Alma Gluck

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A 2-CD survey of the great soprano's recordings in opera and song between 1911-1918, featuring duets with Enrico Caruso and Louise Homer.

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Track Listing

CD 1 (76:20)

Alma Gluck in Opera
  1. ATALANTA: Come, my beloved [Care selve] (Handel) [4:01]
    26 September 1916; (C-18501) Victor 74504
  2. SEMELE: Oh sleep, why dost thou leave me? (Handel) [3:47]
    13 November 1916; (C-15398-2) Victor 74423
  3. ZEMIRE UND AZOR: Rose softly blooming (Spohr) [4:12]
    25 June 1917; (C-20088-1) Victor unpublished
  4. THEODORA: Angels ever bright and fair (Handel) [4:30]
    18 September 1917; (C-20679-2) Victor 74559
  5. HIPPOLYTE ET ARICIE: Rossignols amoureux (Rameau) [4:10]
    20 July 1911; (C-10811-1) Victor 74249
  6. LA SONNAMBULA: Ah! non credea mirarti (Bellini) [3:57]
    20 July 1911; (C-10813-2) Victor 74263
  7. LA BOHÈME: Donde lieta uscì (Puccini) [3:04]
    22 March 1911; (B-10093-2) Victor 64225
  8. I PAGLIACCI: Qual fiamma avea nel guardo
    ... Stridono lassù     (Leoncavallo) [4:28]
    16 May 1911; (C-10091-3) Victor 74238
  9. CARMEN: Je dis que rien ne m'épouvante (Bizet) [4:35]
    13 April 1911; (C-10181-2) Victor 74245
  10. SAMSON ET DALILA: Mon coeur s'ouvre à ta voix (Saint-Saëns) [2:51]
    with Rosario Bourdon, cello
    17 February 1916; (B-17185-1) Victor 64592
  11. LOUISE: Depuis le jour (Charpentier) [4:26]
    20 July 1911; (C-10812-2) Victor 74252
  12. HÄNSEL UND GRETEL: Suse, liebe Suse
    (Humperdinck; words by Wette) [4:14]
    with Louise Homer, contralto
    25 January 1913; (C-12844-2) Victor 88418
  13. HÄNSEL UND GRETEL: Der kleine Sandmann bin ich
    (Humperdinck) [4:32]
    with Louise Homer, contralto
    25 January 1913; (C-12845-2) Victor 88419
  14. HÄNSEL UND GRETEL: Juchhei, nun is die Hexe tot
    (Humperdinck) [2:53]
    with Louise Homer, contralto
    25 January 1913; (B-12848-2) Victor 87131
  15. TZAR'S BRIDE: Lyubasha's air (Rimsky-Korsakov) [3:40]
    14 February 1916; (C-14260-3) Victor 74383
  16. SNEGUROCHKA [SNOW MAIDEN]:
    To the Thunder called the Flying Cloud     (Rimsky-Korsakov) [3:08]
    19 July 1911; (B-10808-1) Victor 64209
  17. SNEGUROCHKA [SNOW MAIDEN]: Aller au bois (Rimsky-Korsakov) [3:02]
    7 March 1914; (B-14548-1) Victor 64421
  18. HUBIKA [THE KISS]: Ukolebavky [Cradle Song] (Smetana) [3:16]
    20 July 1911; (B-10807-3) Victor 64213
  19. NATOMA: I list the trill in golden throat (Herbert) [3:04]
    10 June 1912; (C-12103-1) Victor 74274
  20. LA TRAVIATA: Libiamo, libiamo (Verdi) [3:02]
    with Enrico Caruso, tenor; Metropolitan Opera Chorus
    20 April 1914; (B-14729-2) Victor 87511

    CD 1:     All recordings made by the Victor Talking Machine Company and accompanied by the Victor Orchestra.

    Conductors: Richard Hageman [1]; Walter B. Rogers [2, 10, and probably 4-9, 11-18]; Josef Pasternack [3]; Victor Herbert [19] and Giulio Setti [20]

    Languages: English [1-4, 16, 18, 19]; French [5, 9-11, 17]; Italian [6-8, 20] and German [12-15]

