Songs and opera excerpts. Music for voices and orchestra or piano. Lucrezia Bori, soprano ; with John McCormack, tenor (7th-9th works, CD 1) and Lawrence Tibbett, baritone (16th-17th works, CD 1) ; Victor Orchestra ; Josef Pasternack, Nat Shilkrit, Rosario Bourdon and Frank Black, conductors ; George Copeland, piano (last nine works). Recorded 1925-1937. Previously released material; tracks 3, 7-9, 12 and 13 of CD 1 previously unissued; tracks 22 and 23 of CD 2 previously unissued. Compact discs. Booklet with program notes by John Steane in English ([12] pages : ports.) inserted in container.
Contents:
disc 1. Louise. Depuis le jour / Charpentier (4:14) -- La primavera d'or / Glazunov ; arr. La Forge (3:51) -- Tales from the Vienna Woods / J. Strauss ; arr. La Forge (4:23) -- Cruz de majo / Valverde (3:25) -- Patotero sentimental / Joves (2:45) -- Simonetta / Rumbold (3:03) -- Into the woods = (Unterm Fenster) : op. 34 no. 3 / Schumann (2:00) -- Night hymn at sea = (Sur le grande mer) / Goring-Thomas (2:42) -- Night hymn at sea = (Sur le grande mer) / Goring-Thomas (2:41) -- La bohème. Sì. Mi chiamano Mimì / Puccini (4:37) -- Tales from the Vienna Woods / J. Strauss ; arr. La Forge (4:22) -- Tales from the Vienna Woods / J. Strauss ; arr. La Forge (4:25) -- Il bacio / Arditi (3:19) -- Il bacio / Arditi (3:23) -- Ciribiribin / Pestalozza (3:36) -- Calm as the night / Götze (3:32) -- Les contes d'Hoffmann. Barcarolle / Offenbach (2:50) -- Clavelitos / Valverde (2:03) -- Armour mouilé. Valse d'oiseau / Varney (2:56) -- La bohème. Quando me'n vo / Puccini (2:34) -- La traviata. Ah, fors'è lui (3:49) ; Follie, follie-- sempre libera (2:59) / Verdi -- disc 2. Madama Butterfly. Un bel dì / Puccini (3:59) -- Malagueña / Pagans (1:53) -- Mignon. Connais-tu le pays? (2:57) ; Me voici dans son boudoir : gavotte (2:34) / Thomas -- La violetera / Goetz-Padilla (3:10) -- Seguidilla / arr. Riemann (1:41) -- Don Giovanni. Batti, batti o bel Masetto (4:20) ; Vedrai, carino (3:46) / Mozart -- Le nozze di figaro. Deh vieni non tardar / Mozart (4:34) -- Manon. Obéissons quand leur voix appelle : gavotte (3:10) ; Adieu, notre petite table (4:01) / Massenet -- La rondine. Ore dolci e divine / Puccini (4:20) -- La vida breve. Vivan los que rien / De Falla (4:36) -- Il segreto di Susanna. O gioia, la nube leggera / Wolf-Ferrari (4:28) -- Jota / De Falla (3:13) -- Acis y Galatea. Confiando jilguerillo / Literes ; arr. Nin (3:30) -- Amantes chasqueaos. Jilguerito con pico de oro / Laserna ; arr. Nin (2:47) -- Don Quijote de la Mancha. Consejo / Orbradors (2:08) -- Malagueña / Nin (2:29) -- Seguidilla murciana / De Falla (1:17) -- Jota tortosina (1:32) ; Copias de curro dulce (2:24) ; Canto andaluza (2:42) / Nin.
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