 
Great British Sopranos
RRC1374
COMPILATION
Playing time: 79'44"
Tracks: 21
Booklet pages: 6
Reviewer: Bill Newman
Review of Great British Sopranos published on 3 January 2012
Listen: Adam: Variations on 'Listen, Mother, to my tale' (track 17, 1:43-2:39)
Weber:
1 Ocean, thou mighty monster! (Oberon, Act II)
Agnes Nicholls, soprano
Sung in English. Recorded on 19 December 1911
Mozart:
2 Misera Elvira ... Mi tradi quell'alma ingrate (Don Giovanni, Act II)
Miriam Licette, soprano
Sung in Italian. Recorded on 2 May 1929
Puccini:
3 One fine day (Madam Butterfly, Act II)
Eva Turner, soprano
Sung in English. Recorded 10 June 1933
Debussy:
4 Mes longs cheveux (Pelleas et Melisande, Act III)
Mary Garden, soprano
Sung in French. Recorded pre 1904
Paladilhe:
5 Psyche
Maggie Teyte, soprano
Sung in French. Recorded on 26 March 1941
Hahn:
6 Ce n'etait pas la même chose
Maggie Teyte, soprano
Gerald Moore, piano
Sung in French. Recorded on 20 May 1946
Bizet:
7 Chanson d'Avril
Maggie Teyte, soprano
Debussy:
8 La flute de Pan
Maggie Teyte, soprano
Recorded on 12 March 1936
Duparc:
9 Phidyle
Maggie Teyte, soprano
Recorded on 31 July 1940
Chausson:
10 Le temps des lilas
Maggie Teyte, soprano
Handel (arranged by Henry Wood):
11 Ne'trionfa d'Alessandro Lusinghe piu care (Alessandro)
Isobel Baillie, soprano
London Symphony Orchestra
Malcolm Sargent, conductor
Sung in Italian. Recorded 16 February 1949
Handel:
12 O Sleep! Why dost thou leave me? (Semele)
Elsie Suddaby, soprano
Sung in English. Recorded in June 1927
Purcell:
13 Hark! The echoing air (The Fairy Queen, Act V)
Elsie Suddaby, soprano
Sung in English. Recorded 11 July 1924
Delius:
14 Cradle Song
Recorded on 24 June 1929
15 The Nightingale
Recorded on 24 June 1929
16 Evening Voices (Twighlight [sic] Fancies)
Recorded on 10 July 1929
Dora Labette, soprano
Thomas Beecham, piano
Adam:
17 Variations on a Nursery Theme 'Listen Mother, to my tale'
Gwen Catley, soprano
Lionel Solomon, flute
orchestra
Eric Robinson, conductor
Puccini:
18 Bimba dagli occhi (love duet, Madam Butterfly, Act I)
Margaret Sheridan, soprano
Aureliano Pertile, tenor
Orchestra of La Scala Milan
Carlo Sabanjo, conductor
Sung in Italian. Recorded in 1927
19 Un bel di vedrimo (Madam Butterfly, Act II)
Margaret Sheridan, soprano
Sung in Italian. Recorded in November 1926
20 E questo? (Madam Butterfly, Act II)
Margaret Sheridan
orchestra
Eugene Goosens, conductor
Sung in Italian. Recorded in November 1927
21 Si, mi chiamano Mimi (La boheme, Act I)
Margaret Sheridan, soprano
Sung in Italian. Recorded in 1926
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