Discs: 3
Release date: 31st March 2008
Barcode: 0747313314225
Length: 3 hours 37 minutes
Medium: CD (download also available)Great Singers - Rosa Ponselle American Recordings 1939 and 1954 Star vicino
attr. Rosa
Interview with Ruby Mercer
Alvarez, A :
La partida
anon.:
Jeune fillette
Carmen-Carmela
Arensky :
On Wings of Dreams
Beethoven :
In questa tomba oscura, WoO.133
Bizet :
Agnus Dei
Brahms :
Von ewiger Liebe, Op. 43 No. 1
Buzzi-Peccia :
Colombetta
Charles, A :
When I have sung my songs
two versions
Chausson :
Poème de l'amour et de la mer, Op. 19
Le temps des lilas
Chopin :
Tristesse éternelle
Ciampi :
Tre giorni son che Nina Gli tre cicisbei ridicoli
Debussy :
Beau Soir
La chevelure
Delibes :
Bonjour, Suzon!
Denza :
Se
Donaudy :
O del mio amato ben
Duparc :
L'Invitation au voyage
Falvo :
Dicitencello vuie
Farley :
The Night Wind
Fontenailles :
Al’aimé
Granados :
Tonadillas: No. 8, El mirar de la maja
Lockhart :
In the Luxembourg Gardens
Lully :
Bois épais (from Amadis)
Luzzi :
Ave Maria
Martini, G B :
Plaisir d'amour
Millard :
Ave Maria
Mozart :
Voi che sapete (from Le nozze di Figaro)
Paisiello :
Nel cor più non mi sento
Paladilhe :
Psyché
Persico :
Rosemonde
Riego :
Homing
Rimsky Korsakov :
The Nightingale and the Rose
Sadero :
Fa la nana, bambin'
Amuri, amuri
I battitori di grano
Saint-Saëns :
Guitares et Mandolines (St-Saëns)
Sandoval :
Ave Maria
Schubert :
Ave Maria, D839
two versions
Erlkönig, D328
An die Musik D547
Der Tod und das Mädchen, D531
Strauss, R :
Morgen, Op. 27 No. 4
Tchaikovsky :
None but the lonely heart, Op. 6 No. 6
Tosti :
Si tu le voulais
A vucchella
Ideale
Marechiare
Could I
Aprile
Ave Maria
trad.:
Drink to me only with thine eyes
Trunk :
Mir träumte von einem Königskind, Op. 4, No. 5
Wagner :
Träume (No. 5 from Wesendonck-Lieder)
Wolf-Ferrari :
Rispetto
This 3 CD set includes her last studio recordings from 1939 as well as the historical sessions she made 15 years later at her home, ‘Villa Pace’, in Baltimore, when the great diva was persuaded to come out of retirement. New restorations by Ward Marston
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Francesco Paolo Tosti: Si tu le voulais Si tu le voulais
Nicholas de Fontenailles: A l'aime A l'aime
Nikolay Andreyevich Rimsky-Korsakov: 4 Songs, Op. 2: No. 2. The Nightingale and the Rose (Vostochniy romans: Plenivshis' rozoy, solovey) 4 Songs, Op. 2: No. 2. The Nightingale and the Rose (Vostochniy romans: Plenivshis' rozoy, solovey)
Ernest Charles: When I have sung my songs When I have sung my songs
When I have sung my songs (unpublished take)
Franz Schubert: Ellen's Gesang III (Ave Maria!), Op. 52, No. 6, D. 839, "Hymne an die Jungfrau" Ellen's Gesang III (Ave Maria!), Op. 56, No. 6, D. 839, "Hymne an die Jungfrau"
Anton Stepanovich Arensky: On Wings of Dreams On Wings of Dreams
Ellen's Gesang III (Ave Maria!), Op. 52, No. 6, D. 839, "Hymne an die Jungfrau" Ellen's Gesang III (Ave Maria!), Op. 56, No. 6, D. 839, "Hymne an die Jungfrau"
Jean-Paul-Egide Martini: Plaisir d'amour Plaisir d'amour
Anonymous: Jeune fillette (arr. J.B. Weckerlin) Jeune fillette (arr. J.B. Weckerlin)
Claude Debussy: Beau soir Beau soir
Leo Delibes: Good Morning, Sue! (Bonjour, Suzon!) Bonjour, Suzon!
