Natasha
Marsh – Amour
1. Craig LEON (b. 1952) Si
un jour (from Jean de Florette) [4:00] 2.
Erik SATIE (1866–1925) Gymnopédie No. 1 [3:39] 3.
Alfredo CATALANI (1854–1893) Ebben? Ne andro lontano
(from Adriana Lecouvreur) [3:43] 4.
Nino ROTA (1911–1979) Ai giochi addio (love theme
from Rómeo et Juliet) [3:24] 5. Joseph
KOSMA (1905–1969) Autumn Leaves [3:47] 6.
Luis BACALOV (b. 1933) Mi mancherai (theme from Il
postino) [4:12] 7. Gabriel FAURÉ (1845–1924)
Chanson d’amour [2:01] 8. Jimmy WEBB
(b. 1946) He Moves, and Eyes Follow [3:26] 9.
Ewan MacCOLL (1915–1989) The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face
[3:10] 10. John RUTTER (b. 1945)
Et misericordia (from Magnificat) [4:36] 11.
Joseph CANTELOUBE (1879–1957) La delaissado (from
Songs of the Auvergne) [4:30] 12. Claudio
MONTEVERDI (1567–1643) Pur ti miro (from L’incoronazione
di Poppea)*[3:45] 13. Leo DELIBES (1836–1891)
Les filles de Cadiz [3:27] 14. Sergei
RACHMANINOV (1873–1943) Vocalise [4:05] 
Natasha Marsh (soprano) Fernando Lima (tenor)*, London Symphony Orchestra/Francois-Xavier
Roth (1, 3, 4, 6, 11); Craig Leon (2, 5, 8-10, 12-14); Michael Francis
(7); London Voices/Terry Edwards (10) All tracks produced, arranged
and mixed by Craig Leon, except 11, arranged by Joseph Canteloube rec.
Abbey Road Studios. No recording dates available.
EMI CLASSICS 374 93526 [51:51] [GF]
Pretty
and sweet, often beautiful and occasionally a flash of lightning
to put life in the proceedings but in the main too much icing and
too little cake. ... see Full
Review
Henry Merckel – Celebrated Historical
Recordings: 1930-35
Camille SAINT-SAËNS (1835-1921)
Violin Concerto No. 3 in B minor, op.61 (1880) (rec. 27 June 1935) [25:19]
Danse Macabre, op.49 (1875) (rec. 4 April 1930) [7:00]*Edouard
LALO (1823-1892) Symphonie Espagnole, op.21 (1873)
(rec. 15/16 February, 1932) [31:33] Concerto Russe: Intermezzo
(1879) (rec. 27 June, 1935) [4:26]
Henry Merckel (violin) L’Orchestre des Concert Pasdeloup, Piero Coppola
Orchestra/ Philippe Gaubert*
MUSIC & ARTS CD1178 [66.17] [JW]
A
truly delicious disc, and Merckel admirers can here savour his
very special musicianship in works entirely congenial to him. ...
