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British Contralto Carmen Hill ~ Away on a hill there runs a stream / A little winding road (1913)
British contralto Carmen Hill / (a) Away on a hill there runs a stream; (b) A little winding road / "Four Songs of the Hill" (Landon Ronald) / Rec...
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British Contralto Carmen Hill ~ Four By The Clock; To An Isle In The Water (1924)
British contralto Carmen Hill (1883-?) / Four by the clock; To an isle In the water (Mallinson) / Piano: Miss Colclough / Recorded: 1924 --
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British Contralto Carmen Hill ~ If I might only come to you (1916)
British contralto Carmen Hill (1883-?) / If I might only come to you (Squire) / Recorded: 1916 --
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Franz Völker - Dies Bildnis ist bezaubernd schön - Die Zauberflöte - Mozart
Franz Völker (1899 - 1965). One of the most beautiful tenor voices in history. You can clearly hear the strong falsetto coordination into his sound...
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3 weeks ago
The (original) Guarneri String Quartet - Borodin Nocturne
Guarneri String Quartet (? -- 1934)
Found at satyr78lp.blogspot.com, a great site with many wonderful downloads available. Thanks to Rolf for his...
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Exquisite playing, beauty of tone from each member plus a loving interpretation, make me hear this oft played quartet with fresh ears. Thank you so much Doug and, not least, for a most excellent transfer.
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4 weeks ago
"C", Poulenc's J'ai traversé les ponts de Cé, sung by Ninfa Gianfala Caruso
Performed live in concert at Town Hall, New York City.
Memories of days gone by come back to me as I travel across the bridge of C.
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Extremely lovely. This is a favourite song and it receives a most worthy interpretation from this delightful artiste. May we have some more information about her?
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1 month ago
British Airways commercial alternative
Parody of British Airways classic commercial filmed at Kilworth House Hotel, Leicestershire. 'Theatre in the Orangery'. www.kilworthhouse.co.uk
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1 month ago
Vladimir Rosing sings French, Russian & Irish songs (4)
1. "Danse macabre" - Saint Saëns (in French)
2. "Lullaby" - Gretchaninoff (in Russian)
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Vladimir Rosing sings Russian Opera & Song!
1. "Vladimir's Cavatina" - Prince Igor BORODIN
2. "Reverie" - The Sorochinsky Fair MUSSORGSKY
3. "Rose & Nightingale"; "Southern Night" - RIM...
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Wonderful! He may not have had a great voice but - my God what an artist! Thank you for posting this. I had forgotten his brilliance. Vivian
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The Power of Words
This short film illustrates the power of words to radically change your message and your effect upon the world. At Purplefeather (http://www.purple...
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SPOKEN WORD: American Actress Blanche DeBar Booth ~ Niece of John Wilkes Booth (c.1922)
American Actress Blanche DeBar Booth (1844-1930) / I Have A Rendezvous With Death (Alan Seeger) / In Flanders Fields (Lieutenant Colonel John McCra...
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How extraordinary to hear someone declaiming in the style of the Victorian era actors - in 1922! This type of delivery had long disappeared by the 20s. The divine Sarah does rather come to mind but she really was in her heyday back in the late 80s.
Thank you for this - quite unique. Vivian
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2 months ago
Tenor Doug Bryson ~ O sole mio (2009)
Tenor Doug Bryson / O sole mio (Di Capua) / Pianist: Patti Leidecker / Recorded: September 2009 --
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2 months ago
Contralto Janet SPENCER ~ THE HILLS O' SKYE (1911)
(McLennen; Harris) / / Recorded: 1911 / Speed: 76 rpm.
ITEM: Read interesting, contemporary articles on Janet Spencer in JANET SPENCER PERFORMS T...
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What a lovely song and what a splendid voice to show it off. A million thanks again for all these delightful hitherto almost unknown singers. Why are there no voices around today to equal these, let alone surpass them?
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2 months ago
Contralto Janet SPENCER ~ The White Dawn is Stealing (1911)
Contralto Janet Spencer / Four American Indian Songs (Eberhart; Cadman) / Recorded: April 25, 1911
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Splendid! Thank you for another introduction. Superb voice, diction and technique. More please! Vivian
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2 months ago
Rio for Real! Fly with a bird
Parahawking is coming to the USA. These are a few shots of training a Harris's Hawk to fly with a paraglider. More to come! Music by Asche & Spe...
