Gluck, Alma

Prima Voce - Enrico Caruso - Opera Vol 3

2 CD / Nimbus Records / 2005-08-09

Works: Pietro Mascagni: Cavalleria rusticana, opera (melodramma) in 1 act; Amilcare Ponchielli: La Gioconda; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Gioachino Rossini: Stabat mater; Petite Messe solennelle; Carlos Go...
Performers: Abott, Bessie; Alda, Frances; Amato, Pasquale; Bada, Angelo; Caruso, Enrico; Cottone, Salvatore; de Luca, Giuseppe; Destinn, Emmy; Egener, Minnie; Farrar, Geraldine [Soprano Vocals]; Galli-Curci, Ame...
Conductors: Pasternack, Josef A.; Setti, Giulio

"...The [Nimbus] method brings me face to face, far more consistently than other transers have done, with Caruso as I like to hear him and...continue...

Prima Voce - Alma Gluck

1 CD / Nimbus Records / 2000-01-11

Works: Gustave Charpentier: Louise; Benjamin Godard: Jocelyn, Op 100; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Jules Massenet: Élégie; Camille Saint-Saëns: Le Timbre d'Argent; Jean-Philippe Rameau: ...
Performers: Barone, Clement; Bourdon, Rosario; Chotzinoff, Samuel; Gluck, Alma; Lapitino, Francis J.; Rattay, Howard; Zimbalist, Efrem [Violin]
Conductors: Pasternack, Josef A.; Herbert, Victor; Hageman, Richard; Rogers, Walter B.

As in the similar case of John McCormack, it would be hard to exaggerate the extent of Gluck's popularity with the American public. It was...continue...