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Prima Voce

Early vocal recordings.

The early story of recording is more than just the history of an invention and an industry. Although the pioneers and entrepreneurs played important and fascinating roles, their work would hold little interest for us today had it not coincided with the unique artistry of Caruso and Melba, Chaliapin and Ponselle. It was the Golden Age of Singing and Prima Voce preserves this archive of great voices from the first half of the twentieth century in transfers which capture the immediacy of the original performances.

Prima Voce puts the performance first. Nimbus' aim in transferring 78s to compact disc is simple: to allow the full musical enjoyment of these recordings without the distraction of intrusive surface noise between the performer and the listener. This is achieved by a process which re-records rather than re-masters the original sound, a combination of the best of the latest and earliest technologies in sound reproduction.

Each disc in the Prima Voce Series features:

  • a comprehensive recital programme of each artist's finest recordings
  • a full biographical introduction
  • booklets illustrated with rare archive photographs
  • track by track synopses of all selections or full libretto with opera box sets
  • over 70 minutes playing time on the vast majority of discs
  • transfers made only from mint condition 78 rpm pressings manufactured from the finest materials of the time
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Showing 1 - 10 of 146 results
  • Cesare Siepi

    Cesare Siepi

    Cesare Siepi

    Arguably the finest Italian bass of his time and acclaimed as the leading exponent of Don Giovanni, Cesare Siepi is heard here in roles central to his repertoire and lighter songs in which his... — BBC Music Magazine, January 2008, 4 out of 5 stars More…
    • Release Date: 7th Jul 2007
    • Catalogue No: NI7942
    • Label: Nimbus
    • Series: Prima Voce
    • Length: 72 minutes

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  • Weber: Euryanthe

    Weber: Euryanthe

    Fritz Stiedry, BBC Symphony Orchestra

    Sutherland could indeed have made a serious career in the dramatic German Fach: she sounds an outstandingly fluent and natural exponent of the titlerole. Conductor Fritz Stiedry’s preserved Wagner... — Gramophone Magazine, November 2019 More…
    • Release Date: 5th Jul 2019
    • Catalogue No: NI7969
    • Label: Nimbus
    • Series: Prima Voce
    • Length: 2 hours 18 minutes

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    2 CDs

    $16.00

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  • Helge Roswaenge

    Helge Roswaenge

    Helge Roswaenge

    • Catalogue No: NI7899
    • Label: Nimbus
    • Series: Prima Voce
    • Length: 73 minutes

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  • Charpentier, G: Louise

    Charpentier, G: Louise

    Ninon Vallin, Georges Thill, André Pernet, Aimée Lecouvreur, Christiane Gaudel

    Les Choeurs Raugel and Orchestra, Eugène Bigot

    The sound is excellent ... essential for the Louise addict. — Opera Now More…
    • Catalogue No: NI7829
    • Label: Nimbus
    • Series: Prima Voce
    • Length: 69 minutes

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  • Pasquale Amato

    Pasquale Amato

    with Marcel Journet, Frieda Hempel, Johanna Gadski

    Pasquale Amato

    • Catalogue No: NI7897
    • Label: Nimbus
    • Series: Prima Voce
    • Length: 79 minutes

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  • Marian Anderson Vol.2

    Marian Anderson Vol.2

    Marian Anderson

    • Catalogue No: NI7895
    • Label: Nimbus
    • Series: Prima Voce
    • Length: 74 minutes

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  • Beniamino Gigli Vol.2 (1925 - 1940)

    Beniamino Gigli Vol.2 (1925 - 1940)

    with Giuseppe de Luca

    Beniamino Gigli

    ... if persuasion be necessary, add this to Vol.1 (NI 7807) on your shelves. — Classic CD More…
    • Catalogue No: NI7817
    • Label: Nimbus
    • Series: Prima Voce
    • Length: 77 minutes

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    $9.00

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  • Rosa Ponselle Vol.2

    Rosa Ponselle Vol.2

    with Giovanni Martinelli, Elsie Baker

    Rosa Ponselle

    ... this reissue is of inestimable value for bringing into the CD catalogue one of the most, if not the most stylish and moving piece pieces of Verdi singing ever committed to disc, and that... — Gramophone Magazine More…
    • Catalogue No: NI7846
    • Label: Nimbus
    • Series: Prima Voce
    • Length: 71 minutes

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  • Legendary Cantors

    Legendary Cantors

    Gershon Sirota, Zavel Kwartin, Joseph Rosenblatt, Mordechai Hershman, Shalom Katz, Richard Tucker

    • Catalogue No: NI7906
    • Label: Nimbus
    • Series: Prima Voce
    • Length: 72 minutes

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  • John McCormack

    John McCormack

    with Lucrezia Bori, Mario Sammarco

    John McCormack

    Nimbus has carefully assembled the best of John McCormack's operatic recordings and brought them vividly and convincingly to life through the 'Digital Ambisonic Process' ... the liveliest transfers... — Fanfare More…
    • Catalogue No: NI7820
    • Label: Nimbus
    • Series: Prima Voce
    • Length: 75 minutes

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