see Full Review
Messa
per Rossini Antonio
BUZZOLLA (1815-1871) Requiem
and Kyrie Antonio BAZZINI (1818-1897) Dies Irae Carlo
PEDROTTI (1817-1893) Tuba Mirum Antonio
CAGNONI (1828-1896) Quid sum miser Federico
RICCI (1809-1877) Recordare Jesu Pie Alessandro
NINI (1805-1877) Ingemisco Raimondo
BOUCHERON (1800-1876) Confutatis maledictis Carlo
COCCIA (1782-1873) Lacrimosa and Amen Gaetano
GASPARI (1808-1881) Offertorio Pietro
PLATANIA (1828-1907) Sanctus Lauro
ROSSI (1812-1885) Agnus Dei Teodulo
MABELLINI (1817-1897) Lux aeterna Giuseppe
VERDI (1813-1901) Libera me Gabriel
Beňačkova (soprano); Florence Quivar (mezzo); James
Wagner (tenor); Alexandru Agache (baritone), Aage Haugland
(bass)
Gächinger Kantorei Stuttgart; The Prague Philharmonia Choir Stuttgart Radio Symphony
Orchestra/Helmuth Rilling rec. 1989 (?), Evangelische Stadtkirche, Ellwangen,
Württemberg ‘In Search of the Messa per Rossini’: Documentary directed by Gabrielle
Faust WARNER MUSIC VISION 50-51011
7396-2-0 
[120:32] [GPu]
For
a specialist audience no doubt, but for those with an interest
in the church music of the nineteenth century or the larger history
of Italian music this is a fascinating and rewarding issue … see Full
Review
Nathan
Milstein In Portrait: Some
Memories of a Quiet Magician Master
of Invention - Part 1 [54:01] Master of Invention -
Part 2 [59:43] (includes concert performance of Beethoven Kreutzer
Sonata and Bach Chaconne) Nathan
Milstein (violin) Georges Pludermacher (piano) rec. Stockholm,
17 July 1986 Cameraman: David Findlay Editor: Peter Heelas
Writer and Director: Christopher Nupen. NTSC. All regions.
2007 ALLEGRO
FILMS A06CND [113:44]
[AOz]
Interesting
not just because it preserves Milstein’s technique for posterity,
but because it also shows what it means to be a true musician.
... see Full Review
Mon
coeur charmé - The
song book of Sophie Erdmuthe von Nassau-Saarbrücken [Shepherd's
Idyll] Viens aurore, je t'implore [01:01] Depuis que je sais
[02:57] Que ne suis-je fougère 01:47] Je n'entends plus dessous
l'ormeau [02:35] Depuis que j'ai vu Nanette [01:53] Mes
chers troupeaux [01:54] Tircis je n'ose [02:23] Georg
Philipp TELEMANN (1681-1767) Sonata for treble viol and
bc in G (TWV 41,G6) [10:38] [The Happiness of Love] J'aime
une jeune brunette [02:05] Engagés
par le tendre amour 01:45] N'oubliez
pas votre houlette [00:51] Que je vous aime [01:26] Sois
tous mes dieux [02:11] Quel embarras hélas, que faire? [01:33]
[Jealousy] De mon berger volage
j'entends le flageolet [02:17] Un
jour sur la fougère [01:12] L'amant le plus tendre [02:00]
Dedans mon petit réduit [01:19] Lisette croyant
se venger [00:55] Je
soupire, nuit et jour [02:10] Mon
coeur charmé de sa chaîne [02:42] Thomas
MARC (18th C.) Suitte de Pièce de Dessus de Viole (1724)
[11:52] [Humorous Songs] Déjà dans la plaine [01:57] 'L'heureux
maladroit', Pierrot dit à Madeleine [01:30] 'Les douces blessures',
L'Amour caché dans un buisson [01:23] Robin a une vache [00:43]
Tour à tour Licas et Lisette [01:10] Un jour Maman me dit
tout bas [01:33] Guillot dit à Guillemette [01:26] Ingrid
Schmithüsen (soprano), Markus Schäfer (tenor), Simone Eckert
(treble viol), Ulrich Wedemeier (guitar) rec. October 2003, Erbach
Castle, Odenwald, Germany. DDD
CHRISTOPHORUS CHR77265 [69:10][JV]
Songs
from a songbook of a German aristocratic lady of the 18th century …
performed well but a little short on substance ... see Full
Review
Moon,
sun & all things: Baroque music from Latin
America - 2 anon Hanacpachap cussicuinin
[05:02] Juan Gutiérrez DE PADILLA (1590-1664) Deus
in adiutorium [02:02] Juan DE ARAUJO (1648-1712) Dixit
Dominus [08:29] Diego José DE SALAZAR (c1660-1709) ¡Salga
el torillo hosquillo! [07:21] Domenico ZIPOLI (1688-1726) Beatus
vir [11:48] Gaspar FERNANDES (1570-1629) ¡Viva
Ignacio! ¡Viva! [00:38] Francisco
López CAPILLAS (c1605-1674) Laudate Dominum [04:04]
Juan DE ARAUJO ¡Aquí, Valentónes!
