Heddle Nash

On this CD:

1. Jephtha, oratorio, HWV 70 Deeper and Deeper..Waft Her, Angels
Composed by George Frideric Handel
Performed by Heddle Nash

2. Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), opera, K. 620 O Loveliness Beyond Compare
Composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Performed by Heddle Nash

3. Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), opera, K. 620 O voice of Magic Melody
Composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Performed by Heddle Nash

4. Don Giovanni, opera, K. 527 Dalla Sua Pace
Composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Performed by Heddle Nash

5. Don Giovanni, opera, K. 527 Il Mio Tesoro
Composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Performed by Heddle Nash

6. Il barbière di Siviglia (The Barber of Seville), opera Dawn With Her Rosy Mantle
Composed by Gioachino Rossini
Performed by Heddle Nash

7. Il barbière di Siviglia (The Barber of Seville), opera Shall I Tell Thee the Name?
Composed by Gioachino Rossini
Performed by Heddle Nash

8. L'elisir d'amore, opera Down Her Pale Cheek
Composed by Gaetano Donizetti
Performed by Heddle Nash

9. L' Africaine, grand opera in 5 acts O Paradise
Composed by Giacomo Meyerbeer
Performed by Heddle Nash

10. Faust, opera All Hail, Thou Dwelling
Composed by Charles Gounod
Performed by Heddle Nash

11. Mignon, opera in 3 acts In Her Simplicity
Composed by Ambroise Thomas
Performed by Heddle Nash

12. Rigoletto, opera Ah, Cruel Fate...Art Thou Weeping?
Composed by Giuseppe Verdi
Performed by Heddle Nash

13. Rigoletto, opera Plume in the Summer Wind
Composed by Giuseppe Verdi
Performed by Heddle Nash

14. Pagliacci, opera Harlequin's Serenade
Composed by Ruggiero Leoncavallo
Performed by Miriam Licette, Heddle Nash

15. La bohème, opera Ah, Mimi!
Composed by Giacomo Puccini
Performed by Heddle Nash, Dennis Noble

16. Bohemian Girl, opera When Other Lips
Composed by Michael William Balfe
Performed by Heddle Nash

17. Maritana, opera Yes, Let Me Like A Soldier Fall
Composed by Vincent Wallace
Performed by Heddle Nash

18. The Gondoliers (The King of Barataria), operetta Take a Pair of Sparkling Eyes
Composed by Arthur Sullivan
Performed by Heddle Nash

19. Sally in Our Alley, two versions
Composed by Henry Carey
Performed by Heddle Nash

Heddle Nash, Music, Dennis Noble, Michael William Balfe, Henry Carey, Gaetano Donizetti, Charles Gounod, George Frideric Handel, Ruggero Leoncavallo, Giacomo Meyerbeer, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Giacomo Puccini, Gioachino Rossini, Arthur Sullivan, Ambroise Thomas, Giuseppe Verdi, Vincent Wallace, Miriam Licette, Heddle Nash, British Operetta, British Romantic Opera, Choral, Classical, French Romantic Opera, German/Austrian Classical Period Opera, Italian Romantic Opera, Miscellaneous, Miscellaneous Music, Opera, Oratorio, Romantic Opera
Offenbach: La Belle Hélène; Orpheus in the Underworld; La Vie Parisienne (Highlights)
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • Champagne Music!
 Offenbach: La Belle Hélène; Orpheus in the Underworld; La Vie Parisienne (Highlights)

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  3. Offenbach: Orpheus in the Underworld / Burgess, Watson, etc (Highlights)

ASIN: B00009KHY3
Release Date: 2003-09-02

Tracks:

  1. Overture
  2. The Happy Bride Never Stumbles
  3. You've Gone Too Far!
  4. May I Make Myself Known?
  5. My Death Appears Divinely Smiling
  6. When Diana Leaves The Mountains
  7. To Arms!
  8. When Jupy Feels The Inclination
  9. Here Comes Orpheus
  10. When I Was King Of The Boeotians
  11. I Thought That I Felt On My Shoulder
  12. What Heavenly Joy Is Mine
  13. Minuet And Galop
  14. Overture
  15. How Sad We've Made The Marchioness
  16. Well Isn't That Just Life All Over?
  17. I'm The Guide For Every Tourist
  18. I Am A Native Of Brazil
  19. In This Enchanting Queen Of Cities
  20. I Am A Dab At Carving Pork
  21. We Have Seen Sights Since Eleven... I'm A Colonel's Widow
  22. Dinner Is Served

