Lebendige Vergangenheit: Robert Merrill, Vol. 3

Robert Merrill (Performer), Gaetano Donizetti (Composer), Pietro Mascagni (Composer), Ruggero Leoncavallo (Composer), George Gershwin (Composer), Jerome Kern (Composer), Sigmund Romberg (Composer), Rudolf Friml (Composer), Cole Porter (Composer), Ray / Livingston, Jay Evans (Composer), Anthony Young (Composer), George Munro (Composer), James Hook (Composer), Irish Traditional (Composer), English Traditional (Composer), Benjamin Britten (Composer), Renato Cellini (Conductor), Robert Russell Bennett (Conductor), H. Leopold Spitalny (Conductor), Charles Sanford (Conductor) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Performer: Robert Merrill
• Conductor: Renato Cellini, Robert Russell Bennett, H. Leopold Spitalny, Charles Sanford
• Composer: Gaetano Donizetti, Pietro Mascagni, Ruggero Leoncavallo, George Gershwin, Jerome Kern, et al.
• Audio CD (August 31, 2004)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Preiser Records
• ASIN: B0001HN2TS
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #591,523 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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5.0 out of 5 stars More glorious heritage from THE VOICE, January 14, 2006

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Charlus (NYC) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Lebendige Vergangenheit: Robert Merrill, Vol. 3 (Audio CD)

The singing is so flawlessly superb that all you need to know is WHAT Bob sings:

Lucia di Lammermoor (Donizetti): Cruda, funesta smania

with Ezio Pinza (Bass), Luigi Vellucci (Tenor)

Conductor: Renato Cellini

RCA Victor Orchestra

Date of Recording: 3/8/1952

Length: 5 Minutes 35 Secs.

2. Cavalleria Rusticana (Mascagni): Il cavallo scalpita

Conductor: Renato Cellini

RCA Victor Orchestra

Date of Recording: 1/1953

Length: 2 Minutes 24 Secs.

3. Cavalleria Rusticana: Oh! Il Signore vi manda

With Zinka Milanov (Soprano)

Conductor: Renato Cellini

RCA Victor Orchestra

Date of Recording: 1/1953

Length: 4 Minutes 56 Secs.

4. I Pagliacci (Leoncavallo): Silvio! a quest' ora...che imprudenza

With Victoria De los Angeles (Soprano)

Conductor: Renato Cellini

RCA Victor Orchestra

Date of Recording: 1/1953

Length: 8 Minutes 19 Secs.

5. Porgy and Bess (Gershwin): A woman is a sometime thing

Conductor: Robert Russell Bennett

RCA Victor Orchestra

Date of Recording: 9/13/1950

Length: 3 Minutes 32 Secs.

6. Porgy and Bess: I got plenty o' nuttin

Conductor: Robert Russell Bennett

RCA Victor Orchestra

Date of Recording: 9/13/1950

Length: 2 Minutes 51 Secs.

7. Porgy and Bess: Bess, you is my woman now

With Risė Stevens (Mezzo Soprano)

Conductor: Robert Russell Bennett

RCA Victor Orchestra

Date of Recording: 9/13/1950

Length: 5 Minutes 0 Secs.

8. Porgy and Bess: It ain't necessarily so

Conductor: Robert Russell Bennett

RCA Victor Orchestra

Date of Recording: 9/12/1950

Length: 4 Minutes 4 Secs.

9. Porgy and Bess: Oh Bess, where's my Bess?

Conductor: Robert Russell Bennett

RCA Victor Orchestra

Date of Recording: 9/12/1950

Length: 9 Minutes 35 Secs.

10. Show Boat (Kern): Ol' Man River

Conductor: Robert Russell Bennett

RCA Victor Orchestra

Date of Recording: 1948

Length: 3 Minutes 35 Secs.

11. The New Moon (Romberg): Wanting you

With Dorothy Kirsten (Soprano)

Conductor: Russ Case

Russ Case Orchestra

Date of Recording: 9/11/1947

Length: 3 Minutes 25 Secs.

12. The Three Musketeers (Friml): Ma belle

Conductor: Leopold Spitalny

Orchestra

Date of Recording: 1/2/1946

Length: 3 Minutes 28 Secs.

13. Rose Marie (Friml): Indian Love Call "When I'm calling you"

With Roberta Peters (Soprano)

Conductor: Charles Sanford

Orchestra

Date of Recording: 1952

Length: 2 Minutes 49 Secs.

14. Kiss Me, Kate (Porter): So in Love

With Roberta Peters (Soprano)

Conductor: Charles Sanford

Orchestra

Date of Recording: 1952

Length: 2 Minutes 17 Secs.

15. My Life's Desire by Tolchard Evans

Conductor: Henri René

Henri René Orchestra

Date of Recording: 1951

Length: 2 Minutes 37 Secs.

16. My Beloved by Jay Livingston

Conductor: Hugo Winterhalter

Hugo Winterhalter & His Orchestra

Date of Recording: 1951

Length: 3 Minutes 25 Secs.

17. Phyllis has such charming graces (Traditional)

Leila Edwards (Piano)

Date of Recording: 1948

Length: 2 Minutes 43 Secs.

18. My Lovely Celia by George Munro

Leila Edwards (Piano)

Date of Recording: 1948

Length: 2 Minutes 21 Secs.

19. Mary of Allendale (Traditional)

Leila Edwards (Piano)

Date of Recording: 1948

Length: 2 Minutes 51 Secs.

20. Down by the Salley Gardens (Traditional)

Leila Edwards (Piano)

Date of Recording: 1948

Length: 2 Minutes 42 Secs.

21. Be merry, be merry (Anonymous)

Leila Edwards (Piano)

Date of Recording: 1948

Length: 2 Minutes 17 Secs.

22. A Ballynure Ballad (Traditional)

Leila Edwards (Piano)

Date of Recording: 1948

Length: 1 Minutes 28 Secs.

23. Oliver Cromwell (Traditional)

Leila Edwards (Piano)

Date of Recording: 1948

Length: 0 Minutes 43 Secs.

My own particular favourite: the gorgeous duet from The New Moon with the unforgettable Dorothy Kirsten. I LOVE IT! I love this CD.