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Title:
The Victor recordings, 1926-29.
Author:
Ponselle, Rosa, 1897-1981.

Bourdon, Rosario, 1885-1961.

Setti, Giulio, 1869-1938.

Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901. Aïda. Selections.

Spontini, Gaspare, 1774-1851. Vestale. Toi que j'implore avec effroi. Italian.

Spontini, Gaspare, 1774-1851. Vestale. O des infortunées, déesse tutélaire. Italian.

Tosti, F. Paolo (Francesco Paolo), 1846-1916. Songs. Selections; arranged.

Massenet, Jules, 1842-1912. Elegies, medium voice, cello, piano; arranged.

Gounod, Charles, 1818-1893. Ave Maria (Vocal version); arranged.

Schubert, Franz, 1797-1828. Schwanengesang (Song cycle). Ständchen; arranged.

Rimsky-Korsakov, Nikolay, 1844-1908. Romansy, op. 2. Vostochnyĭ romans; arranged. English.

Kahn, Percy B., 1880-1966. Ave Maria; arranged.

Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901. Ernani. Ernani, Ernani, involami.

Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901. Forza del destino. Selections.

Dvořák, Antonín, 1841-1904. Zigeunermelodien. Als die alte Mutter; arranged. English.

Rubinstein, Anton, 1829-1894. Soirées à Saint-Pétersbourg. Romance; arranged. English.

Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901. Trovatore. Miserere.

Bellini, Vincenzo, 1801-1835. Norma. Casta diva.

Bellini, Vincenzo, 1801-1835. Norma. Mira, o Norma.
Publication Information:
[England] : Romophone, ℗1994.
Call Number:
B PONS VR P72
Physical Description:
2 audio discs : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
General Note:
Includes some previously unreleased material.

Opera excerpts and songs.

Compact disc.

Biographical notes by Bill Park and discographical information ([12] p. : port.) in container.
Contents:
Aïda. Tomb scene : act IV scene 2. La fatal pietra ; O terra addio / Verdi (Giovanni Martinelli, tenor; Elsie Baker, mezzo-soprano) -- La vestale. Tu che invoco ; O nume tutelar [2 recordings] / Spontini -- 'A vucchella : Arietta di Posillipo ; Luna d'estate / Tosti -- Elégie / Massenet (Lennartz, violoncello) [2 recordings] -- Ave Maria : Meditation on J.S. Bach's Prelude in C / Gounod (Alexander Schmidt, violin) -- Ständchen / Schubert (Carmela Ponselle, mezzo-soprano) -- Aïda. Ritorna vincitor ; O patria / Verdi -- The nightingale and the rose / Rimsky-Korsakov (Clement Barone, flute) --Serenade / Tosti (Francis Lapitino, harp) -- Good-bye / Tosti -- Ave Maria / Kahn -- Ernani. Ernani! Ernani, involami / Verdi -- La forza del destino. Pace, pace mio Dio / Verdi [2 recordings] -- Ernani. Ernani! Ernani, involami / Verdi -- Songs my mother taught me / Dvořák -- Since I first met thee / Rubinstein (Lennartz) -- La forza del destino. Final scene (act IV, scene 7). Io muoio! ; Non imprecare, umiliati / Verdi (Martinelli; Ezio Pinza, bass) -- Aïda. Ritorna vincitor / Verdi -- Il trovatore. Miserere / Verdi (Martinelli; Metropolitan Opera Chorus) [2 recordings] -- La forza del destino. La vergine degli angeli / Verdi (Pinza; Metropolitan Opera Chorus) -- Norma. Casta diva. Sediziose voci ; Ah! bello a me ritorna : cabaletta ; Mira, o Norma / Bellini (Marion Telva, alto; Metropolitan Opera Chorus).
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