{"product_id":"595150","title":"Various - From Melba To Sutherland - Australian Singers On Record [CD]","description":"Brand New From Reputable UK Company With 30 Years Experience In Retail, Please Note Not All Our New Items Are Shrink Wrapped.\u003cbr\u003eAll items shipped within 3 working days of payment.\u003cbr\u003ePlease note that all our DVDs are Region 2.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePlease note that not all audio CDs are shrink-wrapped fom the factory.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Remarkable CD set \\u2026 I never realised that so many great singers were Australian.'........'The transfers are superb.'.......'A plethora of rarities.'\\r\u003cbr\u003e'An absolute must-have for anyone even remotely interested in the history of opera on record.' says Rob Cowan from Gramophone Magazine.\\r\u003cbr\u003e\\r\u003cbr\u003eFrom Melba to Sutherland: Australian Singers on Record is the first-ever comprehensive survey of the recordings of Australia's greatest singers \\u2013 in a unique new four-CD set from Decca, complete with biographies of each of the 80 artists, rare photographs, all contained within a 68-page booklet.\\r\u003cbr\u003e\\r\u003cbr\u003eWhy has there been such an extraordinary procession of world-class Australian singers over such an extended period of time? The question is often asked, but there are no easy answers. For Australia to have produced Dame Nellie Melba and Dame Joan Sutherland, two of the most famous singers of the twentieth century, is in itself something like a miracle. But there are so many more \\u2013 some 80 wonderful singers in total.\\r\u003cbr\u003e\\r\u003cbr\u003eThe compilation has been meticulously researched by music historian Roger Neill and recording industry expert Tony Locantro. It covers a wide range of musical genres, from opera to music hall and from art song to variety. Co-producer Roger Neill has said: 'Thirteen years in the making, From Melba to Sutherland is truly a once-in-a-lifetime project \\u2013 the first-ever comprehensive survey of recordings by Australia's greatest singers.'\\r\u003cbr\u003e\\r\u003cbr\u003eIncluded with the issue is a detailed booklet covering all of the recordings with brief biographies and rare photographs of the singers, and an overview of their teachers. Each of the recordings has been expertly remastered from best-available original sources.\\r\u003cbr\u003e\\r\u003cbr\u003eAside from Melba and Sutherland, other world-famous Australians included are: Peter Dawson, a baritone who concentrated his career on the newly-emerged recording medium, selling some thirteen million records in the fifty years from 1904. Florence Austral, an outstanding Wagnerian soprano. June Bronhill, who followed Joan Sutherland as Lucia di Lammermoor at Covent Garden, but who chose to make her career in operetta and musical comedy with spectacular success. Malcolm McEachern, the bass half of the best-selling Flotsam and Jetsam duo who was equally accomplished in classical repertoire. Dame Joan Hammond, whose 'Oh my beloved father' from Puccini's Gianni Schicchi was one of the best-selling classical discs of all time. Florrie Forde, one of the greatest music hall artists, whose hit songs included 'Down at the Old Bull and Bush', 'Tipperary' and 'Pack up your Troubles', and Richard Watson, the Adelaide-born bass who was a long-time principal with the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company,  singing the comic bass-baritone roles of the Savoy Operas.\\r\u003cbr\u003e\\r\u003cbr\u003eAlongside these greats, several outstanding Australian singers have been re-discovered, their lives and recordings researched afresh. Many of them had become just names, nothing more. They include: Syria Lamonte, the first woman singer to be recorded professionally in Britain in 1898. Frances Saville, a leading soprano in Mahler's famous company in Vienna, who re-introduced several of the great Mozartian roles to the repertoire. Andrew Black, the only top-flight singer of Melba's generation who moved from Britain to Australia. Violet Mount, who, unable to break into the opera houses of Europe, made an outstanding career on the music halls singing operatic arias as the masked 'L'Incognita'. Lorna Sydney, who went to further her career in Vienna, but was interned as an alien during World War II. She became a leading member of the Vienna State Opera at the cessation of hostilities.\\r\u003cbr\u003e\\r\u003cbr\u003eAlso there are many extremely rare recordings included in the anthology, some of them existing in just a single instance. For example, there is a private recording of the great Australian baritone, Harold Williams, singing a rousing Cobb and Co song, 'John Bax'. Another great rarity is an unpublished test pressing by Florence Austral singing Br\\xfcnnhilde's 'Battlecry' from Wagner's Die Walk\\xfcre.