John McCormack in English Song

On this CD:

1. St. Gertrude ("Onward, Christian soldiers"), hymn for chorus
Composed by Arthur Sullivan
Performed by Victor Orchestra with John McCormack
Conducted by Rosario Bourdon

2. Our Finest Hour
Composed by John McCormack
Performed by John McCormack, Gerald Martin Moore

3. The Lass with the Delicate Air
Composed by Michael Arne
Performed by John McCormack, Gerald Martin Moore

4. Keep the Home Fires Burning ('Till the Boys Come Home)
Composed by Ivor Novello
Performed by Victor Orchestra with John McCormack
Conducted by Josef A. Pasternack

5. Jerusalem ("And did those feet in ancient time"), for chorus & organ (or orchestra)
Composed by Sir Charles H.H. Parry
Performed by John McCormack, Gerald Martin Moore

6. My Queen!
Composed by Jacques Jacob Blumenthal
Performed by Kunstler Theater Orchestra with John McCormack

7. Last Watch, The
Composed by Frederic Edward Weatherley
Performed by Kunstler Theater Orchestra with John McCormack

8. Mountain Lovers
Composed by Frederic Edward Weatherley
Performed by Kunstler Theater Orchestra with John McCormack

9. When Shadows Gather
Composed by Frederic Edward Weatherley
Performed by Kunstler Theater Orchestra with John McCormack

10. When you and I were young, Maggie
Composed by J. A.. Butterfield
Performed by Victor Orchestra with John McCormack
Conducted by Josef A. Pasternack

11. Andantino for organ in D flat ("Moonlight and Roses"), Op. 83/2
Composed by Edwin Henry Lemare
Performed by Victor Orchestra with John McCormack
Conducted by Rosario Bourdon

12. June Brought the Roses
Composed by Easthope Martin
Performed by Victor Orchestra with John McCormack
Conducted by Rosario Bourdon

13. Through all the Days to be
Composed by Royden / Hope, Barbara Mel Barrie
Performed by Victor Orchestra with John McCormack
Conducted by Nathaniel Shilkret

14. The Holy Child Is Born
Composed by Anonymous
Performed by Victor Orchestra with John McCormack
Conducted by Nathaniel Shilkret

15. Tick Tick Tock
Composed by Naji Hakim
Performed by Victor Orchestra with John McCormack
Conducted by Nathaniel Shilkret

16. Bird Songs at Eventide, song for voice & piano
Composed by Eric Coates
Performed by John McCormack, Edwin Schneider

17. Beloved I Am Lonely
Composed by Harold Craxton
Performed by John McCormack, Edwin Schneider

18. Dear Old Pal of Mine
Composed by Robe Harold
Performed by John McCormack, Edwin Schneider

19. Under the Spell of the Rose, for voice & orchestra
Composed by Easthope Martin
Performed by Victor Orchestra with John McCormack
Conducted by Nathaniel Shilkret

20. Chinese Songs
Composed by Sir Granville Bantock
Performed by John McCormack, Edwin Schneider

21. Dream of Spring
Composed by Sir Granville Bantock
Performed by John McCormack, Edwin Schneider

22. English Lyrics (74), for voice & piano, Op.176 There
Composed by Sir Charles H.H. Parry
Performed by John McCormack, Edwin Schneider

23. English Lyrics (74), for voice & piano, Op.176 Three Aspects
Composed by Sir Charles H.H. Parry
Performed by John McCormack, Edwin Schneider

24. The Blind Ploughman
Composed by Clarke
Performed by John McCormack, Edwin Schneider

25. I Hear You Calling Me, for voice & piano
Composed by Charles Marshall
Performed by John McCormack, Edwin Schneider

Tracks:

Killarney
Come Back to Erin
Minstrel Boy
My Lagan Love
Dear Little Shamrock
Believe Me If All Those Endearing Young Charms
Mother Machree
Harp That Once Through Tara's Halls
Where the River Shannon Flows
Molly Brannigan
Foggy Dew
Low Backed Car
My Wild Irish Rose
It's a Long Way to Tipperary
Ireland, My Sireland [From Eileen]
That Tumble Down Shack in Athlone
Sweet Peggy O'Neill
Barefoot Trail
Next Market Day
Ballynure Ballad
Little Town in the Old County Down

Customer Reviews:

The young John McCormack........2004-05-26

Selected for inclusion in this second John McCormack CD issued by Naxos are Irish songs he recorded between the years 1910 and 1921. Don't expect the John McCormack aged 25 in 1910 to have the interpretative skills evident in his later years, but the voice was already compelling in its unique nasal tenor quality, and recording processes of the time captured it well.

The songs themselves are less distinguished. They met the demand for ditties that recalled a long lost homeland for a large population of USA immigrants. McCormack made a fortune by meeting this need, so that performing and recording them enabled him to give up the career in opera that he disliked.

