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Offer,Great Singers - Rosa Ponselle

American Recordings 1923-1929, Volume 4

Rosa Ponselle, Lennartz (cello), Giovanni Martinelli (tenor), Ezio Pinza (bass) & Marion Telva (contralto)

Metropolitan Opera Chorus, Giulio Setti & Rosario Bourdon

Captured here at her peak, the American soprano possessed the ideal instrument to interpret the great Verdian heroines and here reveals her impeccable tone. More…

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Contents

Excerpt, Verdi: La forza del destino

Work length9:22
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  • Rosa Ponselle
  • Rosario Bourdon
  • Recorded: 17 January 1928
  • Recording Venue: USA

La forza del destino, Act IV: Pace, pace, mio Dio (Take 8)

Track length4:38
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La forza del destino, Act IV: Pace, pace, mio Dio (Take 9, unpublished)

Track length4:44
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Excerpt, Verdi: Ernani

Work length4:36
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  • Rosa Ponselle
  • Rosario Bourdon
  • Recorded: 17 January 1928
  • Recording Venue: USA

Ernani, Act I: Ernani! Ernani, involami

Track length4:36
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Excerpt, Dvořák: Gypsy Melodies (7), Op. 55 (B104)

Work length2:41
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  • Rosa Ponselle
  • Rosario Bourdon
  • Recorded: 17 January 1928
  • Recording Venue: USA

Zigeunermelodien (Gypsy Melodies), Op. 55, B. 104: IV. Songs My Mother Taught Me

Track length2:41
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Rubinstein, A: Since I First Met Thee (arr. 6 Soirees a Saint-Petersbourg, Op. 44: No. 1. Romance in E flat major)

Work length3:18
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  • Rosa Ponselle, Lennartz
  • Rosario Bourdon
  • Recorded: 17 January 1928
  • Recording Venue: USA

Excerpt, Verdi: La forza del destino

Work length16:15
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  • Rosa Ponselle, Giovanni Martinelli, Ezio Pinza
  • Rosario Bourdon
  • Recorded: 18 January 1928
  • Recording Venue: USA

Io muoio! (Take 1, unpublished)

Track length3:22
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Non imprecare, umiliati (Take 1, unpublished)

Track length4:44
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Io muoio! (Take 2)

Track length3:23
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Non imprecare, umiliati (Take 2)

Track length4:46
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Excerpt, Verdi: Aida

Work length4:50
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  • Rosa Ponselle
  • Rosario Bourdon
  • Recorded: 18 January 1928
  • Recording Venue: USA

Aida, Act I: Ritorna vincitor

Track length4:50
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Excerpt, Verdi: Il Trovatore

Work length8:56
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  • Rosa Ponselle, Giovanni Martinelli
  • Metropolitan Opera Chorus
  • Giulio Setti
  • Recorded: 23 January 1928
  • Recording Venue: USA

Il trovatore, Act IV: Miserere (Take 1)

Track length4:29
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Il trovatore, Act IV: Miserere (Take 2)

Track length4:27
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Excerpt, Verdi: La forza del destino

Work length4:34
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  • Rosa Ponselle, Ezio Pinza
  • Metropolitan Opera Chorus
  • Giulio Setti
  • Recorded: 23 January 1928
  • Recording Venue: USA

La forza del destino, Act II: La vergine degli angeli

Track length4:34
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Excerpt, Bellini: Norma

Work length15:07
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  • Rosa Ponselle, Marion Telva
  • Metropolitan Opera Chorus
  • Giulio Setti
  • Recorded: 30-31 January 1928
  • Recording Venue: USA

Act I: Casta diva - Sediziose voci

Track length4:45
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Act I: Ah! Bello a me ritorna

Track length3:08
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Act II: Mira, o Norma

Track length7:14
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