Principally excerpts from opera and oratorios. Isobel Baillie, soprano ; various orchestras, conductors and instrumentalists. Recorded Nov. 14, 1927-Sept. 2, 1943 at various locations in Manchester, Wolverhampton, Liverpool, and London. Compact disc. Biographical notes ([4] pages : portrait) in container.
Contents:
Samson. Let the bright seraphim / Handel (Arthur Lockwood, trumpet ; Warwick Braithwaite & Hallé Orchestra) (7:07) -- Cantata no. 68. My heart ever faithful / J.S. Bach (Anthony Pini, cello) (2:59) -- Phoebus & Pan. Ah yes, just so / J.S. Bach ; arr. Mottl (2:37) -- La finta gardiniera. A maiden's is an evil plight (3:34) -- Rodelinda. Art thou troubled? / Handel (Basil Cameron & the City of Birmingham Orchestra) (4:01) -- The creation. With verdure clad / Haydn (5:53) -- Messiah. I know that my redeemer liveth / Handel (Leslie Heward & Hallé Orchestra) (8:03) -- Messiah. If God be for us / Handel (Malcolm Sargent & Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra) (4:33) -- Elijah. Hear ye, Israel / Mendelssohn (6:15) -- Theodora. Angels ever bright and fair / Handel (4:25) -- Joshua. Oh! had I Jubal's lyre / Handel (Charles Prentice & orchestra) (3:02) -- The marriage of Figaro. O come, do not delay / Mozart (3:44) -- The tales of Hoffmann. Doll's song / Offenbach (Stanford Robinson & orchestra) (4:19) -- The shepherd on the rock / Schubert (Charles Draper, clarinet ; G. Ison, piano) (8:25) -- To music / Schubert (Gerald Moore, piano) (3:04) -- Where the bee sucks / Arne (Gerald Moore, piano) (1:55).
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