Tosca. Recondita armonia (2:47) ; E lucevan le stelle (3:23) ; La bohème. Che gelida manina (4:24) / Puccini -- Carmen. La fleur que tu m'avais jetée / Bizet (4:17) -- Turandot. Non piangere, Liù / Puccini (2:28) -- Rigoletto. Questa o quella (1:51) ; La donna è mobile (2:18) / Verdi -- Favorita. Spirto gentil / Donizetti (3:30) -- Faust. Salut! Demeure chaste et pure / Gounod (4:29) -- Martha. Ach! so fromm / Flotow (3:13) -- I Puritani. A te, o cara (3:23) ; Vieni, vieni fra questa braccia (2:39) / Bellini -- L'Africaine. O paradis / Meyerbeer (3:33) -- Lucia di Lammermoor. Tombe degli avi miei (2:35) ; Fra poco a me ricovero (3:19) ; Tu che a Dio spiegasti l'ali (2:41) / Donizetti -- La gioconda. Cielo e mar! / Ponchielli (4:56) -- Naughty Marietta. Ah! Sweet mystery of life / Herbert (2:21) -- Because / d'Hardelot (2:26) -- Beloved / Conley (2:50) -- Forgotten / Cowles (3:34) -- I'll take you home again, Kathleen / Westendorf (2:47) -- Danny boy / traditional (3:32) -- I hear you calling me / Marshall (3:37) -- Eileen. Thine alone / Herbert (2:46).
Note
Selection of operatic arias and songs for tenor and orchestra.
Originally issued on analog discs (tracks 1-10: Decca LXT 2514; tracks 11-17: Decca LM 4534; tracks 18-25: Decca LM 4519); digitally remastered.
Language (note)
Sung in Italian, French or English.
Title
Operatic recital.
Publisher
[London] : Decca, [2014]
Type of content
performed music
Type of medium
computer
Type of carrier
online resource
Digital file characteristics
audio file
Performer
Eugene Conley, tenor ; New Symphony Orchestra ; Royalton Kisch, Alberto Erede, Warwick Braithwaite, conductors (tracks 1-17); Robert Farnon and his Orchestra (tracks 18-25).
Event
Tracks 1-10 recorded Kingsway Hall, London 1949 May 20-31.
Tracks 11-17 recorded Decca Studios, West Hampstead, London 1950 September.
Tracks 18-25 recorded Decca Studios, West Hampstead, London 1949 May.