From Melba To Sutherland - Australian Singers On Record

Label : Decca

Format : Flac (image + cue)

Cover : Yes

Tracklist :

CD 1

MELBA AND THE MARCHESI SCHOOL

NELLIE MELBA soprano 1861–1931

CHARLES GOUNOD: Ah! Je ris (Jewel Song) (Faust)

Landon Ronald, piano

Recorded: 4 September 1905

NELLIE MELBA

BEMBERG: Nymphs et sylvains

Landon Ronald, piano

Recorded: March 1904

NELLIE MELBA

BROWNING MUMMERY tenor 1888–1974

JOHN BROWNLEE baritone 1900–1969

GIACOMO PUCCINI: Addio, dolce svegliare (Quartet) (La bohème)

with Aurora Rettore, soprano

Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden

Vincenzo Bellezza

Recorded live: 8 June 1926

FRANCES SAVILLE soprano 1862–1935

JULES MASSENET: Obéissons, quand leur voix appelle (Gavotte) (Manon)

with piano

Recorded: Vienna, 1902–3

ADA CROSSLEY contralto 1871–1929

MALLINSON: New Year Song

Christopher H. H. Booth, piano

Recorded: Philadelphia, PA, 30 April 1903

FRANCES ALDA soprano 1879–1952

GIUSEPPE VERDI: Miserere (Il trovatore) with Enrico Caruso, tenor

with orchestra

Recorded: Camden, New Jersey, 27 December 1909

FRANCES ALDA

GIACOMO PUCCINI: In quelle trine morbide (Manon Lescaut)

Orchestra

Rosario Bourdon

Recorded: Liederkranz Hall, New York, 26 June 1928

AMY CASTLES soprano 1880–1951

GIUSEPPE VERDI: Caro nome (Rigoletto)

with piano

Recorded: London, 16 September 1906

IRENE AINSLEY contralto 1883–1968

METCALF: Absent with piano

Recorded: London, 1907

EVELYN SCOTNEY soprano 1887–1967

DANIEL AUBER: C’est l’histoire amoureuse (Manon Lescaut)

Orchestra

Eugene Goossens

Recorded: 20 January 1925

STELLA POWER soprano 1896–1977

GAETANO DONIZETTI: Regnava nel silenzio (Lucia di Lammermoor)

Orchestra

Frank St. Leger

Recorded: 23 December 1919

OTHER EARLY SOPRANOS

MARIE NARELLE soprano 1870–1941

MICHAEL WILLIAM BALFE: Killarney

with orchestra

Recorded: New York, 1910

LALLA MIRANDA soprano 1871–1940

GIUSEPPE VERDI: Follie! Follie! … Sempre libera (La traviata) (sung in French)

with orchestra

Recorded: France c.1904

ROSINA BUCKMAN soprano 1881–1848

GIACOMO PUCCINI: One fine day (Un bel dì vedremo) (Madama Butterfly)

Royal Albert Hall Orchestra

Eugene Goossens

Recorded: London, 4 April 1924

GERTRUDE JOHNSON soprano 1894–1973

CYRIL SCOTT: Lullaby

Cyril Scott, piano

Recorded: London, 1929

OTHER EARLY MEZZOS AND CONTRALTOS

ELLA CASPERS contralto 1887–1971

MOLLOY: Darby and Joan

with piano

Recorded: London, 1913

DOROTHY HELMRICH mezzo-soprano 1889–1984

ROBERT SCHUMANN: Thou art so like a flower (Du bist wie eine Blume) (Myrthen)

Hubert Foss, piano

Recorded: 8 November 1933

EILEEN BOYD contralto 1890–1975

BRAHE: I passed by your window

with piano

Recorded: Sydney, 9 February 1927

CLARA SERENA contralto 1890–1972

CAMILLES SAINT-SAENS: Tonight … O love, from thy power (Samson … Amour, viens aider) (Samson et Dalila)

Orchestra

Stanford Robinson

Recorded: 25 February 1929

ESSIE ACKLAND contralto 1896–1975

BRAHE: Bless this house

Herbert Dawson, Kingsway Hall organ

Recorded: Kingsway Hall, London, 10 March 1933 · HMV B 4439

EARLY TENORS

ALFRED HILL tenor 1869–1960

ALFRED HILL: Waiata Poi

Mirrie Hill, piano

Recorded: 9 July 1926 · Matrix Bb 8717–I · HMV test recording S/S 6-2688 unpublished