Tracks:

  1. Oh, Little Cloud
  2. When She Goes Out... Her Petticoats Go Frou, Frou, Frou
  3. Does He Know He's Splitting Down The Back
  4. Nobody Would Call Me A Rover
  5. I'll Have So Much To Say
  6. It's Most Important You Should Show
  7. Here You See The Place
  8. My Friends, I'm Most Delighted To See You
  9. In Songs And Shouts... Paris Blooms Like A Flower
  10. Introduction
  11. To Bow To Jupiter We Gather At The Shrine
  12. We've Had A Night Out
  13. On Mount Ida Three Great Ladies (The Judgement Of Paris)
  14. March And Entry Of The Kings
  15. Entr'acte
  16. We All Begin By Truly Trying
  17. It Is Her That Has Sent This Sweet Love Dream
  18. Come Here, You Kings Of Greece
  19. When All Of Greece Has Been Ravaged
  20. Do You See?

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Champagne Music!.......2006-07-09

Thank goodness that these well filled CDs of selections from three of Offenbach's most entertaining and tuneful operettas are available. Exactly the thing to provide some hearty nourishment for Winter nights. Ideal also for a Summer barbecue. In both cases, a glass of champagne, or at least some other bubbly beverage, would be good to have at hand - everything here no doubt will call for a toast or several.

It is so nice to be able to hear in these translations the witty words, sung with welcome clarity and meaning by these admirable artists. As I recall, there were no microphones in sight, and perhaps not even used, when this production of Orpheus In The Underworld was brought to Australia, with a few cast changes but the same sparkle as shown here. Crisp diction and lively, often lovely, singing - a great recipe for enjoyable listening indeed.

The recording sounds a bit shrill here and there, but what a churlish quibble; to Hades with such curmudgeonly qualifications! This is music to raise the spirits, and not just those from Hades.
Johann Strauss II: Die Fledermaus; The Gypsy Baron (Highlights)
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • Die Fledermaus/Gypsy Baron CD
 Johann Strauss II: Die Fledermaus; The Gypsy Baron (Highlights)

Manufacturer: Class. for Pleas. Us
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Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00009KHY5
Release Date: 2003-09-02

Tracks:

  1. Overture - Alexander Young
  2. It's The Talk Of The Town...I'll Be At The Ball Tonight - Alexander Young
  3. Then I Must Leave...Ah, Woe Is Me - Alexander Young
  4. Drain A Draught Of Wine With Me - Alexander Young
  5. What A Feast - Alexander Young
  6. I Always Feel Beholden (Chacun A Son Gout!) - Alexander Young
  7. My Dear Marquis (Laughing Song) - Alexander Young
  8. What A Tonic, What A Beauty (Watch Duet) - Alexander Young
  9. Brother Mine, Brother Mine And Sister Mine - Alexander Young
  10. Romantic And Secluded - Alexander Young
  11. The Clink Of Champagne Glasses - Alexander Young

Tracks:

  1. Overture - Derek Hammond-Stroud
  2. Since I Was Left An Orhan Lad - Derek Hammond-Stroud
  3. A Suitor For The Bride...A Suitor For My Hand - Derek Hammond-Stroud
  4. There's No One In The World (Gypsy Song) - Derek Hammond-Stroud
  5. Here In This Dear Land - Derek Hammond-Stroud
  6. The Trace Of Dawn - Derek Hammond-Stroud
  7. I Dreamed I Wondered By The River - Derek Hammond-Stroud
  8. Who Made Us One? - Derek Hammond-Stroud
  9. Come And Join The Gay Hussars! - Derek Hammond-Stroud
  10. For Gay Times At Night - Derek Hammond-Stroud
  11. We Raise Our Voice And Rejoice - Derek Hammond-Stroud
  12. Tritsch-Tratsch Polka, Op. 214 - Johann Strauss II

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Die Fledermaus/Gypsy Baron CD.......2007-02-08

Die Fledermaus has long been a favourite of mine and this CD coupled with highlights from the Gypsy Baron makes it outstanding. I'm thoroughly enjoying listening to it. Judy
Gilbert & Sullivan: The Mikado (Complete); Iolanthe (Highlights)
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • A Wonderful Performance
  • ARTICULATE MIKADO
  • Finally, a worthy recording of the Mikado!
 Gilbert & Sullivan: The Mikado (Complete); Iolanthe (Highlights)

