Great Singers, Vol.1
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Composer or Director: Pietro Mascagni, Giacomo Puccini, Gaetano Donizetti, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Vincenzo Bellini, Gioachino Rossini, Georges Bizet, Ruggiero Leoncavallo, Licinio Refice, Camille Saint-Saëns, Giuseppe Verdi
Label: Nimbus
Magazine Review Date: 10/1989
Media Format: CD or Download
Media Runtime: 75
Mastering:
Mono
Acoustic
ADD
Catalogue Number: NI7801
Tracks:
| Composition | Artist Credit |
|---|---|
| Norma, Movement: ~ |
Vincenzo Bellini, Composer
Giulio Setti, Conductor New York Metropolitan Opera Chorus New York Metropolitan Opera Orchestra Rosa Ponselle, Soprano Vincenzo Bellini, Composer |
| (I) Puritani, Movement: Son vergin vezzosa |
Vincenzo Bellini, Composer
(Anonymous) Orchestra Amelita Galli-Curci, Soprano Giorgio Polacco, Conductor Vincenzo Bellini, Composer |
| (I) Puritani, Movement: A te, o cara |
Vincenzo Bellini, Composer
(Anonymous) Orchestra Giacomo Lauri-Volpi, Tenor Vincenzo Bellini, Composer |
| (La) Sonnambula, Movement: ~ |
Vincenzo Bellini, Composer
(Anonymous) Orchestra Luisa Tetrazzini, Soprano Vincenzo Bellini, Composer |
| Carmen, Movement: L'amour est un oiseau rebelle (Habanera) |
Georges Bizet, Composer
(Anonymous) Orchestra Conchita Supervia, Mezzo soprano Georges Bizet, Composer Gustav Cloëz, Conductor |
| Lucrezia Borgia, Movement: Il segreto per esser felici (Brindisi) |
Gaetano Donizetti, Composer
(Anonymous) Orchestra Ernestine Schumann-Heink, Contralto (Female alto) Gaetano Donizetti, Composer |
| Pagliacci, 'Players', Movement: ~ |
Ruggiero Leoncavallo, Composer
(Anonymous) Orchestra Enrico Caruso, Tenor Ruggiero Leoncavallo, Composer |
| (L')amico Fritz, Movement: ~ |
Pietro Mascagni, Composer
Giuseppe Antonicelli, Conductor Mafalda Favero, Soprano Milan La Scala Orchestra Pietro Mascagni, Composer Tito Schipa, Tenor |
| Don Giovanni, Movement: Il mio tesoro |
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer
(Anonymous) Orchestra John McCormack, Tenor Walter B. Rogers, Conductor Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer |
| (Die) Zauberflöte, '(The) Magic Flute', Movement: Dies Bildnis ist bezaubernd schön |
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer
Karl Alwin, Conductor Richard Tauber, Tenor Vienna State Opera Orchestra Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer |
| (La) Bohème, 'Bohemian Life', Movement: Che gelida manina |
Giacomo Puccini, Composer
(Anonymous) Orchestra Beniamino Gigli, Tenor Eugene Goossens, Conductor Giacomo Puccini, Composer |
| Turandot, Movement: ~ |
Giacomo Puccini, Composer
(Anonymous) Orchestra Eva Turner, Soprano Giacomo Puccini, Composer Stanford Robinson, Conductor |
| (Il) Barbiere di Siviglia, '(The) Barber of Seville', Movement: Largo al factotum |
Gioachino Rossini, Composer
(Anonymous) Orchestra Gioachino Rossini, Composer Giorgio Polacco, Conductor Riccardo Stracciari, Baritone |
| Ombra di Nube |
Licinio Refice, Composer
(Anonymous) Orchestra Claudia Muzio, Soprano Licinio Refice, Conductor Licinio Refice, Composer |
| Samson et Dalila, Movement: ~ |
Camille Saint-Saëns, Composer
(Anonymous) Orchestra Camille Saint-Saëns, Composer Lawrance Collingwood, Conductor Marian Anderson, Contralto (Female alto) |
| (Un) ballo in maschera, '(A) masked ball', Movement: ~ |
Giuseppe Verdi, Composer
(Anonymous) Orchestra Giuseppe Verdi, Composer Lawrence Tibbett, Baritone Rosario Bourdon, Conductor |
Composer or Director: Pietro Mascagni, Giacomo Puccini, Gaetano Donizetti, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Vincenzo Bellini, Gioachino Rossini, Georges Bizet, Ruggiero Leoncavallo, Licinio Refice, Camille Saint-Saëns, Giuseppe Verdi
Label: Nimbus
Magazine Review Date: 10/1989
Media Format: Cassette
Media Runtime: 0
Mastering:
Mono
Acoustic
ADD
Catalogue Number: NC7801
Tracks:
| Composition | Artist Credit |
|---|---|
| Norma, Movement: ~ |
Vincenzo Bellini, Composer
Giulio Setti, Conductor New York Metropolitan Opera Chorus New York Metropolitan Opera Orchestra Rosa Ponselle, Soprano Vincenzo Bellini, Composer |
| (I) Puritani, Movement: Son vergin vezzosa |
Vincenzo Bellini, Composer
