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Lady June
- voice and piano
- text by Elizabeth Haddon
- London: Elkin 1935
Last Word, op. 30, no. 1
- voice and piano
- text by Ernest Dowson
- dedicated to David Bispham
- London: Boosey, 1903
Lilac-Time
- voice and piano
- text by Walt Whitman
- dedicated to Maggie Teyte
- London: Elkin 1914
Little Bells of Sevilla
- voice and piano
- text by Dora Sigerson Shorter
- London: Elkin 1917
Little Foreigner
- voice and piano
- subtitle: A character song
- text by Cyril Scott
- dedicated to Madame Conchita Supervía
- London: Elkin 1932
Little Song of Picardie
- voice and piano
- text by Rosamund Marriott Watson
- London: Elkin 191
Looking Back
- voice and piano
- text by Christina Rossetti
- dedicated to Bertram Binyon
- London: Elkin 1917
Lord Randall
- voice and piano
- dedicated to Laurence Strauss
- London: Elkin 1926
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Love Lost, op. 62, no. 1
- voice and piano
- text by Herbert A. Giles from the Chinese
- London: Elkin 1908
Love's Aftermath
- voice and piano
- text by Ernest Dowson
- printed copy with annotations by Peter Pears
- in the Britten-Pears Library
- London: Elkin 1911
Love's Quarrel, op. 55, no. 3
- voice and piano
- text by Lord Dutton
- dedicated to Cara and Austin Harris
- London: Elkin 1907
Lovely Kind & Kindly Loving
op. 55, no. 1
- voice and piano
- text by Nicholas Breton
- dedicated to
- London: Elkin 1907
Lullaby, op 57, no. 2
- voice and piano
- text by Christina Rossetti
- dedicated to Guy and Marie Harben
- London: Elkin 1908
- printed copy with annotations by Peter Pears
- in the Britten-Pears Library
PONSELLE, Rosa: American Recordings, Vol. 1 (1923-1929)
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Described by Maria Callas as ‘the greatest singer of us all’, the American-born Rosa Ponselle (1897-1981) is acknowledged as one of the outstanding dramatic sopranos of the twentieth century. Without any previous experience of the operatic stage, she made her Metropolitan début in Verdi’s La forza del destino opposite Caruso in 1918. Following her enormous success, she became the Metropolitan’s leading soprano, appearing in twenty-one rôles throughout her career. This first disc of Ponselle’s 1923-1929 American recordings features arias from three Verdi operas, and includes a number of alternative takes unpublished on 78rpm.
Verdi, Giuseppe
Ghislanzoni, Antonio, lyricist(s)
Aida, Act III: O Patria mia
1. Aida, Act III: O Patria mia 00:04:36
Verdi, Giuseppe
Piave, Francesco Maria, lyricist(s)
Ernani, Act I: Ernani! Ernani, involami (alternative take)
2. Ernani, Act I: Ernani! Ernani, involami (alternative take) 00:04:35
Verdi, Giuseppe
Ghislanzoni, Antonio, lyricist(s)
Aida, Act I: Ritorna vincitor (original issue)
3. Aida, Act I: Ritorna vincitor (original issue)00:04:32
4. Aida, Act I: Ritorna vincitor (alternative take)00:04:47
Verdi, Giuseppe
Piave, Francesco Maria, lyricist(s)
La forza del destino, Act IV: Pace, pace, mio Dio (alternative take 1)
5. La forza del destino, Act IV: Pace, pace, mio Dio (alternative take 1) 00:04:40
6. La forza del destino, Act IV: Pace, pace, mio Dio (alternative take 2) 00:04:32
Verdi, Giuseppe
Boito, Arrigo, lyricist(s)
Otello, Act IV (excerpts)
7. Piangea cantando nell'erma landa, "Willow Song"00:04:35
8. Ave Maria 00:04:27
Verdi, Giuseppe
Piave, Francesco Maria, lyricist(s)
Ernani, Act I: Ernani! Ernani, involami (original issue)
9. Ernani, Act I: Ernani! Ernani, involami (original issue) 00:04:47
La forza del destino, Act IV: Pace, pace, mio Dio (original issue)
10. La forza del destino, Act IV: Pace, pace, mio Dio (original issue) 00:04:59
Verdi, Giuseppe
Ghislanzoni, Antonio, lyricist(s)
Aida (excerpts)
11. Act III: Pur ti riveggo 00:03:37
12. Act III: La, tra foreste vergini 00:04:22
13. Act IV: La fatal pietra (alternative take) 00:04:39
14. Act IV: La fatal pietra (original issue) 00:04:34
15. Act IV: O terra addio 00:04:50
Scott, Cyril
Rossetti, Christina, lyricist(s)
Lullaby, Op. 57, No. 2
16. Lullaby, Op. 57, No. 2 00:02:34
Brahms, Johannes
Scherer, Georg, lyricist(s)
5 Songs, Op. 49: No. 4. Wiegenlied (Cradle Song)
17. 5 Songs, Op. 49: No. 4. Wiegenlied (Cradle Song)00:02:19
Shelley, Harry Rowe
Love's Sorrow
18. Love's Sorrow 00:03:32
Total Playing Time: 01:16:57