Legendary Voices, Vol. 1

Vincenzo Bellini (Composer), Carlos Gomes (Composer), Giacomo Puccini (Composer), Victor Herbert (Composer), Ambroise Thomas (Composer), Giuseppe Verdi (Composer), Pietro Mascagni (Composer), Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (Composer), Franz [Vienna] Schubert (Composer), Robert Schumann (Composer), Richard [Classical] Wagner (Composer), Amilcare Ponchielli (Composer), Carl Millocker (Composer), Francesco Cilea (Composer), Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky (Composer), Giulio Setti (Conductor), Thomas Beecham (Conductor), Manfred Gurlitt (Conductor), Rosario Bourdon (Conductor), Nils Grevillius (Conductor) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Conductor: Giulio Setti, Thomas Beecham, Manfred Gurlitt, Rosario Bourdon, Nils Grevillius
• Composer: Vincenzo Bellini, Carlos Gomes, Giacomo Puccini, Victor Herbert, Ambroise Thomas, et al.
• Audio CD (May 19, 1998)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Nimbus Records
• ASIN: B0000037K9
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #461,509 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
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Track Listings

1. La sonnambula, opera: Ah! non giunge - Luisa Tetrazzini

2. Lo Schiavo, opera: Gomez - Qui fortuna insistenza...Quando nascesti tu - Enrico Caruso

3. Tosca, opera: Vissi d'arte - Romano Romani

4. Mademoiselle Modiste, operetta in 2 acts: Kiss me again - Romano Romani

5. Mignon, opera in 3 acts: Elle ne croyait pas - Tito Schipa

6. Rigoletto, opera: Povero Rigoletto...Cortigiani, Vil razza dannata - Guiseppe de Luca

7. Aida, opera: Ritorna vincitor - EVA TURNER

8. Cavalleria rusticana, opera (melodramma) in 1 act: Addio alla madre - Alfred Piccaver

9. Ernani, opera: Infelice! e tu credevi - Ezio Pinza

10. Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), opera, K. 620: In diesen heil'gen Hallen - Alexander Kipnis

11. Erlkönig ('Wer reitet so spät'), song for voice & piano, D. 328 (Op. 1) - Gerald Monroe

12. Die Lotosblume ('Die Lotosblume ängstigt sich...'), song for voice & piano (Myrthen), Op. 25/7 - Lotte Lehmann

13. Die Walküre (The Valkyrie), opera, WWV 86b: Du bist der Lenz - Vienna Phil Orch/Bruno Walter

14. Tristan und Isolde, opera, WWV 90: Liebstod - Kirsten Flagstad

15. La Gioconda, opera in 4 acts: Cielo e mar - Jussi Bjorling

16. Der Bettelstudent, operetta: Ich hab' kein Geld, bin vogelfrei - Nils Grevillius

17. L'Arlesiana, opera: Come due tizzi accesi - Tito Gobbi

18. Eugene Onegin, opera, Op. 24: Wohin, wohin bist du entschwunden - Fritz Wunderlich

Customer Reviews

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5.0 out of 5 stars Time machine, October 15, 2004

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Sasha "lampic" (at sea...sailing somewhere) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Legendary Voices, Vol. 1 (Audio CD)

Instead of being known only to its passionate cult followers,"Nimbus records" should be celebrated around the world for wonderful work they do.Lovingly restoring old 78 rpm discs on CD format,they are bringing in the light some poignant and moving musical moments previously forgotten in museum's dusty corners and at the same time preserving memory on opera's big stars of the past,distant relatives (ancestors?) of todays singers.Sure its all mono - recorded between 1911 and 1942 - and therefore even more precious,this is the closest we can get to a ride in time machine.Most of us have heard of Caruso but this collection serves as introduction to other names as well:Luisa Tetrazzini (who sounds like drunken canary bird),Rosa Ponselle,Tito Schipa,Vienna's favourite Alfred Piccaver,"South Pacific" star Elio Pinza,majestic Alexander Kipnis,almost unreal,delirious Kirstin Flagstad and Fritz Wunderlich who sounds as he goes somewhere inside-out of himself,bursting with emotions or perhaps premonition of his early death.This CD and the book by same title (written by Nigel Douglas) are my highest reccomendation and together with volume two makes sensational introduction to "Nimbus records" and its "Prima Voce" catalogue of forgotten masterpieces.Great present for friends as well.

5.0 out of 5 stars Worth it for Wunderlich, April 10, 2009

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Amaranth (luxembourg) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Legendary Voices, Vol. 1 (Audio CD)

Not all of this was recorded before 1942 - if so, Fritz Wunderlich would have been about 11 years old when he recorded "Eugen Onegin* (he was born in 1930 and suffered his fatal accident in 1966). This is one of his most famous recordings and the disc is worth having for that alone. It's true that he seems to turn himself inside out in expressing these feelings - while retaining absolute control yet giving his magical voice full rein. That was his genius. Many have suggested that this aria distils Wunderlich's inner knowledge of his own destiny. The words fit that idea almost supernaturally. Yet many things about this extraordinary singer were almost supernatural. That may be why he still affects people so profoundly even today - it can be hard on the emotions to listen even to the many joyful songs and arias he recorded.