The McCormack Edition Volume 9: 1920-1923 Victor Talking Machine Company Recordings

Release Date: 27th Feb 2012
Catalogue No: 8111385
Label: Naxos
Series: Historical, McCormack Edition
Length: 75 minutes

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Marion Phelps: The Barefoot Trail

Work length2:44

John McCormack (tenor), Joseph Rattay (violin)
Studio orchestra
Josef A. Pasternack
Recorded: 1 April 1920
Recording Venue: Camden, NJ, USA

Excerpt, Handel: Semele

Work length3:20

John McCormack (tenor)
Studio orchestra
Josef A. Pasternack
Recorded: 1 April 1920
Recording Venue: Camden, NJ, USA

Semele, HWV 58, Act II: O sleep, why dost thou leave me?

Track length3:20

Justinus Kerner: 5 Lieder und Gesange, Op. 127: No. 1. Sangers Trost (Sung in English as The Singer's Consolation)

Work length2:14

John McCormack (tenor), Edwin Schneider (piano)
Recorded: 2 April 1920
Recording Venue: Camden, NJ, USA

trad.: The Next Market Day (arr. H. Hughes for voice and piano)

Work length1:03

John McCormack (tenor), Edwin Schneider (piano)
Recorded: 2 April 1920
Recording Venue: Camden, NJ, USA

Hughes, H: A Ballynure Ballad (arr. H. Hughes for voice and piano)

Work length1:30

John McCormack (tenor), Edwin Schneider (piano)
Recorded: 2 April 1920
Recording Venue: Camden, NJ, USA

Rachmaninoff: 6 Songs, Op. 4: No. 3. V molchan'i nochi taynoy (arr. for voice, violin and piano) (Sung in English as When Night Descends)

Work length2:55

Edwin Schneider (piano), Fritz Kreisler (violin), John McCormack (tenor)
Recorded: 2 April 1920
Recording Venue: Camden, NJ, USA

Rachmaninoff: Ne poy, krasavitsa, pri mne, Op. 4 No. 4

Work length3:32

Edwin Schneider (piano), Fritz Kreisler (violin), John McCormack (tenor)
Recorded: 2 April 1920
Recording Venue: Camden, NJ, USA

A. Walter Kramer: The Last Hour

Work length2:39

Edwin Schneider (piano), Fritz Kreisler (violin), John McCormack (tenor)
Recorded: 5 May 1920
Recording Venue: Camden, NJ, USA

J. Rosamond Johnson: Since You Went Away

Work length2:46

Edwin Schneider (piano), Fritz Kreisler (violin), John McCormack (tenor)
Recorded: 5 May 1920
Recording Venue: Camden, NJ, USA

Marshall, Charles: I Hear You Calling Me

Work length3:36

John McCormack (tenor)
Studio orchestra
Josef A. Pasternack
Recorded: 16 June 1921
Recording Venue: Camden, NJ, USA

Otto Harbach: The O'Brien Girl: Learn to Smile

Work length3:16

John McCormack (tenor)
Studio orchestra
Josef A. Pasternack
Recorded: 17 June 1921
Recording Venue: Camden, NJ, USA

Monte Carlo: Little Town in the Old County Down

Work length3:22

John McCormack (tenor)
Studio orchestra
Josef A. Pasternack
Recorded: 17 June 1921
Recording Venue: Camden, NJ, USA

Julian Robledo: Three O'Clock in the Morning (arr. for voice and orchestra)

Work length2:50

Rosario Bourdon (celesta), John McCormack (tenor)
Studio orchestra
Josef A. Pasternack
Recorded: 17 October 1922
Recording Venue: Camden, NJ, USA

Herman kahn: Mother in Ireland

Work length3:05

John McCormack (tenor)
Studio orchestra
Josef A. Pasternack
Recorded: 17 October 1922
Recording Venue: Camden, NJ, USA

Seymour Simons: Her Family Tree: Remember the Rose

Work length2:44

John McCormack (tenor), Alfred Lennartz (cello)
Studio orchestra
Josef A. Pasternack
Recorded: 17 October 1922
Recording Venue: Camden, NJ, USA

Adelaide Proctor: The Lost Chord

Work length4:12

John McCormack (tenor)
Studio orchestra
Josef A. Pasternack
Recorded: 20 October 1922
Recording Venue: Camden, NJ, USA

Barnby: Jesus, My Lord, My God, My All

Work length3:04

John McCormack (tenor)
Studio orchestra
Josef A. Pasternack
Recorded: 20 October 1922
Recording Venue: Camden, NJ, USA

Worton David: The Kingdom Within Your Eyes

Work length2:35

John McCormack (tenor)
Studio orchestra
Rosario Bourdon
Recorded: 20 October 1922
Recording Venue: Camden, NJ, USA

Edouard Schneider: A Fairy Story By The Fire

Work length2:07

John McCormack (tenor), Edwin Schneider (piano)
Recorded: 20 October 1922
Recording Venue: Camden, NJ, USA

Rachmaninoff: 15 Songs, Op. 26: No. 7. K detyam (arr. for voice and orchestra) (Sung in English as To the Children)

Work length3:08

Francis Lapitino (harp), John McCormack (tenor)
Studio orchestra
Josef A. Pasternack
Recorded: 20 November 1922
Recording Venue: Camden, NJ, USA

Paul Whiteman: Wonderful One

Work length2:30

John McCormack (tenor), Charles Linton (celesta)
Studio orchestra
Rosario Bourdon
Recorded: 24 September 1923
Recording Venue: Camden, NJ, USA

Leslie Cooke: Love Sends A Little Gift of Roses

Work length2:39

John McCormack (tenor), Charles Linton (celesta)
Studio orchestra
Rosario Bourdon
Recorded: 24 September 1923
Recording Venue: Camden, NJ, USA

Nat D. Ayer: Where the Rainbow Ends

Work length3:04

John McCormack (tenor)
Studio orchestra
Rosario Bourdon
Recorded: 24 September 1923
Recording Venue: Camden, NJ, USA

Nat D. Ayer: Somewhere in the World

Work length2:55

Alexander Schmidt (violin), John McCormack (tenor), Charles Linton (piano)
Studio orchestra
Rosario Bourdon
Recorded: 24 September 1923
Recording Venue: Camden, NJ, USA

Lee W. Lookwood: Take a Look at Molly

Work length2:38

John McCormack (tenor)
Studio orchestra
Rosario Bourdon
Recorded: 25 September 1923
Recording Venue: Camden, NJ, USA

P.J. O'Reilly: Dream Once again

Work length2:44

John McCormack (tenor)
Studio orchestra
Rosario Bourdon
Recorded: 25 September 1923
Recording Venue: Camden, NJ, USA

Brahe: Thanks be to God

Work length2:21

John McCormack (tenor), Francis Lapitino (harp)
Studio orchestra
Rosario Bourdon
Recorded: 25 September 1923
Recording Venue: Camden, NJ, USA

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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.

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