Come My Beloved

This 1924 recording of Handel's Come My Beloved by John McCormack is regarded as one of his finest. This particular clip featured in a Gala Tribute Concert to the tenor at The National Concert Hall, Dublin in September 2006. The event marked the unveiling of plans for a new statue to the singer and a new bursary which will run for the next ten years with total prize money in excess of 100,000 euro.

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• Tenor
• Irish
• Classical
• John
• McCormack

[JMCTV]

This is indeed an acoustic recording. McCormack started to make electrical recordings in 1925. Sublime!

[klokheten]

No one comes near what Count John managed to do with his voice at this recording session. A stunning memory of what bel canto singing really was once.

"Guide me safely to her arms" will never be surpassed by anyone.

[BoudiccaBlanc]

Sublime!

Bravo!

JMCTV, thank you so much for posting this song on YT :-)

[johnster1964]

On a technical note, I still find the quality of the recording of the piano astounding considering this was an acoustic recording. If you listen to ealier (1904) recordings of Caruso or anything else from that period, pianos sounded like tinny toy glockenspiels. The technical advances in what was still mechanical recording were amazing.

[Teddyb1939]

Does it get any better than this?, I doubt it unless , it is another magic, John McCormack song. lovely stuff.

[petejohnston]

anyone have lyrics for this song?

[raymo51]

@johnster1964

Many thanks for your reply. The original posting for Alma Gluck wasremoved, however, CurzonRoad very kindly posted a version. The Alma Gluck version is absolutely beautiful.

[johnster1964]

@raymo51 Hi there, I just listened to it this afternoon -- it is there

[johnster1964]

Wonderful wonderful. Is this an acoustic recording?