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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
Captured here at her peak, the American soprano possessed the ideal instrument to interpret the great Verdian heroines and here reveals her impeccable tone.
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.
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Contents and tracklist
- Rosa Ponselle
- Rosario Bourdon
- Recorded: 17 January 1928
- Recording Venue: USA
- Rosa Ponselle
- Rosario Bourdon
- Recorded: 17 January 1928
- Recording Venue: USA
- Rosa Ponselle
- Rosario Bourdon
- Recorded: 17 January 1928
- Recording Venue: USA
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
- Rosa Ponselle, Giovanni Martinelli, Ezio Pinza
- Rosario Bourdon
- Recorded: 18 January 1928
- Recording Venue: USA
- Rosa Ponselle
- Rosario Bourdon
- Recorded: 18 January 1928
- Recording Venue: USA
- Rosa Ponselle, Giovanni Martinelli
- Metropolitan Opera Chorus
- Giulio Setti
- Recorded: 23 January 1928
- Recording Venue: USA
- Rosa Ponselle, Ezio Pinza
- Metropolitan Opera Chorus
- Giulio Setti
- Recorded: 23 January 1928
- Recording Venue: USA
- Rosa Ponselle, Marion Telva
- Metropolitan Opera Chorus
- Giulio Setti
- Recorded: 30-31 January 1928
- Recording Venue: USA
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.
New York Times
probably the most beautiful voice of any soprano of her [Rosa Ponselle] generation.