AUDIO
The Marchesi school [sound recording].
- Date
- 1999-1902
- By
- Marchesi, Mathilde, 1821-1913, Marchesi, Blanche, 1864-1940, Adams, Suzanne, 1872-1953, Alda, Frances, Arnoldson, Sigrid, 1861-1943, Arral, Blanche, 1864-1945, Calvé, Emma, 1858-1942, Crossley, Ada, 1874-1929, De Tréville, Yvonne, 1881-1954, Eames, Emma, 1865-1952, Kurz, Selma, 1874-1933, Licette, Miriam, Melba, Nellie, Dame, 1861-1931, Parkina, Elizabeth, 1882-1922, Yaw, Ellen Beach, 1869-1947, Saville, Frances, 1862-1935, Freestone, John, 1910-2006
- Notes
L'été / [Cécile] Chaminade (Blanche Marchesi) -- Sicilian cart driver's song / arr. [Geni] Sadero (B. Marchesi) -- Roméo et Juliette. Valse / [Charles] Gounod (Suzanne Adams) -- Falstaff. Sul fil d'un soffio etesio / [Giuseppe] Verdi (Frances Alda) -- Loreley. Ah! Dunque ei m'amera / [Alfredo] Catalani (F. Alda) -- Cena delle beffe. Sempre cosi / [Umberto] Giordano (F. Alda) -- La traviata. Ah! fors' è lui / [Giuseppe] Verdi (Sigrid Arnoldson) -- L'amour mouillé. Valse d'oiseau / [Louis] Varney (Blanche Arral) -- Cavalleria rusticana. Voi lo sapete / [Pietro] Mascagni (Emma Calvé) --Hérodiade. Il est doux / [Jules] Massenet (E. Calvé) --Caro mio ben / [Giuseppe] Giordani (Ada Crossley) -- Lakmé. Bell song / [Léo] Delibes (Yvonne de Tréville) -- Dopo / [F. Paolo] Tosti (Emma Eames) -- Diamants de la couronne. Air and variations / [D.F.E.] Auber (Selma Kurz) -- Don Carlos. Tu che la vanità / [Giuseppe] Verdi (S. Kurz) -- Maritana. Scenes that are brightest / [William Vincent] Wallace (Miriam Licette) -- Pastorale / [Georges] Bizet (Dame Nellie Melba) -- Pur dicesti / [Antonio] Lotti (N. Melba) -- La bohème. Addio / [Giacomo] Puccini (N. Melba) -- Should he upbraid / [Henry R.] Bishop (Elizabeth Parkina) -- Les noces de Jeanette. Nightingale's song / [Victor] Massé (Ellen Beach Yaw) -- Manon. Gavotte / [Jules] Massenet (Frances Saville) -- Gia il sole dal Gange / [Alessandro] Scarlatti (John Freestone).
Songs and arias, sung by pupils of the Marchesi school of singing.
Frances Alda was born in New Zealand.
Sung in French, English, and Italian.
Blanche Marchesi, Suzanne Adams, Frances Alda, Sigrid Arnoldson, Blanche Arral, Emma Calvé, Yvonne de Tréville, Emma Eames, Selma Kurz, Miriam Licette, Dame Nellie Melba, Elizabeth Parkina, Ellen Beach Yaw, Frances Saville, sopranos ; Ada Crossley, mezzo-soprano ; John Freestone, tenor ; with orchestra or piano acc.
Recorded 1902-1979.
Most selections previously released.
Compact disc.
Biographical and program notes in English by John Williams (19 p. : ill.) inserted in container.
- Publisher
- Wadhurst, E. Sussex, England : Pearl, p1999.
- Format
- 1 sound disc (78 min.) : digital, mono. ; 4 3/4 in.
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