Marian Anderson Rare and Unpublished Recordings, 1936 - 1952
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Marian Anderson Rare and Unpublished Recordings, 1936 - 1952
Music Price: $16.98 As of Jul 5 21:14 EDT (details)
 
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| Studio | Video Artists Int'l |
| Release Date | November 30, 1999 |
| UPC Code | 089948116820 |
| Buy this item | $16.98 at Amazon.com As of Jul 5 21:14 EDT (details) 1 Audio CD, Usually ships in 24 hours, |
About Marian Anderson Rare and Unpublished Recordings, 1936 - 1952
The rich-toned, musically elegant, always dignified contralto Marian Anderson (1897-1993) is probably best known as the first African-American to sing at New York's Metropolitan Opera House, but by the time she did (in the mid '50s), her once burnished, glorious voice was no longer at its best. Years before, when she was not permitted to sing in the Daughters of the American Revolution's Constitution Hall (or any other hall in the U.S. capital), she gave a concert in the open air, in front of the Lincoln Memorial, which was attended by press, dignitaries, and a crowd of more than 75,000. Much of her late work is well known--arias from Verdi's Un ballo in maschera, spirituals, and the like--but this CD also allows us to hear the voice when it was young--in the 1930s and '40s. One can almost hear Schubert's trout ("Die Forelle") dancing around in the water, and an aria by Scarlatti shows Anderson's coloratura abilities--the big voice could be scaled down to intimate, chamberlike proportions. She brings her intelligence and textual insights to other songs by Schubert and Brahms as well. This is a marvelous collection and a fine tribute to an American original. --Robert Levine Amazon.com
Tracks
- Se Florindo E Fedele
- Begrussung
- Die Flote Weich Gefuhl
- Die Forelle
- Der Doppelganger
- Wohin?
- Der Jungling Und Der Tod
- Der Erlkonig
- Denn Es Gehet Dem Menschen
- Ich Wandte Mich Und Sahe
- O Tod, Wie Bitter Bist Du
- Wenn Ich Mit Menschen
- Befreit
- Im Feld Ein Madchen Singt
- Var Det En Drom?
- When I Am Laid In Earth
- O Men From The Fields
- When Night Descends (In The Silence Of Night)
- Elegie
- Let Us Break Bread Together
- My Soul's Been Anchored In De Lord
- Trampin'
- Sinner, Please Doan Let Dis Harves' Pass
- Honor, Honor
- The Cuckoo
- Will O' The Wisp
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