Lawrence Tibbett sings Opera Arias
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Composer or Director: George Gershwin, Howard Hanson, Charles-François Gounod, Giacomo Puccini, Gioachino Rossini, Georges Bizet, Ruggiero Leoncavallo, Giuseppe Verdi, Richard Wagner, Louis Gruenberg
Label: Vocal Series
Magazine Review Date: 3/1990
Media Format: Cassette
Media Runtime: 0
Mastering:
Mono
ADD
Catalogue Number: GK87808
Tracks:
| Composition | Artist Credit |
|---|---|
| Pagliacci, 'Players', Movement: Si può? (Prologue) |
Ruggiero Leoncavallo, Composer
(Anonymous) Orchestra Lawrence Tibbett, Baritone Rosario Bourdon, Conductor Ruggiero Leoncavallo, Composer |
| (Il) Barbiere di Siviglia, '(The) Barber of Seville', Movement: Largo al factotum |
Gioachino Rossini, Composer
(Anonymous) Orchestra Gioachino Rossini, Composer Lawrence Tibbett, Baritone Nathaniel Shilkret, Conductor |
| (Un) ballo in maschera, '(A) masked ball', Movement: ~ |
Giuseppe Verdi, Composer
(Anonymous) Orchestra Giuseppe Verdi, Composer Lawrence Tibbett, Baritone Rosario Bourdon, Conductor |
| Simon Boccanegra, Movement: ~ |
Giuseppe Verdi, Composer
(Anonymous) Orchestra Giuseppe Verdi, Composer Lawrence Tibbett, Baritone Rose Bampton, Soprano Wilfrid Pelletier, Conductor |
| Falstaff, Movement: ~ |
Giuseppe Verdi, Composer
(Anonymous) Orchestra Giuseppe Verdi, Composer Lawrence Tibbett, Baritone Rosario Bourdon, Conductor |
| Tosca, Movement: Tre sbirri (Te Deum) |
Giacomo Puccini, Composer
Giacomo Puccini, Composer Giulio Setti, Conductor Lawrence Tibbett, Baritone New York Metropolitan Opera Chorus New York Metropolitan Opera Orchestra |
| Carmen, Movement: ~ |
Georges Bizet, Composer
F. Cingolani, Soprano Georges Bizet, Composer Giulio Setti, Conductor L. M. Belleri, Soprano Lawrence Tibbett, Baritone New York Metropolitan Opera Chorus New York Metropolitan Opera Orchestra |
| Faust, Movement: ~ |
Charles-François Gounod, Composer
(Anonymous) Orchestra Charles-François Gounod, Composer Lawrence Tibbett, Baritone Nathaniel Shilkret, Conductor |
| (Der) Ring des Nibelungen: Part 2, '(Die) Walküre', Movement: Leb wohl (Wotan's Farewell) |
Richard Wagner, Composer
Lawrence Tibbett, Baritone Leopold Stokowski, Conductor Philadelphia Orchestra Richard Wagner, Composer |
| (Der) Ring des Nibelungen: Part 2, '(Die) Walküre', Movement: Magic Fire Music |
Richard Wagner, Composer
Lawrence Tibbett, Baritone Leopold Stokowski, Conductor Philadelphia Orchestra Richard Wagner, Composer |
| (The) Emperor Jones |
Louis Gruenberg, Composer
Louis Gruenberg, Composer |
| Merry Mount |
Howard Hanson, Composer
Howard Hanson, Composer |
| Porgy and Bess, Movement: I got plenty o' nuttin' |
George Gershwin, Composer
(Anonymous) Orchestra Alexander Smallens, Conductor George Gershwin, Composer Lawrence Tibbett, Baritone |
| Porgy and Bess, Movement: Oh Bess, oh where's my Bess |
George Gershwin, Composer
(Anonymous) Orchestra Alexander Smallens, Conductor George Gershwin, Composer Lawrence Tibbett, Baritone |
Composer or Director: George Gershwin, Howard Hanson, Charles-François Gounod, Giacomo Puccini, Gioachino Rossini, Georges Bizet, Ruggiero Leoncavallo, Giuseppe Verdi, Richard Wagner, Louis Gruenberg
Label: Vocal Series
Magazine Review Date: 3/1990
Media Format: CD or Download
Media Runtime: 72
Mastering:
Mono
ADD
Catalogue Number: GD87808
Tracks:
| Composition | Artist Credit |
|---|---|
| Pagliacci, 'Players', Movement: Si può? (Prologue) |
Ruggiero Leoncavallo, Composer
(Anonymous) Orchestra Lawrence Tibbett, Baritone Rosario Bourdon, Conductor Ruggiero Leoncavallo, Composer |
| (Il) Barbiere di Siviglia, '(The) Barber of Seville', Movement: Largo al factotum |
Gioachino Rossini, Composer
(Anonymous) Orchestra Gioachino Rossini, Composer Lawrence Tibbett, Baritone Nathaniel Shilkret, Conductor |
| (Un) ballo in maschera, '(A) masked ball', Movement: ~ |
Giuseppe Verdi, Composer
(Anonymous) Orchestra Giuseppe Verdi, Composer Lawrence Tibbett, Baritone Rosario Bourdon, Conductor |
| Simon Boccanegra, Movement: ~ |
Giuseppe Verdi, Composer
(Anonymous) Orchestra Giuseppe Verdi, Composer Lawrence Tibbett, Baritone Rose Bampton, Soprano Wilfrid Pelletier, Conductor |
