Charles Kullman - Serenade
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Composer or Director: Eduardo Di Capua, Holt Marvell, Charles-François Gounod, Arthur A Penn, ?Robert de Ross, Baddeley, Georges Bizet, Eduard Künneke, Frantisek Alois Drdla, Enrico Toselli, Victor August Herbert, Edvard Grieg, Franz Schubert, Arthur (Seymour) Sullivan, (George) Alexander Russell, George Frideric Handel, Gustav Mahler, E. Ravini, Zdenek (Antonín Václav) Fibich, Carl Böhm
Label: Memoir Classics
Magazine Review Date: 2/1996
Media Format: CD or Download
Media Runtime: 74
Mastering:
Mono
ADD
Catalogue Number: CDMOIR429
Tracks:
| Composition | Artist Credit |
|---|---|
| (The) World is Mine Tonight |
Holt Marvell, Composer
(Anonymous) Orchestra Charles Kullman, Tenor Holt Marvell, Composer Walter Goehr, Conductor |
| (The) Fortune Teller, Movement: Gypsy Love Song |
Victor August Herbert, Composer
(Anonymous) Orchestra Charles Kullman, Tenor Victor August Herbert, Composer Walter Goehr, Conductor |
| Serenade (Serenata) |
Enrico Toselli, Composer
(Anonymous) Orchestra Charles Kullman, Tenor Enrico Toselli, Composer Otto Dobrindt, Conductor |
| 'O sole mio |
Eduardo Di Capua, Composer
(Anonymous) Orchestra Charles Kullman, Tenor Eduardo Di Capua, Composer Otto Dobrindt, Conductor |
| Naughty Marietta, Movement: I'm falling in with some one |
Victor August Herbert, Composer
(Anonymous) Orchestra Charles Kullman, Tenor Fred Hartley, Conductor Victor August Herbert, Composer |
| Melodies of the Heart, Movement: No. 3, I love but thee (Jeg elsker dig) |
Edvard Grieg, Composer
(Anonymous) Orchestra Charles Kullman, Tenor Edvard Grieg, Composer Fred Hartley, Conductor |
| By the Dark Lagoon |
Baddeley, Composer
Baddeley, Composer (Anonymous) Orchestra Charles Kullman, Tenor Walter Goehr, Conductor |
| (143) Lieder |
Carl Böhm, Composer
(Anonymous) Orchestra Carl Böhm, Composer Charles Kullman, Tenor Walter Goehr, Conductor |
| Faust, Movement: After the performance wait for me in the hall |
Charles-François Gounod, Composer
(Anonymous) Orchestra Charles Kullman, Tenor Charles-François Gounod, Composer Otto Dobrindt, Conductor |
| Carmen, Movement: After the performance wait for me in the hall |
Georges Bizet, Composer
(Anonymous) Orchestra Charles Kullman, Tenor Georges Bizet, Composer Otto Dobrindt, Conductor |
| Schwanengesang, 'Swan Song', Movement: No. 4, Ständchen |
Franz Schubert, Composer
(Anonymous) Orchestra Charles Kullman, Tenor Franz Schubert, Composer Otto Dobrindt, Conductor |
| Moods, Impressions and Reminiscences, Nos. 100-171, Movement: No. 171, Poème (unidentified) |
Zdenek (Antonín Václav) Fibich, Composer
(Anonymous) Orchestra Charles Kullman, Tenor Joseph Batten, Conductor Zdenek (Antonín Václav) Fibich, Composer |
| (5) Rückert-Lieder, Movement: No. 1, Ich atmet' einem linden Duft |
Gustav Mahler, Composer
(Anonymous) Orchestra Charles Kullman, Tenor Gustav Mahler, Composer Malcolm Sargent, Conductor |
| Ave Maria, 'Ellens Gesang III' |
Franz Schubert, Composer
(Anonymous) Orchestra Charles Kullman, Tenor Franz Schubert, Composer Otto Dobrindt, Conductor |
| Serenade, 'Sans les étoiles' |
E. Ravini, Composer
(Anonymous) Orchestra Charles Kullman, Tenor E. Ravini, Composer Joseph Batten, Conductor |
| Serse, 'Xerxes', Movement: After the performance wait for me in the hall |
George Frideric Handel, Composer
(Anonymous) Orchestra Charles Kullman, Tenor George Frideric Handel, Composer Otto Dobrindt, Conductor |
| Souvenir |
Frantisek Alois Drdla, Composer
(Anonymous) Orchestra Charles Kullman, Tenor Frantisek Alois Drdla, Composer Joseph Batten, Conductor |
| Mon coeur est pour toi |
?Robert de Ross, Composer