[03:22] Hernando FRANCO (1532-1585)
Dios itlazonantziné [03:09] Domenico ZIPOLI Ave maris stella
[03:42] Francisco López CAPILLAS
Magnificat [06:17] Cui luna, sol et omnia [03:03] Manuel
DE SUMAYA (c1678-1755) ¡Ay, andar! [04:51] anon
Dulce Jesús mío [04:25]
Ex Cathedra/Jeffrey Skidmore rec. October 2004, St Jude-on-the-Hill,
Hampstead Garden Suburb, London. DDD
HYPERION CDA67524 [76:50][JV]
Fascinating
repertoire from Latin America - the performances are a little too distant,
but good enough to reveal its qualities ... see Full
Review
The Piano G&Ts Volume
Four Recordings from the Gramophone and Typewriter Era 1900-1908
LOUIS DIÉMER (1843-1919) Grande Valse de concert in
D flat Op.37 [2:29] Chant du nautonier [3:07] Benjamin
GODARD (1849-1895) Valse chromatique Op.88 [3:01] Felix
MENDELSSOHN (1809-1847) Songs without Words – No.34 in C
major Op.67/4 La Fileuse [1:37] Fryderyk
CHOPIN (1810-1849) Nocturne in D flat Op.27/2 [3:34]
Louis Diémer (piano) rec. Paris, 1904
LOUIS DIÉMER (1843-1919)
Grande Valse de concert in D flat Op.37 [2:43] Chant du nautonier
[3:01] Louis Diémer (piano) rec. Paris, 1906 Domenico
SCARLATTI (1685-1757) Sonata in E, K20
[1:12] Sonata in G, K14 [1:01] Johannes
BRAHMS (1833-1897) Ballade in G minor, Op.118/3 [2:38]
Waltz in E major, Op.39/2 [1:03] Waltz in A flat, Op.39/15 [0:59] Ilona
Eibenschutz (piano) rec. London, 1903 Felix
MENDELSSOHN (1809-1847) Song without words Op.19/3 (Hunting
Song) [2:09] Song without words Op.62/6 (Spring Song) [2:38] Fryderyk
CHOPIN (1810-1849) Polonaise in A, Op.40/1 [2:59] Franz
SCHUBERT (1797-1828) Marche Militaire arranged Tausig [4:24]
Der Erlkönig arranged Franz LISZT (1811-1886) [4:54]
Josef Hofmann (piano) rec. Berlin, 1903 Georg
Frideric HANDEL (1685-1759) Suite No.5 in E: Air & variations
(The Harmonious Blacksmith) [3:15] Carl Maria
von WEBER Sonata No.1 in C: Presto (Perpetuum-mobile) [3:32]
Fryderyk CHOPIN (1810-1849) Prelude
Op.28/1 [0:42] Etude Op.10/1 [2:04] Fantaisie-Impromptu Op.66 [3:55]
Franz LISZT (1811-1886)
Liebestraume No.3 in A flat [3:41] Paganini Etude No.3 in A flat minor
(La Campanella) [3:44] Edvard GRIEG
(1843-1907) Norwegian Bridal Procession Op.19/2 [2:52] Sergei
RACHMANINOFF (1873-1943) Prelude in C sharp minor, Op.3/2
[3:36] Wilhelm Backhaus (piano) rec.
