[ Manu Records / CD ]
Release Date: Monday 11 January 2016
Without a doubt the world was robbed of one of the most impressive bass voices of the era. When recorded anthologies of the great bass voices are compiled, the name of Natska is always up there with the likes of Fyodor Chaliapin and Boris Christoff. Now with the issue of "Oscar Natska: A legend in his time his magnificent voice is preserved to inspire and entertain future generations.
George Frideric HANDEL (1685-1759)
Samson HWV 57 - Honour and Arms [4.18]
Wolfgang Amadeus MOZART (1756-1791)
Die Zauberflöte - O Isis und Osiris [3.22]
Die Zauberflöte - Within These sacred Bowers [3.28]
Don Giovanni - Madamina, il catalogo e questo [4.54]
Gioachino ROSSINI (1792-1868)
Il Barbiere di Siviglia - La Calunnia [3.14]
Modest MUSSORGSKY (1839-1881)
Mephistopheles' Song of the Flea arranged Collett [3.11]
Albert KETELBEY (1875-1959)
Sanctuary of the Heart [4.12]
In A Monastery Garden [3.43]
Willoughby Hunter WEISS (Nineteenth century)
The Village Blacksmith (1857) [3.41]
Ludwig van BEETHOVEN (1770-1827)
Die Ehre Gottes aus der Natur Op.48 No.4 [2.30]
Zartliche Liebe; Ich liebe dich WoO123 [2.32]
Robert SCHUMANN (1810-1856)
The Two Grenadiers Op.49 No.1 [3.08]
Pyotr Ilyich TCHAIKOVSKY (1840-1893)
I Bless You Forests, Pilgrims Song Op 47 No.5 [4.01]
Leonid Dimitrievitch MALASHKIN (1842-1902)
O Could I But Express In Song [2.33]
Liza LEHMANN (1862-1918)
In A Persian Garden - Myself When Young [2.40]
John Hill HEWITT (1801-1890)
Out Where The Big Ships Go [3.09]
TRADITIONAL
Shenandoah [3.09]
Blow The Man Down [1.34]
Hullaballo Belay [1.14]
Drunken Sailor [0.38]
Rio Grande [1.01]
Billy Boy [1.08]
Johann Ignaz Ludwig FISCHER (1745-1825)
In Cellar Cool - from Der Kritikaster und der Trinker [2.59]
Montague Fawcett PHILLIPS (1885-1969)
Wimmen Oh Wimmen [2.02]