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2 months ago
Soprano Maria Jeritza ~ Live Shortwave Radio Broadcast from Vienna (1935)
Soprano Maria Jeritza (1887-1982) / I Love You Truly (Carrie Jacobs-Bond) / Liebe du Himmel auf Erden (Paganini ~ Franz Lehar) / with the Vienna Sy...
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Wonderful to have this hitherto unknown item in surprisingly good sound. Thank you so much for sharing this most enjoyable snatch from the past. The voice sounds in fine state after many years of singing heavy roles. Pity that so few of her commercial discs do her justice. Some idea of her youthf...
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3 months ago
Les Filles de Cadix - Victoria de los Angeles
Victoria de los Angeles sings 'Les Filles de Cadix' by Leo Delibes.
Nous venions de voir le taureau,
Trois garçons, trois fillettes,
Sur la pelou...
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Victoria or Conchita - how happy could one be with either. They simply cause all others in this song to vanish from mind. Vivian
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3 months ago
Conchita Supervia, Léo Delibes: Les filles de Cadix (Spanish Odeon, 1930)
The great Spanish Catalan mezzo-soprano Conchita Supervia (1895-1936) in Léo Delibes's Les filles de Cadix, recorded for Spanish Odeon on 5 March 1...
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She certainly puts this song to bed. Perhaps the absence of a trill stops it from sweeping the board but it is perfection in every other way. What a glorious artist. Thank you for this. Vivian
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3 months ago
Galadriel's Song of Eldamar
This is an orchestral arrangement of the penultimate song in the set 'Fourteen Tolkien Songs for Children's Voices'.
The text of the poem to which...
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Delightful, Greatly enjoyed. Thank you enormously. Vivian
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4 months ago
The Tikva התקווה
שירת התקוה , מילים: נפתלי הרץ אימבר
כּל עוד בַּלֵּבָב פְּנִימָה
נֶפֶשׁ יְהוּדִי הוֹמִיָּה
וּלְפַאֲתֵי מִזְרָח קָדִימָה
עַיִן לְצִיּוֹן צוֹפִיָּה.
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4 months ago
American Tenor Charles Hackett ~ Parted (1921)
For "arizonaames1" / American tenor Charles Hackett (1889-1942) / Parted (Tosti) / Recorded: December 12, 1921 --
CHARLES HACKETT was discovere...
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Very lovely. These early singers all had an individuality that compelled attention. Hackett brings this old ballad to life and sings it as though he believes every word. Mentioning which calls his excellent diction to mind as well as his musical phrasing. Thank you for this Doug.- most enjoyable.
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4 months ago
FRANCO CORELLI "L'ultima canzone" Dec.20.1972
The World's Greatest Tenor FRANCO CORELLI sings
Concert: Renata Tebaldi & Franco Corelli
Philadelphia, Academy of Music, ore: 2030
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4 months ago
Virginia Zeani Violetta supreme La Traviata "Ah fors'e lui"
Virginia Zeani singing the great Act One scena from La Traviata in a studio broadcast from RAI Martini Rossi concert c 1966
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A very fine performance and one which would bring down the house in a 'live' situation. I would have preferred a slightly slower tempo for the aria as an even greater contrast with the allegro finale but there are many clever touches in this interpretation. Few current sopranos come up to this st...
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5 months ago
Ernestine Schumann-Heink, Radio Talk on Brahms (1934) & Sapphische Ode (Victor, 1915)
The great German-American contralto Ernestine Schumann-Heink (1861-1936), one of the legendary singers from the "Golden Age of Opera", speaks about...
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Looking through Schumann-Heink CDs, I was saddend to discover that despite claims for ‘completeness’ there are missing electrics including that most wonderful ‘TREES’ by Rasbach. For me, the way she sings the word GOD is enough to make even Richard Dawkins have doubts about his atheism. Do you kn...
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Ernestine Schumann-Heink, Richard Strauss: Traum durch die Dämmerung (Victor, 1923)
The great German-American contralto Ernestine Schumann-Heink (1861-1936), one of the legendary singers from the "Golden Age of Opera", in the lied ...