CD 2 (74:43)
Alma Gluck in Song
  1. Le Nil (Leroux) [4:17]
    with Efrem Zimbalist , violin; Rosario Bourdon, piano
    19 February 1912; (C-11601-2) Victor 88538
  2. L'Heure Exquise (Hahn) [2:31]
    18 September 1917; (B-20675-2) Victor 64750
  3. Le Bonheur est Chose Légère (Saint-Saëns) [2:40]
    with Efrem Zimbalist violin; Samuel Chotzinoff, piano
    15 November 1914; (B-15387-4) Victor 87209
  4. Chanson Hébraïque ["Mejerke, main Suhn,"]
    (Ravel; arr. by Pasternack) [2:56]
    with Efrem Zimbalist, violin
    25 June 1917; (B-20086-2) Victor 87276
  5. Hatikvah (traditional air; words by Imber) [2:49]
    with Efrem Zimbalist, violin
    11 September 1918; (B-22232-1) Victor 87296
  6. Two Folk Songs of Little Russia (arr. by Zimbalist) [3:03]
    25 June 1917; (B-20089-1) Victor 64727
  7. The Rose and the Nightingale [Eastern Romance]
    (Rimsky-Korsakov) [3:00]
    with Efrem Zimbalist, violin
    25 June 1917; (B-20087-1) Victor 87287
  8. Have You Seen but a Whyte Lillie Grow?
    (traditional English; words by Jonson) 1:51
    23 January 1913; (B-12833-1) Victor 64320
  9. As a Beam O'er the Face of the Waters
    (traditional Irish; words by Moore) [2:24]
    6 March 1914; (B-14552-2) Victor 64415
  10. Canzonetta (Loewe) [2:49]
    with Francis J. Lapitano, harp
    26 September 1916; (B-18502-1) Victor 64626
  11. The Monotone [Ein Ton] (Cornelius) [3:03]
    with Efrem Zimbalist, violin; Samuel Chotzinoff, piano
    15 November 1914; (B-15392-3) Victor 87205
  12. Passage-birds' Farewell (Hildach) [3:10]
    with Louise Homer, contralto
    20 May 1914; (B-14849-2) Victor 87199
  13. La Colomba (traditional Tuscan; arr. by Schindler) [2:13]
    10 June 1912; (B-12100-2) Victor 64277
  14. Tú [Habanera] (Sánchez de Fuentes; words by Sánchez) [3:05]
    22 March 1911; (B-10090-1) Victor 64182
  15. Sylvelin (Sinding) [1:48]
    6 March 1914; (B-14553-1) Victor 64413
  16. Parla! (Arditi) [3:40]
    23 January 1913; (C-12831-1) Victor 74334
  17. Serenata (Tosti) [2:57]
    with Clement Barone, flute; Howard Rattay, violin; Francis J. Lapitano, harp
    31 December 1913; (C-14261-2) Victor 64399
  18. The Braes O' Balquhidder
    (traditonal Scottish; words by Tannahill) [2:36]
    6 March 1914; (B-14554-2) Victor 64416
  19. Comin' Thro' the Rye (traditional Scottish) [1:45]
    6 March 1914; (B-14555-2) Victor 64422
  20. Red, Red Rose (Cottenet; words by Burns) [1:59]
    23 January 1913; (B-12829-2) Victor 64321
  21. Sing Me to Sleep (Greene; words by Bingham) [4:31]
    with Efrem Zimbalist, violin and string quartet
    10 June 1916; (C-17834-3) Victor 88573
  22. Will-o-the-Wisp (Spross) [1:32]
    with Charles Gilbert Spross, piano
    16 May 1911; (B-10183-4) Victor 64192
  23. The Bird of the Wilderness (Horsman; words by Tagore) [2:01]
    Song dedicated to Alma Gluck
    17 February 1916; (B-17183-2) Victor 64591
  24. Irish Love Song (Lang) [2:39]
    with Efrem Zimbalist, piano
    13 March 1913; (B-12976-2) Victor 64346
  25. Long Ago, Sweetheart Mine (MacDowell) [2:06]
  26. A Maid Sings Light (MacDowell) [1:07]
    with Rosario Bourdon, piano
    10 June 1912; (B-12102-1) Victor 64268
  27. From the Land of the Sky Blue Water
    (Cadman; words by Eberhardt) [1:58]
    16 May 1911; (B-10182-3) Victor 64190
  28. Dawn (Taylor; words by Coleridge) [2:02]
    26 June 1917; (B-20091-1) Victor 64728

    CD 2:

    Accompanied by the Victor Orchestra except where otherwise indicated Conductors: Josef Pasternack [2, 4-7, 28] and Walter B. Rogers [23, and probably 8-9, 12-16, 18-20, 27]

    Languages: French [1-3]; Yiddish [4]; Hebrew [5]; Ukranian [6]; Russian [7]; English [8-9, 11-12, 15, 18-28]; German [10]; Italian [13, 16-17] and Spanish [14]

    Record sources: Collection of the producer

    Photographs: Stuart-Liff Collection and Robert Tuggle

    Producer: Lawrence F. Holdridge

    Production Coordinator: Jeffrey Miller

    Audio Conservation: Ward Marston

    Booklet Design: Takeshi Takahashi