Black Swans: Mid Century

Tracks:

Disc 1

1. Handel: Messiah-Rejoice greatly / Adele Addison, soprano;
with Handel and Haydn Society Chorus, Zimbler Sinfonietta,
Thompson Stone, conductor
Classics Record Library SRL-4573 (stereo), 1959, originally Kapp 3.8000S
2. Bishop: Home, Sweet Home
3. Anon.: Every Time I feel the Spirit
Marian Anderson, contralto; unknown accompaniment
Voice of America 16" 33 1/3 rpm lacquer disc, unissued (1943-45)
4. Kern: Show Boat-Old Man River / Jules Bledsoe, baritone
Decca K 631 (78 rpm), London, c. 1932
5. Brahms: Alto Rhapsody / Carol Brice, contralto
with Tanglewood Men's Choir, Boston Symphony orchestra,
Serge Koussevitzky, conductor (live, August 3, 1946)
6. Mortensen: Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening (Frost)
Tono 28022 (mx 3166 A), 78 rpm
7. Brockway (arr.): The Nightingale, 'One Morning in May'
Tono 28036 (mx 3163 C), 78 rpm
8. Burleigh (arr.): Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child
Tono 28021 (mx 3163 C), 78 rpm
9. Johnson (arr.): Hold On
Tono 28021 (mx 3164 B), 78 rpm
10. Jordan (arr.): His Name So Sweet
Tono 28036 (mx 3817C), 78 rpm
11. Mortensen: Adventures of Isabel (Nash)
Tono 28022 (mx 3165 C), 78 rpm
Anne Brown, soprano; Kjell Olson, piano (c. 1949-50)
12. Rossini: Stabat Mater-Fac ut portem
Betty Allen, mezzo-soprano; St. Hedwig's Cathedral Choir,
Berlin Symphony Orchestra, Karl Forster, conductor
HMV (Germany) SMVP 8076 (stereo), June, 1960
13. Hayes (arr.): Sister Mary
14. Hayes (arr.): Little Boy
Thomas Carey, baritone; Lois Gauger, piano
Century 39417, LP, "Christmas on the [Oklahoma] Campus"
15. Bachelet: Chère nuit (mx AA 56502-1G)
16. Sauguet: Berceuse creole (mx. AA 56502-2C
Ellabelle Davis, soprano; Kjell Olsson, piano
Philips A-56502 (78 rpm) (c. 1950)
17. Delibes: Lakmé-Ou va la jeune indoue ("Bell Song")
Mattiwilda Dobbs, soprano; Sydney Symphony Orchestra,
Joseph Post (conductor) (live performance, Sydney, 1955)

Disc 2

1. Shulamit Ran: O, the Chimneys (poems by Nelly Sachs)
Gloria Davy, soprano; Shulamit Ran, piano
New York Philomusica Chamber Ensemble / Robert Johnson (1973)
Vox Turnabout TV 34492, stereo LP (By kind permission of Naxos)
2. Brahms: Von ewiger Liebe
Philips A 45403, 78 rpm
3. Saint-Saëns: Danse macabre
4. Mussorgsky: The Seminarianist
Todd Duncan, baritone; William Allen, piano
Philips A 56503, 78 rpm (c. 1950) (mx A 56503 A/B)
5. Gershwin: Porgy and Bess-My Man's Gone Now
Ruby Elzy, soprano; rehearsal orchestra,
George Gershwin, conductor (July 19, 1935)
Mark56 LP (from lacquer disc)
6. Dawson: Talk About a Child that do Love Jesus
7. Johnson (arr.): Honor! Honor!
Charles Holland, tenor; Ralph Lindsey, piano
Victor 4556 (78 rpm), c. 1939
8. Foster: Old Folks at Home
Inez Matthews, soprano; Juanita Hall Choir
Hit Record 8078 9 (mx M-269-2)
9. Mozart: Le Nozze di Figaro-Dove sono
Dorothy Maynor, soprano;
Philadelphia Orchestra, Eugene Ormandy, conductor
live performance, Oct. 20, 1945
10. Verdi: Aida-Quest' asissa
11. Verdi: Aida-E in uo potere lo sto! In poser di lei!
Robert McFerrin, baritone; Anna Maria Rovere, soprano;
Vincenzo Bellezza, conductor (Naples Opera -live, July 15, 1956)
12. Gershwin: Porgy and Bess-Summertime
Margaret Tynes, soprano; orchestra conducted by
Warren Edward Vincent Design DLP 110 (mono LP), 1960
Daugherty (arr.): Sea Shanties: William Warfield, baritone; Otto Herz, piano
13. Rio Grande 14. Blow Ye Winds
15. Across the Western Ocean 16. Mobile Bay
17. Shenandoah
Columbia 10" ML 2206 (LP), 1952
18. Carpenter: When I bring you coloured toys (Tagore)
Camillia Williams, soprano; Borislav Bazala, piano