Nimbus
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Geraldine Farrar in Italian Opera
with Enrico Caruso, Antonio Scotti, Gina Viafora, Josephine Jacoby
Geraldine Farrar
All the original copies are excellent, and respond well to the Nimbus method of transfer —
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The Nimbus transfer gives an added ambience, as if one is picking up an additional acoustic … —
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... the CD is well chosen to show the wide range of Lehmann's achievements ... a cornucopia of delights that anyone interested in the history of singing on disc ought to possess —
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the surface is smooth, the instruments are no longer sour, the voice takes its place naturally. Nimbus have some splendid, little-known, song songs, Sibelius's Black roses and Sigh, sedges,... —
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The original Victor recordings were persistently boxy. Nimbus have done a deal to open them up without adding much resonance, and the voice rings out freshly into the room … —
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John McCormack in Song
with Harry Macdonough, Lambert Murphy, Reinald Werrenrath, William F. Hooley
John McCormack
... remarkably good sound. Which only goes to prove that 78s can still pack a fair sonic wallop —
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Special offer. Mozart: Die Zauberflöte, K620
Wilhelm Strienz, Helge Roswaenge, Walter Grossman, Ernst Fabbry, Erna Berger, Tiana Lemnitz, Hilde Scheppan, Elfriede Marherr, Rut Berglund, Gerhard Hüsch, Irma Beilke, Heinrich Tessmer, Carla Spletter
Favres Soloisten Vereinigung, Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Thomas Beecham
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A highly recommended staple for any CD library —
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Recommended with enthusiasm. —
