The Spirit of Christmas Past (rec 1908-1944)
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SPIRIT OF CHRISTMAS PAST
The Spirit of Christmas Past (rec 1908-1944)
John McCormack, Emmy Destinn, Enrico Caruso, Alma Gluck, Charles Laughton, Celebrity Quartet, Isobel Baillie, Gladys Ripley, John McHugh, etc
[ Nimbus Prima Voce / CD ]
Release Date: Saturday 1 November 2008
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Listeners to this disc will be entertained by a couple of dozen of the best, roundest and sturdiest voices ever to be gathered together under one yuletide roof.
When the Spirit of Christmas Past paid a visit to Ebenezer Scrooge in Charles Dickens's 'A Christmas Carol' his intention was to treat that stony-hearted gentleman to an experience he would never forget. In evoking the identical Spirit the Nimbus Company is displaying the same intention towards the listening public; but this time, in sharp contradistinction to the case of Scrooge, the experience can hardly fail to be one of undiluted pleasure. You are invited to be a guest at the Nimbus Christmas party, an event which, to maintain the Dickensian parallel, echoes not the old miser's 'dark night of the soul', but rather the joyous festivities laid on for Mr. Pickwick and his friends at Dingley Dell. There they were entertained to a Christmas carol sung by their host, the genial Mr. Wardle, 'in a good, round, sturdy voice'. Nimbus can justly claim to have gone one better - listeners to this disc will be entertained by a couple of dozen of the best, roundest and sturdiest voices ever to be gathered together under one yuletide roof.
"Here's a bit of Christmas pudding from Nimbus guaranteed to gladden everyone's heart during the holidays. Buy this and enjoy."
Fanfare
Tracks:
1 John McCormack (1884-1945)
Orig. tune Portugal, Adeste fideles
2 Emmy Destinn (1878-1930)
Hummel, Halleluja
3 Enrico Caruso (1873-1921)
Adam, Cantique de Noël
4 Alma Gluck (1884-1938)
Gounod, Ave Maria
5 Charles Laughton (1899-1962)
music by Eisler, The oldest Christmas story
6 Celebrity Quartet,
Isobel Baillie (1895-1983), Gladys Ripley (1908-1955),
John McHugh, Harold Williams (1893-1976)
Arr. Stainer, The Coventry Carol
7 Richard Crooks (1900-1972)
César Franck, Panis Angelicus
8 Lotte Lehmann (1888-1976)
Trad., O du fröhliche
9 Giovanni Martinelli (1885-1969)
Martens, Gesu Bambino
10 Paul Planel (b. 1903)
Berlioz, L'Enfance du Christ - Le repos de la Sainte Famille
11 Elisabeth Schumann (1888-1952)
Wolf, Schlafendes Jesuskind
12 Karl Erb (1877-1958)
Loewe, Des fremden Kindes heil'ger Christ
13 Sigrid Onegin (1889-1943)
Mozart, Alleluja
14 Rosa Ponselle (1897-1981)
Schubert, Ave Maria
15 Beniamino Gigli (1890-1957)
Senatra-Schubert-Melichar, Mille cherubini in coro
16 Claudia Muzio (1889-1936)
Reger, La ninna nanna della Vergine
17 John Charles Thomas (1891-1960)
Warren, Christmas candle
18 Lawrence Tibbett (1896-1960)
A star was his candle
19 Basil Rathbone (1892-1967)
Clement-Clarke Moore, The night before Christmas
20 Ernestine Schumann-Heink (1861-1936)
Gruber, Stille Nacht, heilige Nacht
