Nellie Melba: The Complete Victor Recordings (1907-1916) [Box set]

1. Rigoletto, opera Caro Nome
   Composed by Giuseppe Verdi
   with Dame Nellie Melba
   Conducted by Walter B. Rogers
   
   
2. La bohème, opera Si Mi Chiamano Mimi
   Composed by Giacomo Puccini
   with Dame Nellie Melba
   Conducted by Walter B. Rogers
   
   
3. La bohème, opera O Soave Fanciulla
   Composed by Giacomo Puccini
   with Dame Nellie Melba, Enrico Caruso
   Conducted by Walter B. Rogers
   
   
4. Tosca, opera Vissi D'Arte
   Composed by Giacomo Puccini
   with Dame Nellie Melba
   Conducted by Walter B. Rogers
   
   
5. Faust, opera Ah! Je Ris De Me Voir Si Belle Air Des Bijoux
   Composed by Charles Gounod
   with Dame Nellie Melba
   Conducted by Walter B. Rogers
   
   
6. La Traviata, opera Ah! Fors E Lui...Sempre Libera
   Composed by Giuseppe Verdi
   with Dame Nellie Melba
   Conducted by Walter B. Rogers
   
   
7. La bohème, opera Donde Lieta Usci Al Tuo Grido D'Amore
   Composed by Giacomo Puccini
   with Dame Nellie Melba
   Conducted by Walter B. Rogers
   
   
8. Goodbye (Addio), for voice & piano (or orchestra)
   Composed by Paolo Tosti
   with Dame Nellie Melba
   Conducted by Walter B. Rogers
   
   
9. La Serenata for voice & piano/orchestra
   Composed by Paolo Tosti
   with Dame Nellie Melba, Ada Sassoli
   Conducted by Walter B. Rogers
   
   
10. Per valli, per boschi
    Composed by Felice Blangini
    with Dame Nellie Melba, Charles Gilibert
    Conducted by Walter B. Rogers
    
    
11. Un Ange Est Venu
    Composed by Hermann Bemberg
    with Dame Nellie Melba, Charles Gilibert
    Conducted by Walter B. Rogers
    
    
12. Si mes vers avaient des ailes!, for voice & piano (from "Melodies, Book I")
    Composed by Reynaldo Hahn
    with Dame Nellie Melba, Ada Sassoli
    Conducted by Walter B. Rogers
    
    
13. Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492 Voi Che Sapete
    Composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    with Dame Nellie Melba
    Conducted by Walter B. Rogers
    
    
14. Hamlet, opera in 5 acts A Vos Jeux, Mes Amis, Permettez-Moi /De Grace 'Mad Scene'-Part 1
    Composed by Ambroise Thomas
    with Dame Nellie Melba
    Conducted by Walter B. Rogers
    
    
15. Hamlet, opera in 5 acts Pale Et Blonde, Dort Sous L'eau Profonde 'Mad Scene'- Pt. 2
    Composed by Ambroise Thomas
    with Dame Nellie Melba
    Conducted by Walter B. Rogers
    
    
16. Se Saran Rose
    Composed by Luigi Arditi
    with Dame Nellie Melba
    Conducted by Walter B. Rogers
    
    
17. Lucia di Lammermoor, opera Alfin Son Tua 'Mad Scene'
    Composed by Gaetano Donizetti
    with Dame Nellie Melba, Charles K. North
    Conducted by Walter B. Rogers
    
    
18. With Rue My Heart is Laden, for voice & piano Lo! Here The Gentle Lark
    Composed by George Walker
    with Dame Nellie Melba, Charles K. North
    Conducted by Walter B. Rogers
    
    
19. L'Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato (Pastoral Ode), oratorio, HWV 55 Il Penseroso (Sweet Bird)
    Composed by George Frideric Handel
    with Dame Nellie Melba, Charles K. North
    Conducted by Walter B. Rogers
    
    
20. Mattinata for voice & piano/orchestra
    Composed by Paolo Tosti
    with Dame Nellie Melba
    Conducted by Walter B. Rogers
    
    
21. En sourdine ("Calmes dans le demi-jour'), song for voice & piano, L. 28 (first version)
    Composed by Claude Debussy
    with Dame Nellie Melba
    Conducted by Walter B. Rogers
    
    
22. Down In The Forest
    Composed by Sir Landon Ronald
    with Dame Nellie Melba
    Conducted by Walter B. Rogers
    
    
23. The White Sea Mist
    Composed by Sir Landon Ronald
    with Dame Nellie Melba
    Conducted by Walter B. Rogers
    
    
24. D'une prison, for voice and piano (from "Melodies, Book I")
    Composed by Reynaldo Hahn
    with Dame Nellie Melba
    Conducted by Walter B. Rogers
    
