Spoken Word Johannes Brahms Franz Xaver Gruber - Ernestine SchumannHeink The 1934 Broadcasts (28 tracks) +Album Reviews

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Spoken Word, Johannes Brahms, Franz Xaver Gruber
Ernestine Schumann-Heink: The 1934 Broadcasts
Genres: Special Interest, Pop, Classical

Track Listings (28) - Disc #1
1. Broadcast Commentary: Introduction
2. Wiegenlied ('Guten Abend, gut Nacht'), song for voice & piano, Op. 49/4
3. Broadcast Commentary: Dialogue
4. Stille Nacht, heilige Nacht (Silent Night)
5. Cradle Song
6. Broadcast Commentary: Mme. Schumann-Heink discusses Richard Wagner
7. Träume ('Sag, welch wunderbare Träume'), song for voice & piano (or orchestra) (Wesendonk Lieder), WWV 91/5
8. Widmung ('Du meine Seele, du mein Herz'), song for voice & piano (Myrthen), Op. 25/1
9. Broadcast Commentary: Traditional - Taps
10. Broadcast Commentary: Mme. Schumann-Heink recounts her last visit to Johannes Brahms
11. Sapphische Ode ('Rosen brach ich Nachts mir am dunklen Hage'), song for voice & piano, Op. 94/4
12. Irish love song, Op 22
13. Broadcast Commentary: Mme. Schumann-Heink talks about her London debut and a party at Lillian Nordica's
14. None but the lonely heart, song for voice & piano, Op. 6/6
15. Broadcast Commentary: Mme. Schumann-Heink tells why she sings so loud
16. At Dawning for voice & piano (or orchestra), Op. 29
17. Jeg elsker Dig (I Love but Thee), song for voice & piano, Op. 5/3
18. By the Waters of Minnetonka for voice & piano (or orchestra)
19. Traum durch die Dämmerung ('Weite Wiesen im Dämmergrau'), song for voice & piano (or orchestra), Op. 29/1 (TrV 172/1)
20. Broadcast Commentary: Mme. Schumann-Heink tells about singing for Kaiser Wilhelm
21. Old Folks at Home, for voice & piano
22. I Love You Truly, for voice & piano
23. Rinaldo, opera, HWV 7: Lascia ch'io pianga
24. Orfeo ed Euridice (Italian version), opera in 3 acts, Wq. 30: Ach, ich habe sie verloren (Che farò senza Euridice)
25. La Clemenza di Tito, opera, K. 621: Parto, ma tu ben mio
26. Le prophète, grand opera in 5 acts: Ach mein Sohn! (Ah! mon fils)
27. Le prophète, grand opera in 5 acts: O prêtres de Baal
28. Rienzi, der Letzte der Tribunen, opera, WWV 49: Gerechter Gott!

CD Details

All Artists: Spoken Word, Johannes Brahms, Franz Xaver Gruber, Alexander MacFayden, Richard [Classical] Wagner, Robert Schumann, Margaret Ruthven Lang, Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky, Charles Wakefield Cadman, Edvard Grieg, Thurlow Weed Lieurance, Richard [1] Strauss, Stephen [1] Foster, Carrie Jacobs Bond, George Frederick Handel, Christoph Willibald Gluck, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Giacomo Meyerbeer, Ernestine Schumann-Heink
Title: Ernestine Schumann-Heink: The 1934 Broadcasts
Members Wishing: 0
Total Copies: 0
Label: Bel Age Records
Release Date: 8/5/2000
Genres: Special Interest, Pop, Classical
Styles: Holiday & Wedding, Vocal Pop, Opera & Classical Vocal, Historical Periods, Baroque (c.1600-1750), Classical (c.1770-1830), Sacred & Religious
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPCs: 789368664627, 8712177024230

CD Reviews

Live Radio Broadcasts Preserve Voice of Golden Age Contralto

12/10/1998

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Madame Ernestine Schumann-Heink's 1934 Gerber Baby Food Radio Broadcasts highlight this BelAge cd. In her twilight years at the time of these sessions, she still has the vocal power and flexibility she posessed as a younger artist! The great bonus of the set is the inclusion of 6 earlier selections from her opera repertoire transferred from RCA Red Seal recordings. The grand diva speaks to her audience and those who are familiar with her will treasure this collection. The radio recordings are more clearly reproduced than on the earlier Pelican lp "Mme Schumann-Heink On The Air" and the Victor recordings also lack the usual hiss and surface noise of most vintage recordings. This recording offers proof of Mme. Schumann-Heink's solid vocal technique. This technique served her very well from the age of 17 until she was 72, at which time these recordings were made! This is indeed a memorable cd, if only for the "live" recordings of Brahms' "Wiegenlied" and "Stille Nacht", the singer's most beloved selections and provides the listener with over 75 minutes with one of this Century's truly great singers."