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Ward Marston, producer and audio restoration engineer
This volume of the Naxos McCormack edition charts a chronological survey of recordings made in Camden, New Jersey, between April 1920 and September 1923.
Two outstanding examples of the great tenor’s art are here; the famous recording of Handel’s O Sleep! Why Dost Thou Leave Me? – a miracle of breath control and tonal beauty – and Schumann’s The Singer’s Consolation, an outstanding contribution to Lieder on record. There are four collaborations with Fritz Kreisler, some superb examples of popular songs, inimitably sung, and the bonus of three recordings that were never published n the singer’s lifetime, two of which, Rachmaninov’s To the Children and Merikanto’s A Fairy Story By The Fire are now made available commercially for the first time.
This is the only chronological survey of John McCormack’s recordings on the market. He was one of the great tenors of the twentieth century, and is still hugely popular, as the single recital discs on the market show – Pearl has a series devoted to ‘American Song’, EMI included him in their Great Recordings of the Century series, Symposium has a series of single discs, and so does Nimbus (Opera, Song, With Kreisler). But with state-of-the-art transfers and a systematic approach this Naxos series is the place to go for McCormack on disc.
Marion Phelps: The Barefoot Trail
The Barefoot Trail
George Frideric Handel: Semele, HWV 58
Semele, HWV 58, Act II: O sleep, why dost thou leave me?
Justinus Kerner: 5 Lieder und Gesange, Op. 127: No. 1. Sangers Trost (Sung in English as The Singer's Consolation)
5 Lieder und Gesange, Op. 127: No. 1. Sangers Trost (Sung in English as The Singer's Consolation)
Traditional: The Next Market Day (arr. H. Hughes for voice and piano)
The Next Market Day (arr. H. Hughes for voice and piano)
Herbert Hughes: A Ballynure Ballad (arr. H. Hughes for voice and piano)
A Ballynure Ballad (arr. H. Hughes for voice and piano)
Sergei Rachmaninov: 6 Songs, Op. 4: No. 3. V molchan'i nochi taynoy (arr. for voice, violin and piano) (Sung in English as When Night Descends)
6 Songs, Op. 4: No. 3. V molchan'i nochi taynoy (arr. for voice, violin and piano) (Sung in English as When Night Descends)
Sergei Rachmaninov: 6 Songs, Op. 4: No. 4. Ne poy, krasavitsa, pri mne (arr. for voice, violin and piano) (Sung in English as O Cease Thy Singing, Maiden Fair)
6 Songs, Op. 4: No. 4. Ne poy, krasavitsa, pri mne (arr. for voice, violin and piano) (Sung in English as O Cease Thy Singing, Maiden Fair)
A. Walter Kramer: The Last Hour
The Last Hour
J. Rosamond Johnson: Since You Went Away
Since You Went Away
Charles Marshall: I Hear You Calling Me
I Hear You Calling Me
Otto Harbach: The O'Brien Girl: Learn to Smile
The O'Brien Girl: Learn to Smile
Monte Carlo: Little Town in the Old County Down
Little Town in the Old County Down
Julian Robledo: Three O'Clock in the Morning (arr. for voice and orchestra)
Three O'Clock in the Morning (arr. for voice and orchestra)
Herman kahn: Mother in Ireland
Mother in Ireland
Seymour Simons: Her Family Tree: Remember the Rose
Her Family Tree: Remember the Rose
Adelaide Proctor: The Lost Chord
The Lost Chord
Joseph Barnby: Jesus, My Lord, My God, My All
Jesus, My Lord, My God, My All
Worton David: The Kingdom Within Your Eyes
The Kingdom Within Your Eyes
Edouard Schneider: A Fairy Story By The Fire
A Fairy Story By The Fire
Sergei Rachmaninov: 15 Songs, Op. 26: No. 7. K detyam (arr. for voice and orchestra) (Sung in English as To the Children)
15 Songs, Op. 26: No. 7. K detyam (arr. for voice and orchestra) (Sung in English as To the Children)
The Barefoot Trail