Great British Sopranos
WEBER
1
Ocean, thou mighty monster!
4:23
(from Oberon - Act II) Sung in English, recorded 19th December 1911
Agnes Nicholls (vocal)
WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART
2
Misera Elvira... Mi tradi quell'alma ingrate
4:05
(from Don Giovanni - Act II) Sung in Italian, recorded 2nd May 1929
Miriam Licette (vocal)
PUCCINI
3
One fine day
4:06
(from Madam Butterfly, Act II) Sung in English, recorded 10th June 1933
Eva Turner (vocal)
CLAUDE DEBUSSY
4
Mes longs cheveux
1:45
(from Pelleas et Melisander, Act III) Sung in French, recorded before 1904
Mary Garden (vocal)
EMILE PALADILHE
5
Psyche
2:50
Sung in French, recorded 26th March 1941
Maggie Teyte (vocal)
HAHN
6
Ce n'etait pas la même chose
2:34
Sung in French, recorded 20th May 1946
Maggie Teyte (vocal)
Piano accompaniment by Gerald Moore
GEORGES BIZET
7
Chanson d'Avril
2:30
Maggie Teyte
CLAUDE DEBUSSY
8
La flute de Pan
2:28
Maggie Teyte
Recorded 12th March 1936
HENRI DUPARC
9
Phidyle
4:23
Maggie Teyte
Recorded 31st July 1940
ERNEST CHAUSSON
10
Le temps des lilas
3:52
Maggie Teyte
GEORGE FREDERIC HANDEL
arr. Sir Henry Wood
11
Ne'trionfa d'Alessandro Lusinghe piu care
6:27
(from Alessandro) Sung in Italian, recorded 16th February 1949
Isobel Baillie (soprano)
Malcolm Sargent
12
O Sleep! Why dost thou leave me?
3:35
(from Semele) Sung in English, recorded June 1927
Elsie Suddaby
HENRY PURCELL
13
Hark! The echoing air (from The Fairy Queen, Act V)
1:39
Sung in English, recorded 11th July 1924
Elsie Suddaby
FREDERICK DELIUS
14
Cradle Song
2:15
Recorded 24th June 1929
15
The Nightingale
2:00
Recorded 24th June 1929
16
Evening Voices (Twighlight Fancies)
4:10
Recorded on 10th July 1929, Sung in English
Piano accompaniment by Sir Thomas Beecham, Dora Labette
ADAM
17
Variations on a Nursery Theme 'Listen Mother, to my tale'
4:18
Sung in English, recorded 7th March 1949
Flute obligato by Lionel Solomon
Gwen Catley
Eric Robinson
PUCCINI
Madam Butterfly
18
Bimba dagli occhi (Love duet: Act I)
8:31
Sung in Italian, recorded 1927
Aureliano Pertile (tenor)
Margaret Sheridan (soprano)
Carlo Sabanjo
19
Un bel di verdrimo (Act II)
4:28
Sung in Italian, recorded November 1926
Margaret Sheridan (soprano)
20
E questo? (Act II)
4:13
Sung in Italian, recorded November 1927
Eugene Goosens
Margaret Sheridan (soprano)
21
St, mi chiamano Mini (from La Boheme, Act I)
4:39
Sung in Italian, recorded 1926
Margaret Sheridan (soprano)