Prima Voce - The Spirit of Christmas Past

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Album Summary

Performers

• Lotte Lehmann (Soprano)
• Giovanni Martinelli (Tenor)
• Paul Planel (Tenor)
• Ernest Lush (Piano)
• Elisabeth Schumann (Soprano)
• Karl Erb (Tenor)
• Sigrid Onegin (Alto)
• Mischa Violin (Violin)
• Romano Romani (Piano)
• Rosa Ponselle (Soprano)
• Beniamino Gigli (Tenor)
• Claudia Muzio (Soprano)
• John Thomas (Baritone)
• Carroll Hollister (Piano)
• Basil Rathbone (Spoken Vocals)
• Stewart Wille (Piano)
• Ernestine Schumann-Heink (Alto)
• John McCormack (Tenor)
• Emmy Destinn (Soprano)
• Enrico Caruso (Tenor)
• Efrem Zimbalist (Violin)
• Eugene Lutsky (Piano)
• Alma Gluck (Soprano)
• Charles Laughton (Spoken Vocals)
• Isobel Baillie (Soprano)
• Harold Williams (Baritone)
• John McHugh (Tenor)
• Gladys Ripley (Alto)
• Richard Crooks (Tenor)

Conductors

• Molajoli, Lorenzo
• O'Connell, Charles
• Pasternack, Josef
• Rogers, Walter
• Weigert, Hermann

Ensembles

• Chorus
• Orchestra

Composers

• Hanns Eisler (1898 - 1962)
• Pietro Yon (1886 - 1943)
• Carl Loewe (1796 - 1869)
• Alois Melichar (1896 - 1976)
• Franz Xaver Gruber (1787 - 1863)
• Adolphe-Charles Adam (1803 - 1856)
• Traditional
• Hector Berlioz (1803 - 1868)
• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791)
• Max Reger (1873 - 1916)
• John Francis Wade (circa 1711 - 1786)
• Charles Gounod (1818 - 1893)
• César Franck (1822 - 1890)
• Hugo Wolf (1860 - 1903)
• Franz Schubert (1797 - 1828)
• Elinor Remick Warren (1905 - )
• Johann Nepomuk Hummel (1778 - 1837)

Notes & Reviews:

You are invited to be a guest at the 'Prima Voce' Christmas party! Includes seasonal songs, carols and readings from the greatest opera stars of the early twentieth century.

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Works Details

Wade, John Francis : Adeste fideles

• Performer: John McCormack (Tenor)
• Conductor: Josef Pasternack
• Ensemble: Chorus
• Running Time: 4 min. 4 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Form: Christmas
• Written: by 1782
• Language: Latin
• Studio/Live: Studio

Hummel, Johann Nepomuk : Hallelujah

• Performer: Emmy Destinn (Soprano)
• Conductor: Lorenzo Molajoli
• Ensemble: Orchestra
• Running Time: 3 min. 30 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Vocal
• Language: German
• Studio/Live: Studio

Adam, Adolphe : Minuit, Chrétiens "O holy night"

• Performer: Enrico Caruso (Tenor)
• Conductor: Walter Rogers
• Ensemble: Orchestra
• Running Time: 4 min. 19 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Christmas
• Language: French
• Studio/Live: Studio

Gounod, Charles : Ave Maria

• Performers: Efrem Zimbalist (Violin); Eugene Lutsky (Piano); Alma Gluck (Soprano)
• Running Time: 4 min. 43 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Vocal
• Written: 1859
• Language: Latin
• Studio/Live: Studio

Eisler, Hanns : The oldest Christmas story

• Performer: Charles Laughton (Spoken Vocals)
• Running Time: 3 min. 12 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Form: Christmas
• Language: English
• Studio/Live: Studio

Traditional : Lully, lulla, thow littel tyne child "Coventry Carol"