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ASIN: B00009KHY0
Release Date: 2003-09-02

Tracks:

  1. Overture - John Holmes
  2. Act 1: If You Want To Know Who You Are - John Holmes
  3. Act 1: Gentlemen, I Pray You Tell Me - John Holmes
  4. Act 1: A Wand'ring Minstrel, I - John Holmes
  5. Act 1: Our Great Mikado, Virtuous Man - John Holmes
  6. Act 1: Young Man, Despair - John Holmes
  7. Act 1: And Have I Journey'd For A Month - John Holmes
  8. Act 1: Behold The Lord High Executioner! - John Holmes
  9. Act 1: As Some Day It May Happen - John Holmes
  10. Act 1: Comes A Train Of Little Ladies - John Holmes
  11. Act 1: Three Little Maids From School - John Holmes
  12. Act 1: So Please You, Sir, We Much Regret - John Holmes
  13. Act 1: Were You Not To Ko-Ko Plighted - John Holmes
  14. Act 1: I Am So Proud - John Holmes
  15. Act 1: With Aspect Stern - John Holmes
  16. Act 1: Your Revels Cease - John Holmes
  17. Act II: Braid The Raven Hair - John Holmes
  18. Act II: The Sun, Whose Rays Are All Ablaze - John Holmes
  19. Act II: Brightly Dawns Our Wedding Day - John Holmes
  20. Act II: Here's A How-De-Do! - John Holmes
  21. Act II: Miya Sama, Miya Sama - John Holmes
  22. Act II: A More Humane Mikado - John Holmes

Tracks:

  1. Act II: The Criminal Cried - John Holmes
  2. Act II: See How The Fates Their Gifts Allot - John Holmes
  3. Act II: The Flowers That Bloom In The Spring - John Holmes
  4. Act II: Alone, And Yet Alive - John Holmes
  5. Act II: Hearts Do Not Break - John Holmes
  6. Act II: On A Tree By A River A Little Tom-Tit - John Holmes
  7. Act II: There Is Beauty In The Bellow Of The Blast - John Holmes
  8. Act II: For He's Gone And Married Yum-Yum - John Holmes
  9. Overture - Elizabeth Harwood
  10. Act I: None Shall Part Us From Each Other - Elizabeth Harwood
  11. Act I: Loudly Let The Trumpet Bray! - Elizabeth Harwood
  12. Act I: Nay, Tempt Me Not...Spurn Not The Nobly Born - Elizabeth Harwood
  13. Act I: When I Went To The Bar As A Very Young Man - Elizabeth Harwood
  14. Act I: When Next Your Houses Do Assemble - Elizabeth Harwood
  15. Act II: When All Night Long A Chap Remains (Sentry Song) - Elizabeth Harwood
  16. Act II: Strephon's A Member Of Parliament - Elizabeth Harwood
  17. Act II: When Britain Really Ruled The Waves - Elizabeth Harwood
  18. Act II: Oh, Foolish Fay - Elizabeth Harwood
  19. Act II: Love, Unrequited, Robs Me Of My Rest - Elizabeth Harwood
  20. Act II: When You're lying Awake With A Dismal Headache (Nightmare's Song) - Elizabeth Harwood
  21. Act II: If You Go In, You're Sure To Win - Elizabeth Harwood
  22. Act II: If We're Weak, Enough To Tarry - Elizabeth Harwood
  23. Act II: My Lord, A Suppliant At Your Feet I Kneel - Elizabeth Harwood
  24. Act II: It May Not Be - Elizabeth Harwood
  25. Act II: Soon As We May, Off And Away - Elizabeth Harwood

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars A Wonderful Performance.......2007-03-31

This is an an authentic, accessible, entertaining, and deeply satisfying performance. Although I like all of the principal singers, my two favorite are Clive Revill as Ko-Ko and Jean Allister as Katisha. For me, the key to a successful Gilbert and Sullivan performance is that it is not only funny, but also touching. In my opinion, Revill and Allister score high in both departments. In their final scene together, they are both vulnerable and hilarious at the same time. One small detail about this recording that bothers me slightly is that the overture has been rewritten. It is a nice medley, but I miss the original. I understand that Sullivan did not write it, but it is based on his tunes and I've always liked it. But don't let that stop you from getting this recording. I consider it to be the best Mikado on record.