(Anonymous) Orchestra Amelita Galli-Curci, Soprano Giorgio Polacco, Conductor Vincenzo Bellini, Composer |
| (I) Puritani, Movement: A te, o cara |
Vincenzo Bellini, Composer
(Anonymous) Orchestra Giacomo Lauri-Volpi, Tenor Vincenzo Bellini, Composer |
| (La) Sonnambula, Movement: ~ |
Vincenzo Bellini, Composer
(Anonymous) Orchestra Luisa Tetrazzini, Soprano Vincenzo Bellini, Composer |
| Carmen, Movement: L'amour est un oiseau rebelle (Habanera) |
Georges Bizet, Composer
(Anonymous) Orchestra Conchita Supervia, Mezzo soprano Georges Bizet, Composer Gustav Cloëz, Conductor |
| Lucrezia Borgia, Movement: Il segreto per esser felici (Brindisi) |
Gaetano Donizetti, Composer
(Anonymous) Orchestra Ernestine Schumann-Heink, Contralto (Female alto) Gaetano Donizetti, Composer |
| Pagliacci, 'Players', Movement: ~ |
Ruggiero Leoncavallo, Composer
(Anonymous) Orchestra Enrico Caruso, Tenor Ruggiero Leoncavallo, Composer |
| (L')amico Fritz, Movement: ~ |
Pietro Mascagni, Composer
Giuseppe Antonicelli, Conductor Mafalda Favero, Soprano Milan La Scala Orchestra Pietro Mascagni, Composer Tito Schipa, Tenor |
| Don Giovanni, Movement: Il mio tesoro |
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer
(Anonymous) Orchestra John McCormack, Tenor Walter B. Rogers, Conductor Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer |
| (Die) Zauberflöte, '(The) Magic Flute', Movement: Dies Bildnis ist bezaubernd schön |
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer
Karl Alwin, Conductor Richard Tauber, Tenor Vienna State Opera Orchestra Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer |
| (La) Bohème, 'Bohemian Life', Movement: Che gelida manina |
Giacomo Puccini, Composer
(Anonymous) Orchestra Beniamino Gigli, Tenor Eugene Goossens, Conductor Giacomo Puccini, Composer |
| Turandot, Movement: ~ |
Giacomo Puccini, Composer
(Anonymous) Orchestra Eva Turner, Soprano Giacomo Puccini, Composer Stanford Robinson, Conductor |
| (Il) Barbiere di Siviglia, '(The) Barber of Seville', Movement: Largo al factotum |
Gioachino Rossini, Composer
(Anonymous) Orchestra Gioachino Rossini, Composer Giorgio Polacco, Conductor Riccardo Stracciari, Baritone |
| Ombra di Nube |
Licinio Refice, Composer
(Anonymous) Orchestra Claudia Muzio, Soprano Licinio Refice, Composer Licinio Refice, Conductor |
| Samson et Dalila, Movement: ~ |
Camille Saint-Saëns, Composer
(Anonymous) Orchestra Camille Saint-Saëns, Composer Lawrance Collingwood, Conductor Marian Anderson, Contralto (Female alto) |
| (Un) ballo in maschera, '(A) masked ball', Movement: ~ |
Giuseppe Verdi, Composer
(Anonymous) Orchestra Giuseppe Verdi, Composer Lawrence Tibbett, Baritone Rosario Bourdon, Conductor |
Author:
This disc is best viewed as a kind of sampler. It surveys the scene, without any pretensions to being comprehensive (no bass voice included, for instance) or even representative (only one song the rest all opera). It wouldn't even claim, necessarily, to have the best of Caruso, Supervia, Tauber and so forth. But you can be sure that all are well worth hearing and, since we seem to be stopping almost at random for something which the selector happens to like we are all the more impressed by the riches that iie all around. There's Tetrazzini, for instance, marvellously full and bright and of course we smile at this, that and the other about her, but she smiles quite happily back and soon we're all rejoicing together in those clearpinging Cs and B flats, that dazzling spray of staccatos. Or old Schumann-Heink: the spirit, vitality and variety of it, the long, long held note, the majestic trill, the range. On to later times (when incidentally, the hall-ambience is a less obvious presence), and to (for instance) Lawrence Tibbett's masterly account of ''Eri tu'', to Gigli even more honeyed and winning than remembered in his best-selling La boheme aria, Schipa and Favero making ever-fresh magic out of L'amico Fritz, and Claudia Muzio, ravishing in the subdued mournfulness of her song about shadows and clouds on a sunshine day. And that is merely a sample of the sampler: every item here is a gem, each gem from its own well-stocked mine.'
Great Singers, Vol.1
Great Singers, Vol.1
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