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My God, what a singer. To my ears this is sheer perfection. What else is there to say except a very big thank-you for sharing it.
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5 months ago
Ana Mladinovici - Mon coeur s'ouvre à ta voix (Samson & Dalila / Camille Saint-Saëns)
"Mon cœur s'ouvre à ta voix" is a popular mezzo-soprano aria from Camille Saint-Saëns's opera Samson and Delilah, known in English as "Softly awake...
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Impossible to judge as the sound is so poor but the interpretation seems rather odd in any case. Vivian
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5 months ago
Merriman The Love Parade Dream Lover.wmv
NAN MERRIMAN (b.1920) The Love Parade (Schertzinger-Grey): Dream Lover, Orchestra conducted by H. Leopold Spitalny, Serenade to America Radio Broad...
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What could be more perfect than to hear this at the start of a day? Any opportunity to experience a new item by this wonderful mezzo is a real treat. Apart from the sheer beauty of the voice, she offers such perfect diction and a keen musical sensibility which informs everything she tackles. A m...
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6 months ago
American Contralto Claramae Turner ~ Lover Come Back to Me (1950)
For "opertutto" & "sospello" / American contralto Claramae Turner (1920--) / Lover Come Back to Me / The New Moon (Romberg - Hammerstein) / Recor...
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Quite lovely. Thank you so much Doug for a truly pleasurable experience. Her diction is sheer perfection and it is a most lovely voice. She and Merriman make a really great pair of American mezzos. I am wondering about the size of the voice in the opera house for I never had the good fortune to h...
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6 months ago
Riccardo Stracciari, 'Mio Figlio...Di Provenza', Verdi: La Traviata (Fonotipia, 1906)
Italian baritone Riccardo Stracciari (1875-1955) in Giorgio Germont's aria 'Mio figlio...Di Provenza' from Act 2 of Verdi's La Traviata, recorded f...
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Utterly superb! The quality of the voice is remarkable. Pure focused tone which responds to every demand upon it. He really made me listen to this old warhorse with fresh ears.
Thank you!
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6 months ago
Ivan Kozlovsky sings Rachmaninov's Vocalise
Vocalise Op. 34 No. 14, song by Sergei Rachmaninov.
Accompanied by the State Symphony Orchestra of the USSR.
Conductor: S. Samosud.
Year: 1947.
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6 months ago
Claramae Turner SAMSON ET DALILA Amour, viens aider ma faiblesse!.wmv
CLARAMAE TURNER SAMSON ET DALILA Amour, viens aider ma faiblesse! (Saint-Saëns) Los Angeles Philharmonic, John Manley, conductor (live performance ...
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Very fine version. Splendid voice. Thank you George.
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6 months ago
Jonas Kaufman "E lucevan le stelle" Tosca Met 4/24/2010
Fabio Luisi conductor. MOH April 24, 2010
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Quite wonderful. A tenor with the brain, technique and voice to put his own personal stamp on this well-known aria. Bravo!
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6 months ago
ROSA PONSELLE SINGS - O DEL MIO AMATO BEN - DONAUDY 1954.wmv
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Absolutely lovely. How could anyone dislike such superb singing by one of America's finest sopranos? She sounds in better voice than on the Villa Pace recordings but this apparently dates from about that time. Anyway here is one grateful soul for the chance to hear this. Thank you. Vivian
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O Del Mio Amato Ben - Tito Schipa w/ Translation
O del mio Amato Ben " O my Beautiful Love" by S. Donaudy Beautifully sung by Tito Schipa. A singers singer.-
About a man mourning his lost love....
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6 months ago
Paul Ash and His Orchestra - "Always" (1926)
Always
Words and music by Irving Berlin
Performed by Paul Ash and His Orchestra
Vocal refrain by Milton Watson
Recorded Feb. 9, 1926, Chicago
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6 months ago
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf sings Sibelius' "Luonnotar, op.70" - LIVE!
Please enjoy this rare recording from the legendary hieratic german soprano Elisabeth Schwarzkopf. Posted as a present for my sweet Andréa...
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How wonderful to hear a perfectly produced voice with ideal clarity of diction. Despite the slight mawkishness of the words, she projects this ballad with enormous sincerity. Can one imagine any contemporary singer who could tackle this type of music so successfully? Thank you for this treasure...