Lawrence Tibbett - Where'er You Walk

A request. Lawrence Tibbett singing Handel's Where'er You Walk for Victor in 1940/.

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Music

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• Tibbett
• Handel
• orthophonic

[ciroalb3]

The long breath line was something a bravura performance for Tibbett. Listen to his "Myself when young did eagerly frequent". One wonders whether the artist or Victor chose the aria?

[merrihew]

Yes, Myself When Young is a marvel (it is posted). Tibbett was at the beginning of a decline by 1940 so Victor may have had control (unless he had a long term contract to choose his material).

[seektheforce]

Sir, do you have a recording or know where one is of a Bass Baritone singing this song? Thank you.

[merrihew]

According to W.E.R.M. only one other baritone recorded this during the 78 era. Conrad Thibault for Victor. I don't have the record.

[AulicExclusiva]

He does not quite have McCormack's art and individuality, but simply one of the most beautiful lyric baritones, born to sing a piece like this.

WHO can sing like this today??

[merrihew]

Hard to believe that someone your age realizes this. It has been argued that WW2 democratized the world in such a way that standards were lowered so more people could achieve them. Modern audiences don't demand any more than they get.

[jozefsterkens]

The elderly John McCormack

[lensorokin]

A musician can do what he or she likes!if you dont like it, thats another thing

[flaze3]

@SatchmoSings well it's his 'irreplaceable artifact' so he has the right to do whatever he sees fit with it.

Happily for me I'm not in 'Donald Trump''s service, nor have any particular desire to be associated with him... Good day.

[SatchmoSings]

@flaze3 02. When watching movies on demand, via a VHS machine first became feasible, many major old-time movie companies released old films on tape that were scratched up copies of 16mm TV prints, rather than striking something fresh from a mint 35mm negative in the vault or from a known collector.

Sounds like they had consumers like you in mind.

[SatchmoSings]

@flaze3 Yes, this is the way he shares his record music on youtube; "primobaritone" doesn't do this; he makes painstakingly clear copies himself or he gets great transfers that others have made.

You're a very fine example of how it's become acceptable to view something like this as "a different way" (which also includes damaging an irreplaceable artifact) and thus acceptable.

Donald Trump fires people like you all the time.

[flaze3]

@SatchmoSings why you being such a dick? He's just sharing his record music with youtube. Why not just be thankful for that?

[SatchmoSings]

Some people post exquisitely made CD transfers that must've taken some time and effort to get down so painstakingly accurate and clear; you play crap on a wind-up, chewing up an irreplaceable record with a steel needle and two-ton tone arm and then photograph it all when you're not masturbating.

And for this, you get thanks!!!

Thank you.

[stevevandien]

This isn't Tibbett at his most compelling; for that, we must hear his operatic recordings, especially the live ones before his 1940-1 vocal crisis. But this record still preservesTibbett's rich and beautiful tone, easy breath control and mastery of dynamics during his late prime --

[seektheforce]

My mistake, he is as bass-baritone lol.

[ifuliki]

Darn good AND I LOVED TIBBETT'S VOICE . But I have a slight preference for Jan Pierce singing this but that's what makes life interesting. I wonder what Händel would have said.

Aled