\\r\u003cbr\u003e\\r\u003cbr\u003eThis high prestige project has been actively supported throughout by Richard Bonynge and the late Dame Joan Sutherland, who have written: 'It is wonderful to be able to hear these exceptional voices, singers of real quality. It is a mammoth collection and Australia can be proud to share her artists with the world.'\u003cp\u003eMELBA \u0026amp; THE MARCHESI SCHOOL: Gounod: Ah! Je ris (Jewel Song) (Faust) \/ NELLIE MELBA\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSullivan: Time was when love and I (Curate\\u2019s Song) (The Sorcerer)\/ ANDREW BLACK\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMUSICAL THEATRE, RADIO \u0026amp; COMEDY: Fraser-Simson: Love will find a way (The Maid of the Mountains) \/ GLADYS MONCRIEFF\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBerlioz: Sanctus (Grand Messe des Morts, Op. 5)\/ RONALD DOWD\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBemberg: Nymphs et sylvains\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHandel: Honour and Arms (Samson)\/ PETER DAWSON\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTate: A Paradise for Two (The Maid of the Mountains) \/ROBERT CHISHOLM\/GLADYS MONCREIFF\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePuccini: Nessun dorma (Turandot) \/ KENNETH NEATE\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePuccini: Addio, dolce svegliare (Quartet) (La boh\\xe8me) \/ BROWNING MUMMERY \/ JOHN BROWNLEE\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJames: Six Australian Bush Songs \/PETER DAWSON - No. 1\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFriml: Some Day (The Vagabond King)\/ STRELLA WILSON\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBritten: People! \\u2026 No! I will speak! (Peter Grimes) \/ RAYMOND NILSSON \/ JOHN LANIGAN\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMassenet: Ob\\xe9issons, quand leur voix appelle (Gavotte) (Manon)\/ FRANCES SEVILLE\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNo. 2\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eO\\u2019Hagan: Let\\u2019s take a trip to Melbourne\/ CLEMENT Q. WILLIAMS\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePuccini: Lovely maid in the moonlight (O soave fanciulla) (La Boh\\xe8me)\/ JOHN LANIGAN \/ GLENDA RAYMOND\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMallinson: New Year Song \/ ADA CROSSLEY\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNo. 4\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHilliam \u0026amp; McEachern: Is \\u2019e an Aussie, Lizzie, is \\u2019e? \/ MALCOLM McEACHERN\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBizet: La fleur que tu m\\u2019avais jet\\xe9e (Carmen) \/ ALBERT LANCE\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eVerdi: Miserere (Il trovatore) \/ FRANCES ALDA\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNo. 5\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRodgers: Climb Every Mountain (The Sound of Music) \/ ROSINA RAISBECK\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSUTHERLAND AND HER CIRCLE: Donizetti: Cruda, funesta smania \\u2026 La pietada in suo favore (Lucia di Lammermoor)\/ JOHN SHAW\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePuccini: In quelle trine morbide (Manon Lescaut)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNo. 6\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRodgers: The Sound of Music (The Sound of Music) \/ JUNE BRONHILL\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eVerdi: Una fatale del mio destino (La forza del destino)\/ ROBERT ALLMAN\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eVerdi: Caro nome (Rigoletto) \/ AMY CASTLES\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTrad. Cornish arr. Moss: The Floral Dance\/ PETER DAWSON\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSOPRANOS AFTER WORLD WAR II: Puccini: O my beloved father (O mio babbino caro) (Gianni Schicchi) \/ JOAN HAMMOND\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMassenet: De l\\u2019autel v\\xe9n\\xe9r\\xe9 \\u2026 O divine Esclarmonde! (Esclarmonde) \/ CLIFFORD GRANT\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMetcalf: Absent \/ IRENE AINSLEY\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHandel: O ruddier than the cherry (Acis and Galatea)\/ MALCOLM McEACHERN\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCharpentier: Depuis le jour (Louise) \/JOAN HAMMOND\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMeale: I am behind you, Voss \\u2026 Nothing could be safer or more solid (Voss) \/ CLIFFORD GRANT\/GEOFFREY CHARD\/HEATHER BEGG\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAuber: C\\u2019est l\\u2019histoire amoureuse (Manon Lescaut) \/ EVELYN SCOTNEY\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCowan: Onaway, awake beloved\/ HAROLD WILLIAMS\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThomas: I am Titania (Je suis Titania) (Mignon)\/ GLENDA RAYMOND\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMeale: I am