The Stanford Archive Series: Lawrence Tibbett

Lawrence Tibbett (Performer), Georges Bizet (Composer), Ruggero Leoncavallo (Composer), Gioachino Rossini (Composer), Oley Speaks (Composer), Jacques Leon Wolfe (Composer), John [Classical] Alden Carpenter (Composer), Anonymous (Composer), Bradley (Composer), Jerome Kern (Composer), Arthur Somervell (Composer), Howard Hanson (Composer), George Frederick Handel (Composer), Teresa Clotilde Del Riego (Composer), Research Composer (Composer), Carl Loewe (Composer), John [04] Stafford Smith (Composer), Fredrik Pacius (Composer), Giuseppe Verdi (Composer), Richard [Classical] Wagner (Composer) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Performer: Lawrence Tibbett
• Composer: Georges Bizet, Ruggero Leoncavallo, Gioachino Rossini, Oley Speaks, Jacques Leon Wolfe, et al.
• Audio CD (May 20, 1997)
• Number of Discs: 2
• Label: Delos Records
• ASIN: B00000072P
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #363,428 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Lawrence Tibbett: An artist for all generations., October 19, 2005

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Dolores Weinzimmer (Glencoe Illinois) - See all my reviews
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Lawrence Tibbett left a priceless legacy, not only to all baritones who would come after him, but to all singers: It's alright to color outside the lines; it's OK to interpret a role from your own emotions; dare to be different! This is what keeps opera vibrant and viable! From the swaggering Toreador to the chilling Iago to the tender "Under Your Spell" to the glorious "Glory Road," Tibbett proves his point. David Stearns,in his mean-spirited blog says, "for Tibbett fans only." Right! You will be! Just listen to this album!

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Stanford Archive Series: Lawrence Tibbett, February 11, 2007

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Walter Blocher (Crompond, NY USA) - See all my reviews
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Buy it and learn what it was to sing when singing was a national pastime, not a yelling contest.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Interesting and enjoyable alternatives to the studio recordings, and some novelties, March 1, 2009

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Rob Pollock - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Stanford Archive Series: Lawrence Tibbett (Audio CD)

These CDs of Lawrence Tibbett contain two examples of arias from the tenor and bass repertoires, showing the singer's voice range. Such was his physical and vocal strength during the 1930s that Mr Tibbett was able to produce pleasant enough sounds beyond the middle, chest voice. It is quite possible that such pushing of the voice may have hastened the vocal decline which unfortunately affected his career during his late forties and into his fifties, at the part of a baritone's life when the voice, properly conserved, might reasonably be expected to have a decade at least of good singing remaining to the singer.
This is an interesting selection of arias and songs which should please the singer's many fans and possibly prove attractive to new admirers.
The transfers and remastering of the recordings seem to have been well done, although there is some occasional dullness in the sound quality suggesting that much treble cutting may have been used to reduce hiss on the original recording media.