London, 1908
APR 5534 [73:28][JW]
Excellent
discographic and biographical information
completes another noteworthy release from
an indispensable series. ... see Full
Review
Giacinto Prandelli
II - Old Italian Airs
Alessandro SCARLATTI
(1660-1725) Su,
venite a consiglio [3:33] Antonio
LOTTI (1667-1740) Pur dicesti [5:18]
Francesco DURANTE
(1684-1755) Vergin, tutto amor [2:17]
Giovanni Battista
BASSANI (c.1657-1716) Ah se tu
dormi ancora [2:18] Antonio
CALDARA (1671-1736) Sebben, crudele
[3:23] Marco Antonio
CESTI (1620-1669) Intorno all’idol
mio [3:04] Giuseppe
GIORDANI (1751-1798) Caro mio ben
[2:52] Alessandro
SCARLATTI (1660-1725) Sento nel
core [4:03] Christoph
Willibald von GLUCK (1714-1787) O
del mio dolce ardour [4:11] Francesco
GASPARINI (1661-1727) Lasciar d’amarti
[2:41] Giovanni LEGRENZI
(1626-1690) Che fiero costume [2:45] Giovanni
Battista PERGOLESI (1710-1736) Tre
giorni son che Nina [2:52] Gian
Giacomo CARISSIMI (c.1604-1674) Vittoria,
mio core! [2:21] Gaetano
DONIZETTI (1797-1848) Scenes from
Lucia di Lammermoor (1835) Egli s’avanza…Sulla
tomba [12:52] T’allontana, sciagurato [5:01]
Tombe deglia avi miei [16:41]
Giacinto Prandelli (tenor) Dick Marzollo (piano)
Renata Ferrari Ongaro – Lucia Tosca Da Lio
– Alisa
Philip Marco – Enrico Norman Scott – Raimondo
Luigi Pontiggia – Arturo Chorus and Orchestra
of the Teatro La Fenice/Jonel Perlea rec.
Italian Arias - 1953 for Vox; Donizetti -
1956 for Remington
PREISER 89680 [77:21] [JW]
Prandelli
is hugely characterful … of warmth and romance,
of gallantry, there is a profusion. ... see
Full Review
Psalms
for the Spirit
George Mursell GARRETT
(1834-1897) Psalm 126 [2:03] Psalm 93 [2:14] John
GOSS (1808-1880) Psalm 127 [2:15] Herbert
HOWELLS (1892-1983) O Pray for the Peace of Jerusalem (after
Psalm 122) [7:37] Psalm 121 [2:33] Henry
SMART (1813-1879) Psalm 65 [4:14] William
MATHIAS (1934-1992) Let the people praise thee, O God. (after
Psalm 67) [5:30] Thomas ATTWOOD (1765-1838)
Psalm 41 [3:57] William CROFT (1678-1727)
Burial Sentences [2:59] Noel EDISON (b.
1959) Psalm 137 [3:14] Edward BAIRSTOW
(1874-1946) Psalm 114 [2:16] Bob
CHILCOTT (b. 1955) My Prayer (after Psalm 102) [7:19] Matthew
LARKIN (b. 1963) Psalm 111 [3:14] Samuel
WESLEY (1766-1837) Psalm 42 [4:34] Hubert
PARRY (1848-1918) I Was Glad (after Psalm 122) [6:25]
Choir of St. John’s, Elora/Noel Edison Matthew Larkin (organ) rec. St.
John’s Church, Elora, Ontario, Canada, 27-30 January 2005.
NAXOS 8.557781 [60:31] [KS]
Finely
tuned, rhythmically precise singing. A collection that contains
a number of true gems. Well worth the effort. ... see Full
Review
The Romantic Cello Concerto
- 2 Robert VOLKMANN (1815-1883) Cello
Concerto in A minor Op.33 (1853-1855) [14.43] Albert
DIETRICH (1829–1908) Cello Concerto in G minor Op.32 (c.1876)
[22.52] Friedrich GERNSHEIM (1839–1916) Cello Concerto in E minor Op.78 (1907) [13.50] Robert
SCHUMANN (1810–1856) Cello Concerto in A minor Op.129 (1850-1854)
[22.12] Alban Gerhardt
(cello) Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin/Hannu Lintu rec. Jesus-Christus-Kirche,
Berlin, 14-16 March 2006. DDD
HYPERION CDA67583 [73.43][CF]
Gerhardt
and Lintu have done a splendid job in making
a case for this music. ... see Full
Review
Rondo Brillante
–
Early Romantic Works for Piano and Orchestra
Carl REINECKE (1824-1910)
Concertstück
in G minor Op.33 91848) [15:15] Johann
Nepomuk HUMMEL (1778-1837) Introduzione
and Rondo Brillant in A major Op.56 (c.1814)
[13:53] Carl CZERNY
(1791-1857) Introduction and Rondo Brillante
in B flat minor Op.255 [14:30] Carl
Maria von WEBER (1786-1826) Concertstück
in F minor Op.79 (1821) [15:06] Felix
MENDELSSOHN (1809-1847) Rondo Brillante
in E flat minor Op.29 (1834) [10:28]
Joshua Pierce (piano) Slovak State Philharmonic
Orchestra/Bystrík Režucha rec. Dom Umennia,
Košice, Slovakia, November 2000 (Hummel).
