San Francisco and Other Jeanette MacDonald Favorites

Alberto Pestalozza (Composer), Rudolf Friml (Composer), Victor Herbert (Composer), Sigmund Romberg (Composer), Benson [1] (Composer), Stephen [Composer] Adams (Composer), Victor Schertzinger (Composer), Richard A. Whiting (Composer), Leo Delibes (Composer), Charles Gounod (Composer), Antonin Dvorak (Composer), Gustave Charpentier (Composer), Robert Russell Bennett (Conductor), Maximillian Pilzer (Conductor), Giuseppe Bamboschek (Conductor), Herbert Stothart (Conductor), Robert Armbruster (Conductor), RCA Victor Orchestra (Orchestra), RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra), Russ Case & His Orchestra (Orchestra) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Orchestra: RCA Victor Orchestra, RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra, Russ Case & His Orchestra
• Conductor: Robert Russell Bennett, Maximillian Pilzer, Giuseppe Bamboschek, Herbert Stothart, Robert Armbruster
• Composer: Alberto Pestalozza, Rudolf Friml, Victor Herbert, Sigmund Romberg, Benson [1], et al.
• Audio CD (November 9, 1991)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: RCA
• ASIN: B000003F6P
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #109,595 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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20 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An excellent demonstration of Jeanette MacDonald's artistry, December 17, 1998

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This review is from: San Francisco and Other Jeanette MacDonald Favorites (Audio CD)

The highlights of this Jeanette MacDonald CD include her excellent singing of Delibes' "Les Filles de Cadiz," the Bach-Gounod "Ave Maria," and the "Jewel Song" from "Faust." A much-underrated artist, MacDonald proves here that she can handle a wide range of music, from concert songs and opera arias to familiar tunes from her operetta films. Particularly fine are her renditions of "Only a Rose," and Herbert's "Romany Life" (in spite of an amateurish male chorus). Highly recommended not only as a tribute to filmdom's first lady of song, but also to listeners who enjoy both opera and musical comedy.

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A MUST for any Jeanette fan!, April 24, 2006

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T.B. "..." (Los Angeles, CA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: San Francisco and Other Jeanette MacDonald Favorites (Audio CD)

This CD is a gem! The songs included on it are beautiful and show off MacDonald's incredible voice. The best part of this CD, however, is the sound quality. Unlike many of her other recordings, and those featuring her with frequent costar Nelson Eddy, the sound on this CD is pristine, and you can barely tell the recordings are 50+ years old!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Nothing Short of Spectacular, November 5, 2009

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RJTRULES "Randy" (Cleveland, Ohio) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: San Francisco and Other Jeanette MacDonald Favorites (Audio CD)

Hail hail Jeanette MacDonald! Thanks to TCM, I "discovered" this wonderously beautiful songbird after viewing the movie "San Francisco" with Jeanette and Clark Gable. Several more movies later (including "The Merry Widow") I became mesmerized by those wonderful eyes and opera-etic singing. This packaging of Jeanette MacDonald's music is simply fantastic, the sound quality is superb for songs of this era and the timelessness of these incredible melodies are incredible. This is more than nostalgic, this is the real deal. This is original and one of a kind music that hearkens back to a long-ago time when movies and music of this nature were lovingly created. As I have enjoyed discovering the greats of movies and music that came long before myself, it's an absolute treasure-chest to have found this particular CD captured in such great quality; this will be part of my listening soundtrack for many years to come. If you are even reading this-don't miss this one!