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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 : Carl Maria von Weber: Ocean, thou mighty monster! {from Oberon} : : : Agnes Nicholls, with orchestral accomp. (1911)
      Composer(s):  Carl Maria von Weber
      Performer(s):  Agnes Nicholls
Tracks 2 : W A Mozart: Misera Elvira . . . Mi tradi quell' anima ingrata {from Don Giovanni} : : : Miriam Licette, with orchestral accomp. (1929)
      Composer(s):  W A Mozart
      Performer(s):  Miriam Licette
Tracks 3-4 : Giuseppe Verdi: Willow song [and] Ave Maria {from Otello} : : : Joan Cross, with orchestral accomp. (1937)
      Composer(s):  Giuseppe Verdi
      Performer(s):  Joan Cross
Tracks 5 : Giacomo Puccini: One fine day {from Madama Butterfly} : : : Eva Turner, with orchestral accomp. (1933)
      Composer(s):  Giacomo Puccini
      Performer(s):  Eva Turner
Tracks 6 : Claude Debussy: Mes longs cheveux {from Pelléas et Mélisande} : : : Mary Garden, with piano accomp. by Claude Debussy (bef. 1904)
      Composer(s):  Claude Debussy
      Performer(s):  Mary Garden,  Claude Debussy
Tracks 7 : Emile Paladilhe: Psyché : : : Maggie Teyte, with piano accomp. (1941)
      Composer(s):  Emile Paladilhe
      Performer(s):  Maggie Teyte
Tracks 8 : Reynaldo Hahn: Ce n'était pas la même chose {from Ciboulette} : : : Maggie Teyte, with piano accomp. by Gerald Moore (1946)
      Composer(s):  Reynaldo Hahn
      Performer(s):  Maggie Teyte,  Gerald Moore
Tracks 9 : George Frideric Handel: Ne' trionfa d'Alessandro . . . Lusinghe più care {from Alessandro} : : : 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
Tracks 10 : George Frideric Handel: O Sleep! Why dost thou leave me? {from Semele} : : : Elsie Suddaby, with orchestral accomp. (1927)
      Composer(s):  George Frideric Handel
      Performer(s):  Elsie Suddaby
Tracks 11 : Henry Purcell: Hark! The echoing air {from The Fairy Queen} : : : Elsie Suddaby, with piano accomp. (1924)
      Composer(s):  Henry Purcell
      Performer(s):  Elsie Suddaby
Tracks 12-14 : Frederick Delius: Cradle song; The nightingale; Evening voices (Twilight fantasies) : : : Dora Labbette, with piano accomp. by Sir Thomas Beecham (1929)
      Composer(s):  Frederick Delius
      Performer(s):  Dora Labbette,  Thomas Beecham
Tracks 15 : Adolphe Adam: Variations on a nursery theme ('Listen, Mother, to my tale') : : : Gwen Catley, with flute and orchestral accomp. (1949)
      Composer(s):  Adolphe Adam
      Performer(s):  Gwen Catley

 

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