WALTER KIRBY tenor 1877–1934

KNEASS: Ben Bolt (Trilby’s Song)

with piano

Recorded: Sydney, 20 January 1927

BROWNING MUMMERY tenor 1888–1974

RUGGERO LEONCAVALLO: No! Punchinello, no more (No! Pagliaccio non son) (Pagliacci)

Orchestra

John Barbirolli

Recorded: London, 17 July 1929

ALFRED O’SHEA tenor 1889–1954

MACMORROUGH: Macushla with orchestra

Recorded: Sydney, May 1928

LIONELLO CECIL tenor 1893–1957

GIACOMO PUCCINI: Amore o grillo (Madama Butterfly)

with Vittorio Weinberg, baritone

Orchestra of La Scala, Milan

Carlo Sabajno

Recorded: Milan, 25 October 1929 · HMV C 1951

EARLY BARITONES AND BASSES

HORACE STEVENS bass-baritone 1876–1950

EDWARD ELGAR: Jesu! by that shuddering dread (The Dream of Gerontius)

London Symphony Orchestra

Edward Elgar

Recorded live: Hereford Cathedral, 6 September 1927

CD 2

ANDREW BLACK baritone 1859–1920

ATHUR SULLIVAN: Time was when love and I (Curate’s Song) (The Sorcerer)

with piano

Recorded: London, November 1905 · G&T 3–2327

PETER DAWSON bass-baritone 1882–1962

GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL: Honour and Arms (Samson)

Orchestra

George Byng

Recorded: London, 1 November 1927 · HMV C 1500

PETER DAWSON

JAMES: Six Australian Bush Songs:

No. 1 The Land of Who Knows Where

No. 2 Bush Silence

No. 4 Comrades of Mine

No. 5 Bush Night Song

No. 6 The Stockrider’s Song

Gerald Moore, piano

Recorded: London, 12 October 1927

PETER DAWSON

TRAD. CORNISH ARR. MOSS: The Floral Dance

Gerald Moore, piano

Recorded: London, 14 January 1927

MALCOLM McEACHERN bass 1883–1945

GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL: O ruddier than the cherry (Acis and Galatea)

Orchestra

Clarence Raybould

Recorded: London, 21 June 1935

HAROLD WILLIAMS baritone 1893–1976

COWAN: Onaway, awake beloved

Orchestra

Clarence Raybould

Recorded: London, 11 December 1931

HAROLD WILLIAMS

VILLAUME: Old John Bax

Maynard Wilkinson, piano

Recorded: Sydney, March 1955, unpublished

JOHN BROWNLEE baritone 1900–1969

WOLGANG AMADEUS MOZART: Deh vieni alla finestra (Serenade) (Don Giovanni)

Glyndebourne Festival Orchestra

Fritz Busch

Recorded: Glyndebourne Opera House, 5 July 1936

RICHARD WATSON bass 1903–1968

ARTHUR SULLIVAN: When a felon’s not engaged in his employment (Policeman’s Song) (The Pirates of Penzance)

D’Oyly Carte Opera Chorus

New Promenade Orchestra

Isadore Godfrey

Recorded: London, 29 July 1949

WAGNERIANS AND OTHER DRAMATICS

LEMPRIÈRE PRINGLE bass 1868–1914

RICHARD WAGNER: The King’s Prayer (Lohengrin) (sung in English)

with orchestra

Recorded: London, c.1910

ELSA STRALIA soprano 1881–1945

RICHARD WAGNER: Elisabeth’s Greeting (Tannhäuser) (sung in English)

Orchestra

Hamilton Harty

Recorded: 5 May 1920

FLORENCE AUSTRAL soprano 1892– 1968

RICHARD WAGNER: Ho-jo-to-ho (Brünnhilde’s Battlecry) (Die Walküre)

Orchestra

Spencer Clay

Recorded: Hayes, 7 September 1922

FLORENCE AUSTRAL

FREDERICK COLLIER bass 1885–1964

RICHARD WAGNER: Welches Unholds List (Götterdämmerung)

London Symphony Orchestra

Albert Coates

Recorded: Kingsway Hall, London, 18 October 1928

MARGHERITA GRANDI soprano 1894–1972

GIUSEPPE VERDI: La luce langue (Macbeth)

