Description: Nellie Melba

Main Author:	Melba, Nellie, Dame, 1861-1931,
Other Authors:	Ronald, Landon, 1873-1938,, Bemberg, H. 1859-1931,, Tosti, F. Paolo 1846-1916., Bemberg, H. 1859-1931., Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901., Arditi, Luigi, 1822-1903., Donizetti, Gaetano, 1797-1848., Handel, George Frideric, 1685-1759., Thomas, Ambroise, 1811-1896., Hardelot, Guy d', 1858-1936., Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus, 1756-1791., Hahn, Reynaldo, 1875-1947., Puccini, Giacomo, 1858-1924., Gounod, Charles, 1818-1893.
Format:	CD
Language:	Italian French English Latin
Published:	[Place of publication not identified] : Naxos Historical, [2002]
Physical Description:	1 audio disc : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Series:	Great singers (Naxos Historical (Sound recording label))
Subjects:	Operas -- Excerpts, Arranged. Songs (High voice) with piano.

Item Description:	Nellie Melba, soprano ; Landon Ronald, Herman Bemberg, piano ; Landon Ronald, conductor (tracks 11-14). Producer, Ward Marston. Recorded Mar. 1904 at Melba's residence, 30 Great Cumberland Place, Mayfair, London, and Oct. 20, 1904 at 21 City Road, London. Compact disc. Program notes by Peter Dempsey and producer's note (5 p.) inserted in container. Mattinata / Tosti -- Nymphes et sylvains / Bemberg -- La traviata. Ah! fors' è lui ; Follie! Sempre libera / Verdi -- Comin' thro' the rye / traditional -- Se saran rose / Arditi -- Lucia di Lammermoor. Del ciel demente un riso : from mad scene / Donizetti -- Il penseroso. Sweet bird that shunn'st the noise of folly ; Thee, chauntress, oft the woods among I woo / Handel -- Goodbye / Tosti -- Hamlet. A vos jeux, mes amis, permettez-moi de grâce ; Et maintenant, écoutez ma chanson! / Thomas -- Rigoletto. Caro nome che il mio cor ; La traviata. Sempre libera / Verdi -- Three green bonnets / D'Hardelot -- Le nozze di Figaro. Porgi amor / Mozart -- Si mes vers avaient des ailes / Hahn -- La bohème. Donde lieta uscì al tuo grido d'amore (addio) / Puccini -- Chant vénitien ; Les anges pleurent / Bemberg -- Ave Maria / Bach-Gounod -- Il penseroso. Sweet bird that shunn'st the noise of folly. Sung in Italian, French, English or Latin.
Physical Description:	1 audio disc : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Playing Time:	01:07:00
Production Credits:	Producer, Ward Marston.