Anna Russell, comedienne, mezzo-soprano, counter-tenor; Eugene Rankin, piano (1st and 5th works); Jimmy Carroll and his orchestra (2nd, 4th and 6th works) or his Miserable Five (3rd work); Arthur Hoberman, flute (5th work). Recorded 1953-1958. Originally released on Columbia Masterworks, 1953-1958. Compact disc. Booklet with program notes from original albums, in part by John Chapman, in English with German and French translations (7 pages : illustrations) inserted in container.
Contents:
A practical banana promotion (21:22) -- Dripping with gore (2:12) -- A square talk on popular music or the decline and fall of the popular song (20:31) -- Noisy neighbors (2:05) -- Survey of singing from madrigals to modern opera (28:16) -- Miserable (3:08).
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