John McCormack-Aris, Recitals And Songs [Box set]

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John McCormack's career as an opera star was relatively brief, though it included a number of engagements at Covent Garden and the Met between 1907 and 1919. It was as a recitalist, from about 1910 until the mid-1930s, that he enjoyed his greatest success. Yet he might have ended up a footnote in musical history had it not been for one thing: the phonograph. McCormack's 791 surviving recordings, made between 1904 and 1942, cover a formidable range of material, showing what a versatile artist he was. His vibrant timbre and clarion brilliance--so refreshing to encounter, even in 70-year-old transcriptions--utterly annihilate the wimpy efforts of such popular modern-day "voices" as Andrea Bocelli. Here was someone who really knew how to sing, who cultivated a burnished beauty of tone from bottom to top, whose delivery sparkled. All of that can be heard on this three-CD compilation from Nimbus, with individual discs showcasing the Irish-born tenor in operatic selections, popular and Irish song, and recital repertory recorded with the violinist Fritz Kreisler. The choice of material proves thoroughly representative, and the remasterings are more than satisfactory. --Ted Libbey

John McCormack-Aris, Recitals And Songs, Music, Giuseppe Mario Sammarco, Reinald Werrenrath, William F. Hooley, Anonymous, Michael William Balfe, Erno Balogh, Sir Granville Bantock, Sir Julius Benedict, Arrigo Boito, Francisco Ernani Braga, Johannes Brahms, Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, R. Cottenet, Frederick Nicholls Crouch, Ernesto de Curtis, Leo Delibes, Gaetano Donizetti, Thomas Dunhill, Stephen Foster, Benjamin Godard, Charles Gounod, George Frideric Handel, Victor Herbert, Herbert Hughes, Nelson Kneass, A. Walter Kramer, Fritz Kreisler, John Larchet, Dermot MacMurrough, Charles Marshall, Jules Massenet, Moritz Moszkowski, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Parkyns, Amilcare Ponchielli, Giacomo Puccini, Sergey Rachmaninov, George Frederick Root, Franz Schubert, Arthur Somervell, Williametta Spencer, Richard Strauss, Arthur Sullivan, Arthur F. Tate, Ernest Torrance, Paolo Tosti, Irish Traditional

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Tracks:

1. Lucia Di Lammermoor: Fra Poca A Me Ricovero
2. Lucia Di Lammermoor: Tu Che A Dio Spiegasti L'ali
3. Lucia Di Lammermoor: Una Furtiva Lagrima
4. La Traviata: De' Miei Bollenti Spiriti
5. La Traviata: Parigi O Cara
6. La Boheme: Che Gelida Manina
7. Carmen: Il Fior Che Avevi A Me Tu Dato
8. Lakme: Vieni Al Contento Profondo
9. Faust: Salve, Dimora Casta E Pura
10. La Figlia Del Reggimento: Per Viver Vicino
11. La Gioconda: O Grido Di Quest' Anima - John McCormack/Mario Sammarco
12. Mefistofele: Dai Campi, Dai Prati
13. Mefistofele: Giunto Sul Passo Estremo
14. I Pescatori Di Perle: Mi Par D'udir Ancora
15. Manon: Il Sogno
16. Rigoletto: Questa O Quella
17. Don Giovanni: Il Mio Tesoro
18. Die Meistersinger: Prize Song (Sung In English)
19. Natomah: Paul's Address
20. Semele: O Sleep, Why Dost Thou Leave Me?
21. Atlanta: Come, My Beloved - John McCormack/Edward Schneider

Tracks:

1. Acoustic Recordings: Killarney
2. Acoustic Recordings: The Minstrel Boy
3. Acoustic Recordings: I Hear You Calling Me
4. Acoustic Recordings: Kathleen Mavourneen
5. Acoustic Recordings: Macushla
6. Acoustic Recordings: Ben Bolt
7. Acoustic Recordings: She Is Far From The Land
8. Acoustic Recordings: The Snowy Breasted Pearl
9. Acoustic Recordings: Come Where My Love Lies Dreaming - John McCormack/Harry Macdonough/Lambert Murphy/Reinald Werrenrath
10. Acoustic Recordings: The Vacant Chair - John McCormack/Harry Macdonough/Reinald Werrenrath/William F. Hooley
11. Acoustic Recordings: Somewhere A Voice Is Calling
12. Acoustic Recordings: The Last Chord
13. Acoustic Recordings: Rivers To The Sea: Swans - John McCormack/Edwin Schneider
14. Electric Recordings: Norah O'Neale - John McCormack/Francis J. Lapitino
15. Electric Recordings: The Rose Of Tralee
16. Electric Recordings: She Rested By The Broken Brook - John McCormack/Edwin Schneider
17. Electric Recordings: God Gave Me Flowers - John McCormack/Edwin Schneider
18. Electric Recordings: The Wind Among The Reeds: The Cloths Of Heaven - John McCormack/Edwin Schneider
19. Electric Recordings: Songs Of The Western Isles: Song To The Seals - John McCormack/Edwin Schneider
20. Electric Recordings: The Little Boats - John McCormack/Gerald Moore
21. Electric Recordings: Songs Of Four Nations: The Gentle Maiden - John McCormack/Gerald Moore

Tracks:

1. Le Portrait - John McCormack/Edwin Schneider
2. Le Nil - John McCormack/Fritz Kreisler/Vincent O'Brien
3. Caprice Antique - John McCormack/Carl Lamson
4. Jocelyn: Beneath The Quivering Leaves...Angels Guard Thee - John McCormack/Fritz Kreisler/Vincent O'Brien
5. Ser - John McCormack/Fritz Kreisler
6. Liebesfreud - John McCormack/George Falkenstein
7. Carme - John McCormack/Fritz Kreisler
8. Cradle Song
9. Caprice Viennois - John McCormack/George Falkenstein
10. Morgen - John McCormack/Fritz Kreisler/Edwin Schneider
11. O Cease Thy Singing, Maiden Fair - John McCormack/Fritz Kreisler/Edwin Schneider
12. When Night Descends - John McCormack/Fritz Kreisler/Edwin Schneider
13. Chanson Meditation - John McCormack/George Falkenstein
14. Lily Of Killarney: The Moon Hath Raised Her Lamp Above - John McCormack/Reinald Werrenrath
15. Rosamunde Von Cypern: No.9 Ballet Music II in G
16. Hungarian Dance No.5 in F# - John McCormack/Carl Lamson
17. Goodbye
18. Angel's Ser - John McCormack/Fritz Kreisler/Vincent O'Brien
19. I Saw From The Beach - John McCormack/Fritz Kreisler/Edwin Schneider
20. Padraic The Fiddler - John McCormack/Fritz Kreisler/Edwin Schneider

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1. Khachaturian: Violin Concerto; Cello Concerto
2. Kodaly: Dances of Galánta; Háry János
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5. Lili Boulanger: The Songs
6. Lou Harrison: For Strings
7. Magnus Lindberg: Aura - In Memoriam Witold Lutoslawski (1993-94) / Engine (1996) - Oliver Knussen / London Sinfonietta
8. Mahler: Das klagende Lied
9. Mahler: Das Lied Von Der Erde [Import]
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