March 2002 (Reinecke), December 2002 (Czerny
and Mendelssohn), September 2003 (Weber)
MSR CLASSICS MS 1196 [61:11] [JW]
Pierce
plays with great rhythmic vitality and energy
but whilst his passagework is crystal clear
the orchestral detail is once more subservient.
... see Full
Review
Seduction Erik
SATIE (1866-1925) 1. Gymnopédie No 1 [2.29]
Astor PIAZZOLLA (1921-1992)
2. Tanti Anni Prima [4.11] Giovanni
KAPSBURGER (1580-1651) 3. Toccata Arpegiatta [3.15] Giulio
CACCINI (1551-1618) 4. Ave Maria [4.08] Friedrich
BURGMÜLLER (1806-1874) 5. Nocturne No 1 [2.30] Manuel
de FALLA (1876-1946) 6. Nana [2.33] Alonso
MUDARRA (1510-1580) 7. Romanesca [1.22] Phillip
HOUGHTON (b 1954) 8. Adoration [2.51] Peter
TCHAIKOVSKY (1840-1893) 9. Valse Sentimentale [1.43] Claude
DEBUSSY (1862-1918) 10. Beau Soir [4.15] Erik
SATIE 11. Gnossienne No 1 [2.29] Maurice
RAVEL (1875-1937) 12. Pièce en forme de Habañera [3.04] Roberto
di MARINO (b 1956) 13. Milonga Arvo
PÄRT (b 1935) 14. Spiegel im Spiegel [8.15] Jewell
KITSON (?) 15. Amen John
LENNON (1940-1980)/Paul MCCARTNEY
(b 1942) 16. Blackbird [2.14]
Luminesca Duo (Trish O’Brien (cello); Gareth Koch (guitar)) rec. no
details given. LUM
001 [52.46][RMO]
Truly
enjoyable and recommended to all and sundry … see Full
Review
RECORDING
OF THE MONTH Leopold Stokowski
Otto KLEMPERER (1885-1973) Merry
Waltz from the opera Das Ziel (1915) [3:02] Ralph
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS (1872-1958) Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas
Tallis (1910) [17:02] Maurice RAVEL
(1875-1937) Rapsodie espagnole (1908) [16:02] Johannes
BRAHMS (1833-1897) Symphony No.4 in E minor Op.98 (1885)
[37:36] Ottokar NOVÁČEK (1866-1900)
Perpetuum mobile Op.5 No.4 transcribed Leopold Stokowski (1940)
[3:55] ¹ New Philharmonia
Orchestra/Leopold Stokowski London Symphony Orchestra/Leopold Stokowski
¹ rec. Royal Albert Hall, 14 May 1974; 21 September 1974 (Nováček)
BBC LEGENDS BBCL 4205-2
[78:24][JW]
This
Brahms Fourth - the most exciting, galvanizing and convincing of all
Stokowski’s efforts. ... see Full
Review
Sunday
Evenings with Pierre Monteux
Broadcast performances from San Francisco 1941-52
San Francisco Symphony Orchestra/Pierre Monteux
MUSIC AND ARTS CD 1192 [13 CDs priced as eight: 959:15 or 16 hours
14 minutes] [JW]
Sixteen
hours with Monteux is no time at all, so zestful, so clear, so deft
his musicianship and so sympathetic his conducting. 13 CDs priced as
8 - a bargain no admirer of Monteux and of great conducting could easily
forego. ... see Full Review
Klaus Tennstedt Carl
Maria von WEBER (1786-1826) Oberon: Overture (1826)
[9:23] Franz SCHUBERT (1797-1828)
Symphony No. 9 in C Major , D944, The Great (?1825-8)
