Songs and opera excerpts; piano, organ, or orchestra acc. Clara Butt, contralto ; with [Albert W.] Ketèlbey, conductor (track 9) ; The Beecham Symphony Orchestra, Sir Thomas Beecham, conductor (track 11) ; various unnamed accompanists or orchestras. Recorded between July 16, 1909 and Sept. 11, 1930. Compact disc; analog recording. Originally released as 78-rpm discs. Booklet with biographical and program notes, principally by Martin P. Carrington (6 unnumbered pages) inserted in container.
Contents:
A youth once loved a maiden ; The tears that night / White (3:24) -- My son / Del Riego (3:04) -- Sea pictures. Where chorals lie / Elgar (3:32) -- Lucrezia Borgia. Il segreto / Donizetti (3:25) -- Don Carlos. O don fatale / Verdi (4:05) -- Three fishers / Hullah (4:14) -- The fairy pipers / Brewer (2:08) -- The leaves and the wind / Leoni (1:46) -- She wore a wreath of roses / Knight (4:23) -- The lover's curse ; I know my love / arr. Hughes (3:43) -- Have you news of my boy Jack? / German (3:55) -- Deep river / arr. Burleigh (2:52) -- Rock of ages / Redhead [sic] (3:06) -- Eileen Alannah / Thomas (3:24) -- My ain folk / Lemon (3:17) -- Kathleen Mavourneen / Crough (3:16) -- Four Biblical songs, op. 99 / Dvořák (10:00) -- The Holy City / Adams (3:31) -- Husheen / Fahy, Needham (3:24) -- God save the King (3:28).
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