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Great Singers - Rosa Ponselle: American Recordings Volume 2 (rec 1923-1929)

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Label: Naxos - Historical

Cat No: 8111139

Barcode: 0747313313921

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 1

Genre: Vocal/Choral

Release Date: 26th February 2007

Works

Henry Rowley Bishop
Home, Sweet Home

William Bland
A Perfect Day; Carry Me Back to Old Virginny

Edouardo di Capua
Maria, Marì

Vincenzo di Chiara
La Spagnola

Ernesto de Curtis
Carmè

Paul Dupont
La Rosita

Stephen Foster
Old folks at home; Old folks at home (alternative takes previously unpublished on 78rpm); My Old Kentucky Home

Thomas Hewitt
The Little Old Garden (Sanctuary)

Giacomo Meyerbeer
L’Africaine; In grembo a me [Sur mes genoux]; L’Africaine (alternative takes previously unpublished on 78rpm); In grembo a me [Sur mes genoux] (alternative takes previously unpublished on 78rpm)

George Munro
My lovely Celia

Ethelbert Woodbridge Nevin
The Rosary

Amilcare Ponchielli
Suicidio! (La Gioconda, Act IV); Suicidio! (La Gioconda, Act IV) (alternative takes previously unpublished on 78rpm)

Rhea Silberta
Beloved

Francesco Paolo Tosti
Good-Bye!; Good-Bye! (alternative takes previously unpublished on 78rpm); Serenade; Serenade (alternative takes previously unpublished on 78rpm)

Artists

Rosa Ponselle (soprano)

Works

Artists

Rosa Ponselle (soprano)

About

Described by Maria Callas as “the greatest singer of us all”, the American-born Rosa Ponselle (1897-1981) is acknowledged as one of the outstanding dramatic sopranos of the twentieth century.

Without any previous experience of the operatic stage, she made her Metropolitan début in Verdi’s La forza del destino opposite Caruso in 1918. Following her enormous success, she became the Metropolitan’s leading soprano, appearing in twenty-one rôles throughout her career.

This second disc of Ponselle’s 1923-1929 American recordings features two of her loveliest performances, ‘In grembo a me’ from L’Africaine and ‘Suicidio!’ from La Gioconda, as well as three of her first electrical recordings, The Little Old Garden, Carry Me Back to Old Virginny and My Old Kentucky Home, made on the 1st and 2nd June, 1925.