Scottish Orchestra

Berthold Goldschmidt

Recorded live: King’s Theatre, Edinburgh, 27 August 1947

MARJORIE LAWRENCE soprano 1907–1979

RICHARD WAGNER: Starke Scheite (Brünnhilde’s Immolation) (Götterdämmerung) opening (sung in French)

Orchestre de l’Association des Concerts Pasdeloup

Piero Coppola

Recorded: Paris, 23 October 1933

MARJORIE LAWRENCE

SERGEI RACHMANINOV: Floods of Spring, Op. 14 No. 11

Ivor Newton, piano

Recorded: London, 2 July 1946

SYLVIA FISHER soprano 1910–1996

BENJAMIN BRITTEN: Is this all you can bring? (Albert Herring)

with Johanna Peters, contralto

English Chamber Orchestra

Benjamin Britten

Recorded: Jubilee Hall, Aldeburgh, 1–8 April 1964

MUSIC HALL AND VARIETY

SYRIA LAMONTE soprano 1869–1935

TRAD: Comin’ thro’ the rye

with piano

Recorded: 31 Maiden Lane, London, 2 September 1898

HAMILTON HILL baritone 1868–1910

ALFRED HILL: The Boys’ Brigade

with military band

Recorded: 24 August 1906

VIOLET MOUNT (L’INCOGNITA) soprano 1875–1972

HENRY BISHOP: Lo! Here the gentle lark

John Amadio, flute

Orchestra

George W. Byng

Recorded: London, 23 September 1921

ALBERT WHELAN music hall singer and whistler 1875‒1961

THURBAN: The Whistling Bowery Boy

with orchestra

Recorded: London, 7 November 1905

FLORRIE FORDE contralto 1876–1940

MURPHY & LIPTON: Oh! Oh! Antonio

with orchestra

Recorded: London, 22 September 1908

BILLY WILLIAMS comedian 1878–1915

WESTON & BARNES: When father papered the parlour

with orchestra

Recorded: London, 18 February 1910

CD 3

MUSICAL THEATRE, RADIO AND COMEDY

GLADYS MONCRIEFF soprano 1892–1976

HAROLD FRASER-SIMSON: Love will find a way (The Maid of the Mountains)

Columbia Concert Orchestra

Gilbert Dechelette

Recorded: Sydney, 12 December 1928

ROBERT CHISHOLM baritone 1894–1960

GLADYS MONCRIEFF

TATE: A Paradise for Two (The Maid of the Mountains)

with orchestra

Recorded: London, June 1926

STRELLA WILSON soprano 1894–1989

RUDOLP FRIML: Some Day (The Vagabond King)

with chorus & orchestra of radio program ‘Show of Shows’

Recorded: Sydney, 26 September 1941

CLEMENT Q. WILLIAMS baritone 1898–1957

O’HAGAN: Let’s take a trip to Melbourne

with orchestra

Recorded: Sydney, 19 October 1934

MALCOLM McEACHERN bass 1883–1945

HILLIAM & McEACHERN: Is ’e an Aussie, Lizzie, is ’e?

Flotsam and Jetsam (with B. C. Hilliam, tenor & piano)

Recorded: London, 20 October 1939

ROSINA RAISBECK mezzo-soprano 1916–2006

RICHARD RODGERS: Climb Every Mountain (The Sound of Music)

Orchestra of the Princess Theatre, Melbourne

Eric Clapham

Recorded: Princess Theatre, Melbourne, 1961

JUNE BRONHILL soprano 1929–2005

RICHARD RODGERS: The Sound of Music (The Sound of Music)

Orchestra of the Princess Theatre, Melbourne

Eric Clapham

Recorded: Princess Theatre, Melbourne, 1961 · OCSD 7580

P 1961 EMI Australia Ltd

SOPRANOS AFTER WORLD WAR II

JOAN HAMMOND soprano 1912–1996

GIACOMO PUCCINI: O my beloved father (O mio babbino caro) (Gianni Schicchi)

Hallé Orchestra

Leslie Heward

Recorded: Belle Vue, Manchester, 29 September 1941

JOAN HAMMOND

GUSTAVE CHARPENTIER: Depuis le jour (Louise)

Hallé Orchestra

Warwick Braithwaite

Recorded: Houldsworth Hall, Manchester, 28 September 1942

GLENDA RAYMOND soprano 1922–2003

AMBROISE THOMAS: I am Titania (Je suis Titania) (Mignon)

