| Description |
2 audio discs (157 min., 5 sec.) : digital, mono ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Playing Time |
011840 011825 |
| Physical Medium |
4 3/4 in. |
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plastic metal |
| Description |
digital |
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optical |
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mono |
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1.4 m/s |
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audio file |
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CD audio |
| Medium of Performance |
soprano voice 1 orchestra 1 1 1 |
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soprano voice 1 piano 1 2 |
| Series |
Masterworks heritage vocal series
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Masterworks heritage vocal series.
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| Note |
Opera arias and songs; in part, arrangements. |
| Performer |
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra (disc 1, tracks 1-4, 6-9) ; Andre Kostelanetz and his orchestra (disc 1, track 5; disc 2, tracks 8-9) ; Columbia Concert Orchestra (disc 2, track 3) ; Columbia Symphony Orchestra (disc 2, tracks 4-7) ; Frank La Forge, piano (disc 2, tracks 17-18) ; unidentified orchestras (remainder) ; Pietro Cimara, (disc 1, tracks 1-4, 6-11), Andre Kostelanetz (disc 1, tracks 5, 12-14; disc 2, tracks 1-9, 12-16, 19-20), Maurice Abravanel (disc 2, tracks 10-11), conductors. |
| Event |
Recorded 1941 July 14-1950 May 1 Liederkranz Hall and Columbia 30th Street Studio, New York City. |
| Note |
Previously recorded materials originally released by Columbia, 1941-1950. |
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Title from disc label. |
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Program notes by the Earl of Harewood in English with French and German translations (51 pages : illustrations) bound in container. |
| 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. Regnava 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). -- 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. Ah, non credea-- Ah, non giunge / Vincenzo Bellini (7:00) -- Porgy and Bess. Summertime / George Gershwin ; text, DuBose Heyward and Ira Gershwin (2:35) -- Russian nightingale / Alexander M. Alaviev ; arr. Frank la Forge (3:31) -- Fledermaus fantasy : excerpts from Die Fledermaus / Johann Strauss ; arr. Frank La Forge (7:28) -- Les roses d' Ispahan / Gabriel Fauré ; text, Leconte de Lisle (3:40) -- L'invitation au voyage / Henri Duparc ; text, Charles 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 ; text, Pierre de Ronsard -- Clair de lune (2:52) ; Fantoches (1:17) / Claude Debussy ; text, Paul Verlaine -- Plaisir d'amour / Giovanni Battista Martini (4:12) -- Home, sweet home / Henry R. Bishop ; text, John Howard Payne (4:10). |
| Language |
Sung in French, Italian, English, and German. |
| Subject |
Operas -- Excerpts.
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Operas -- Excerpts. |
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Songs (High voice) with orchestra.
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Songs (High voice) with orchestra. |
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Songs (High voice) with piano.
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Songs (High voice) with piano. |
| Genre/Form |
Art music.
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Chamber music.
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Excerpts.
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Operas.
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Songs.
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Operas.
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Excerpts.
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Songs.
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Chamber music.
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Art music.
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Sound recordings.
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Sound recordings.
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| Added Author |
Pons, Lily, 1898-1976, singer.
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La Forge, Frank, 1879-1953, instrumentalist, arranger of music.
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Cimara, Pietro, conductor.
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Kostelanetz, Andre, 1901-1980, conductor.
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Abravanel, Maurice, 1903-1993, conductor.
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Harewood, George Henry Hubert Lascelles, Earl of, 1923-2011, writer of added commentary.
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Container of (work): Donizetti, Gaetano, 1797-1848.
Fille du régiment. Chacun le sait.
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Container of (work): Donizetti, Gaetano, 1797-1848.
Fille du régiment. Il faut partir.
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Container of (work): Donizetti, Gaetano, 1797-1848.
Fille du régiment. Par le rang et par l'opulence.
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Container of (work): Donizetti, Gaetano, 1797-1848.
Fille du régiment. Salut à la France.
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Container of (expression): Rimsky-Korsakov, Nikolay, 1844-1908.
Sadko (Opera). Pesni͡a indiĭskogo gosti͡a. French.
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Container of (work): Delibes, Léo, 1836-1891.
Lakmé. Pourquoi dans les grands bois.
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Container of (work): Meyerbeer, Giacomo, 1791-1864.
Pardon de Ploërmel. Ombre légère qui suis mes pas.
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Container of (work): Donizetti, Gaetano, 1797-1848.
Lucia di Lammermoor. Regnava nel silenzio.
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Container of (work): Donizetti, Gaetano, 1797-1848.
Lucia di Lammermoor. Dolce suono.
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Container of (work): Donizetti, Gaetano, 1797-1848.
Lucia di Lammermoor. Ardon gl'incensi.
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Container of (work): Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901.
Rigoletto. Caro nome.
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Container of (work): Delibes, Léo, 1836-1891.
Lakmé. Où va la jeune Indoue?
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Container of (work): Gounod, Charles, 1818-1893.
Mireille. O légère hirondelle.
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Container of (work): Gounod, Charles, 1818-1893.
Roméo et Juliette. Je veux vivre dans le rêve.
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Container of (work): Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901.
Traviata. Ah, fors' è lui che l'anima.
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Container of (expression): Rimsky-Korsakov, Nikolay, 1844-1908.
Zolotoĭ petushok. Otvetʹ mne. French.
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Container of (work): Offenbach, Jacques, 1819-1880.
Contes d'Hoffmann. Oiseaux dans la charmille.
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Container of (work): Grétry, André-Ernest-Modeste, 1741-1813.
Zémire et Azor. Fauvette avec ses petits.
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Container of (work): Thomas, Ambroise, 1811-1896.
Mignon. Je suis Titania.
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Container of (work): Bellini, Vincenzo, 1801-1835.
Puritani. Son vergin vezzosa.
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Container of (work): Donizetti, Gaetano, 1797-1848.
Linda di Chamounix. O luce di quest'anima.
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Container of (work): Bellini, Vincenzo, 1801-1835.
Sonnambula. Ah! non credea mirarti.
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Container of (work): Gershwin, George, 1898-1937.
Porgy and Bess. Summertime.
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Container of (expression): Ali͡abʹev, A. (Aleksandr), 1787-1851.
Soloveĭ. English; arranged.
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Container of (expression): Strauss, Johann, 1825-1899.
Fledermaus. Selections; arranged.
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Container of (work): Fauré, Gabriel, 1845-1924.
Roses d'Ispahan.
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Container of (expression): Duparc, Henri, 1848-1933.
Invitation au voyage; arranged.
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Container of (work): Milhaud, Darius, 1892-1974.
Chansons de Ronsard.
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Container of (work): Debussy, Claude, 1862-1918.
Fêtes galantes, 1. recueil. Clair de lune.
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Container of (work): Debussy, Claude, 1862-1918.
Fêtes galantes, 1. recueil. Fantoches.
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Container of (work): Martini, Johann Paul Aegidius, 1741-1816.
Plaisir d'amour.
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Container of (work): Bishop, Henry R. (Henry Rowley), 1786-1855.
Clari. Home, sweet home.
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Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.). Orchestra, performer.
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Andre Kostelanetz Orchestra, performer.
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Columbia Concert Orchestra, performer.
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Columbia Symphony Orchestra, performer.
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| Added Title |
Lily Pons, coloratura assoluta |
| Standard No. |
074646065525 |
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7464606552 |
| Music No. |
MH2K 60655 Sony Classical |
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