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The truly unforgettable voice of Florence Foster Jenkins.
Van Pelt - Ormandy Music and Media Center CD 20613
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- Format:
- Sound recording
- Language:
- English
- French
- German
- Subjects (All):
- Operas--Excerpts, Arranged.
- Operas.
- Songs (High voice) with piano.
- Humorous music.
- Genre:
- Songs.
- Operas.
- Excerpts.
- Arrangements (Music)
- Sound recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 audio disc : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
- 4 3/4 in.
- Place of Publication:
- Gütersloh, Germany : Sony Music Entertainment, [2016]
- System Details:
- digital optical
- audio file CD audio
- Contents:
- Die Zauberflöte. Der Hölle Rache / Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
- The musical snuff-box / Anatoly Liadov (English version by Adele Epstein)
- Like a bird / Cosme McMoon (lyrics by Florence Foster Jenkins)
- Lakmé. Où va la jeune Hindoue? / Léo Delibes
- Serenata mexicana / Cosme McMoon
- La Perle du Brésil. Charmant oiseau / Félicien David
- Biassy / Johann Sebastian Bach, Count A. Pavlovich (lyrics by Alexander Pushkin)
- Die Fledermaus. Adele's laughing song / Johann Strauss II (English version by Lorraine Noel Finley)
- Bonus. A Faust travesty. Ere I leave my native land ; O heavenly jewels ; Emotions strange ; My heart is overcome with terror / Charles Gounod (English versions by Jenny Williams and Thomas Burns)
- Chick Crumpacker interviews Cosme McMoon.
- Participant:
- Florence Foster Jenkins, soprano ; piano accompaniment by Cosme McMoon ; Jenny Williams, soprano (tracks 9-12) ; Thomas Burns, baritone (tracks 9-12).
- Notes:
- "The legendary studio recordings of the worst singer in the world."
- "The complete original recordings remastered."
- Compact disc.
- Tracks 1-8 recorded between 1941 and 1944 at Melotone Studios, New York; tracks 9-12 recording dates unknown; track 13 recorded April 12, 1954.
- Program notes by Francis Robinson in English, German and French inserted in container.
- Contains:
- Container of: Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus, 1756-1791. Zauberflöte. Hölle Rache
- Container of: Lyadov, Anatoly Konstantinovich, 1855-1914. Muzykalʹnai︠a︡ tabakerka.
- Container of: McMoon, Cosme. Like a bird.
- Container of: Delibes, Léo, 1836-1891. Lakmé. Où va la jeune Indoue?
- Container of: McMoon, Cosme. Serenata mexicano.
- Container of: David, Félicien, 1810-1876. Perle du Brésil. Charmant oiseau
- Container of: Bach, Johann Sebastian, 1685-1750. Wohltemperierte Klavier, 1. T. Nr. 16. Praeludium; arranged
- Container of: Strauss, Johann, 1825-1899. Fledermaus. Mein Herr Marquis
- Container of: Gounod, Charles, 1818-1893. Faust. Selections
- OCLC:
- 960815672
- Publisher Number:
- 889853196227
- 88985319622 Sony Music Entertainment
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