voc, 1928-1984 US, New York City
Musician of Classical
Judith Raskin (June 21, 1928 – December 21, 1984) was an American lyric soprano, renowned for her fine voice as well as her acting.Raskin was born in New York to Harry A. Raskin, a high school music teacher, and Lillian Raskin, a grade school teacher. Her father aroused her childhood interest in music, leading her to study violin and piano, before she turned her focus to singing. In 1945, she graduated from Roosevelt High School, Yonkers and attended Smith College, where she majored in music. It was during her college years that she began taking singing lessons, which she continued after graduation in order to develop further the warmth and artistry of her voice.
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Title | Artist | Year | Type |
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Requiem, In Re Minore K626 | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Judith Raskin - Florence Kopleff - Ernst Haefliger - Thomas Paul, The Cleveland Orchestra And The Cleveland Orchestra Chorus / George Szell | 2003 | Album |
Symphony No. 4 / Lieder Eines Fahrenden Gesellen | Gustav Mahler - Judith Raskin, Frederica von Stade, The Cleveland Orchestra, George Szell, The London Philharmonic Orchestra, Andrew Davis | 2001 | Album |
Cantata No.51 "Jauchzet Gott In Allen Landen", Suite No.1 In C For Orchestra | Johann Sebastian Bach, Thomas Dunn Conducts, The New York Festival Symphony Orchestra, Judith Raskin | 1997 | Album |
Lieder | Franz Schubert, Judith Raskin, Kiri Te Kanawa, Elly Ameling, Peter Pears, Judith Blegen | 1996 | Album |
Judith Raskin Sings Mendelssohn & Mahler Songs | Judith Raskin, Gustav Mahler, Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, George Schick | 1991 | Album |
Symphony No. 4 Exsultate, Jubilate | Gustav Mahler, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, George Szell, The Cleveland Orchestra, Judith Raskin | 1987 | Album |
Serenade No. 9 "Posthorn", K. 320 / Exsultate, Jubilate, K. 165 | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, The Cleveland Orchestra, George Szell, Judith Raskin | 1984 | Album |
Karl Weigl Songs | Judith Raskin, Colette Boky, Betty Allen, George Shirley, William Warfield, David Garvey | 1973 | Album |
Cosi Fan Tutte | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Leontyne Price, Tatiana Troyanos, Judith Raskin, Sherrill Milnes, George Shirley, Ezio Flagello, Erich Leinsdorf, New Philharmonia Orchestra, The Ambrosian Opera Chorus, John McCarthy, Valda Aveling | 1968 | Album |
The Impresario | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Dory Previn, Reri Grist • Judith Raskin, Richard Lewis • Sherrill Milnes And Leo McKern, English Chamber Orchestra, André Previn | 1968 | Album |
Die Schöpfung | Joseph Haydn, Leonard Bernstein, The New York Philharmonic Orchestra, Camerata Singers, Abraham Kaplan, Judith Raskin, Alexander Young, John Reardon | 1968 | Album |
Cosi Fan Tutte | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Leontyne Price, Tatiana Troyanos, Judith Raskin, Sherrill Milnes, George Shirley, Ezio Flagello, Erich Leinsdorf, New Philharmonia Orchestra, The Ambrosian Opera Chorus, John McCarthy, Valda Aveling | 1968 | Album |
Orfeo Ed Euridice | Christoph Willibald Gluck, Shirley Verrett, Anna Moffo And Judith Raskin | 1966 | Album |
Symphony No. 4 In G | Gustav Mahler / George Szell, Judith Raskin, The Cleveland Orchestra | 1965 | Album |
Stabat Mater | Judith Raskin, Maureen Lehane, Orchestra Rossini di Napoli, Franco Caracciolo, Giovanni Battista Pergolesi | 1965 | Album |
Christ On The Mount Of Olives | Ludwig van Beethoven - The Philadelphia Orchestra, Eugene Ormandy, Judith Raskin, Richard Lewis, Herbert Beattie, The Temple University Choirs, Robert Page | 1965 | Album |
The Creation | Joseph Haydn - Judith Raskin, John McCollum, Chester Watson - Musica Aeterna Orchestra & Chorus, Frederic Waldman | 1965 | Album |
Sinfonia Concertante For Violin, Viola And Orchestra / Exsultate, Jubilate | Rafael Druian, Abraham Skernick - Judith Raskin ; George Szell Conducting The Cleveland Orchestra / Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | 1965 | Album |
Judith Raskin Sings Schubert Songs | Judith Raskin | Album |