[49:38] Johannes BRAHMS (1833-1879)
Tragic Overture, op. 81* (1881) [14:05]
London Philharmonic Orchestra/Klaus Tennstedt rec. Royal Festival Hall,
London, 7 October 1984, *7 April 1983. ADD
BBC LEGENDS BBCL 4195-2 [73:57][MG]
My
abiding impression is of zest and vibrancy, also the ability to draw
out expressive playing. … see Full
Review
Totus amore
Arcangelo CORELLI (1653-1713)
Sonata for 2 violins and bc in d minor, op. 1/11 [06:03] Alessandro SCARLATTI (1660-1725) Totus amore languens
(motet) [10:35] Giovanni Battista BASSANI (1654-1716) Salve Regina,
antiphon [07:03] Alessandro SCARLATTI Follia in d minor, variations
for keyboard [07:34] Infirmata vulnerata (motet) [13:29] Arcangelo CORELLI Sonata for violin and bc in D,
op. 5/1 [11:44] Alessandro STRADELLA O vos omnes [09:26]
Ryland Angel (alto) Les Folies Françoises (Patrick Cohën-Akenine (violin);
Hélène Houzel (violin); François Poly (cello); Pascal Monteilhet (theorbo);
Béatrice Martin (harpsichord, organ)) rec. July 2003, Douai Abbey, Upper
Woolhampton, Berkshire, UK. DDD
DEUX-ELLES DXL1054 [66:00] [JV]
A
most enjoyable recording - recommended for the quality of music
and performance ... see Full
Review
The
Unicorn -
Medieval French songs The bestiary
of love Philippe
DE THAON (c.1130) Serena en mer hante [2:10] ANONYMOUS (13th
century) En mai au douz tens nouvel [3:55] The
four-legged Narcissus Marie
DE FRANCE, (12th-13th century), ANONYMOUS (ed. Cohen) Issi avint qu'un cers [2:06]; D'un
gupil [1:17] Shira
KAMMEN La danse de gupil [1:35] ANONYMOUS (13th
century) Ensement com la panthere t'ui [4:21] Philippe
DE THAON (c.1130) Monosceros est beste [1:05] Thibault
DE CHAMPAGNE (1201-1253) Aussi come unicorne
sui [6:10] Miracles and wonders • Miracles et merveilles Le
Cycle de Sainte Leochade Gauthier
DE COINCY (1177/8-1236) Que de memoyre [1-47]; Las,
las, las [3:56]; Quatre jours plains [1:30]; Sour
cest rivage [4:06]; N'est pas merveille [1:31]; De
sainte Leochade [5:57] The abbey of love or love
betrayed ANONYMOUS (13th
century)/Cheryl Ann FULTON Au renouvel [3:10] ANONYMOUS (13th
century) Belle Doette [8:44] Moniot
DE PARIS (13th century) Je chevauchoie l'autrier [3'20] Anne
Azema (soprano); Cheryl Ann Fulton (harps); Shira Kammen (vielle;
rebec; harp); Jesse Lepkoff (flute); Rainer Thurau (gothic
harp; Cithara Anglica); Fabrizio Reginato (vielle); John Fleagle
(rebec); Barbara Stanley (flute) rec. Campion Center, Weston,
Massachusetts, May 1993. DDD WARNER
APEX 2564 62550-2 [56:57] [EM]
Although
slightly put off by the spoken tracks this is interesting and enjoyable,
the singing pleasant, and the works themselves a fascinating insight
into mediaeval France. ... see Full
Review
Viola
Voilà -
Esther Apituley
