Victor Recordings 1925-37 [Import]

Lucrezia Bori (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (April 10, 1996)
• Number of Discs: 2
• Format: Import
• Label: Romophone
• ASIN: B000001S3K
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #237,987 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

Disc: 1

1. Louise: Depuis Le Jour

2. La Primavera D'or

3. Tales From The Vienna Woods

4. Cruz De Majo

5. Patotero Sentimental

6. Simonetta

7. Into The Woods (Unterm Fenster), Op.34 No.3 - Lucrezia Bori/John McCormack

8. Night Hymn At Sea (Sur La Grande Mer) - Lucrezia Bori/John McCormack

9. Night Hymn At Sea (Sur La Grande Mer) - Lucrezia Bori/John McCormack

10. La Boheme: Si Mi Chiamano Mimi

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Disc: 2

1. Madama Butterfly: Un Bel Di

2. Malaguena

3. Mignon: Connais-Tu Le Pays?

4. Mignon: Me Voici Dans Son Boudoir 'Gavotte'

5. La Violetera

6. Seguidilla

7. Don Giovanni: Batti, Batti O Bel Masetto

8. Don Giovanni: Vedrai, Carino

9. Le Nozze Di Figaro: Deh Vieni Non Tardar

10. Manon: Obeissons Quand Leur Voix Appelle 'Gavotte'

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Customer Reviews

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent singing by a neglected artist, July 12, 2002

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This review is from: Victor Recordings 1925-37 (Audio CD)

Highly feted in her day, soprano Lucrezia Bori went into a serious decline in popularity following her retirement. By the 1960s she was strictly in the province of specialty collectors, not nearly as well-remembered as Ponselle, Muzio or Flagstad.

Though she did not possess a voice that incredible, but rather a smallish instrument, she was a singer of surprising musicality for that era and great variety. Not all of her records are fabulous--indeed, it is perhaps because she was a famous Violetta but her "Sempre libera" is so disappointing that she became forgotten so quickly--but in the great majority of them one hears a singer and artist of great imagination, musicality and control, singing with a bright but not grating tone and excellent phrasing. Highly recommended, especially to those who do not mind the sound of old records.