More By Artist: John McCormack
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John McCormack
The Very Best of John McCormack - Ballads of the Irish tenor [ Alto Records / CD - released 12/Jun/2017 ] "Clear phrasing and beautiful tone, from the quintessential Irish Tenor, who starred at the New York Metropolitan Opera before a second career in classic ballads" (Tony Watts) |
John McCormack
The Minstrel Boy [ ASV Living Era / CD ] With Fritz Kreisler (violin) on some tracks |
Various Artists incls Al Jolson, John McCormack, Bessie Smith, Paul Whiteman, Cliff 'Ukulele' Edwards, Marion Harris, The Knickerbockers, Gene Austin
Hits Of '25 - The Roaring '20s 'Yes Sir, that's My Baby' [ ASV Living Era / CD - released 2/Jul/2006 ] Living Era's year-by-year compilations of hit recordings from the Roaring Twenties are well worth investigating. This volume, focusing upon the year 1925, is much better than the hideous cover photo suggests. Although the people posing artlessly with... |
WAGNER/ LEONCAVALLO / SCHUBERT / MENDELSSOHN / BIZET / SULLIVAN / etc
Great British Tenors Ben Davies, John Coates, Gerwase Elwes, Walter Hyde, Frank Mullings, John McCormack, Joseph Hislop, Parry Jones, Hubert Eisdell, Tudor Davies, etc [ Heritage / CD - released 1/May/2015 ] Commercial recording arrived at the ideal time to capture a golden age of British tenor singing. A range of distinctive qualities had developed in the 19th century - firm yet elegant tone, emphasis on text and on clarity of diction - that... |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
The McCormack Edition Volume 9: 1920-1923 Victor Talking Machine Company Recordings John McCormack (tenor) / Various orchestras and conductors [ Naxos Historical / CD - released 27/Feb/2012 ] Ward Marston, producer and audio restoration engineer This volume of the Naxos McCormack edition charts a chronological survey of recordings made in Camden, New Jersey, between April 1920 and September 1923. Two outstanding examples of the... |
John McCormack (tenor)
Vol 2: Come Back to Erin (1910-1921) [ Naxos Nostalgia / CD - released 2/Feb/2004 ] Selected songs including 'Killarney', 'Come Back to Erin' and more |
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 - released 1/Nov/2008 ] 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. |
MASSENET / TOSTI / VERDI / SCHUBERT / BACH-GOUNOD
John McCormack Edition Vol. 4: The Acoustic Recordings (1913-14) John McCormack / Studio Orchestra [ Naxos Historical / CD - released 4/Dec/2006 ] With its focus on Irish songs and Victorian ballads, Volume 4 of the Naxos McCormack Edition completes the tenor’s 1913 recordings. McCormack could be very good in opera, but he was supreme in the world of song |
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McCormack Edition, Vol. 5: The Acoustic Recordings (1914-1915) John McCormack (tenor) / Various orchestras and conductors [ Naxos Historical Great Singers / CD - released 2/Sep/2007 ] "From what we hear, McCormack was a strong lyrical tenor with a clean edge to the voice. He is comfortable with the Verdi and Puccini arias heard here but lacks the power of a Pavarotti. With ballad singing he seems much more at home. A particular... |
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The McCormack Edition Volume 8 - Acoustic Recordings (1918-1920) John McCormack (tenor) / Victor Orchestra / Josef Pasternack [ Naxos Historical Great Singers / CD - released 6/Dec/2010 ] John McCormack found extraordinary success as a concert hall artist, being declared in 1918 'the most popular singer in the world' and at one stage selling more records than Caruso. The 26 recordings collected on this eighth volume of Naxos's... |