Tracks:

Onward, Christian Soldiers!
Our Finest Hour
The Lass With The Delicate Air
Keep The Home Fires Burning
Jerusalem
My Queen!
The Last Watch
Mountain Lovers
When Shadows Gather
When You And I Were Young, Maggie
Moonlight And Roses
June Brought The Roses
Through All The Days To Be
The Holy Child
Tick, Tick, Tock
Bird Songs At Eventide
Beloved, I Am Lonely
Dear Old Pal Of Mine
Under The Spell Of The Rose
Desolation
A Dream Of Spring
There
Three Aspects
The Blind Ploughman
I Hear You Calling Me

Count John McCormack: Music of the Night

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Count John McCormack: Music of the Night

Manufacturer: Pearl
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Classical | Styles | Music

General | Folk | Styles | Music

Irish Folk | Traditional British & Celtic Folk | Folk | Styles | Music

General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music

Modern & 20th Century | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music

General | Easy Listening | Pop | Styles | Music
ASIN: B000000WRC
Release Date: 1997-01-21

Tracks:

Music Of The Night
A Song Remembered
A House Love Made
The Quietest Things
Echo
The Meeting Of The Waters
The Bard Of Armagh
Faith
The Blind Ploughman
Ye Banks And Ye Braes
When I Awake
Down By The Sally Gardens
Silent Noon
Loveliest Of Trees
The Dawn Will Break
Linden Lea
The White Peace
The Little Boats
She Moved Through The Fair
Bantry Bay
Our Finest Hour
O Promise Me
Will You Go With Me
Still As Night
Come Back My Love
Waiting For You

Count John McCormack-The Final Recordings

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A valuable collection.
A good sampling of the last days of an inimitable artist.

Count John McCormack-The Final Recordings

Manufacturer: Pearl
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Classical | Styles | Music

Modern & 20th Century | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music

General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music

Cantatas | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music

Motets | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music

General | Folk | Styles | Music
ASIN: B000000WQ6
Release Date: 1995-10-17

Tracks:

God Keep You Is My Prayer
At The Mid Hour Of Night
When I Awake
Down By The Sally Gardens
She Rested By The Broken Brook
Jesus Christ The Son Of God
Jesu, Joy Of Man's Desiring
Silent Noon
The Street Sounds To The Soldiers' Tread
Loveliest Of Trees
While In The Moon The Long RoadLies
The Dawn Will Break
The Village That Nobody Knows
Praise Ye The Lord
Linden Lea
The White Peace
Little Boats
She Moved Through The Fair
No, Not More Welcome
The Green Bushes
Bantry Bay
Maureen (Irish Cradle Song)
Our Finest Hour
Our Finest Hour
Smilin' Through

Tracks:

The Devout Lover
Oh, Promise Me (Romanaza)
A Rose Still Blooms In Picardy
Jerusalem
A Rose Still Blooms In Picardy
Will You Go With Me
Night Hynm At Sea
Still As The Night
Off To Philadelphia
Come Back My Love
Here In The Quiet Hills
God Bless America
The Battle Hymn Of The American Republic
Interview And Conversation - The Gentle Maiden
I'll Walk Beside You
By The Lakes OF Killarney
Love Thee, Dearest, Love Thee
A Children's Prayer In Wartime
One Love Forever
Say A Little Prayer
Ave Verum Corpus
To Chloe
Waiting For You

Customer Reviews:

A valuable collection........2003-01-12

Admirers of this very major singer may well judge this to be the very best collection of John McCormack reissues on the market. It gathers together everything he recorded in the last twenty months of his singing life. Joining with accompanist Gerald Moore at London's Abbey Road Studios, he recorded sometimes as many as six items at a recording session.

Gerald Moore, in his autobiography, recalled that John McComack was averse both to rehearsing and to recording more than one take of each song. Of the dozens of items here, almost all derive from a first take. Only once was there a tiny error. It occurred in the song "The Green Bushes". Listen carefully, and you will hear John McCormack begin to sing "So sweetly she sang" before correcting it, in the nick of time, to "So sweetly sang she". There was never a chance to do another take, but fortunately the item was eventually issued after McCormack's death. Indeed, there are many items here that were issued posthumously, and at least six published here for the first time. A couple of duets with Maggie Teyte have had little or no circulation. One of them here sounds to be copied from a slightly faulty but perhaps only existing copy.

In the old-fashioned, sentimental and imprecise terminology of his day, McCormack sang from his heart, and aimed to touch the hearts of his hearers. It is fortunate that sound recording caught these performances so well, before emphysema silenced McCormack forever, and it is fortunate that Pavilion Records and supervisor Brian Fawcett-Johnston make them available today.

A good sampling of the last days of an inimitable artist........1999-04-21

By the time these performances were put to wax, McCormack's voice was twenty or more years past it's prime. But, unlike most classically trained singers, McCormack's vocal limitations appear to have encouraged a more musically adventurous approach to his singing. His later recordings have an immediacy and sponteneity that is absolutely unique to a singer of his era and training. His singing is, in fact, more like that of a "pop" singer, in that the voice takes a back seat to the phrasing, and ablility to convey a lyric with honest emotion instead of histrionics. The clarity of tone, and the ring of the high notes is gone in these recordings, but the "presence" of McCormack the songster is stronger than ever. The transfers are excellent, as we have come to expect from Pearl. While the fidelity is not what most expect from today's recording techniques, to my ear they are more satisfying. The voice is recorded up-front and very clearly, and we can revel in the knowledge that it was all originally recorded "honestly"; that is, without edits and without electronic alterations of any sort. McCormack was a great artist who never became boring. In this day of bellicose tenors who are content to sing the same repertoire in the same manner year after year, that is saying a lot. If McCormack's singing is new to you, do yourself a favor and get this one. Also pick up one of his youthful operatic recitals, and you will come to know just what a great performer and amazingly varied artist he was. Enjoy, for his like will probably not be heard again.

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