Coloratura assoluta / Lily Pons.
| Author/creator | Pons, Lily performer. |
| Other author | Cimara, Pietro, conductor. |
| Other author | Kostelanetz, Andre, 1901-1980, conductor. |
| Other author | Abravanel, Maurice, 1903-1993 conductor. |
| Format | Audio (CD) |
| Publication Info | [New York?] : Sony Music Entertainment, ℗1998. |
| Description | 2 audio discs (157 min., 5 sec.) : digital, mono. ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Disc 1. La fille du régiment. Chacun le sait (3:24) ; Il faut partir (4:20) ; Et mon cœur va changer (4:18) ; Salut à la France (4:33) / Gaetano Donizetti -- Sadko. Song of India / Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov (3:36) -- Lakmé. Pourquoi dans les grand bois / Léo Delibes (4:32) -- Dinorah. Ombre légère = Shadow song / Giacomo Meyerbeer (5:33) -- Lucia di Lammermoor. Renava del silenzio- Quando rapita in estasi (7:15) ; Il dolce suono mi colpì- Ardon gl'incensi (14:25) / Gaetano Donizetti -- Rigoletto. Caro nome / Giuseppe Verdi (5:06) -- Lakmé. Où va la jeune hindoue? = Bell song / Léo Delibes (7:03) -- Mireille. O légère hirondelle (2:53). Roméo et Juliette. Je veux vivre (3:31) / Charles-François Gounod -- La traviata. Ah, fors'è lui- Sempre libera / Giuseppe Verdi (7:08). |
| Contents | Disc 2. Le coq d'or. Hymne au soleil / Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov (4:15) -- Les contes d'Hoffmann. Les oiseaux dans la charmille / Jacques Offenbach (3:58) -- Zémire et Azor. La Fauvette / André-Ernest-Modeste Grétry (7:50) -- Mignon. Je suis Titania / Ambroise Thomas (4:28) -- I puritani. Son vergin vezzosa / Vincenzo Bellini (3:57) -- Linda di Chamounix. O luce di quest'anima / Gaetano Donizetti (3:18) -- La sonnambula. An, non credea- Ah, non giunge / Vincenzo Bellini (7:00) -- Porgy and Bess. Summertime / George Gershwin (2:35) -- The Russian nightingale / Alexander M. Alaviev (3:31) -- Die Fledermaus. Fledermaus fantasy / Johann Strauss (7:28) -- Les roses d' Ispahan / Gabriel Fauré (Lisle) (3:40) -- L' invitation au voyage / Henri Duparc (Baudelaire) / (3:59) -- Chansons de Ronsard. À un fountaine (1:56) ; À cupidon (2:52) ; Tais-toi, babillarde (1:19) ; Dieu vous gard (2:18) / Darius Milhaud -- Clair de lune (2:52) ; Fantoches (1:17) / Claude Debussy (Verlaine) -- Plaisir d'amour / Giovanni Battista Martini (4:12) -- Home, sweet home / Henry R. Bishop (Payne) (4:10). |
| General note | Compact discs. |
| General note | Previously recorded materials originally released by Columbia. |
| General note | Opera arias and songs. |
| General note | Durations provided on the insert. |
| General note | Program notes by the Earl of Harewood in English, German, and French (51 p: ports) bound in container. |
| Performer | Lily Pons, soprano ; various orchestras ; Pietro Cimara, Andre Kostelanetz, Maurice Abravanel, conductors ; sung principally in original languages. |
| Date/time/place of a event note | Recorded between 1941 and 1950 at Leiderkranz Hall and the Columbia 30th Street Studio in New York City. |
| UPC | 074646065525 |
| Publisher number | MH2K 60655 Masterworks Heritage/Sony Classical |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Music | Music Media - Ask at Circulation Desk | CD-9612 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |