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

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The McCormack Edition Volume 9: 1920-1923 Victor Talking Machine Company Recordings
John McCormack (tenor) / Various orchestras and conductors

[ Naxos Historical / CD ]

Release Date: Monday 27 February 2012

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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.

Tracks:

WIGGERS The Barefoot Trail
HANDEL Semele: O Sleep! Why Dost Thou Leave Me?
SCHUMANN The Singer's Consolation
TRAD arr HUGHES The Next Market Day and A Ballynure Ballad
RACHMANINOV When Night Descends and O Cease Thy
Singing, Maiden Fair
KRAMER The Last Hour
JOHNSON Since You Went Away
MARSHALL I Hear You Calling Me
HIRSCH The O'Brien Girl: Learn to Smile
SANDERS Little Town in the Ould County Down
ROBLEDO Three O'Clock in the Morning
KAHN & LYMAN Mother in Ireland
SIMONS Her Family Tree: Remember the Rose
SULLIVAN The Lost Chord
BARNBY Jesus, My Lord, My God, My All
NICHOLLS The Kingdom Within Your Eyes
MERIKANTO A Fairy Story By The Fire
RACHMANINOV To the Children
WHITEMAN & GROFÉ Wonderful One
OPENSHAW Love Sends a Little Gift of Roses
AYER Where the Rainbow Ends and Somewhere in the World
LOOKWOOD Take a Look at Molly
SQUIRE Dream Once Again
DICKSON Thanks be to God