| Falstaff, Movement: ~ |
Giuseppe Verdi, Composer
(Anonymous) Orchestra Giuseppe Verdi, Composer Lawrence Tibbett, Baritone Rosario Bourdon, Conductor |
| Tosca, Movement: Tre sbirri (Te Deum) |
Giacomo Puccini, Composer
Giacomo Puccini, Composer Giulio Setti, Conductor Lawrence Tibbett, Baritone New York Metropolitan Opera Chorus New York Metropolitan Opera Orchestra |
| Carmen, Movement: ~ |
Georges Bizet, Composer
F. Cingolani, Soprano Georges Bizet, Composer Giulio Setti, Conductor L. M. Belleri, Soprano Lawrence Tibbett, Baritone New York Metropolitan Opera Chorus New York Metropolitan Opera Orchestra |
| Faust, Movement: ~ |
Charles-François Gounod, Composer
(Anonymous) Orchestra Charles-François Gounod, Composer Lawrence Tibbett, Baritone Nathaniel Shilkret, Conductor |
| (Der) Ring des Nibelungen: Part 2, '(Die) Walküre', Movement: Leb wohl (Wotan's Farewell) |
Richard Wagner, Composer
Lawrence Tibbett, Baritone Leopold Stokowski, Conductor Philadelphia Orchestra Richard Wagner, Composer |
| (Der) Ring des Nibelungen: Part 2, '(Die) Walküre', Movement: Magic Fire Music |
Richard Wagner, Composer
Lawrence Tibbett, Baritone Leopold Stokowski, Conductor Philadelphia Orchestra Richard Wagner, Composer |
| (The) Emperor Jones |
Louis Gruenberg, Composer
Louis Gruenberg, Composer |
| Merry Mount |
Howard Hanson, Composer
Howard Hanson, Composer |
| Porgy and Bess, Movement: I got plenty o' nuttin' |
George Gershwin, Composer
(Anonymous) Orchestra Alexander Smallens, Conductor George Gershwin, Composer Lawrence Tibbett, Baritone |
| Porgy and Bess, Movement: Oh Bess, oh where's my Bess |
George Gershwin, Composer
(Anonymous) Orchestra Alexander Smallens, Conductor George Gershwin, Composer Lawrence Tibbett, Baritone |
Author: Alan Blyth
Tibbett owned one of the most sheerly beautiful baritone voices of the century and he used it, at the peak of his career, chronicled on this invaluable reissue, with the utmost sensitivity that was combined with an outgoing confidence typical of the best American singers of today and yesterday. When he was in his prime, from about 1925 to 1940, he was also a handsome figure, so that his popularity was huge. The very first item, the Pagliacci Prologue, proclaims the ease of his singing the mellow roundness of his tone, the precision and excellence of his diction. The Barbiere and Ballo items, once coupled on a much-admired 78, confirm the command of line and tone throughout a considerable range. Then comes a memento of his Boccanegra, one of his most famous Metropolitan interpretations, showing the portrayal to combine authority and feeling, and we have further evidence (after her Met Donna Anna) of Rose Bampton's fine-grained soprano. Ford was one of Tibbett's first Met successes (he later sang Falstaff), so that the previously unissued account of Ford's monologue, superbly and powerfully delivered, is an important addition to the Tibbett discography.
The solos fromTosca, Carmen and Faust indicate that Tibbett never sacrificed tone for the sake of dramatic impact: everything is achieved within the bounds of the singing verities. The 1934 account of Wotan's Farewell, with Stokowski conducting (and 'arranged' by him), has always been something of a collector's item (it was not long in the catalogue): this music is approached from a pure, bel-canto standpoint, with seamless phrasing yet no want of bite in the attack. Tibbett created the title-role in Emperor Jones and proves how dramatically effective he must have been in this not inconsiderable music. He is even better as Porgy, whose solos have seldom been given with such conviction; Gershwin supervised the sessions himself. As Tibbett sang everything with his whole body and soul, the dividends here are great. But such profligacy may account for his comparatively early decline, he already experienced vocal difficulties in his early forties. The transfers are admirably done: the voice rings out truly and there's virtually no surface noise.'
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Lawrence Tibbett sings Opera Arias
Lawrence Tibbett sings Opera Arias
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