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V33-1106

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Title : Great British sopranos

Label : EMI HMV [1904-1949]

Performer(s) : Agnes Nicholls, Miriam Licette, Joan Cross, Eva Turner, Mary Garden, Maggie Teyte, Isobel Baillie, Elsie Suddaby, Dora Labbette, Gwen Catley

Tracks 1 : Ocean, thou mighty monster! {from Oberon} / Carl Maria von Weber : : : Agnes Nicholls, with orchestral accomp. (1911)
      Composer(s)Carl Maria von Weber
      Performer(s)Agnes Nicholls

Tracks 10 : O Sleep! Why dost thou leave me? {from Semele} / George Frideric Handel : : : Elsie Suddaby, with orchestral accomp. (1927)
      Composer(s)George Frideric Handel
      Performer(s)Elsie Suddaby

Tracks 11 : Hark! The echoing air {from The Fairy Queen} / Henry Purcell : : : Elsie Suddaby, with piano accomp. (1924)
      Composer(s)Henry Purcell
      Performer(s)Elsie Suddaby

Tracks 12-14 : Cradle song; The nightingale; Evening voices (Twilight fantasies) / Frederick Delius : : : Dora Labbette, with piano accomp. by Sir Thomas Beecham (1929)
      Composer(s)Frederick Delius
      Performer(s)Dora Labbette,  Thomas Beecham

Tracks 15 : Variations on a nursery theme ('Listen, Mother, to my tale') / Adolphe Adam : : : Gwen Catley, with flute and orchestral accomp. (1949)
      Composer(s)Adolphe Adam
      Performer(s)Gwen Catley

Tracks 2 : Misera Elvira . . . Mi tradi quell' anima ingrata {from Don Giovanni} / W A Mozart : : : Miriam Licette, with orchestral accomp. (1929)
      Composer(s)W A Mozart
      Performer(s)Miriam Licette

Tracks 3-4 : Willow song [and] Ave Maria {from Otello} / Giuseppe Verdi : : : Joan Cross, with orchestral accomp. (1937)
      Composer(s)Giuseppe Verdi
      Performer(s)Joan Cross

Tracks 5 : One fine day {from Madama Butterfly} / Giacomo Puccini : : : Eva Turner, with orchestral accomp. (1933)
      Composer(s)Giacomo Puccini
      Performer(s)Eva Turner

Tracks 6 : Mes longs cheveux {from Pelléas et Mélisande} / Claude Debussy : : : Mary Garden, with piano accomp. by Claude Debussy (bef. 1904)
      Composer(s)Claude Debussy
      Performer(s)Mary Garden,  Claude Debussy

Tracks 7 : Psyché / Emile Paladilhe : : : Maggie Teyte, with piano accomp. (1941)
      Composer(s)Emile Paladilhe
      Performer(s)Maggie Teyte

Tracks 8 : Ce n'était pas la même chose {from Ciboulette} / Reynaldo Hahn : : : Maggie Teyte, with piano accomp. by Gerald Moore (1946)
      Composer(s)Reynaldo Hahn
      Performer(s)Maggie Teyte,  Gerald Moore

Tracks 9 : Ne' trionfa d'Alessandro . . . Lusinghe più care {from Alessandro} / George Frideric Handel : : : Isobel Baillie, with London Symphony Orchestra: Sir Malcolm Sargent (1949)
      Composer(s)George Frideric Handel
      Performer(s)Isobel Baillie,  Malcolm Sargent
      Ensemble(s)London Symphony Orchestra

 

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