Australian Symphony Orchestra

Hector Crawford

Recorded: 1947–53

ELSIE MORISON soprano 1924–2016

JOHN CAMERON baritone 1918–2002

HECTOR BERLIOZ: O mon cher fils (L’Enfance du Christ)

St. Anthony Singers

Goldsbrough Orchestra

Colin Davis

Recorded: Battersea Town Hall, London, October 1960

ANGELINA ARENA soprano born 1926

GIUSEPPE VERDI: Saper vorreste (Un ballo in maschera)

Queensland Symphony Orchestra

Wilfred Lehmann

Recorded: 1974

MARIE COLLIER soprano 1927–1971

RICHARD STRAUSS: Ich kann nicht sitzen (Elektra)

with Birgit Nilsson, soprano

Wiener Philharmoniker

Georg Solti

Recorded: Sofiensaal, Vienna, 14 June, 30 November 1966, 22 February & 14–15 June 1967

NANCE GRANT soprano born 1931

RICHARD WAGNER: Du bist der Lenz (Die Walküre)

Melbourne Symphony Orchestra

Leif Segerstam

Recorded: Melbourne Town Hall, September 1979

RITA HUNTER soprano 1933–2001

AMILCARE PONCHIELLI: Suicidio! (La Gioconda)

Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra

Dobbs Franks

Recorded: Government House, Hobart, August 1989

MEZZOS AFTER WORLD WAR II

LORNA SYDNEY mezzo-soprano 1910–1974

GUSTAV MAHLER: Urlicht (Symphony No. 2 ‘Resurrection’)

Wiener Staatsopernorchester

Felix Prohaska

Recorded: Vienna, 1951

YVONNE MINTON mezzo-soprano born 1938

GUSTAV MAHLER: Rheinlegendchen (Des Knaben Wunderhorn)

Chicago Symphony Orchestra

Georg Solti

Recorded: Medinah Temple, Chicago, 1 & 7 April 1970

TENORS AND BARITONES AFTER WORLD WAR II

MAX WORTHLEY tenor 1913–1999

HENRY PURCELL: All our days and our nights (The Masque in Dioclesian)

Choir & Orchestra of the Concentus Musicus, Wien

Nikolaus Harnoncourt

Recorded: Palais Schönburg, Vienna, 1965

DONALD SMITH tenor 1922–1998

GIUSEPPE VERDI: O figli miei! … Ah, la paterna mano (Macbeth, Act IV)

Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra

Vanco Cavdarski

Recorded: ABC Studios, Hobart, 1973

HAROLD BLAIR tenor 1924–1976

TRAD. ABORIGINAL ARR.: Loam: Maranoa Lullaby

with piano accompaniment

Recorded: 1950 · Private recording

JOHN CAMERON baritone 1918–2002

EDWARD GERMAN: The Yeomen of England (Merrie England)

New Symphony Orchestra & Chorus

Victor Olof

Recorded: Decca Studios, West Hampstead, London, 9–11 March 1953

CD 4

RONALD DOWD tenor 1914–1990

HECTOR BERLIOZ: Sanctus (Grand Messe des Morts, Op. 5)

Wandsworth School Boys’ Choir

London Symphony Chorus & Orchestra

Colin Davis

Recorded: Westminster Cathedral, London, November 1969

KENNETH NEATE tenor 1914–1997

GIACOMO PUCCINI: Nessun dorma (Turandot)

Orchestre Philharmonique de Paris

Napoleone Annovazzi

Recorded: Salle Wagram, Paris, 1956

RAYMOND NILSSON tenor 1920–1998

JOHN LANIGAN tenor 1921–1996

BENJAMIN BRITTEN: People! … No! I will speak! (Peter Grimes)

with James Pease, baritone

Jean Watson, contralto

Claire Watson, soprano

Orchestra & Chorus of the Royal Opera House

Benjamin Britten

Recorded: Walthamstow Assembly Hall, December 1958

JOHN LANIGAN

GLENDA RAYMOND soprano 1922–2003

GIACOMO PUCCINI: Lovely maid in the moonlight (O soave fanciulla) (La Bohème)

Australian Symphony Orchestra

Hector Crawford

Recorded: 1947–1953

ALBERT LANCE tenor 1925–2013

GEORGES BIZET: La fleur que tu m’avais jetée (Carmen)

