Cathy Berberian

About the artist

Cathy Berberian (Attleboro, Massachusetts, July 4, 1925 - Rome, Italy, March 6, 1983) was a composer, mezzo-soprano singer, and vocalist. From 1950 to 1966 she was married to composer Luciano Berio, who deconstructed her voice in Thema (Omaggio a Joyce) (1958) and wrote his Circles (1960) and Recital I (for Cathy) (1972) for her. In addition Sylvano Bussotti, John Cage, Hans Werner Henze and Igor Stravinsky wrote works for her voice. She interpreted contemporary avant-garde music

Top songs

  1. Ticket to Ride
  2. I Want to Hold Your Hand
  3. Stripsody
  4. Michelle
  5. Eleanor Rigby
  6. Yellow Submarine
  7. Girl
  8. Yesterday
  9. Can't Buy Me Love
  10. A Hard Day's Night
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  1. Help!
  2. Here, There and Everywhere
  3. You've Got to Hide Your Love Away
  4. A Ticket To Ride
  5. Visage
  6. Help
  7. Paul McCartney / John Lennon: A Ticket to Ride
  8. Here There and Everywhere
  9. Cathy Berberian: Stripsody
  10. John Cage: The Wonderful Widow of 18 Springs
  11. John Cage: A Flower
  12. George Gershwin: Summertime (aus "Porgy and Bess")
  13. Claudio Monteverdi: La Lettera Amorosa
  14. Gershwin: Summertime
  15. Kurt Weill: Surabaya-Johnny (aus "Happy End")
  16. Berberian: Stripsody
  17. A Flower
  18. Claude Debussy: La flute de Pan (chanson de Bilitis)
  19. Stripsody for solo voice
  20. La lettera amorosa
  21. Help !
  22. La chevelure
  23. Cage: The Wonderful Widow of eighteen Springs
  24. Youve Got To Hide Your Love Away
  25. Cage: A Flower
  26. Cant Buy Me Love
  27. Summertime
  28. Surabaya Johnny
  29. McCartney/Lennon: Ticket to Ride
  30. A Hard Days Night
  31. Sylvano Bussotti: "O" - Atti Vocali (aus "La Passion selon Sade")
  32. Claude Debussy: Le tombeau des Naiades (chanson de Bilitis)
  33. Le tombeau des Naides
  34. Ticket to Ride (piano)
  35. Claude Debussy: La chevelure (chanson de Bilitis)
  36. La lettera amorosa: Montiverdi
  37. Debussy/Chanson de Bilitis: La flute de Pan
  38. I Wanna Hold Your Hand
  39. Weill: Subaraya Johnny
  40. Le grand Lustucru
  41. The Wonderful Widow of Eighteen Springs
  42. Song of Sexual Slavery
  43. Introduction
  44. Sequenza III (per voce solo) (Luciano Berio)
  45. The Wonderful Widow Of 18 Springs
  46. Entretien
  47. Youv'e Got to Hide Your love Away
  48. Ludions Air du poete Poet s Tune
  49. Rossignolet du bois
  50. Loosin yelav
  51. Pourquoi je chante les Beatles
  52. John Lennon / Paul Mc Carthy - Michelle
  53. Six Armenian Songs - Loosin Yelav (La Luna Sorse)
  54. Black Is The Colour
  55. Roumania, Roumania
  56. Kurt Weill - Surabaya Johnny
  57. Recitals: Ticket to ride
  58. Six Armenian Songs - Siroohis (Mio Amore)
  59. Desejo
  60. Entretien: Pourquoi je chante les Beatles?
  61. Azerbaijan Love Song
  62. Recitals: Yesterday
  63. Nymphs and Shepherds (The Libertine)
  64. I wonder as I wander
  65. La donna ideale
  66. Le grand Lustucru (Big Bogeyman) (Marie Galante)
  67. Ticket To Ride (live)
  68. Avendo Gran Disio
  69. La flute de Pan (Chanson de Bilitis)
  70. A Ticket to Ride : A Ticket to Ride
  71. Folk Songs, 2. I wonder as I wander... (USA)
  72. Ballo
  73. La Diva de l'Empire
  74. Folk Songs, 5. A la feminisca (Sicily)
  75. Busotti: 'O' Atti Vocalis
  76. Busotti: "O" Atti Vocalis
  77. "ah ! he hadn't been there before..."
  78. Six Armenian Songs - Aravad (Il Mattino)
  79. Six Armenian Songs - Xundai Dzar (Il Melo)
  80. Six Armenian Songs - Im Yerke (Mia Canzone)
  81. Sequenza III for voice
  82. Surabaya-Johnny
  83. Xango (Canto de macumba)
  84. (Song of Dependency) (Die Dreigroschenoper)
  85. Azerbaijani Song
  86. Recital I for Cathy - 2. Amor, dov'è la fé (Monteverdi)
  87. Recitals: Introduction
  88. Avendo gran desio
  89. Surabaya-Johnny (Happy End)
  90. Histoires pour enfants - Tilim-Bom

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