertoire 1960–1969)
# |
Title |
Writer(s) |
Musician(s) |
Notes |
Year |
Length |
1. |
"Kyrie" (Great Mass in C minor) |
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart |
|
Colorado Springs Chorale |
1965 |
5:42 |
2. |
"Laudamus Te" (Great Mass in C minor) |
|
4:17 |
3. |
"Et Incarnatus Est" (Great Mass in C minor) |
|
7:42 |
4. |
"Messiah 14, 15, 16" (Messiah) |
George Frideric Handel |
|
1964 |
2:31 |
5. |
"Messiah 18 - Rejoice!" (Messiah) |
|
4:42 |
6. |
"Messiah - Lullaby" (Messiah) |
|
4:19 |
7. |
"C'est l'extase" (Ariettes oubliées) |
Claude Debussy |
|
|
1963 |
2:35 |
8. |
"Il pleure dans mon cœur comme il pleut sur la ville" (Ariettes oubliées) |
|
|
1:45 |
9. |
"L'ombre des arbres" (Ariettes oubliées) |
|
|
2:18 |
10. |
"Chevaux de bois" (Ariettes oubliées) |
|
|
2:54 |
11. |
"Green: Voici des fruits, des fleurs, des feuilles" (Ariettes oubliées) |
|
|
2:07 |
12. |
"Spleen: Les roses étaient toutes rouges" (Ariettes oubliées) |
|
|
2:03 |
13. |
"Bachianas Brasileiras #5" (Bachianas Brasileiras) |
Heitor Villa-Lobos |
8 cellos |
Colorado Springs Symphony |
6:37 |
14. |
"Psalm 100" |
Ned Rorem |
|
|
1964 |
1:36 |
15. |
"Echo's Song" |
|
|
2:13 |
16. |
"Silver Swan" |
|
|
3:35 |
17. |
"Spring" |
|
|
2:03 |
18. |
"What If Some Little Pain" |
|
|
2:12 |
- Disk 3 (Religious Repertoire 1970–1974)
# |
Title |
Writer(s) |
Musician(s) |
Notes |
Year |
Length |
1. |
"The 23rd Psalm" |
|
|
Church solos with organ |
1970 |
3:14 |
2. |
"The 91st Psalm" |
|
|
4:00 |
3. |
"God So Loved the World" |
|
|
3:56 |
4. |
"Thine Is The Greatness and the Power" |
|
|
3:29 |
5. |
"Whither Shall I Go Forth" |
|
|
3:38 |
6. |
"What Manner of Love" |
|
|
5:29 |
7. |
"How Beautiful Upon the Mountains" |
|
|
5:36 |
8. |
"So Near to God Am I" |
|
|
2:29 |
9. |
"The Lord Is My Light" |
|
|
3:23 |
10. |
"Love Is of God" |
|
|
3:51 |
11. |
"Think On These Things" |
|
|
3:11 |
12. |
"Sanctus, Benedictus" excerpt (Missa Solemnis) |
Ludwig van Beethoven |
|
Colorado Springs Chorale |
1974 |
7:39 |
13. |
"Agnes Dei" (Missa Solemnis) |
|
15:39 |
- Disk 4 (Opera 1970–1974 & Comments 2007)
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