Ponselle.

Format:

Sound recording

Author/Creator:

Ponselle, Rosa, 1897-1981.

Contributor:

Martinelli, Giovanni, 1885-1969, singer.

Pinza, Ezio, singer.

Telva, Marion, singer.

Romani, Romano, 1881-1958, instrumentalist.

Schmidt, Mischa, instrumentalist.

Bourdon, Rosario, 1885-1961, conductor.

Setti, Giulio, 1869-1938, conductor.

Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.). Orchestra.

Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.). Chorus.

Series:

Prima voce

Language:

English

French

German

Italian

Subjects (All):

Operas--Excerpts.

Operas.

Songs (High voice) with orchestra.

Songs (High voice) with piano.

Sacred songs (High voice) with instrumental ensemble.

Genre:

Sound recordings.

Excerpts.

Physical Description:

1 audio disc (76 min., 42 sec.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.

4 3/4 in.

Place of Publication:

Charlottesville, Va. : Nimbus, [1989]

System Details:

digital

optical

1.4 m/s

digital recording

Contents:

La gioconda: Suicidio (4:16) (recorded January 14, 1925) / Ponchielli

Otello: The willow song (4:39) (recorded January 23, 1924) ; Ave Maria (4:26) (recorded January 23, 1924) ; Aida: O patria mia (4:41) (recorded December 11, 1923) ; Pur ti riveggo (8:00) (recorded February 7, 1924) ; Ernani: Ernani, involami (4:46) (recorded January 23, 1924) / Verdi

La vestale: Tu che invoco (4:32) (recorded May 18, 1926) ; O nume tutelar (3:32) (recorded May 18, 1926) / Spontini

La forza del destino: La vergine degli angeli (4:38) (recorded January 23, 1928) / Verdi

Norma: Casta diva (8:03) (recorded January 30, 1929 and December 31, 1928) ; Mira, o Norma (7:23) (recorded January 30, 1929) / Bellini

Carmé (3:13) (recorded April 11, 1924) / De Curtis

Maria, Mari! (3:41) (recorded April 11, 1924) / De Capua

On wings of dream (3:47) (recorded November 1, 1939) / Arensky

The nightingale and the rose (3:56) (recorded October 21, 1939) / Rimsky-Korsakov

A perfect day (3:09) (recorded June 3, 1925) / Jacobs-Bond.

Participant:

Rosa Ponselle, soprano ; Giovanni Martinelli, tenor (track 5) ; Ezio Pinza, bass (track 9) ; Marion Telva, contralto (track 11) ; [Romano] Romani, piano (tracks 14 and 15) ; Mischa Violin [i.e. Schmidt], violin (track 14) ; orchestra conducted by [Rosario] Bourdon (tracks 1-8, 12, 13) ; orchestra conducted by [Giulio] Setti (track 9) ; Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Orchestra, [Giulio] Setti, conductor (tracks 10 and 11) ; orchestra conducted by [Josef] Pasternack (track 16).

Notes:

Recorded 1923-1939.

Compact disc.

Analog recording.

Program notes by Norman White in English with German and French translations ([22] p. : port.)--inserted in container.

Violinist on track 14 is identified as "Mischa Violin," and is most likely Mischa Schmidt who recorded with Ponselle in 1939 -- c.f. Rosa Ponselle: American diva, by Mary Jane Phillips-Matz.

"Original records from the Norman White Collection"--Insert.

Contains:

Ponchielli, Amilcare, 1834-1886. Gioconda. Suicidio

Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901. Otello. Piangea cantando

Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901. Otello. Ave Maria

Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901. Aïda. O patria mia

Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901. Aïda. Pur ti riveggo mia dolce Aïda

Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901. Ernani. Ernani, Ernani, involami

Spontini, Gaspare, 1774-1851. Vestale. Toi que j'implore avec effroi

Spontini, Gaspare, 1774-1851. Vestale. O des infortunées, déesse tutélaire

Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901. Forza del destino. Vergine degli Angeli

Bellini, Vincenzo, 1801-1835. Norma. Casta diva

Bellini, Vincenzo, 1801-1835. Norma. Mira, o Norma

De Curtis, G. B., 1860-1926. Carmela.

Di Capua, Eduardo, 1864-1917. Maria, Mari!.

Arensky, Anton, 1861-1906. Romansy, op. 49. Davno lʹ pod volshebnye zvuki

Rimsky-Korsakov, Nikolay, 1844-1908. Romansy, op. 2. Vostochnyĭ romans

Jacobs-Bond, Carrie, 1862-1946. Perfect day.

OCLC:

21533078

Publisher Number:

NI 7805 Nimbus