- Performer: John McCormack
- Conductor: John McCormack
- Composer: Various, Michael William Balfe, Eric Ball, Barker, C. Barrard, et al.
- Audio CD (1 Dec 1995)
- Number of Discs: 2
- Label: Romophone
- ASIN: B000001S41
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 243,222 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
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Track Listings
| Disc: 1 | |||
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| 1. Fra poco a me rivocero | |||
| 2. Tue che a dio spiegasti l'ali | |||
| 3. Killarney | |||
| 4. Il fior che avevi a me to dato | |||
| 5. Come back to Erin | |||
| 6. Che gelida manina | |||
| 7. Una furtiva lagrima | |||
| 8. The Minstrel Boy | |||
| 9. Drink to Me Only with Thine Eyes | |||
| 10. Annie Laurie | |||
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| Disc: 2 | |||
| 1. Dear Little Shamrock | |||
| 2. Bella figlia dell'amore - John McCormack/Nellie Melba/Edna Thornton/Mario Sammarco | |||
| 3. All'erta! All'erta! - John McCormack/Nellie Melba/Mario Sammarco | |||
| 4. All'erta! All'erta! - John McCormack/Nellie Melba/Mario Sammarco | |||
| 5. The Irish Immigrant | |||
| 6. Kathleen mavourneed | |||
| 7. I hear you Calling Me | |||
| 8. Believe me if all those enduring Young Charms | |||
| 9. Ah! Moon of my Delight | |||
| 10. Molly Bawn | |||
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Review
...the listener can rejoice in a legato as smooth as silk, along with texts formed with a precision that leaves them firmly etched in one s aural memory ... the performances rarely deviate from the highest possible standard. .... His exquisite, almost unbearably intimate performance comes as close to heaven as any tenor s singing will ever reach. --Opera Quarterly Spring 1999
This set is a must for all collectors who do not have the 78s of what are some of McCormack s finest recordings. Excellent copies have been used for these transfers and the results are the best I have ever heard ...... All in all this is a set that should be in the collection of every lover of vocal art. --The Record Collector, December 1996
...... I have said that he was the greatest tenor and one of the very greatest vocalists of any kind that I have ever heard, and these discs simply confirm that. We hear his astonishing fusion of technical skills, interpretive insight and musical integrity applied to everything. And from beginning to end we hear the ravishing beauty of his voice. These discs are foundation stones for any collection of vocal art. --American Record Guide, March/April 1996
This set is a must for all collectors who do not have the 78s of what are some of McCormack s finest recordings. Excellent copies have been used for these transfers and the results are the best I have ever heard ...... All in all this is a set that should be in the collection of every lover of vocal art. --The Record Collector, December 1996
...... I have said that he was the greatest tenor and one of the very greatest vocalists of any kind that I have ever heard, and these discs simply confirm that. We hear his astonishing fusion of technical skills, interpretive insight and musical integrity applied to everything. And from beginning to end we hear the ravishing beauty of his voice. These discs are foundation stones for any collection of vocal art. --American Record Guide, March/April 1996
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
John McCormack together with Peter Dawson began their own British Invasion long ago-in fact McCormack became a naturalilsed American.
He recorded both Opera and drawing room ballads-which are of more interest to me.
This CD of his earliest records for HMV contains plenty of the latter-great titles like The Baggage Coach Ahead and The Snowy Breasted Pearl.His Irish and Sacred Songs are definitive
There's even earlier stuff than this as a label put out his hit cylinders and spent a fortune cleaning them up!
This is Guvenor Music and there's been a lot of serious writing about it
He recorded both Opera and drawing room ballads-which are of more interest to me.
This CD of his earliest records for HMV contains plenty of the latter-great titles like The Baggage Coach Ahead and The Snowy Breasted Pearl.His Irish and Sacred Songs are definitive
There's even earlier stuff than this as a label put out his hit cylinders and spent a fortune cleaning them up!
This is Guvenor Music and there's been a lot of serious writing about it
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Excellent
24 Jun 2006
These are old recordings, so quality isn't perfect, but these are beautiful songs, beautifully sung. Considering you get two discs, it's a bargain.
0 of 2 people found the following review helpful
not enough bang for the buck
28 April 2006
It seems a crime that, in order to get John McCormack singing "I'm Falling in Love with Some One," you have to shell out big bucks for this CD. I can't abide opera, and there are too many arias here sung in foreign languages to justify a capital investment. McCormack also does a striking rendition of "Because," which is missing from this CD. maybe we'll get lucky and Archeophone will put together a few disks, all in English, and I'd pay their price, steep though it usually is.
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