Golden Age of Great Contraltos & Mezzos

Golden Age of Great Contraltos & Mezzos

On this CD:

1. Orfeo ed Euridice, (Italian version), opera in 3 acts, Wq. 30 What is Life (Che Farò?)
Composed by Christoph Willibald Gluck
Performed by Kathleen Ferrier

2. Faust, opera Faites-lui mes aveux
Composed by Charles Gounod
Performed by Conchita Supervia

3. Samson et Dalila, opera in 3 acts, Op. 47 Softly Awakes My Heart (Mon coeur s'ouvre à ta voix)
Composed by Camille Saint-Saens
Performed by Marian Anderson
Conducted by Lawrance Collingwood

4. A Fairy went a-marketing
Composed by Goodhart
Performed by Dame Clara Butt

5. Le prophète, grand opera in 5 acts O Prêtres de Baal
Composed by Giacomo Meyerbeer
Performed by Sigrid Onegin
Conducted by Rosario Bourdon

6. Songs (5) for voice & piano, Op. 94 No. 4, Sapphische Ode
Composed by Johannes Brahms
Performed by Maria Olszewska, George Reeves

7. Die Götterdämmerung (Twilight of the Gods), opera, WWV 86d Höre mit Sinn, Was Ich Dir Sage! (Waltraute's Narration)
Composed by Richard Wagner
Performed by Ernestine Schumann-Heink
Conducted by Rosario Bourdon

8. Samson et Dalila, opera in 3 acts, Op. 47 Printemps qui Commence
Composed by Camille Saint-Saens
Performed by Louise Kirkby Lunn
Conducted by Percy Pitt

9. Der Musensohn ("Durch Feld und Wald zu schweifen"), song for voice & piano, D. 764 (Op. 92/1)
Composed by Franz Schubert
Performed by Kathleen Ferrier, Phyllis Spurr

10. Norma, opera Sgombra è la Sacra Selva
Composed by Vincenzo Bellini
Performed by Irene Minghini-Cattaneo
Conducted by Carlo Sabajno

11. Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492 Non so più cosa son, cosa faccio
Composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Performed by Conchita Supervia
Conducted by Angelo Albergoni

12. Three fishers went sailing
Composed by John Pyke Hullah

13. Lucrezia Borgia, opera Il segreto per esser felici
Composed by Gaetano Donizetti
Performed by Sigrid Onegin

14. Alto Rhapsody, for alto, male chorus & orchestra, Op. 53
Composed by Johannes Brahms
Performed by Philadelphia Orchestra with Marian Anderson
Conducted by Eugene Ormandy

15. An die Musik ("Du holde Kunst..."), song for voice & piano, D. 547 (Op. 88/4)
Composed by Franz Schubert
Performed by Kathleen Ferrier, Phyllis Spurr

16. Carmen, opéra-comique in 4 acts L'amour est un oiseau rebelle (Habañera)
Composed by Georges Bizet
Performed by Gustave Cloez, Conchita Supervia

17. Faust, opera When All Was Young
Composed by Charles Gounod
Performed by Louise Kirkby Lunn
Conducted by Percy Pitt

18. Der Lenz, Op 19/5
Composed by Eugen Hildach
Performed by Ernestine Schumann-Heink

19. Land of Hope and Glory
Composed by Edward Elgar
Performed by Dame Clara Butt

20. Blow the Wind Southerly (Northumbrian Folk Song)
Composed by English Traditional
Performed by Kathleen Ferrier

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