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Background: Described by Maria Callas as 'the greatest singer of us all', Rosa Ponselle was for nineteen years the leading soprano at the Metropolitan Opera. This 3 CD set includes her last studio recordings from 1939 as well as the historical sessions she made 15 years later when the great diva was persuaded to come out of retirement.

CATALOGUE NR: 811114244
RECORD LABEL: Naxos Historical
FORMAT: 3 CD Set
PRICE: £ 12.67 including VAT, or £ 11.02 excluding VAT
RELEASE DATE: 31-Mar-2008

COMPOSER: Paolo Tosti  (other composers in brackets after works)
TITLE: American Recordings 1939 and 1954
TRACKS: CD1 The 1939 Victor Recordings - Si tu voulais (Tosti) / Al’aime (de Fontenailles) / The Nightingale and the Rose (Rimsky-Korsakov) / When I have sung my songs - two versions (Charles) / Ave Maria - two versions (Schubert) / On Wings of Dreams (Arensky). 'Villa Pace' Recordings Oct-1954 - Plaisir d’amour (Martini) / Jeune fillette (Anon) / Beau Soir (Debussy) / Bonjour Suzon (Delibes) / La chevelure (Debussy) / Carmen-Carmela (Anon) / El Mirar de la Maja (Granados) / La partida (Alvarez) / La Molinara: Nel cor piu non mi sento (Paisiello) / Star vicino (attr. Rosa) / A Vucchella (Tosti) / Ideale (Tosti) / Arechiare (Tosti) / Fa la nana bambin (Sadero) / Dicitencello vuje (Falvo) / Could I (Tosti). CD2 - 'Villa Pace' Recordings Oct-1954 - Amadis : Bois epais (Lully) / Rosemonde (Persico) / Guitares et mandolines (Saint-Saens) / Poeme de l'amour et de la mer : Le temps des lilas (Chausson) / Von ewiger Liebe op.43 No.1 (Brahms) / Mir traumte von einem Konigskind op.4 No.5 (Trunk) / Erlkonig op.1 (Schubert) / In questa tomba oscura WoO133 (Beethoven) / Rispetto (Wolf-Ferrari) / O del mio amato ben (Donaudy) / Aprile (Tosti) / Amuri amuri (Sadero) / I battitori di grano (Sadero) / Drink to me only with Thine Eyes (Trad) / The Night Wind (Farley) / Homing (del Riego) / Interview with Ruby Mercer. CD3 'Villa Pace' Recordings Oct-1954 - Le nozze di Figaro : Voi che sapete (Mozart) / Tre giorni son che Nina (Ciampi) / An die Musik op.88 No.4 (Schubert) / Der Tod und das Madchen op.7 No.3 (Schubert) / Wesendonck Lieder : No.5 Traume (Wagner) / Morgen! op.27 No.4 (Richard Strauss) / Nur wer die Sehnsucht kennt op.6 No.6 (Tchaikovsky) / L'invitation au voyage (Duparc) / Psyche (Paladilhe) / Tristesse eternelle (Chopin). Seven Popular Spanish Songs : No.3 Asturiana and No.5 Nana (de Falla) / My Lovely Celia (Munro) / In the Luxembourg Gardens (Lockhart Manning) / Agnus Dei (Bizet) / Ave Maria (Luzzi) / Ave Maria (Millard) / Ave Maria (Sandoval) / Ave Maria (Tosti) / Se (Denza) / Colombetta (Buzzi-Peccia).
ARTISTS: Rosa Ponselle      

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