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~ Luigi Arditi (Composer), Hermann Bemberg (Composer), Gaetano Donizetti (Composer), Charles Gounod (Composer), Reynaldo Hahn (Composer), et al.
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  • Conductor: Landon Ronald
  • Composer: Luigi Arditi, Hermann Bemberg, Gaetano Donizetti, Charles Gounod, Reynaldo Hahn, et al.
  • Audio CD (29 Jul 2002)
  • SPARS Code: ADD
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Label: Naxos Historical
  • ASIN: B00006B1KA
  • Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 83,419 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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Track Listings

1. Mattinata - Tosti
2. Nymphes et sylvains - Bemberg
3. Ah! fors'è lui from "La traviata" - Verdi
4. Follie!...Sempre libera from "La traviata" - Verdi
5. Comin' thro' the Rye - Traditional
6. Se saran rose - Arditi
7. Del ciel demente un riso from "Lucia di Lammermoor" - Donizetti
8. Sweet bird that shunn'st the noise of folly from "Il Penseroso" - Handel
9. Thee, chauntress, oft the woods among I woo from "Il Penseroso" - Handel
10. Goodbye - Tosti
11. A vos jeux, mes amis, permettez-moi de grâce from "Hamlet" - Thomas
12. Caro nome che il mio cor from "Rigoletto" - Verdi
13. Sempre libera from "La traviata" - Verdi
14. Three Green Bonnets - D'Hardelot
15. Porgi amor from "Le nozze di Figaro" - Mozart
16. Si mes vers avaient des ailes - Hahn
17. Donde lieta uscìal tuo grido d'amore (Addio) from "La bohème" - Puccini
18. Chant Vénitien - Bemberg
19. Les anges pleurent - Bemberg
20. Ave Maria - Bach/Gounod
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On this CD:
  1. Mattinata, 'Mary, tremando l'ultima stella'
    Composed by Sir Paolo Tosti
    with Sir Landon Ronald, Dame Nellie Melba

  2. Nymphes et Sylvains
    Composed by Herman Bemberg
    with Sir Landon Ronald, Dame Nellie Melba

  3. (La) traviata
    Composed by Giuseppe Verdi
    with Sir Landon Ronald, Dame Nellie Melba

  4. (La) traviata
    Composed by Giuseppe Verdi
    with Sir Landon Ronald, Dame Nellie Melba

  5. Comin' thro' the Rye
    Composed by Traditional
    with Sir Landon Ronald, Dame Nellie Melba

  6. Se saran rose
    Composed by Luigi Arditi
    with Sir Landon Ronald, Dame Nellie Melba

  7. Lucia di Lammermoor
    Composed by Gaetano Donizetti
    with Sir Landon Ronald, Dame Nellie Melba

  8. (L')Allegro, il penseroso ed il moderato
    Composed by George Frideric Handel
    with Sir Landon Ronald, Dame Nellie Melba

  9. (L')Allegro, il penseroso ed il moderato
    Composed by George Frideric Handel
    with Sir Landon Ronald, Dame Nellie Melba

  10. Goodbye
    Composed by Sir Paolo Tosti
    with Sir Landon Ronald, Dame Nellie Melba

  11. Hamlet
    Composed by Ambroise Thomas
    with Dame Nellie Melba
    Conducted by Sir Landon Ronald

  12. Rigoletto
    Composed by Giuseppe Verdi
    with Dame Nellie Melba
    Conducted by Sir Landon Ronald

  13. (3) Green bonnets
    Composed by Guy d' Hardelot
    with Sir Landon Ronald, Dame Nellie Melba

  14. (Le) nozze di Figaro, '(The) Marriage of Figaro'
    Composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    with Sir Landon Ronald, Dame Nellie Melba

  15. Si mes vers avaient des ailes
    Composed by Reynaldo Hahn
    with Sir Landon Ronald, Dame Nellie Melba

  16. La bohème
    Composed by Giacomo Puccini
    with Sir Landon Ronald, Dame Nellie Melba

  17. Chant vénitien
    Composed by Herman Bemberg
    with Hermann Bemberg, Dame Nellie Melba

  18. (Les) Anges pleurent
    Composed by Herman Bemberg
    with Hermann Bemberg, Dame Nellie Melba

  19. Ave Maria
    Composed by Charles Gounod
    with Sir Landon Ronald, Dame Nellie Melba

  20. (La) traviata
    Composed by Giuseppe Verdi
    with Dame Nellie Melba
    Conducted by Sir Landon Ronald

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4.0 out of 5 stars The archetypal diva., 30 Nov 2002
By John Austin "austinjr@bigpond.net.au" (Kangaroo Ground, Australia) - See all my reviews
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Few singers born as long ago as 1860 are heard in CDs released in 2002. This special distinction belongs to the great Australian diva, Dame Nellie Melba. Naxos Records plan to reissue all Melba’s EMI recordings on 4 CDs, of which this first comprises her 1904 recordings.

Young collectors of voices from the past should bear several things in mind when preparing to listen to this great singer. Firstly, the recordings are technically primitive, the singer usually being accompanied by a piano and the music often severely cut. Secondly, this is singing from a bygone age, when occasional swooping up to high notes was admired. Thirdly, what are heard here are Melba’s first reluctant attempts to commit her singing to the new toy called the gramophone. Already feted by royalty, adored by her public and lauded by critics, she withstood the begging, the flowers, the dinners and the contracts offered by producers until she was tricked into hearing Saint-Saens praise a recording of Caruso. Recording equipment was brought to her London home and the results were a series of recordings at first intended only for her own use. Finally, it must be said that her voice rarely recorded well.

With all this in mind, the listener will discern much that is wonderful. The voice has a special purity. Coloratura is perfectly secure and trilling appears as easy for her as for a bird. The voice has a wide compass: you’ll hear a high D at the close of Handel’s “Sweet Bird”. Some of the interpretations are charming. Tosti’s “Mattinata” has long been a special favourite of mine. Strangely, her diction was never cultured. The Australian drawl of her homeland is almost always evident.

Bearing in mind that her recordings, when they reached the market, were always in the top price range, and usually on single-sided discs recorded sometimes at variable speeds, Naxos Records and producer Ward Marston offer us the best possible opportunity to hear the great diva at trifling expense.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Superb transfers of Melba's earliest, and best, recordings, 28 Jul 2008
By N. R. J. McCaughan - See all my reviews
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Naxos have now issued all four CDs of the Gramophone Company (British and French) recordings, and the three CDs of Victor (American) recordings. The transfers are by Ward Marston : they are of superb quality, smooth, clear and sweet on the ear.

Melba was not in the first flush of youth when she made her first discs - she was in her forties (and in her mid sixties when she made her last) - and this group from 1904 therefore gives us the best chance to hear what it was in her singing that made her a superstar of the late Victorian age. The recordings are forward and immediate in a way that her later recordings, particularly the Victors, were not, and the singer comes across vividly.

The notes are clear and interesting and contain all relevant data on the records themselves. An historical issue of the first importance, executed to the highest standards, and offered for little money!
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