• Performers: Isobel Baillie (Soprano); Harold Williams (Baritone); John McHugh (Tenor); Gladys Ripley (Alto)
• Running Time: 3 min. 13 sec.
• Period Time: Renaissance
• Form: Christmas
• Written: 16th Century
• Language: English
• Studio/Live: Studio

Franck, César : Mass for 3 Voices, Organ, Harp, Cello and Double Bass in A, M 61/Op. 12 :: Panis angelicus

• Performer: Richard Crooks (Tenor)
• Conductor: Charles O'Connell
• Ensemble: Orchestra
• Running Time: 4 min. 6 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Vocal
• Written: 1872
• Language: Latin
• Studio/Live: Studio

Traditional : O du fröhliche

• Performer: Lotte Lehmann (Soprano)
• Conductor: Hermann Weigert
• Ensemble: Orchestra
• Running Time: 3 min. 6 sec.
• Form: Christmas
• Language: German
• Studio/Live: Studio

Yon, Pietro : Gesù Bambino

• Performer: Giovanni Martinelli (Tenor)
• Conductor: Josef Pasternack
• Ensemble: Chorus
• Running Time: 4 min. 2 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Form: Christmas
• Written: 1917
• Language: English
• Studio/Live: Studio

Berlioz, Hector : L'enfance du Christ, Op. 25 :: Le repos de la Sainte Famille

• Performer: Paul Planel (Tenor)
• Conductor: Lorenzo Molajoli
• Ensemble: Orchestra
• Running Time: 6 min. 56 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Vocal
• Written: 1850-1854
• Language: French
• Studio/Live: Studio

Wolf, Hugo : Mörike Lieder :: no 25, Schlafendes Jesuskind

• Performers: Ernest Lush (Piano); Elisabeth Schumann (Soprano)
• Running Time: 3 min. 33 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Vocal
• Written: 1888
• Language: German
• Studio/Live: Studio

Loewe, Carl : Legenden (3), Op. 33 :: no 3, Des fremden Kindes

• Performer: Karl Erb (Tenor)
• Running Time: 3 min. 18 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Vocal
• Written: by 1834
• Language: German
• Studio/Live: Studio

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus : Exsultate jubilate, K 165 (158a) :: Alleluia

• Performer: Sigrid Onegin (Alto)
• Running Time: 3 min. 23 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Form: Vocal
• Written: 1773
• Studio/Live: Studio

Schubert, Franz : Ellens Gesang III, D 839/Op. 52 no 6 "Ave Maria"

• Performers: Mischa Violin (Violin); Romano Romani (Piano); Rosa Ponselle (Soprano)
• Running Time: 5 min. 18 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Vocal
• Written: 1825
• Language: Latin
• Studio/Live: Studio

Melichar, Alois : Mille cherubini in coro

• Performer: Beniamino Gigli (Tenor)
• Conductor: Lorenzo Molajoli
• Ensemble: Orchestra
• Running Time: 2 min. 34 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Form: Christmas
• Language: Italian
• Studio/Live: Studio

Reger, Max : Schlichte Weisen (60), Op. 76 :: no 52, Maria Wiegenlied

• Performer: Claudia Muzio (Soprano)
• Conductor: Lorenzo Molajoli
• Ensemble: Orchestra
• Running Time: 2 min. 51 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Vocal
• Written: 1903-1912
• Language: Italian
• Studio/Live: Studio

Warren, Elinor Remick : Christmas Candle

• Performers: John Thomas (Baritone); Carroll Hollister (Piano)
• Running Time: 2 min. 35 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Form: Christmas
• Written: 1940
• Language: English
• Studio/Live: Studio

Traditional : The night before Christmas

• Performer: Basil Rathbone (Spoken Vocals)
• Running Time: 3 min. 14 sec.
• Form: Christmas
• Language: English
• Studio/Live: Studio

Gruber, Franz : Silent Night

• Performers: Stewart Wille (Piano); Ernestine Schumann-Heink (Alto)
• Running Time: 3 min. 55 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Christmas
• Written: 1818
• Language: German
• Studio/Live: Studio