Claude Debussy: 3 Chansons de Bilitis 3 Chansons de Bilitis: No. 2. La chevelure
Traditional: Carmela, "Carmen, Carmela" Carmela, "Carmen, Carmela"
Enrique Granados: Tonadillas al estilo antiguo 15 Tonadillas al estilo antiguo: No. 8. El mirar de la maja
Fermin Maria Alvarez: La Partida La Partida
Giovanni Paisiello: L'amor contrastato, "La molinara" (Highlights) L'amor contrastato, "La molinara", Act III: Nel cor piu non mi sento
Anonymous: Star vicino Star vicino
Francesco Paolo Tosti: A vucchella, "Arietta di Posillipo" A vucchella, "Arietta di Posillipo"
Francesco Paolo Tosti: Ideale Ideale
Francesco Paolo Tosti: Marechiare Marechiare
Geni Sadero: Fa la nana, bambin' Fa la nana, bambin'
Rodolfo Falvo: Dicitencello vuie Dicitencello vuie
Francesco Paolo Tosti: Could I Could I
Jean-Baptiste Lully: Amadis Amadis, Act II: Bois epais
Mario Persico: Rosemonde Rosemonde
Camille Saint-Saens: Guitares et mandolines Guitares et mandolines
Ernest Chausson: Poeme de l'amour et de la mer (Poem of Love and of the Sea), Op. 19 (version for baritone and piano) Poeme de l'amour et de la mer, Op. 19: III. La mort de l'amour: closing section, "Le temps de lilas"
Johannes Brahms: 4 Gesange, Op. 43 4 Gesange, Op. 43: No. 1. Von ewiger Liebe
Richard Trunk: Schichte Weisen, Op. 4: No. 5. Mir traumte von einem Konigskind Schichte Weisen, Op. 4: No. 5. Mir traumte von einem Konigskind
Franz Schubert: Erlkonig, Op. 1, D. 328 Erlkonig, Op. 1, D. 328
Ludwig van Beethoven: In questa tomba oscura, WoO 133 In questa tomba oscura, WoO 133
Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari: 4 Rispetti, Op. 12 4 Rispetti, Op. 12: No. 1. Quando ti vidi a quel canto apparire
Stefano Donaudy: O del mio amato ben O del mio amato ben
Francesco Paolo Tosti: Aprile Aprile
Geni Sadero: Amuri, Amuri Amuri, Amuri
Geni Sadero: I battitori di grano I battitori di grano
Traditional: Drink to me only with thine eyes Drink to me only with thine eyes
Roland Farley: The Night Wind The Night Wind
Theresa del Riego: Homing Homing
Interview with Rosa Ponselle by Ruby Mercer Introduction and announcement of Lully's Bois epais
Comments on Persico's Rosemonde
Comments on Saint-Saens's Guitares et mandolines
Comments on Brahms's Von ewiger Liebe
Comments on Trunk's Mir traumte von einem Konigskind
Comments on Schubert's Erlkonig
Comments on Beethoven's In questa tomba oscura
Comments on Wolf-Ferrari's Quando ti vidi a quel canto apparire
Comments on Donaudy's O del mio amato ben
Comments on Tosti's Aprile
Comments on Sadero's Amuri, amuri
Comments on Sadero's I battitori di grano
Comments on Drink to me only with thine eyes
Comments on Farley's The Night Wind
Comments on Riego's Homing and concluding remarks
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), K. 492 Le nozze di Figaro, K. 492, Act II: Voi che sapete
Vincenzo Ciampi: Gli tre cicisbei ridicoli: Tre giorni son che Nina Gli tre cicisbei ridicoli: Tre giorni son che Nina
Franz Schubert: An die Musik, D. 547 An die Musik, Op. 88, No. 4, D. 547
Franz Schubert: Der Tod und das Madchen, Op. 7, No. 3, D. 531 Der Tod und das Madchen, Op. 7, No. 3, D. 531
Richard Wagner: 5 Gedichte fur eine Frauenstimme, Op. 91, "Wesendonck Lieder" 5 Gedichte fur eine Frauenstimme, Op. 91, "Wesendonck Lieder": No. 5. Traume
Richard Strauss: 4 Lieder, Op. 27, TrV 170 4 Lieder, Op. 27, TrV 170: No. 4. Morgen
Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: 6 Romances, Op. 6 6 Romances, Op. 6: No. 6. Nur wer die Sehnsucht kennt (None but the Lonely Heart)
Charles Baudelaire: L'Invitation au voyage L'Invitation au voyage
Emile Paladilhe: Psyche Psyche
Fryderyk Chopin: Tristesse eternelle (arr. of Chopin's Etude No. 3 in E major, Op. 10, No. 3) Tristesse eternelle (arr. of Chopin's Etude No. 3 in E major, Op. 10, No. 3)
Anonymous: 7 Canciones populares espanolas No. 3. Asturiana
No. 5. Nana
George Munro: My Lovely Celia My Lovely Celia
Kathleen Lockhart Manning: Sketches of Paris Sketches of Paris: No. 4. In the Luxembourg Gardens
Georges Bizet: Agnus Dei Agnus Dei
Luigi Luzzi: Ave Maria Ave Maria
Harrison Millard: Ave Maria Ave Maria
Miguel Sandoval: Ave Maria Ave Maria
Francesco Paolo Tosti: Ave Maria Ave Maria
Luigi Denza: Se Se
Arturo Buzzi-Peccia: Colombetta, "Serenata veneziana" Colombetta, "Serenata veneziana"