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This seventh volume in the Naxos McCormack edition includes the great tenor’s only published recording of the Preislied from Wagner’s Die Meistersinger, sung here in English translation as Morning Was Gleaming; music by Irish and Irish-American composers; patriotic war-related songs that evoke the pain of separation and the hope of return, including Ivor Novello’s hugely popular Keep the Home Fires Burning; and ‘Champs paternels’ from Méhul’s opera Joseph, recorded as a supportive gesture for the French forces that were suffering greatly at the time.
All these works are delivered with an intimacy of feeling, masterful phrasing and a compelling sense of engagement with the listener that were the hallmark of McCormack’s approach to everything that he sang.
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Joachim Raff: Standchen (Serenade), WoO 22 (arr. F.W. Rosier for voice, violin and piano)
Standchen (Serenade), WoO 22 (arr. F.W. Rosier for voice, violin and piano)
Jacques Offenbach: Les contes d'Hoffmann (The Tales of Hoffmann), Act II: Beauteous night, "Barcarolle" (arr. for voice, violin and piano)
Les contes d'Hoffmann (The Tales of Hoffmann), Act II: Beauteous night, "Barcarolle" (arr. for voice, violin and piano)
Richard Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg (The Mastersingers of Nuremberg), Act III: Morning was Gleaming, "Prize Song"
Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg (The Mastersingers of Nuremberg), Act III: Morning was Gleaming, "Prize Song"
Fritz Kreisler: Cradle Song 1915 (arr. of Caprice Viennois for voice and piano)
Cradle Song 1915 (arr. of Caprice Viennois for voice)
Michael William Balfe: The Bohemian Girl
The Bohemian Girl, Act III: Then You'll Remember Me
Lilian Ray: The Sunshine Of Your Smile
The Sunshine Of Your Smile
Lao Silesu: Love, Here Is My Heart
Love, Here Is My Heart
Edward J. Margetson: Tommy, Lad!
Tommy, Lad!
Ernest R. Ball: The Isle O' Dreams: When Irish Eyes are Smiling
The Isle O' Dreams: When Irish Eyes are Smiling
Jean-Baptiste Faure: Crucifix
Crucifix
John Stafford Smith: The Star Spangled Banner
The Star Spangled Banner
Victor Herbert: Eileen (excerpts)
Act I: Ireland, My Sireland
Act II: Eileen (Alanna Asthore)
Wilfred Ernest Sanderson: The Trumpet Call
The Trumpet Call
Ivor Novello: Keep the Home Fires Burning
Keep the Home Fires Burning (Till the Boys Come Home)
Zo Elliott: There's A Long, Long Trail
There's A Long, Long Trail
Hermann Lohr: Any Place is Heaven if You are Near Me
Any Place is Heaven if You are Near Me
Gustave Ferrari: The Rainbow of Love
The Rainbow of Love
Crucifix
Crucifix
Al Piantadosi: Send Me Away with a Smile
Send Me Away with a Smile
Send Me Away with a Smile
Etienne-Nicolas Mehul: Joseph (excerpt)
Joseph, Act I: Champs paternels
Frances Allitsen: Psalm 27: The Lord is My Light
Psalm 27: The Lord is My Light
Wilfred Ernest Sanderson: God be with our Boys Tonight
God be with our Boys Tonight
Francis Dorel: Calling Me Home to You
Calling Me Home to You
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