Playlist of Marian Anderson recordings

Specific pages in the book where I describe these recordings are indicated within brackets.

Spirituals

[Voice, pp. 59-60]

Spiritual, “Deep River” (Harry T. Burleigh, arrangement)
Anderson’s first recording, in 1923. With Rosario Bourdon leading a small group of instruments.

[Voice, pp. 16-17]

Spiritual, “Trampin’” (Edward Boatner, arrangement)
Franz Rupp, piano; 1941

[Voice, pp. 232-35]

Spiritual, “Crucifixion” (John Payne, arrangement)
FranFranz Rupp, piano; 1941

Schubert songs

[Voice, pp. 12-13]

Schubert, “Ave Maria” 
Franz Rupp, piano; 1946

[Voice, pp. 11-12]

Schubert, “Der Tod und das Mädchen”
FranFrank Rupp, piano; 1946

[Voice, pp. 89-90]

Schubert, “Wohin?” from Die Schöne Müllerin song cycle
Frank Rupp, piano; 1945

[Voice, pp. 90-92]

Schubert, “Ungeduld” from Die Schöne Müllerin song cycle
Franz Rupp, piano; 1964, Anderson begins her farewell recital tour at Constitution Hall

[Voice, pp. 94-95]

Schubert, “Ständchen”
Franz Rupp, piano; 1951

[Voice, pp. 250-51]

Schubert, “Erlkönig”
Franz Rupp, piano; 1951

[Voice, pp. 229-231]

Comparison of two recordings of Schubert, “Die Forelle”
FranKosti Vehanen, piano; 1936

Franz Rupp, piano; 1941

Sibelius songs

[Voice, pp. 146-7]

Sibelius, “Aus banger Brust”
Kosti Vehanen, piano; 1936

[Voice, pp. 146-7]

Sibelius, “En slända”
Kosti Vehanen, piano; 1936

Mahler

[Voice, pp. 245-246]

Kindertotenlieder (five songs to poems by Friedrich Rückert)
Pierre Monteux, San Francisco Symphony, 1950

I: “Nun will die Sonn’ so hell aufgeh’n”

III: “Wenn dein Mütterlein”

Handel

[Voice, p. 52]

“He Was Despised” from Messiah
Charles O’Connell, RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra, 1941

[Voice, pp. 9-11]

Handel, “Sohn! Sieh, deinem greisen Vater” from Deborah
Known as “Begrüssung” in this German arrangement
Kosti Vehanen, piano; 1939

Opera arias

[Voice, pp. 71-72]

Donizetti, “O mio Fernando,” from La Favorita
Anderson recorded this in Berlin for Antiphon in 1930 with an unidentified orchestra and conductor.

[Voice, pp. 111-12]

Verdi, “O don Fatale” from Don Carlo
FranLawrence Collingwood, conductor; unidentified orchestra; recorded in London, 1928

Metropolitan Opera debut

[Voice, pp. 270-72]

Verdi, Un ballo in maschera; Act I, Scene 2 (Ulrica’s Dwelling)
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus; Dimitri Mitropoulos, conductor; Marian Anderson (Ulrica); Jan Peerce (Riccardo)

Live radio broadcast, Saturday matinee, December 10, 1955
The opening of the scene, through Ulrica’s aria (6:15 minutes)
“Zitti…l’incanto” (orchestra introduction to the scene; 1:41)


“Re, dell’abisso” (1:49)

“Arrivo il primo!” (2:43)