(Anonymous) Orchestra ?Robert de Ross, Composer Charles Kullman, Tenor Joseph Batten, Conductor |
| (Die) Vetter aus Dingsda, Movement: After the performance wait for me in the hall |
Eduard Künneke, Composer
(Anonymous) Orchestra Charles Kullman, Tenor Eduard Künneke, Composer Otto Dobrindt, Conductor |
| Smilin' through |
Arthur A Penn, Composer
(Anonymous) Orchestra Arthur A Penn, Composer Charles Kullman, Tenor Walter Goehr, Conductor |
| (The) Lost chord |
Arthur (Seymour) Sullivan, Composer
(Anonymous) Orchestra Arthur (Seymour) Sullivan, Composer Charles Kullman, Tenor Otto Dobrindt, Conductor |
| Vale, 'Farewell' |
(George) Alexander Russell, Composer
(Anonymous) Orchestra (George) Alexander Russell, Composer Charles Kullman, Tenor Joseph Batten, Conductor |
Author: Patrick O'Connor
The double-sided 78rpm was perfect for this sort of repertory, and indeed for a singer of Kullman’s qualities. Limpid tone, excellent diction, but a somewhat uniform approach to all the songs, very sentimental, without the imagination of his contemporaries, Tauber, Gigli or even Crooks.
Kullman, who was born in Connecticut in 1903, studied with Schon-Rene, who was also one of Paul Robeson’s teachers. He sang for Klemperer at the Kroll Opera in Berlin, where he made his debut in a performance of Butterfly, opposite Novotna, and conducted by Zemlinsky. All the sides gathered here were recorded in Berlin and London, between 1932 and 1938, with some impressive conductors, including Walter Goehr and Sir Malcolm Sargent.
The most interesting item is a performance of Mahler’s “Ich atmet’ einem linden Duft” from theRuckert-Lieder. It is in English, an uncredited translation – which Peter Dempsey in his informative notes says has been impossible to identify – “I breathed the breath of blossoms red”. The combination of Kullman and Sargent somehow makes it sound like Gounod, but it must have been an adventurous choice, even in 1938. Kullman had been the tenor soloist in Bruno Walter’s 1936 Columbia recording of Das Lied von der Erde (Music & Arts and Pearl, 12/93), and in 1935 he had made his Metropolitan debut as Gounod’s Faust. He sang there every season until his retirement in 1962. He was Don Jose to Ponselle’s Carmen and an account of the Flower song, recorded in 1932, suggests that early in his career he had a cleaner, less lachrymose style.
Among the lighter items, he is especially good in two songs which were associated with Cavan O’Connor, namely Posford’s The world is mine tonight and Kunneke’s “I’m only a strolling vagabond” (from the English version of Die Vetter aus Dingsda). A lot of these songs are rarities now, so the repertory is as interesting as the performances, especially if you have a sweet tooth.'
Kullman, who was born in Connecticut in 1903, studied with Schon-Rene, who was also one of Paul Robeson’s teachers. He sang for Klemperer at the Kroll Opera in Berlin, where he made his debut in a performance of Butterfly, opposite Novotna, and conducted by Zemlinsky. All the sides gathered here were recorded in Berlin and London, between 1932 and 1938, with some impressive conductors, including Walter Goehr and Sir Malcolm Sargent.
The most interesting item is a performance of Mahler’s “Ich atmet’ einem linden Duft” from the
Among the lighter items, he is especially good in two songs which were associated with Cavan O’Connor, namely Posford’s The world is mine tonight and Kunneke’s “I’m only a strolling vagabond” (from the English version of Die Vetter aus Dingsda). A lot of these songs are rarities now, so the repertory is as interesting as the performances, especially if you have a sweet tooth.'
Charles Kullman - Serenade
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