Famous Voices of the Past

Famous Voices of the Past
Werrenrath, Schumann-Heink, Lashanska, Melba, Gerhardt, Gluck, Gilibert, Maurel, Belhomme, Homer
Cantilena cr 6233 [LP, mono]

Contents:

    Claudio Monteverdi, L'Orfeo
  1. Ecco pur ch'a vo
  2. Tu se' morta

    3. Georg Friedrich Handel
  3. Lascia ch'io pianga

    4. Antonio Caldara
  4. Come raggio di sol

    5. Giacomo Carissimi
  5. Vittorio, mio core

    6. Antonio Secchi
  6. Lundi dal caro bene

    7. Alessandro Scarlatti: Pompeo
  7. O cessate di piagarm

    8. Umberto Giordano
  8. Caro mio ben

    9. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Re Pastore
  9. L'amero, saro costante

    10. ----
    Christoph Willibald Gluck
  10. O del mio dolce ardor

    11. Christoph Willibald Gluck: Paride ed Elena
  11. Spiagge amate

    12. Jean-Philippe Rameau: Hyppolyte et Aricie
  12. Excerpt

    13. Johann Paul Aegidius Martini
  13. Plaisir d'amouor

    14. Christoph Willibald Gluck: Iphigenie en Tauride
  14. De no

    15. Nicholas Etienne Mehul: Joseph
  15. O toi, le digne appui

    16. Christoph Willibald Gluck: Alceste
  16. Fatal divinita

Playing time: ??' ??"

Performers:
[1]-[2], [4]-[5], [7]-[8] Reinald Werrenrath
[3] Ernestine Schumann-Heink
[6], [11] Hulda Lashanska
[9] Dame Nellie Melba
[10] Elena Gerhardt
[12] Alma Gluck
[13] Charles Gilibert
[14] Victor Maurel
[15] Hypolite Belhomme
[16] Louise Homer

Recording site and date:
Various, early 20th century
Rel. ca 1960-1980

Reviewed in:
Diapason (#-p.):
Gramophone (Vol./#-p.):

Excerpts (from original release):
[2] Victor 45083 [78rpm, 25cm], Monteverdi - de Machault - Jannequin

Comments:
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Pierre-F. Roberge