April: Featured Classical Music CDs

Les Introuvables du Chant Français
V0588. incl. Alda, Ansseau, d’Arkor, Arletty, Balbon, Baldous, Balguerie, Baugé, Bertin, Billot, Boons, Boué, Bourdin, Bourvil, Brancato, Brothier, Calvé, Caron, Cazette, Cernay, Cesbron-Viseur, Charpini, Claudel, Clément, Coiffier, Coline, Couzinou, Cuénod, Dalmorès, David, Delmas, Delna, Deschamps-Jehin, Devriès, Doria, Dranem, Eames, Endrèze, Escalaïs, Favart, Féraldy, Fouché, Franz, Fremstad, Friant, Frozier, Fugère, Gall, Galli-Curci, Garden, Georges, Guilbert, Hahn, Heldy, Hérent, Journet, Kouznetzoff, Lawrence, Leider, Litvinne, Luart, Lubin, Luccioni, Lugo, Maison, Germaine Martinelli, Marquet, Mason, Maurane, Melchissédec, Merguillier, Mertens, Micheau, Micheletti, Morlet, Musy, Narçon, Nespouslous, Noréna, Onégin, Oudart, Panzéra, Pernet, Plançon, Ponzio, Raveau, Regelly, Madeleine & Maurice Renaud, Renaux, Revoil, Ritter-Ciampi, Rogatchewsky, Scaramberg, Sibille, Souzay, Supervia, Teyte, Thill, Tirard, de Trévi, Vallin, van Dyck, Vanni-Marcoux, Vezzani, Villabella, etc. (E.U.) 8-EMI 85828, recorded 1902-48. Slipcase Edition, w.39pp. Brochure offering all sources, recording dates & numerous photos. Final remaining copies! $89.90, the Set.

Les Ténors Français, Vol. II
V1004. incl. Rousselière, Beyle, Devrès, Campagnola, Villabella, Planel, Marcelin, Devriès, Campagnola, Villabella, Planel, Marcelin, Verdière, Régis, Cuénod, Franz, Jouatte, Sardet, Affre, Sens, Nuibo, Hérent, Burdino, Thill, Lapelletrie, Orliac, Rouquetty, Vaguet & Pujol. (France) Malibran 627. $19.90

1873 – Annus Mirabilis
V1005. incl. Adams, von Bary, Blauvelt, Brodersen, Butt, Caruso, Chaliapin, Décléry, de Segurola, Dzerwiecki, Fleischer-Edel, Florence, Goritz, Grisi, Guiraudon, Heinemann, Howard, Jörn, Kirkby-Lunn, Koenen, Kubatova, Kruszelnicka, Lordman, Maclennan, Marignan, Maubourg, Nani, Nezhdanova, Polese, Rappold, Rio, Olitzka, Rüsche-Endorf, Salvaneschi, Slezak, Sutter, Tamara, Tiphaine, Verlet, Witherspoon, Zaccari & Zador. (France) 2-Malibran 629. $39.90, the Set.

OTELLO
OP1165. Live Performance, 3 Dec., 1938, w.Panizza Cond. Maria Caniglia, Giovanni Martinelli, Lawrence Tibbett, Alessio de Paolis, Nicola Moscona, etc. (Italy) 2-GOP 806. Long Out-of-print. $39.95, the Set.

“…almost every phrase comes to take the impress of [Martinelli’s] voice and style. The taut concentration of tone matches the intensity; at every point a close and receptive study of the score has yielded its reward….Walter Legge reported of his singing the role at Covent Garden in 1937 that ‘a thread of pure gold runs through his voice’, and he added that it was ‘unlike any other tenor in the world today’ save possibly the young Jussi Björling, 23 years Martinelli’s junior. At its best, as in the monologue, Martinelli’s Otello remains finest of all….Tibbett’s Iago is superbly caught, the best account of the role on records, not forgetting Gobbi….Like Martinelli, his response to every phrase is specific and vivid; and his voice resonates richly.”

- John Steane, GRAMOPHONE, Feb., 2006

OTELLO (in French)
OP1168. Live Performance, 7 Oct., 1955, w.Sébastian Cond. l’Opéra Ensemble; José Luccioni, Régine Crespin, René Bianco, etc. (France) 2-Malibran 186. $39.90, the Set.

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