A tribute to workers everywhere that features three government ministers, a flower seller, a fashion designer and even a smuggler. Cecilia Bartoli, Lucrezia Bori and Katherine Hepburn are heard among others.
A Program for Labor Day
Playlist
Garcia: El Poeta Calculista “Yo que soy Contrabandista”
Cecilia Bartoli with the Orchestra La Scintilla
Conducted by Adam Fischer
Recorded in Zurich in 2006
DECCA 475 9077
Puccini: Turandot “Ola, Pang! Ola, Pong!”
Mario Sereni, Piero di Palma and Tommaso Frascati with the Rome Opera Orchestra Conducted by Erich Leinsdorf
Recorded in Rome in 1959
RCA VICTOR 09026‐62687‐2
Goetz‐Padilla: “La Violatera”
Lucrezia Bori with the Victor Orchestra
Conducted by Rosario Bourdon
Recorded in New York in 1928
ROMOPHONE 81017‐2 B
Previn‐Lerner: Coco “The Money Rings Out Like Freedom”
Katherine Hepburn with Chorus and Orchestra
Conducted by Robert Emmett Dolan
PARAMOUNT PMS‐1002