Hitting the High Notes
Tom Service explores the enduring appeal of the tenor voice.
Last on
More episodes
Next
Music Played
-
![]()
Eduardo Di Capua
O sole mio
Conductor: Giancarlo Chiaramello. Performer: National Philharmonic Orchestra.- Decca.
- 410 0152.
-
![]()
Giuseppe Verdi
Rigoletto - La Donna e mobile
Conductor: Pier Giorgio Morandi. Performer: Jonas Kaufmann. Performer: Orchestra dell'Opera di Parma.- Sony.
- 88765492002.
-
![]()
Trad.
Toora-Loora-Looral
Performer: The Irish Tenors.- E1 Music.
- E1E-CD-2300.
-
![]()
Lee Greenwood
God Bless the USA
Performer: The Texas Tenors.- Not On Label.
- TEXAS 3610.
-
![]()
Trad.
Danny Boy
Music Arranger: N/A. Performer: The Celtic Tenors.- EMI.
- 5-570482.
-
![]()
Giacomo Puccini
Turandot - Act 3, Sc1; Nessun dorma
Conductor: Zubin Mehta. Performer: José Carreras. Performer: Luciano Pavarotti. Performer: Plácido Domingo. Performer: Rome Teatro Reale Dell'Opera Orchestra.- Decca.
- 430 433-2.
-
![]()
Nicholas Brodzsky
Summertime In Heidelberg
Composer: Webster. Conductor: Paul Baron. Performer: Mario Lanza. Performer: RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra.- RCA.
- LSC-2339.
-
![]()
Trad.
Down By The Sally Gardens
Performer: Gerald Moore. Performer: John McCormack.- Symposium.
- SYMPCD1165.
-
![]()
Ian Gourlay
Song of the Clyde
Performer: Kenneth McKellar.- Ythan.
- YCD-18.
-
![]()
Josquin des Prez
Kyrie - Missa L'homme armé sexti toni
Performer: Peter Philips. Performer: Tallis Scholars.- Gimell.
- CDGIM-206.
-
![]()
Claudio Monteverdi
L'Orfeo - Act 3; Possente Spirto
Conductor: Emmanuelle Haïm. Performer: Ian Bostridge. Performer: Le Concert d’Astrée.- Virgin Classics.
- 5456422.
-
![]()
Claudio Monteverdi
L'Orfeo - Act 5; 'Questi i Campi di Tracia'
Performer: Ian Bostridge. Ensemble: Le Concert d’Astrée. Conductor: Emmanuelle Haïm.- Erato.
- 5456422.
-
![]()
George Frideric Handel
Hercules - HWV 60, Act 2: Joys of Freedom
Conductor: Thomas Dunford. Performer: Iestyn Davies. Performer: Jupiter Ensemble.- Erato.
- 5419719677.
-
![]()
Charles Gounod
Ave Maria
Performer: Alessandro Moreschi.- OPAL.
- PC 207.
-
![]()
Giuseppe Verdi
Rigoletto - La Donna e mobile
Conductor: Pier Giorgio Morandi. Performer: Jonas Kaufmann. Performer: Orchestra dell'Opera di Parma.- Sony.
- 88765492002.
-
![]()
Giacomo Puccini
Tosca - Act 3; E lucevan le stelle
Conductor: Nicola Rescigno. Performer: Luciano Pavarotti. Performer: National Philharmonic Orchestra.- Decca.
- B0009040-02.
-
![]()
Vincenzo Bellini
I Puritani di Scozia - Act 3, no.21b; Credaesi misera
Performer: Joan Sutherland. Performer: London Symphony Orchestra. Performer: Luciano Pavarotti. Performer: Nicolaï Ghiaurov. Performer: Royal Opera House Chorus.- DECCA.
- 417588-2.
-
![]()
Gaetano Donizetti
La Fille du regiment - Act 1; Ah! mes amis quel jour de fete
Conductor: Riccardo Frizza. Performer: Juan Diego Flórez. Performer: Milan Verdi Chorus. Performer: Milan Verdi Symphony Orchestra.- DECCA.
- 475-8418.
-
![]()
Gioachino Rossini
William Tell - Asile Hereditaire
Conductor: Antonino Fogliani. Performer: Judith Howarth. Performer: Michael Spyres. Performer: Virtuosi Brunensis.- NAXOS.
- 8.660363-66.
-
![]()
Ludwig van Beethoven
Fidelio (Leonore) - Act 2; Gott! - Welch Dunkel hier!
Conductor: Claudio Abbado. Performer: Jonas Kaufmann. Performer: Lucerne Festival Orchestra. Performer: Mahler Chamber Orchestra.- DECCA.
- 478-2551.
-
![]()
Giacomo Puccini
Turandot - Act 3, Sc 1; Nessun dorma
Conductor: Zubin Mehta. Performer: José Carreras. Performer: Luciano Pavarotti. Performer: Plácido Domingo. Performer: Rome Teatro Reale Dell'Opera Orchestra.- Decca.
- 430 433-2.
Broadcasts
- Sun 29 Oct 2023 17:00BBC Radio 3
- Fri 3 Nov 2023 16:30BBC Radio 3
Why do we call it 'classical' music?
Tom Service poses a very simple question (with a not-so-simple answer).
Six of the world's most extreme voices
From babies to Mongolian throat singers: whose voice is the most extreme of all?
How did the number 12 revolutionise music?
How Schoenberg opened a new cosmos for composers and listeners to explore.
Why are we all addicted to bass?
Bass is everywhere, but why do we enjoy it? Join Tom Service on a journey of discovery.
Watch the animations
Join Tom Service on a musical journey through beginnings, repetition and bass lines.
When does noise become music?
We like to think we can separate “noise” from “music”, but is it that simple?
Podcast
-
![]()
The Listening Service
An odyssey through the musical universe, presented by Tom Service
