Marian Anderson - Beyond The Music - Her Complete RCA Victor Recordings - Box Set 15CDs

 

Label : Sony

Format : Flac (image + cue)

Cover : Yes

Beyond the Music is a special 15-CD edition celebrating contralto Marian Anderson, the first Black singer at the Met. The present edition is the first release of Marian Anderson’s complete recorded legacy for RCA Victor. Along with the first-ever complete release of her legendary Farewell Recital at Constitution Hall in 1964, many recordings appear here on CD for the first time. From her debut in 1924 for the Victor label to her last LP from 1966, all recordings have been meticulously restored and remastered from the original analog masters using 24 bit / 96 kHz technology. 72 works are appearing on CD for the first time, 9 recordings previously unreleased.  The 228-page coffee-table book is richly illustrated with numerous photos and facsimiles, a new essay by Raymond Arsenault – author of The Sound of Freedom and Freedom Riders – and full discographical notes. It is a homage to the artistic life of a singer “one is privileged to hear only once in a hundred years” (Toscanini) and who left us a legacy of humnity, generosity, talent, and faith.

CD 1 Spirituals 1923–1946

CD 2 Lieder, Songs And Mélodies 1936–1951

CD 3 Baroque Arias

CD 4 Lieder By Brahms, Mahler And Strauss

CD 5 Lieder By Schubert And Schumann

CD 6 Spirituals

CD 7 Highlights From Verdi’s A Masked Ball

CD 8 He’S Got The Whole World In His Hands

CD 9 Christmas Carols

CD 10 Songs By Schubert, Schumann, Brahms, Strauss And Haydn

CD 11 Songs At Eventide

CD 12 Farewell Recital At Constitution Hall - First Complete Release

CD 13 Jus’ Keep On Singin’

CD 14 Schubert And Brahms Lieder

CD 15 The Lady From Philadelphia

Complete tracklist : Marian Anderson - Beyond The Music