5 out of 5 stars ARTICULATE MIKADO.......2007-01-31

Articulate - both in diction and in musical interpretation - this re-release of the 1960's Sadlers Wells recording of Gilbert and Sullivan's MIKADO is quite delightful. The care and loving detail, which were the keystones of SWO's productions of G & S and operettas in the 1960s onstage, are preserved here in Alexander Faris's splendidly gutsy interpretation of the most popular of all the Savoy Operas; if his speeds are at times too leisurely, all can be forgiven just to hear the superb soloists; the expert diction of Denis Dowling as Pooh-Bah; the heroic tones of John Wakefield as the Wandering Minstrel; Marion Studholme singing the best "Sun Whose Rays" you will ever here on disc; Jean Allister as a correctly dominating Katisha, (hurray - a real contralto!), with a superb glissando in "Beauty and the Bellow"; the glorious Pat Kern as Pitti-Sing making so much more of the traditional soubrette; John Heddle Nash giving a singing and acting lesson with Pish-Tush's only solo; and the droll Clive Revill so completely at ease in the comic role of Ko-Ko, (though it is strange that his running out of breath at the end of his verse in the Act Two trio was not corrected!) I have to say that this recording of THE MIKADO puts all other D'Oyly Carte and Glyndeboune recordings in the shade, and the inclusion of highlights from Sadlers Wells IOLANTHE from 1962 is just an added bonus - the overture in this is simply stunning, and how good to hear Eric Shilling, Heather Begg, and Elizabeth Harwood obviously enjoying themselves so much singing Sullivan's most musical of scores.

5 out of 5 stars Finally, a worthy recording of the Mikado!.......2004-03-03

It really does make a difference, when performing Gilbert and Sullivan, to use singers who can act rather than the other way round. Every soloist here utilizes a very forward, "in-the-mask" vocal placement, which not only reduces the need to force, but helps to render their diction crystal-clear. Sample Jean Allister's Katisha. No plummy, oratorio contralto tones for her. Here is all the waspish, incisive malevolence that is already there in the writing; she just reveals it by singing and pronouncing the texts in a light and unforced manner. This approach helps to restore the vim and vigor to an opera that can often seem tired and "played-out" to modern ears. If the recording has any weakness, it may possibly be found in the Yum-yum and Nanki-Poo. Marion Studholme is perhaps more shrill than is necessary, while John Wakefield seems to have wandered in from a performance of Dream of Gerontius. These are minor quibbles, however. The overall excellence of the performance quells any doubts, with Alexander Faris' conducting a model of transparent clarity. The Iolanthe excerpts are also well-done, but it's Mikado that is the jewel here. Don't hesitate; buy it today!
Vaughan Williams: Serenade To Music; Dona Nobis Pacem
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • Great historical recording for our time
 Vaughan Williams: Serenade To Music; Dona Nobis Pacem

Manufacturer: Pearl
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  1. The Queen

ASIN: B000000WTL
Release Date: 1993-01-04

Tracks:

  1. Te Deum (For The Coronation Of H.M. King George VI And Queen Elizabeth) - Coronation Chor
  2. Ser To Music - Styles Allen/Isobel Baillie/Eslie Suddaby/Eva Turner/Margaret Balfour/Muriel Brunskill...
  3. Dona Nobis Pacem: Agnus Dei/Beat! Beat! Drums/Reconciliation/Dirge For Two Veterans/The Angel Of... - Renee Flynn/Roy Henderson/BBC Chor

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Great historical recording for our time.......2002-03-31

I purchased this CD primarily for its recording of "Dona Nobis Pacem," one of Vaughan Williams' most difficult to find works on CD. I didn't realize that it was an archival recording until it arrived, but it is still excellent.

The first two tracks, the "Te Deum" and the "Serenade to Music" are excellent, with the "Te Deum" recorded at Westminster Abbey at the coronation of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth. The "Serenade to Music" comes from a very early recording by the original performing ensemble selected for the first performance by Vaughan Williams himself.

The "Dona Nobis Pacem" is certainly the highlight of this recording. With its calls for peace in a very war-like time, perhaps it is particularly appropriate to hear anew today. This recording is conducted by the composer, one of the few Vaughan Williams recordings of any piece still available today. The depth of passion evident in the recording easily drowns out the occassional click and pop of the very old master.

