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Adelina Patti
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Adelina Patti [sound recording].
Published
East Barnet, Hertfordshire, England : Symposium, p2004.
Physical Description
1 sound disc : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Notes
A complete collection of the singer's recordings, except for duplicated takes of Home sweet home & Within a mile of Edinboro' town, omitted for lack of disc space. The tracks are arranged in chronological order of recording date.
Concerning 'Tis the last rose of summer (tracks 9 &16): the "origin of the melody is unclear [thought to be a folk song]; arr. by [Thomas] Moore, [later] incorporated by Flotow into [his opera] Martha"--Notes.
Compact disc.
Originally issued on Grammophone 78 rpm discs, except for several unissued sides (see Notes).
Program notes about Patti, in part by Stanley Henig, inserted in container. Discographical details given on container.
Recorded Dec. 4-7, 1905 & June 1906 at Craig-y-Nos, Wales, Madame Patti's home.
Sung in English, Italian, & French.
Variant and related titles
Comin' thro' the rye.
Robin Adair.
On the banks of Allan Water.
Format
Audio
Language
English; French; Italian
Added to Catalog
June 23, 2009
Series
Symposium opera collection ; v. 14
Performers
Adelina Patti, soprano ; Landon Ronald (tracks 1-18) or Alfredo Barili (tracks 20-26), piano ; Marianne Eissler, violin (Ave Maria, tr. 10) ;
Contents
[Dec. 1905 recs.] Le Nozze di Figaro. Voi che sapete / Mozart
Arminio. Pur dicesti / Lotti
Old folks at home / Foster
Don Giovanni. Batti, batti, o bel Masetto / Mozart
Faust. Ah! Je ris de me voir ... O Dieu que de bijoux / Gounod [2 performances]
Il Bacio / Arditi
Kathleen Mavourneen / [trad. ; arr.] Crouch
'Tis the last rose of summer / [arr.] Moore
Ave Maria / Bach-Gounod
La serenata / Tosti
Robin Adair / [trad.]
Clari or The Maid of Milan. Home sweet home / Bishop
Si vous n'avez rien à me dire / Baroness Willy de Rothschild
Comin' thro' the rye / trad. ; text, [Robert] Burns
'Tis the last rose of summer / [arr.] Moore
On the banks of Allan Water / trad. ; arr. Horn
On parting / Adelina Patti
New Year Greeting [to her husband; spoken]
[June 1906 rec.] Kathleen Mavourneen / [trad. ; arr.] Crouch
La serenata / Tosti
Within a mile of Edinboro' town / Hook
Norma. Casta diva / Bellini
Mignon. Connais-tu le pays? / Thomas
La Sonnambula. Ah, non credea mirarti / Bellini
La calesera / Yradier.
Issue number
1324 Symposium
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