looking at the map of my hand (Voss) \/ ROBERT GARD\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDonizetti: Regnava nel silenzio (Lucia di Lammermoor) \/ STELLA POWER\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eVillaume: Old John Bax\/ HAROLD WILLIAMS\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBerlioz: O mon cher fils (L\\u2019Enfance du Christ)\/ ELSIE MORISON \/ JOHN CAMERON\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eVerdi: Vieni o levita \\u2026 Tu sul labbro (Nabucco)\/ NEIL WARREN-SMITH\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOTHER EARLY SOPRANOS: Balfe: Killarney \/ MARIE NARELLE\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMozart: Deh vieni alla finestra (Serenade) (Don Giovanni)\/ JOHN BROWNLEE\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eVerdi: Saper vorreste (Un ballo in maschera) \/ ANGELINA ARENA\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGraun: Se il dovere in quest\\u2019addio (Montezuma)\/ LAURIS ELMS\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eVerdi: Follie! Follie! \\u2026 Sempre libera (La traviata) (sung in French)\/ LALLA MIRANDA\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSullivan: When a felon\\u2019s not engaged in his employment (Policeman\\u2019s Song) (The Pirates of Penzance)\/RICHARD WATSON\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRichard Strauss: Ich kann nicht sitzen (Elektra) \/ MARIE COLLIER\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eElgar: In Haven (Capri) (Sea Pictures, Op. 37) \/ MARGRETA ELKINS\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePuccini: One fine day (Un bel d\\xec vedremo) (Madama Butterfly)\/ ROSINA BUCKMAN\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWAGNERIANS AND OTHER DRAMATICS: Wagner: The King\\u2019s Prayer (Lohengrin) (sung in English) \/ LEMPRI\\xc8RE PRINGLE\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWagner: Du bist der Lenz (Die Walk\\xfcre) \/ NANCE GRANT\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRossini: La fioraia fiorentina \/ JOAN SUTHERLAND\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eScott: Lullaby \/ GERTRUDE JOHNSON\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWagner: Elisabeth\\u2019s Greeting (Tannh\\xe4user) (sung in English)\/ ELSA STRALIA\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePonchielli: Suicidio! (La Gioconda) \/ RITA HUNTER\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDonizetti: Ah! tardai troppo \\u2026 O luce di quest\\u2019anima (Linda di Chamounix)\/ JOAN SUTHERLAND\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOTHER EARLY MEZZOS AND CONTRALTOS - Molloy: Darby and Joan \/ ELLA CASPERS\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWagner: Ho-jo-to-ho (Br\\xfcnnhilde\\u2019s Battlecry) (Die Walk\\xfcre)\/ FLORENCE AUSTRAL\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMEZZOS AFTER WORLD WAR II: Mahler: Urlicht (Symphony No. 2 \\u2018Resurrection\\u2019) \/ LORNA SYDNEY\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGounod: Oh Dieu! Que de bijoux \\u2026 Ah! Je ris (Jewel Song) (Faust)\/ JOAN SUTHERLAND\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSchumann: Thou art so like a flower (Du bist wie eine Blume) (Myrthen)\/ DOROTHY HELMRICH\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWagner: Welches Unholds List (G\\xf6tterd\\xe4mmerung)\/ FLORENCE AUSTRAL\/FREDERICK COLLIER\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMahler: Rheinlegendchen (Des Knaben Wunderhorn) \/ YVONNE MINTON\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCatalani: Ebben? \\u2026 Ne andr\\xf2 lontana (La Wally)\/ JOAN CARDEN\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBrahe: I passed by your window \/EILEEN BOYD\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eVerdi: La luce langue (Macbeth) \/ MARHERITA GRANDI\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePurcell: All our days and our nights (The Masque in Dioclesian) \/ MAX WORTHLEY\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNovello: We\\u2019ll gather lilacs (Perchance to Dream)\/ YVONNE KENNY\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSaint-Sa\\xebns: Tonight \\u2026 O love, from thy power (Samson \\u2026 Amour, viens aider)\/ CLARA SERENA\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWagner: Starke Scheite (Br\\xfcnnhilde\\u2019s Immolation) (G\\xf6tterd\\xe4mmerung) opening (sung in French)\/MARJORIE LAWRENCE\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eVerdi: O figli miei! \\u2026 Ah, la paterna mano (Macbeth, Act IV) \/ DONALD SMITH\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eK\\xe1lm\\xe1n: Mary kam vom gold\\u2019nen Strande (Die Herzogin von Chicago)\/ DEBORAH RIEDEL\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBrahe: Bless this house\/ ESSIE ACKLAND\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTrad. 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