All in all, a wonderful historical recording of a great piece not heard often enough by one of the great composers of the twentieth century.
Handel: Messiah
Average customer rating: 3 out of 5 stars
  • "You Pays Your Money...."
 Handel: Messiah

Manufacturer: Classica D'oro
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00005QC5K
Release Date: 2001-11-06

Tracks:

  1. Part One: Overture
  2. Part One: Comfort Ye, My People
  3. Part One: Ev'ry Valley Shall Be Exalted
  4. Part One: And The Glory Of The Lord
  5. Part One: Thus Saith The Lord
  6. Part One: But Who May Abide
  7. Part One: And He Shall Purify
  8. Part One: Behold, A Virgin Shall Conceive
  9. Part One: O Thou That Tellest Good Tidings To Zion
  10. Part One: For Behold, Darkness Shall Cover The Earth
  11. Part One: The People That Walked In Darkness
  12. Part One: For Unto Us A Child Is Born
  13. Part One: Pastoral Symphony
  14. Part One: There Were Shepherds
  15. Part One: Glory To God In The Highest
  16. Part One: Rejoice Greatly
  17. Part One: Then Shall The Eyes Of The Blind
  18. Part One: He Shall Feed His Flock
  19. Part One: His Yoke Is Easy
  20. Part Two: Behold The Lamb Of God
  21. Part Two: He Was Despised And Rejected
  22. Part Two: Surely He Hath Born Our Griefs

Tracks:

  1. Part Two: And With His Stripes We Are Healed
  2. Part Two: All We Like Sheep
  3. Part Two: All They That See Him
  4. Part Two: He Trusted In God
  5. Part Two: Thy Rebuke Hath Broken His Heart
  6. Part Two: Behold And See
  7. Part Two: He Was Cut Off
  8. Part Two: But Thou Didst Not Leave His Soul
  9. Part Two: Lift Up Your Heads
  10. Part Two: Thou Are Gone Up On High
  11. Part Two: The Lord Gave The Word
  12. Part Two: How Beautiful Are The Feet
  13. Part Two: Their Sound Is Gone Out
  14. Part Two: Why Do The Nations
  15. Part Two: Let Them Break Their Bonds Asunder
  16. Part Two: He That Dwelleth In Heaven
  17. Part Two: Thou Shalt Break Them
  18. Part Two: Hallelujah
  19. Part Three: I Know That My Redeemer Liveth
  20. Part Three: Since By Man Came Death
  21. Part Three: Behold, I Tell You A Mystery
  22. Part Three: The Trumpet Shall Sound
  23. Part Three: Then Shall Be Brought To Pass
  24. Part Three: O Death Where Is Thy Sting/But Thanks Be To God
  25. Part Three: If God Be For Us
  26. Part Three: Unto Which Of The Angels
  27. Part Three: Let All The Angels Of God
  28. Part Three: Worthy Is The Lamb
  29. Part Three: Amen

Customer Reviews:

3 out of 5 stars "You Pays Your Money....".......2005-12-25

Beecham's second of three Messiah recordings originally issued in 1947 is really his best. I have already reviewed the somewhat better transfer on Biddulph so I won't go on and on here about this great performance. This Classica D'Oro issue is certainly much easier to find.

Firstly, though not hi/fi the sound is pretty good though the Biddulph issue is a little better. Depending on your speakers you may want to brighten up the sound a bit.

The only real problem with this set is that Classica D'Oro's anonymous transfer engineer obviously didn't know the score and left two dacapo arias hanging at the ends of their "B" sections. Handel would not have been amused! In the days of '78 records you were expected to just turn the record over to hear the repeat of the "A" section.

In addition, the original issue had two numbers from Part II, the recitative "Unto Which of the Angels" (here sung by the soprano) and the chorus "Let all the angels of God" inexplicably inserted near the end of the entire oratorio. That mistake is duly repeated here.

The Biddulph set brings collector's prices. This bargain issue is priced so low that it's hard to complain much about a few mistakes in the transfer.

