The New Criterion

Jay begins with a Schubert work, and some singers and pianists who have performed it. He moves on to a funky, frenetic thing called “Techno-Parade.” Later, there is some Wagner by a great new singer. There is some immortal Rachmaninoff. And, at the very end, a song by the late Jerry Herman: “It’s Today,” from “Mame.” A diverse, appetizing musical menu. Tracks played: Schubert, “Winterreise,” Schäfer and Schneider Schubert, “Winterreise,” Hotter and Raucheisen Schubert, “Winterreise,” Schreier and Eschenbach Connesson, “Techno-Parade” “The Lark in the Clear Air” (arr. Michael McHale) Wagner, “Dich, teure Halle,” from “Tannhäuser” Rachmaninoff, “Let Now Thy Servant Depart in Peace,” from “Vespers” Herman, “It’s Today,” from “Mame”