Grace Bumbry
The 3-CD box includes her magnificent Verdi recital, as well as extracts from her rare Westminster recordings of Handel – the latter all first time releases on CD
Grace Bumbry (mezzo-soprano), Wolfgang Windgassen (tenor), Erik Werba (piano), Sebastien Peschko (piano)
The Utah Symphony, London Symphony Orchestra, Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra, Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin, Bayreuth Festival Orchestra, Chor der Bayreuther Festspiele, Maurice Abravanel,...
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Gramophone MagazineMarch 2005Re-issue of the Month
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Handel: Judas Maccabaeus HWV 63 / Part 3
- Grace Bumbry (mezzo-soprano)
- Utah Symphony
- Maurice Abravanel
- Recorded: 1958-12-13
- Recording Venue: Assembly Hall, Salt Lake City
53. Aria: "Father of Heav'n! from Thy eternal throne"
Handel: Israel In Egypt, HWV 54 / Part 1: Exodus
- Grace Bumbry (mezzo-soprano)
- Utah Symphony
- Maurice Abravanel
- Recorded: 1957-12-14
- Recording Venue: Assembly Hall, Salt Lake City
No. 5 Air: "Their land brought forth frogs"
Handel: Israel In Egypt, HWV 54 / Part 2: Moses' Song
- Grace Bumbry (mezzo-soprano)
- Utah Symphony
- Maurice Abravanel
- Recorded: 1957-12-14
- Recording Venue: Assembly Hall, Salt Lake City
No. 26 Air: "Thou shalt bring them in"
Handel: Messiah, HWV 56 / Pt. 1
- Grace Bumbry (mezzo-soprano)
- London Symphony Orchestra
- Sir Adrian Boult
- Recorded: 1961-08
- Recording Venue: Kingsway Hall, London
7. Recit: Behold, A Virgin Shall Conceive - 8. Aria: O Thou That Tellest Good Tidings To Zion - 9. Coro
Handel: Messiah, HWV 56 / Pt. 2
- Grace Bumbry (mezzo-soprano)
- London Symphony Orchestra
- Sir Adrian Boult
- Recorded: 1961-08
- Recording Venue: Kingsway Hall, London
21. Air: He Was Despised
Gluck: Orfeo ed Euridice, Wq. 30 / Act 3
- Grace Bumbry (mezzo-soprano)
- Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra
- Janos Kulka
- Recorded: 1962-06
- Recording Venue: Jesus-Christus-Kirche, Berlin
Aria: "Che farò senza Euridice?"
Gluck: Orfeo ed Euridice, Wq. 30 / Act 2
- Grace Bumbry (mezzo-soprano)
- Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra
- Janos Kulka
- Recorded: 1962-06
- Recording Venue: Jesus-Christus-Kirche, Berlin
Arioso: "Che puro ciel, che chiaro sol"
Excerpt,
- Grace Bumbry (mezzo-soprano)
- Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra
- Janos Kulka
- Recorded: 1962-06
- Recording Venue: Jesus-Christus-Kirche, Berlin
"Voi lo sapete, o mama" (Romanza)
Bizet: Carmen, WD 31 / Act 1
- Grace Bumbry (mezzo-soprano)
- Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra
- Janos Kulka
- Recorded: 1962-06-15
- Recording Venue: Jesus-Christus-Kirche, Berlin
"L'amour est un oiseau rebelle" (Havanaise)
"Près des remparts de Séville"
Bizet: Carmen, WD 31 / Act 3
- Grace Bumbry (mezzo-soprano)
- Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra
- Janos Kulka
- Recorded: 1962-06
- Recording Venue: Jesus-Christus-Kirche, Berlin
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