I say grab it now!
Faust: Gounod
Average customer rating: 1.5 out of 5 stars
  • Insipid English Faust
  • "Faust" in English with English singers. Cor blimey!
 Faust: Gounod

Manufacturer: Opera D'oro
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00004XSJJ
Release Date: 2000-09-12

Tracks:

  1. Prld - SO & BBC Chor/Sir Thomas Beecham
  2. Act One: In Vain Do I Call
  3. Act Two: At The Kermesse
  4. Act Two: Even Bravest Heart
  5. Act Two: A Rat, Who Was Born A Coward... The Calf Of God
  6. Act Two: Waltz
  7. Act Three: Intro
  8. Act Three: Flower Song
  9. Act Three: All Hail Thy Dwellings Pure And Lowly
  10. Act Three: Attention! Here She Comes... The King Of Thule
  11. Act Three: Jewel Song

Tracks:

  1. Act Three: Garden Scene
  2. Act Four: Church Scene
  3. Act Four: Soldier's Chorus
  4. Act Four: Come On My Boy
  5. Act Four: Mephisto's Serenade... The Duel
  6. Act Four: Death Of Valentine: Hear My Last Words
  7. Act Five: Prison Scene & Apotheosis

Customer Reviews:

1 out of 5 stars Insipid English Faust.......2006-04-03

As a curio representing the "early electric" era of complete opera recordings of the late 1920's-early 1930's, this might merit some tepid interest. Otherwise, it is an abysmal rendering of a sentimental but beautiful old opera. How Sir Thomas Beecham was snared into conducting this silly relic in 1929 is incomprehensible. The singing is worse than mediocre; it resembles a parody of the type of operatic scenes depicted in early talkie movie musicals circa 1930. Robert Easton has got to be the most dreadful devil ever recorded, more or less talking his way in a flat drone through the part rather than really singing. The less said about the other two leads, Heddle Nash and Miriam Licette, the better. Beecham was much better served to conduct an authentic Faust, in French, with Geori Boue & cast in 1947. If you want a 1930 Faust - and there is an excellent one - get the French conducted by Henri Busser, and/or Beecham's later, postwar version.

2 out of 5 stars "Faust" in English with English singers. Cor blimey!.......2005-05-18

Well, sometimes even the greatest conductors boot one.

This is an old, old recording of Gounod's "Faust." It has been said that all that is required to make "Faust" a great opera is a quartet of the four finest singers in the world. Evidently, they were out of town when this recording was made.

Probably the best known among the performers is the tenor, Heddle Nash. As tenors go, he was VERY English. In lighter material, even in Mozart, he wasn't bad, but he is hopeless as Faust. Listen to the sample of his big aria, here disguised as "All hail, thou dwelling pure and lowly" (not "All hail thy dwellings," as shown above.) Go ahead, I'll wait. . . Painful, isn't it?

As for the other singers, sadly, they are all cursed by English vocal training.

The English singing translation used in this performance provides one of the strongest arguments ever made against translating any opera.

Since the set offers a few wry laughs, I give it two stars. Put it on the shelf next to your Florence Foster Jenkins collection.
Edward Elgar: Cello Concerto, Op 85/The Dream Of Gerontius, Op 38
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    		Edward Elgar: Cello Concerto, Op 85/The Dream Of Gerontius, Op 38
    Dennis Noble , Norman Walker , Paul Tortelier , Edward Elgar , BBC Symphony Orchestra , Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra , Heddle Nash , and Sir Malcom Sargent
    Manufacturer: Testament
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    ASIN: B000003XKH
    Release Date: 1994-02-01

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    Gerontius was second nature to these performers, and it shows in their lively word colorings and obvious conviction. Heddle Nash was Britain's top interwar lyric tenor, and he brings fervor and imagination to a role he was urged to take on by Elgar himself. Gladys Ripley's flexible contralto is lovely; the other singers and the chorus can't be faulted. Malcolm Sargent directs with power; there's an electricity about this 1945 recording, made while the guns of war were still resounding in Europe. The substantial filler is played with elegance and energy by the young Paul Tortelier; Testament's solid mono sound is clear, though you do hear more with stereo from Adrian Boult or John Barbirolli. --Dan Davis
    Wood Conducts Vaughan Williams
    Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    • Historically Valuable Recording
    		 Wood Conducts Vaughan Williams

    Manufacturer: Dutton Labs UK
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    ASIN: B00005B0HQ
    Release Date: 2001-08-14

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    4 out of 5 stars Historically Valuable Recording.......2004-02-11

    Although this collection contains many historically important recordings of Vaughan Williams, I find the sound quality is not up to Dutton's usual audio magic. Much of it sounds distorted and does not contain many of the upper level frequencies Dutton usually pulls out of the grooves of these old 78 r.p.m. recordings. At the same time, the bass frequencies do resonate in abundance and their richness provides the redeeming virtue for this disc.

