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VERDI / BIZET / MASCAGNI / PUCCINI / etc
Operatic Arias and Duets (Incls 'The Pearlfishers') Robert Merrill (baritone) Jussi Bjorling (Tenor) with various accompaniments [ Nimbus Prima Voce / CD - released 20/Sep/2008 ] Both Björling and Merrill, over very distinguished careers, have left for their admiring audiences a fine legacy of their recorded vocal art. |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Alexander Kipnis (Rec 1945-46) Alexander Kipnis (bass) with various orchestras & conductors [ Nimbus Prima Voce / CD - released 20/Jun/2009 ] In the search for suitable and evocative words to describe a particular vocal quality, usually, for the bass voice one would expect of course adjectives like 'deep', 'black', 'sonorous', 'cavernous', 'thundering', 'impressive' or even 'noble'. Rarely... |
JOHANN STRAUSS 11
Die Fledermaus (Rec 1950) Hilde Guden, Julius Patzak, Kurt Preger, Sieglinde Wagner / Vienna State Opera Chorus & Orchestra / Clemens Krauss [ Nimbus Prima Voce / 2 CD - released 20/Jun/2009 ] "…Clemens Krauss's conducting… has never been surpassed for sheer charm; and the use of a team of native Austrian singers gives a uniquely authentic Viennese feel to the interpretation." Gramophone Magazine, January 2009 |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Legendary Voices Jussi Bjorling / Enrico Caruso / Alfredo Piccaver / Ezio Pinza / Giuseppe de Luca / Tito Schipa / Eva Turner / Fritz Wunderlich / etc [ Nimbus Prima Voce / CD - released 30/Nov/2007 ] "Nigel Douglas's book Legendary Voices (Deutsch: 1992) gives engagingly appreciative accounts of 14 favourite singers, coupling a biographical sketch, and sometimes personal reminiscences, with a survey of their recordings... and now, lucky man, he... |
JUSSI BJORLING
Bjorling In Song Jussi Bjorling (Tenor) with various accompliments [ Nimbus Prima Voce / CD - released 25/Mar/2008 ] "It's interesting to hear Bjorling in this repertoire, because there are always rewards in hearing him sing." Michael Tanner, Classic CD |
JUSSI BJORLING / ENRICO CARUSO / BENIAMINO GIGLI
Three Legendary Tenors in Opera and Song Jussi Bjorling, Erico Caruso, Benjamino Gigli, with various accompaniments [ Nimbus Prima Voce / CD - released 15/Feb/2004 ] Long before Pavarotti, Domingo and Carreras caught the public imagination with their top Cs and Nessun Dormas there were three legendary tenors who became household names in their own life-time. This collection of some of their finest arias and songs... |
PURCELL
Dido and Aeneas (Rec 1952) [with Brunnhilde’s Immolation from Gotterdammerung rec 1948] Kirsten Flagstad, Elisabeth Schwartzkopf, Thomas Hemsley / The Mermaid Singers and Orchestra / Geraint Jones [ Nimbus Prima Voce / CD - released 20/Jun/2009 ] Dido and Aeneas is an opera by the English Baroque composer Henry Purcell, from a libretto by Nahum Tate. It comprises three acts and lasts about an hour. It is based on a story from the fourth book of Virgil's Aeneid, of the legendary Queen of... |
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Lauritz Melchior (Rec 1924-1929) Lauritz Melchior, heldentenor with various accompaniments [ Nimbus Prima Voce / CD - released 15/Feb/2004 ] "Nimbus offers an excellent representation of [Melchoir's] powers. Heartily recommended, particularly to those who have no other representation of Melchoir in their collections." Fanfare |
MOZART / VERDI / ROSSINI / LEONCAVALLO / GIORDANO / MENOTTI
Rolando Panerai Rolando Panerai (baritone) with various accompaniments and singers [ Nimbus Prima Voce / CD - released 25/Mar/2008 ] "Panerai was a large-voiced and exceptionally lively Figaro who raced to and fro like a kitten intrigued by everything around him. The portrayal looked like a delightfully impulsive improvisation." Arthur Bloomfield on the baritone's debut in San... |
TITO GOBBI
Tito Gobbi (1913-1984) Tito Gobbi (baritone) with various orchestras 7 conductors [ Nimbus Prima Voce / CD - released 10/May/2008 ] A very few operatic artists gain a great reputation for their vocal talent and for their ability to create a believable character on stage. Tito Gobbi was such artist; one who could distil the essence of his roles thus offering his audiences a... |