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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

Great Singers - Rosa Ponselle
Captured here at her peak, the American soprano possessed the ideal instrument to interpret the great Verdian heroines and here reveals her impeccable tone.

BBC Music Magazine, January 20085 out of 5 stars

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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

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

BBC Music Magazine, January 20085 out of 5 stars

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Contents and tracklist

Excerpt,Verdi: La forza del destino
Work length9:22
  • 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
La forza del destino, Act IV: Pace, pace, mio Dio (Take 9, unpublished)
Track length4:44
Excerpt,Verdi: Ernani
Work length4:36
  • Rosa Ponselle
  • Rosario Bourdon
  • Recorded: 17 January 1928
  • Recording Venue: USA
Ernani, Act I: Ernani! Ernani, involami
Track length4:36
Excerpt,Dvořák: Gypsy Melodies (7), Op. 55 (B104)
Work length2:41
  • 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
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
  • Rosa Ponselle, Lennartz
  • Rosario Bourdon
  • Recorded: 17 January 1928
  • Recording Venue: USA
Excerpt,Verdi: La forza del destino
Work length16:15
Io muoio! (Take 1, unpublished)
Track length3:22
Non imprecare, umiliati (Take 1, unpublished)
Track length4:44
Io muoio! (Take 2)
Track length3:23
Non imprecare, umiliati (Take 2)
Track length4:46
Excerpt,Verdi: Aida
Work length4:50
  • Rosa Ponselle
  • Rosario Bourdon
  • Recorded: 18 January 1928
  • Recording Venue: USA
Aida, Act I: Ritorna vincitor
Track length4:50
Excerpt,Verdi: Il Trovatore
Work length8:56
Il trovatore, Act IV: Miserere (Take 1)
Track length4:29
Il trovatore, Act IV: Miserere (Take 2)
Track length4:27
Excerpt,Verdi: La forza del destino
Work length4:34
La forza del destino, Act II: La vergine degli angeli
Track length4:34
Excerpt,Bellini: Norma
Work length15:07
  • 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
Act I: Ah! Bello a me ritorna
Track length3:08
Act II: Mira, o Norma
Track length7:14

Awards and reviews

January 2008

Captured here at her peak, the American soprano possessed the ideal instrument to interpret the great Verdian heroines and here reveals her impeccable tone.
5 out of 5 stars

New York Times

probably the most beautiful voice of any soprano of her [Rosa Ponselle] generation.
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