    This collection is historically important because of the eminence of Sir Henry Wood as a musician of his day as well as his collaboration and relationship with the composer. Indeed, the 'Serenade to Music' is even dedicated to him on the occasion of his fifty years as a conductor. If you enjoy historical recordings, by all means, enjoy this one. At the time, do not expect the usual audio quality that one often hears from Dutton's historical releases.
    E.J. Moeran: The Collected 78 rpm Recordings - Symphony in G minor, String Trio, Songs
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      Manufacturer: Divine Art
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      Elgar: The Dream of Gerontius / Sea Pictures
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      		 Elgar: The Dream of Gerontius / Sea Pictures

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      ASIN: B000056H34
      Release Date: 2001-03-27

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      1. Sea Slumber Song - Gladys Ripley
      2. In Haven - Gladys Ripley
      3. Sabbath Morning At Sea - Gladys Ripley
      4. Where Corals Lie - Gladys Ripley
      5. The Swimmer - Gladys Ripley
      6. Prelude
      7. Jesu, Maria - I Am Near To Death
      8. Rouse Thee, My Fainting Soul
      9. Sanctus Fortis, Sanctus Deus
      10. Proficiscere, Anima Christiana

      Tracks:

      1. Introduction
      2. I Went To Sleep
      3. It Is A Member Of That Family
      4. But Hark! Upon My Sense
      5. I See Not Those False Spirits
      6. But Hark! A Grand Mysterious Harmony
      7. Thy Judgement Now Is Near
      8. I Go Before My Judge
      9. Softly And Gently

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      4 out of 5 stars BETTER THAN MANY.......2005-01-27

      Elgar inscribed the quotation `This is the best of me' on the score of Gerontius. Elgar also personally selected Heddle Nash to sing the part. This vintage reissue should be of the strongest possible interest to devotees of the work for the latter reason alone. I know it from LP, but technical considerations are not a major concern here and the recorded quality even on vinyl is astonishingly good and presumably has lost nothing in the transfer.

      This recording dates from 1945, before the war was quite over, and it shows the best of everyone concerned. In his later years Sargent got a raw deal from critics, the public and especially from the cruel wit of Sir Thomas Beecham for his popularising of the classics, but he is a far better conductor than many were prepared to let on. I still prefer his version of Walton's first symphony (not seemingly available now) to the more famous one by Previn, and there is a quite magnificent live account from him with Sena Jurinac of the Strauss Four Last Songs that seems to me to rival even the celebrated Schwarzkopf/Szell reading. I am likewise enthusiastic about this Gerontius. Where Sargent seems to me outstandingly successful is in bringing light and shade to the score. In the prelude he keeps the tempo moving instead of trying to wring the last ounce of spirituality and solemnity out of it, but I back his approach. The entire first part of Gerontius can very easily stagnate in performance, and Sargent seems alive to this danger and skilful in avoiding it - throughout the whole section, not just in the prelude. He does not pull the tempo around, but there is great tact and sensitivity in his handling of it, and forward momentum is not allowed to lapse. Nash is quite superb, and remarkably well recorded. I like to think I would have found his voice absolutely right even if I had not known whose stamp of authority it carried. Gladys Ripley as the Angel should give nobody any problems, I very much hope. She is not in the `hooty' oratorio tradition of English mezzos/contraltos, her voice is fresh and appealing and she still does very well with the occasional low notes. Norman Walker is likewise well cast in the small part of the Angel of the Agony.

      More of the orchestral detail than you might expect comes through the 60-year-old sound, and the balance has been very well handled indeed. Part-way through the second half the sound seems to recede a little, but this soon passes. It would be a bit much to expect the great cry of `Praise to the Holiest' to make the kind of effect it can do nowadays, but even it is not badly dealt with at all.

      No doubt this is mainly an issue for collectors, but I would tentatively recommend it to a wider public than that. Nash has totally unique authority, for one thing, and the sound manages to do him justice. Well worth at least sampling, and in my own opinion well worth owning.

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