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 |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
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... |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
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... |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
The McCormack Edition Volume 10 - Victor Talking Machine Company (1923-1924) & Gramophone Company Ltd. (1924) John McCormack (tenor) with Alexander Schmidt (violin), Alfred Lennartz (cello), Edwin Schneider (piano) [ Naxos Historical Great Singers / CD - released 20/Nov/2013 ] 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. |
AITKEN / STERNDALE BENNETT / HERBERT / BIZET
John McCormack:The Acoustic Recordings (1912-1913) John McCormack (Tenor) with Louise Kirkby-Lunn (Mezzo-soprano), Victor Orchestra / Studio orchestra / Percy Pitt (Conductor) [ Naxos Historical Naxos The McCormack Edition Vol 3 / CD - released 11/May/2006 ] This volume of recordings continues to document the earliest years of McCormack's success in the United States, the titles indicating his greatly increased concert work. |
John McCormack (tenor) with Mario Sammarco, baritone / Victor Orchestra
John McCormack: Acoustic Victor Recordings, Vol. 1 (1910) [ Naxos Historical Naxos The McCormack Edition Vol 1 / CD - released 6/Dec/2004 ] "For those who do not know the voice, I strongly recommend the modest outlay and enjoy what many have long known and can now glory in anew." - MusicWeb Dec 2004 |
John McCormack (tenor) with Nellie Melba, soprano / Mario Sammarco, baritone / Edna Thornton, contralto with various orchestras
John McCormack: Acoustic Recordings (1910-1911) [ Naxos Historical Naxos The McCormack Edition Vol 2 / CD - released 14/Apr/2005 ] Born in the small Irish town of Athlone on 14th June 1884, John McCormack seemed destined for a life in the civil service until he won the gold medal in a Dublin music festival in 1903. |
JOHN McCORMACK
McCormack Edition, Vol. 6: The Acoustic Recordings (1915-1916) John McCormack (tenor) with various orchestras and accompaniments [ Naxos Historical McCormack Edition / CD - released 10/Apr/2008 ] "Ward Marston's restorations draw out as much information from these more than 90-year-old records as is possible and those who are still sceptical about acoustic recordings should give this disc a try." (MusicWeb May 2008) |
JOHN McCORMACK
McCormack Edition, Vol. 7: The Acoustic Recordings (1916-1918) John McCormack (tenor) with various orchestras and accompaniments [ Naxos Historical McCormack Edition / CD - released 1/Dec/2008 ] "McCormack always gave his best and had his heart in all that he did. He always said that he only ever sang music that he wanted to sing." |
DONIZETTI / VERDI / PUCCINI / BIZET / BOITO / etc
Mccormack In Opera John McCormack (tenor) with with Lucrezia Bori & Mario Sammarco [ Nimbus / CD ] "Nimbus has carefully assembled the best of John McCormack's operatic recordings and brought them vividly and convincingly to life through the 'Digital Ambisonic Process' ... the liveliest transfers of McCormack's acoustic output to date" Fanfare |
JOHN McCORMACK
18 Favourites Vol.1 John Mccormack (tenor) with various accompaniments [ Naxos Nostalgia / CD - released 30/Nov/2007 ] 18 Favourites by the Irish master tenor |