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Geoffrey de Lautour in recital
- Date
- 1959, 1981, Dec 1995
- By
- Morrison, John J, active 1960s-1970s; Hopkins, John Raymond, 1927-2013; Cavdarski, Vanco, 1930-2001
- Reference
- MSCD-2643
- Description
Recordings of Geoffrey de Lautour singing arias and songs, mostly accompanied by John Morrison on piano. Some arias are accompanied by orchestra.
Place of recording - Place of recording Tracks 12-14 are excerpts from a live performance by the New Zealand Opera Company conducted by John Hopkins in 1959. Track 15 from a Television New Zealand production recorded at the Avalon Television Centre in 1981, with the NZSO, conducted by Vanco Cavdarski. All other tracks recorded at 18 Hildreth St, Karori, Dec 1995, with John Morrison on piano.
Other - Tracks with piano recorded when Geoffrey de Lautour was aged 73 and after having had major heart surgery. These are the songs he wanted to be remembered for.
Other - A non-commercial disc produced as a family initiative, which transfers material already deposited with the library (MSC-8692 and MSC-8693) onto compact disc.
Other - CD booklet incorrectly credits the back cover photograph, taken by Rob Joiner, as having been taken by Rob Jones.
Contents: Catalogue song; Don Giovanni / W A Mozart
Contents: When I was just a tiny boy; Merry wives of Windsor / O Nicolai
Contents: Song of the flea / M Mussorgsky
Contents: Wir wandelten / J Brahms
Contents: Sontag / J Brahms
Contents: Our father (West Indian)
Contents: Death oh my Lord (West Indian)
Contents: Murder in de market (West Indian)
Contents: The virgin Mary had a baby boy (West Indian)
Contents: She is far from the land / C Lambert
Contents: Gra' Macree / Trad, arr. de Lautour
Contents: If you are after a little amusement; The marriage of Figaro / W A Mozart
Contents: Say goodbye; The marriage of Figaro / W A Mozart
Contents: Yes fools you are; The marriage of Figaro / W A Mozart
Contents: Really now; The barber of Seville / G Rossini (with Frances Green)
Contents: Ol' man river; Showboat / J Kern
Contents: Mah Lindy Lou / L Strickland
Contents: The owl and the pussycat / E Lear [words], C Hely-Hutchinson [music]
Contents: The table and the chair / E Lear [words], C Hely-Hutchinson [music]
Contents: The hippopotamus / M Flanders and D Swann
Other Titles - Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus, 1756-1791. Don Giovanni. Madamina, il catalogo e questo
Other Titles - Nicolai, Otto, 1810-1849. Lustigen Weiber von Windsor. Als Bublien klein
Other Titles - Mussorgsky, Modest Petrovich, 1839-1881. Pesnia Mefistofelia
Other Titles - Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus, 1756-1791. Nozze di Figaro. Se vuol ballare
Other Titles - Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus, 1756-1791. Nozze di Figaro. No piu andrai farfallone
Other Titles - Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus, 1756-1791. Nozze di Figaro. Aprite un po' quel'occhi
Other Titles - Rossini, Gioacchino, 1792-1868. Barbiere di Siviglia. A un dottor della mia sorte
Quantity: 1 compact disc(s).
- Additional description
Original recording not available for playback. Surrogate copy will be provided.
- Use/Reproduction
- Requestors of copies of sound and video recordings must obtain written permission of all copyright holders.
- Access restrictions
- Partly restricted - Additional processing required
- Part of
- de Lautour, Geoffrey, 1922-2000 : Papers
- Format
- 1 compact disc(s), Compact discs
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