Franz Peter SCHUBERT (1797-1828)
Arpeggione Sonata, D.821 (1824) arranged for viola and piano [21:06]
Richard (Riccardo) DRIGO (1846-1930) Valse Bluette, arranged for viola and piano by
Jascha Heifetz [3:05] Henri VIEUXTEMPS (1820-1881) Capriccio, for solo
viola (c. 1883) [3:55]John CAGE (1912-1992) Dream, arranged for viola
quartet and piano [9:00]Igor STRAVINSKY (1882-1971) È lègie, for solo viola
(1944) [6:50]Esther APITULEY Hydropath, for viola quartet, electric
bass and trumpet [7:28]Gabriel FAURÉ (1845-1924) Berceuse, Op. 16 (1879)
arranged for viola and piano [4:20]Astor PIAZZOLLA
(1921-1992) Le Grand Tango, for viola and piano (c. 1990)
[10:30] Esther Apituley
(viola); Rië Tanaka (piano) Amsterdam Viola Quartet: (Esther Apituley;
Rogier van der Tak; Mieke Honingh; Ernst Grapperhaus) Eric Calmes (electric
bass); Hans Dagelet (trumpet) rec. 2006, Nederlands Hervormde kerk,
Rhoon, Holland. DDD CHALLENGE
CLASSICS CC72165 [67:36] [MC]
Viola
Voilà achieves the same level of excellence as her successful release
Violent Viola. Esther Apituley is a remarkable viola player and
this fascinating recording is essential chamber music listening.
... see Full Review
The
Complete Francisco Viñas
FRANCHETTI Germania:: Studenti, udite [2:05]
Giuseppe VERDI (1813-1901) Aida:
Celeste Aida [3:41] Richard WAGNER
(1813-1883) Meistersinger: Dall’alba tinto (Morgenlich leuchtend)
[3:35] Die Walküre: Cede il verno ai rai (Winterstürme) [3:26] Lohengrin:
Ben altra prova (Höchstes Vertrau’n) [3:49] Lohengrin: Da
voi lontan (In fernem Land) [3:00] Lohengrin:
S’ei torna alfin (Mein lieber Schwan!) {Second part only} [3:05]
Giacomo MEYERBEER (1791-1864) L’Africaine: O
paradiso [3:32] Giuseppe VERDI (1813-1901)
Aida: Celeste Aida [3:33] GASTALDON
Donna Clara [3:20] GUETARY
Mi niña [3:07] ÁLVAREZ
La partida [3:35] Giacomo
MEYERBEER (1791-1864) L’Africaine: O paradiso [3:33]
AMEDEI Se ti dicessi [2:19]
MASCHERONI Lorenza: Ecco mia giovinezza [2:38]
Richard WAGNER (1813-1883) Lohengrin: Di’, non t’incantan
(Atmest du nicht mit mir) [2:42] Lohengrin: Da voi lontan
(In fernem Land) [4:32] Lohengrin: Cigno fedel
(Mein lieber Schwan!){First half only}[2:32] Gaetano
DONIZETTI (1797-1868) Lucrezia Borgia: Di pescator ignobile
[2:33] ÁLVAREZ A Granada
[3:18] La partida [3:47] GAZTAMBIDE
Un pleito [2:40] GUETARY
Maria [3:07] Mi niña [3:09] Giacomo MEYERBEER (1791-1864)
Le Prophete: Sopra Berta (Pour Bertha) [2:00]
Gaetano DONIZETTI (1797-1868) Lucrezia Borgia: Di pescator ignobile
[2:33] Giuseppe VERDI (1813-1901)
Un Ballo in Maschera: Ma se m’è forza perderti [2:53] Otello: Ora e per sempre [2:27] GUETARY Lily
[2:07] Georges
BIZET (1838-1875) Carmen: Il fior che avevi a me tu dato
(La fleur que tu m’avais jetée) [3:11] Richard
