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More glorious heritage from THE VOICE

Charlus | NYC | 01/14/2006

(5 out of 5 stars)

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The singing is so flawlessly superb that all you need to know is WHAT Bob sings:



Lucia di Lammermoor (Donizetti): Cruda, funesta smania



with Ezio Pinza (Bass), Luigi Vellucci (Tenor)



Conductor: Renato Cellini

RCA Victor Orchestra

Date of Recording: 3/8/1952

Length: 5 Minutes 35 Secs.







2. Cavalleria Rusticana (Mascagni): Il cavallo scalpita



Conductor: Renato Cellini

RCA Victor Orchestra

Date of Recording: 1/1953

Length: 2 Minutes 24 Secs.







3. Cavalleria Rusticana: Oh! Il Signore vi manda



With Zinka Milanov (Soprano)



Conductor: Renato Cellini

RCA Victor Orchestra

Date of Recording: 1/1953

Length: 4 Minutes 56 Secs.







4. I Pagliacci (Leoncavallo): Silvio! a quest' ora...che imprudenza



With Victoria De los Angeles (Soprano)



Conductor: Renato Cellini

RCA Victor Orchestra

Date of Recording: 1/1953

Length: 8 Minutes 19 Secs.







5. Porgy and Bess (Gershwin): A woman is a sometime thing



Conductor: Robert Russell Bennett

RCA Victor Orchestra

Date of Recording: 9/13/1950

Length: 3 Minutes 32 Secs.







6. Porgy and Bess: I got plenty o' nuttin



Conductor: Robert Russell Bennett

RCA Victor Orchestra

Date of Recording: 9/13/1950

Length: 2 Minutes 51 Secs.







7. Porgy and Bess: Bess, you is my woman now



With Risë Stevens (Mezzo Soprano)



Conductor: Robert Russell Bennett

RCA Victor Orchestra

Date of Recording: 9/13/1950

Length: 5 Minutes 0 Secs.







8. Porgy and Bess: It ain't necessarily so





Conductor: Robert Russell Bennett

RCA Victor Orchestra

Date of Recording: 9/12/1950

Length: 4 Minutes 4 Secs.







9. Porgy and Bess: Oh Bess, where's my Bess?





Conductor: Robert Russell Bennett

RCA Victor Orchestra

Date of Recording: 9/12/1950

Length: 9 Minutes 35 Secs.







10. Show Boat (Kern): Ol' Man River





Conductor: Robert Russell Bennett

RCA Victor Orchestra

Date of Recording: 1948

Length: 3 Minutes 35 Secs.







11. The New Moon (Romberg): Wanting you



With Dorothy Kirsten (Soprano)



Conductor: Russ Case

Russ Case Orchestra

Date of Recording: 9/11/1947

Length: 3 Minutes 25 Secs.







12. The Three Musketeers (Friml): Ma belle





Conductor: Leopold Spitalny

Orchestra

Date of Recording: 1/2/1946

Length: 3 Minutes 28 Secs.







13. Rose Marie (Friml): Indian Love Call "When I'm calling you"



With Roberta Peters (Soprano)



Conductor: Charles Sanford

Orchestra

Date of Recording: 1952

Length: 2 Minutes 49 Secs.







14. Kiss Me, Kate (Porter): So in Love



With Roberta Peters (Soprano)



Conductor: Charles Sanford

Orchestra

Date of Recording: 1952

Length: 2 Minutes 17 Secs.







15. My Life's Desire by Tolchard Evans





Conductor: Henri René

Henri René Orchestra

Date of Recording: 1951

Length: 2 Minutes 37 Secs.







16. My Beloved by Jay Livingston





Conductor: Hugo Winterhalter

Hugo Winterhalter & His Orchestra

Date of Recording: 1951

Length: 3 Minutes 25 Secs.







17. Phyllis has such charming graces (Traditional)



Leila Edwards (Piano)

Date of Recording: 1948

Length: 2 Minutes 43 Secs.







18. My Lovely Celia by George Munro



Leila Edwards (Piano)

Date of Recording: 1948

Length: 2 Minutes 21 Secs.







19. Mary of Allendale (Traditional)



Leila Edwards (Piano)

Date of Recording: 1948

Length: 2 Minutes 51 Secs.







20. Down by the Salley Gardens (Traditional)



Leila Edwards (Piano)

Date of Recording: 1948

Length: 2 Minutes 42 Secs.







21. Be merry, be merry (Anonymous)



Leila Edwards (Piano)

Date of Recording: 1948

Length: 2 Minutes 17 Secs.







22. A Ballynure Ballad (Traditional)



Leila Edwards (Piano)

Date of Recording: 1948

Length: 1 Minutes 28 Secs.







23. Oliver Cromwell (Traditional)



Leila Edwards (Piano)

Date of Recording: 1948

Length: 0 Minutes 43 Secs.









My own particular favourite: the gorgeous duet from The New Moon with the unforgettable Dorothy Kirsten. I LOVE IT! I love this CD.





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