 
The Art of Nance Grant
MR301135-36 (2 discs)
ADD
Stereo
COMPILATION
Playing time: 56'42"/78'07" - TT 134'49"
Tracks: 19 + 15
Booklet pages: 27
© 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1979, 1981, 1982 Australian Broadcasting Corporation, 2012 Melba Recordings
Reviewer: Howard Smith
Review of The Art of Nance Grant published on 27 September 2012
CD1
Edvard Grieg (1843-1907):
1 I Love Thee (Melodies of the Heart, Op 5 No 3) Hans Christian Andersen
2 With a Waterlily Op 25 No 4 Henrik Ibsen
3 Two Brown Eyes (Melodies of the Heart, Op 5 No 4) Hans Christian Andersen
4 Solveig's Song (Peer Gynt, Op 23) Henrik Ibsen
5 A Dream Op 48 No 6 Friedrich von Bodenstedt
Nance Grant, soprano
Geoffrey Parsons, piano
CD2 Nance Grant sings opera, oratorio and lieder
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791):
Idomeneo, re di Creta
1 Estinto è Idomeneo ('You're lost now, Idomeneo') Elettra
2 Idol mio, se ritrosa altra amante a me ti rende ('Wayward lover now returning from another to my side') Elettra
Elizabethan Melbourne Orchestra (Orchestra Victoria)
Richard Divall, conductor
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827):
Fidelio
3 Komm, Hoffnung, lass den letzten Stern ('Come, let not thy last great star') Leonore
Elizabethan Sydney Orchestra
Edward Downes, conductor
Gaetano Donizetti (1797-1848):
Maria Stuarda
4 Si, vuol di Francia il Rege col mio core l'Anglo trono ('Yes, but the French prince is seeking both my heart and my Kingdom ...') Elizabeth
Richard Wagner (1813-1883):
Tannhäuser
5 Dich, teure Halle (Elizabeth)
Elizabethan Sydney Orchestra
Edward Downes, conductor
Die Walküre
6 Der Männer Sippe (Sieglinde, with Jon Weaving, Siegmund)
7 Du bist der Lenz (Sieglinde)
Melbourne Symphony Orchestra
Leif Segerstam, conductor
(Melbourne Town Hall, September 1979)
Richard Strauss:
Ariadne auf Naxos
8 Ein Schönes war ('A Wonder Was') Ariadne
9 Es gibt ein Reich ('There is a Land') Ariadne
Elizabethan Sydney Orchestra
Edward Downes, conductor
Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)
Elijah
10 'Hear Ye, Israel'
Sydney Philharmonia Choir and Orchestra
Peter Seymour, conductor
Richard Wagner:
Wesendonck-Lieder
11 Der Engel
12 Stehe still!
13 Im Treibhaus
14 Schmerzen
15 Träume
West Australian Symphony Orchestra
Dalia Atlas, conductor
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