WAGNER (1813-1883) Meistersinger: Nel verno al piè (Am stillen
Herd in Winterszeit) [2:34] Meistersinger: Dall’alba tinto (Morgenlich
leuchtend){Abridged} [2:38] Lohengrin: Di’, non t’incantan (Atmest
du nicht mit mir) [2:45] Lohengrin: Ben altra prova (Höchstes
Vertrau’n) [3:24] Lohengrin: Da voi lontan (In
fernem Land) [4:40] Lohengrin: Cigno fedel (Mein
lieber Schwan!) [5:51] Giuseppe VERDI (1813-1901)
Aida: Celeste Aida [3:42] Giacomo
MEYERBEER (1791-1864) L’Africaine: O paradiso [3:38] Richard
WAGNER (1813-1883) Die Walkure: Cede il verno ai rai (Winterstürme)
[2:52] Giacomo MEYERBEER (1791-1864)
Le Prophete: Sopra Berta (Pour Bertha) [1:56] Amilcare
PONCHIELLI (1834-1886) La Gioconda; Cielo e mar [2:43] FRANCHETTI Germania:: Studenti, udite [2:23] Giuseppe
VERDI (1813-1901) Aida: Pur ti riveggo…Fuggiam gli ardori
with Esther Mazzoleni (soprano) [7:57] Otello: Ora e per sempre
[2:29] Georges BIZET (1838-1875) Carmen
: Il fior che avevi a me tu dato (La fleur que tu m’avais jetée)
[3:17] FRANCHETTI Germania: No non chiuder gli occhi vaghi [2:10]
Richard WAGNER (1813-1883) Meistersinger:
Dall’alba tinto (Morgenlich leuchtend) [3:43] Arrigo
BOITO (1842-1918) Mefistofele: Dai campi, dai prati [2:37]
Mefistofele: Giunto sul passo estremo [3:18] Amilcare PONCHIELLI (1834-1886) La
Gioconda; Cielo e mar [2:47] Richard
WAGNER (1813-1883) Tannhäuser: Inno a Venere…Te vò lodar
(Dir töne Lob!) [1:57] Tannhäuser: Col cor contrito (Inbrunst im Herzen)
[Romerzählung] [9:22] FILIASI In riva al mare “dedicated to
the celebrated artist by the composer” [3:02] TIRINDELLI O primavera
[2:53] Richard WAGNER (1813-1883)
Rienzi: O Padre Santo (Allmächt’ger Vater) [6:22]
Tannhauser: Lodar tu devi il Dio (Den Gott der Liebe sollst
du preisen) with Maria Alessandrovich (soprano) [2:36] Tannhauser:
Preghiera (Auch ich darf ... Zum Heil den Sündigen zu führen) [3:13]
Tristan und Isolde: Su noi discendi (O sink’ hernieder)
with Maria Alessandrovich (soprano) [5:06] Parsifal:
Amfortas! La piaga! (Amfortas! Die Wunde!) [8:44] Parsifal
Si salvo, assolto (Sei heil, entsündigt und entsühnt) [3:06] Giacomo
MEYERBEER (1791-1864) L’Africaine: O paradiso [3:02] CABALLERO
El lucero del Alba [3:10] COTÒ Ensayo de Lios [3:26] ÁLVAREZ Los ojos negros [3:08] CHAPÍ El milagro de la
Virgen [3:11] Pietro MASCAGNI (1863-1945)
Serenata [3:23] Carl Maria von WEBER (1786-1826) Die
Freischutz: No, più soffrir… La finestra s’apre (Nein,
länger trag’ ich nicht die Qualen… Jetzt ist wohl ihr Fenster
offen) [6:12] Richard WAGNER (1813-1883)
Lohengrin: Da voi lontan (In fernem Land) [4:47] Francisco
Viñas (tenor) Unidentified accompanists rec. 1903-13
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