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Prima Voce

Prima Voce

Early vocal recordings.

The early story of recording is more than just the history of an invention and an industry. Although the pioneers and entrepreneurs played important and fascinating roles, their work would hold little interest for us today had it not coincided with the unique artistry of Caruso and Melba, Chaliapin and Ponselle. It was the Golden Age of Singing and Prima Voce preserves this archive of great voices from the first half of the twentieth century in transfers which capture the immediacy of the original performances.

Prima Voce puts the performance first. Nimbus' aim in transferring 78s to compact disc is simple: to allow the full musical enjoyment of these recordings without the distraction of intrusive surface noise between the performer and the listener. This is achieved by a process which re-records rather than re-masters the original sound, a combination of the best of the latest and earliest technologies in sound reproduction.

Each disc in the Prima Voce Series features:

  • a comprehensive recital programme of each artist's finest recordings
  • a full biographical introduction
  • booklets illustrated with rare archive photographs
  • track by track synopses of all selections or full libretto with opera box sets
  • over 70 minutes playing time on the vast majority of discs
  • transfers made only from mint condition 78 rpm pressings manufactured from the finest materials of the time
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  • Marian Anderson Vol.2

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    Marian Anderson

    • Catalogue No: NI7895
    • Label: Nimbus
    • Series: Prima Voce
    • Length: 74 minutes

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  • The Golden Age of Singing Vol. 4, 1930 - 1950

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    50 Years of Great Voices on Record

    Conchita Supervia, Maria Gay, Aureliano Pertile, Max Lorenz (tenor), Lauritz Melchior (tenor), Franz Völker, Maria Ivogün, Julius Patzak (tenor), Alexander Kipnis (bass), Salvatore Baccaloni, Maria Cebotari, Eidé Norena, Beniamino Gigli (tenor), Lotte Lehmann (soprano), Giacomo Lauri-Volpi, Tiana...

    • Catalogue No: NI70567
    • Label: Nimbus
    • Series: Prima Voce
    • Length: 2 hours 35 minutes

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  • The Golden Age of Singing Vol. 3, 1920 - 1930

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    50 Years of Great Voices on Record

    Lucrezia Bori, Beniamino Gigli (tenor), Maria Jeritza, Frida Leider (soprano), Amelita Galli-Curci, Richard Tauber (tenor), Maria Ivogün, Aureliano Pertile, Alfred Piccaver, Toti Dal Monte (soprano), Giuseppe de Luca, Antonio Cortis, Lotte Schöne, Carlo Galeffi, Mary Garden, Elisabeth Schumann (soprano),...

    • Catalogue No: NI70545
    • Label: Nimbus
    • Series: Prima Voce
    • Length: 2 hours 33 minutes

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  • Marian Anderson

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    Marian Anderson

    This is a very moving account not only of a great singer but also of faith expressed in music and its healing powers … — Classic CDMore…
    • Catalogue No: NI7882
    • Label: Nimbus
    • Series: Prima Voce
    • Length: 72 minutes

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  • Richard Tauber

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    with Emmy Bettendorf, Lotte Lehmann

    Richard Tauber

    • Catalogue No: NI7830
    • Label: Nimbus
    • Series: Prima Voce
    • Length: 72 minutes

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  • Charpentier, G: Louise

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    Ninon Vallin, Georges Thill, André Pernet, Aimée Lecouvreur, Christiane Gaudel

    Les Choeurs Raugel and Orchestra, Eugène Bigot

    The sound is excellent ... essential for the Louise addict. — Opera NowMore…
    • Catalogue No: NI7829
    • Label: Nimbus
    • Series: Prima Voce
    • Length: 69 minutes

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  • Claudia Muzio

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    with Francesco Merli

    Claudia Muzio

    Opera-lovers should not be without this disc — Ritmo MagazineMore…
    • Catalogue No: NI7814
    • Label: Nimbus
    • Series: Prima Voce
    • Length: 79 minutes

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  • Riccardo Stracciari

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    Riccardo Stracciari

    • Catalogue No: NI7905
    • Label: Nimbus
    • Series: Prima Voce
    • Length: 75 minutes

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  • Clara Butt

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    Dame Clara Butt (contralto)

    • Release Date: 23rd Nov 2003
    • Catalogue No: NI7912
    • Label: Nimbus
    • Series: Prima Voce
    • Length: 76 minutes

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  • Charles Kullman - European Columbia Recordings

    Special offer. Charles Kullman - European Columbia Recordings

    1931 - 1938

    Charles Kullman, Walther Grossmann, Erna Berger (soprano), Ellice Illiard, Staatskapelle Berlin, Orchestra Theater der Westerns, Berlin, Erich Orthmann, Fritz Zweig, Clemens Schmalstich, Walter Goehr, Johannes Müller, Otto Dobrindt, Ernst Hauke, Eduard Künneke, Ludwig Rüth

    A great North American tenor who had an international career, Kullman is shown on this disc to have a warm voice, though not often one used intimately. — BBC Music Magazine, Proms 2007, 3 out of 5 starsMore…
    • Release Date: 27th Nov 2006
    • Catalogue No: NI7938
    • Label: Nimbus
    • Series: Prima Voce
    • Length: 78 minutes

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