| Series |
Prima voce
Prima voce. ^A363276
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| Contents |
Un ballo in maschera. Alzati! là tuo figlio ... Eri tu -- Il trovatore. Il balen ... Qual suono! ... Per me ora fatale (with Nicolai Moscona) -- Simon Boccanegra. Dinne, perche in ques'eremo ... Figlia! (with Astrid Varnay) -- Rigoletto. Pari siamo ; Povero Rigoletto ... Cortigiani, vil razza dannata -- La forza del destino. Solenne in quest'ora (with Jan Peerce) ; Morir! tremenda cosa ... urna fatale (with Raymond Keast) ; Invano, Alvaro ... Ah! una suora mi lasciasti (with Jan Peerce) -- Aida. Ciel! mio padre ... Rivedrai le forester imbalsamate (with Zinka Milanov) -- Otello. Credo in un Dio crudel ; Era la notte -- Falstaff. È sogno? O realtà -- Blow the man down -- The drummer and the cook -- Haul-a-way, Joe -- The drunken sailor -- A-rovin' -- Low lands -- Shenandoah -- Rio Grande -- On the road to Mandalay / Speaks -- Rolling down to Rio / German -- Gunga Din / Spross -- Recessional / DeKoven -- Danny Deever / Damrosch -- Boots / McCall -- Mother o'mine / Tours -- Smuggler's song / Kernochan. "Songs for everyone": America the beautiful / Ward -- Love's old sweet song / Molloy -- Mother Machree / Olcott -- A little bit of heaven / Ball -- Home on the range / Guion -- Ol' man river (from Show Boat) / Kern -- Battle hymn of the republic / Steffe. |
| General note | Streaming audio files. |
| General note | Title from resource description page (viewed March 21, 2016). |
| Performer |
Leonard Warren, baritone ; Metropolitan Orchestra, Dmitri Mitropoulos, conductor (1st work) ; RCA Victor Orchestra (2nd-8th, 11th works), Renato Cellini (2nd-8th works), Jonel Perlea (11th work) conductors ; Rome Opera House Orchestra (9th, 10th, 12th works), Jonel Perlea (9th work), Vincenzo Bellezza (10th, 12th works), conductors. "Sea shanties": Robert Shaw Chorale and Orchestra, Robert Shaw, conductor. "Rolling down to Rio" and "Songs for everyone": RCA Victor Orchestra, Frank Black, conductor. |
| Date/time/place of a event note | Verdi selections recorded 1950--1955; "Sea shanties" recorded 8 & 9 July 1947; "Rolling down to Rio" recorded 2 & 5 October 1951; "Songs for everyone" recorded 26 & 28 September 1950. |
| Language | The Verdi arias sung in Italian; the popular songs sung in English. |
| Issued in other form | Original cat. no.: NI 7939/40 |
| Genre/form | Operas. |
| Genre/form | Songs. |
| Genre/form | Excerpts. |
| Genre/form | Popular music. |