Orchestre du Théâtre National de l’Opéra de Paris

Roberto Benzi

Recorded: Paris, June 1960

SUTHERLAND AND HER CIRCLE

JOHN SHAW baritone 1924–2003

GAETANO DONIZETTI: Cruda, funesta smania … La pietada in suo favore (Lucia di Lammermoor)

with Robert Bowman, tenor

Joseph Rouleau, bass

Orchestra & Chorus of the Royal Opera House

Tullio Serafin

Recorded: London, 1959

ROBERT ALLMAN bass-baritone 1927–2013

GIUSEPPE VERDI: Una fatale del mio destino (La forza del destino)

Sydney Symphony Orchestra

Eric Clapham

Recorded: ABC Music Studios, Sydney, 1978

CLIFFORD GRANT bass born 1930

JULES MASSENET: De l’autel vénéré … O divine Esclarmonde! (Esclarmonde)

John Alldis Choir

National Philharmonic Orchestra

Richard Bonynge

Recorded: Kingsway Hall, London, 2–5 & 9–15 July 1975

CLIFFORD GRANT

GEOFFREY CHARD baritone born 1930

HEATHER BEGG mezzo-soprano 1929–2009

MEALE: I am behind you, Voss … Nothing could be safer or more solid (Voss)

Sydney Symphony Orchestra

Stuart Challender

Recorded: Sydney, 1987

ROBERT GARD tenor born 1927

MEALE: I am looking at the map of my hand (Voss)

Sydney Symphony Orchestra

Stuart Challender

Recorded: Sydney, 1987

NEIL WARREN-SMITH bass-baritone 1930–1981

GIUSEPPE VERDI: Vieni o levita … Tu sul labbro (Nabucco)

Ensemble of cellos led by Gregory Elmaloglou

Sydney Symphony Orchestra

Eric Clapham

Recorded: ABC Music Studios, Sydney, 1978

LAURIS ELMS mezzo-soprano born 1931

CARL HEINRICH GRAUN: Se il dovere in quest’addio (Montezuma)

Geoffrey Parsons & Valda Aveling, harpsichords

London Philharmonic Orchestra

Richard Bonynge

Recorded: Kingsway Hall, London, 21–30 March, 1 April & 2 September 1966

MARGRETA ELKINS mezzo-soprano 1930–2009

EDWARD ELGAR: In Haven (Capri) (Sea Pictures, Op. 37)

Queensland Symphony Orchestra

Werner Andreas Albert

Recorded: ABC Studios, Brisbane, August 1983

JOAN SUTHERLAND soprano 1926–2010

GIOACHINO ROSSINI: La fioraia fiorentina

Richard Bonynge, piano

Recorded: London, 20 June 1958

JOAN SUTHERLAND

GAETANO DONIZETTI: Ah! tardai troppo … O luce di quest’anima (Linda di Chamounix)

Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire

Nello Santi

Recorded: La Maison de la Chimie, Paris, 28–30 April 1959

JOAN SUTHERLAND

CHARLES GOUNO: Oh Dieu! Que de bijoux … Ah! Je ris (Jewel Song) (Faust)

Orchestra of the Royal Opera House

Francesco Molinari-Pradelli

Recorded: Kingsway Hall, London, 12 July & 15–18 August, 1960

BONUS TRACKS

JOAN CARDEN soprano born 1937

ALFREDO CATALANI: Ebben? … Ne andrò lontana (La Wally)

Queensland Philharmonic Orchestra

Roderick Brydon

Recorded: Brisbane, 29 January 1996

YVONNE KENNY soprano born 1950

IVAN NOVELLO: We’ll gather lilacs (Perchance to Dream)

Melbourne Symphony Orchestra

Vladimir Kamirski

Recorded: Melbourne, 1993 · ABC Classics 442 509-2

P 1994 Australian Broadcasting Corporation

DEBORAH RIEDEL soprano 1958–2009

KALAMAN: Mary kam vom gold’nen Strande (Die Herzogin von Chicago)

Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra

Richard Bonynge

Recorded: SFB Studios, Berlin, 2–8 February 1998

EMMA MATTHEWS soprano born 1970

CHARLES GOUNOD: Dieu ! quel frisson … Amour, ranime mon courage (Roméo et Juliette)

Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte-Carlo

Brad Cohen

Recorded: Auditorium Rainier III, Monte Carlo, 16 September 2008