    
25. Believe Me, If All Those Endearing Young Charms (AKA: My Love's On The Cold Ground)
    Composed by Irish Traditional
    with Dame Nellie Melba
    Conducted by Walter B. Rogers
    
    
26. Otello, opera Piangea Cantando Nell'erma Landa 'Willow Song'
    Composed by Giuseppe Verdi
    with Dame Nellie Melba
    Conducted by Walter B. Rogers
    
    
27. Otello, opera Ave Maria, Piena Di Grazia
    Composed by Giuseppe Verdi
    with Dame Nellie Melba
    Conducted by Walter B. Rogers
    
    
28. La bohème, opera Donde Lieta Usci Al Tuo Grido D'amore
    Composed by Giacomo Puccini
    with Dame Nellie Melba
    Conducted by Walter B. Rogers
    
    
29. O Lovely Night for voice & orchestra
    Composed by Sir Landon Ronald
    with Dame Nellie Melba
    Conducted by Walter B. Rogers
    
    
30. Ye Banks And Braes O' Bonnie Doon
    Composed by Miller
    with Dame Nellie Melba
    Conducted by Walter B. Rogers
    
    
31. La bohème, opera Mi Chiamano Mimi
    Composed by Giacomo Puccini
    with Dame Nellie Melba
    Conducted by Walter B. Rogers
    
    
32. La bohème, opera Donde Lieta Usci Al Tuo Grido D'amore
    Composed by Giacomo Puccini
    with Dame Nellie Melba
    Conducted by Walter B. Rogers
    
    
33. La Traviata, opera Ah! Fors' E Lui...Follie, Follie...Sempre Libera
    Composed by Giuseppe Verdi
    with Dame Nellie Melba
    Conducted by Walter B. Rogers
    
    
34. With Rue My Heart is Laden, for voice & piano Lo! Here The Gentle Lark
    Composed by George Walker
    with Dame Nellie Melba, John Lemmone
    Conducted by Walter B. Rogers
    
    
35. Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492 Voi Che Sapete
    Composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    with Dame Nellie Melba
    Conducted by Walter B. Rogers
    
    
36. Se Saran Rose
    Composed by Luigi Arditi
    with Dame Nellie Melba
    Conducted by Walter B. Rogers
    
    
37. Faust, opera Ah! Je Ris De Me Voir Si Belle
    Composed by Charles Gounod
    with Dame Nellie Melba
    Conducted by Walter B. Rogers
    
    
38. L'Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato (Pastoral Ode), oratorio, HWV 55 il Penseroso (Sweet Bird)
    Composed by George Frideric Handel
    with Dame Nellie Melba, John Lemmone
    Conducted by Walter B. Rogers
    
    
39. Lucia di Lammermoor, opera Ardon Gl'incensi 'Mad Scene'
    Composed by Gaetano Donizetti
    with Dame Nellie Melba, John Lemmone
    Conducted by Walter B. Rogers
    
    
40. Don César de Bazan, comic opera in 4 acts (2 versions) A Seville, Belles Senoras
    Composed by Jules Massenet
    with Dame Nellie Melba
    Conducted by Walter B. Rogers
    
    
41. Hamlet, opera in 5 acts Des larmes De La Nuit
    Composed by Ambroise Thomas
    with Dame Nellie Melba
    Conducted by Walter B. Rogers
    
    
42. Le Roi d'Ys, opera in 3 acts Puisqu' On Ne Peut Flechir...Vainement, Ma Bien Aimee
    Composed by Edouard Lalo
    with Dame Nellie Melba
    Conducted by Walter B. Rogers
    
    
43. Tosca, opera Vissi D'arte
    Composed by Giacomo Puccini
    with Dame Nellie Melba
    Conducted by Walter B. Rogers
    
    
44. Otello, opera Act 4: Piangea Cantando Nell'erma Lamnda
    Composed by Giuseppe Verdi
    with Dame Nellie Melba
    Conducted by Walter B. Rogers
    
    
45. Otello, opera Ave Maria, Piena Di Grazia
    Composed by Giuseppe Verdi
    with Dame Nellie Melba
    Conducted by Walter B. Rogers
    
    
46. Goodbye (Addio), for voice & piano (or orchestra)
    Composed by Paolo Tosti
    with Dame Nellie Melba
    Conducted by Walter B. Rogers
    
    
47. O Lovely Night for voice & orchestra
    Composed by Sir Landon Ronald
    with Dame Nellie Melba
    Conducted by Walter B. Rogers
    
    
48. Am Waldesbach (By the Brook), for flute & piano/ orchestra, Op. 33
    Composed by Paul Wetzger
    with Dame Nellie Melba
    Conducted by Walter B. Rogers
    
    
49. Il rè pastore, opera, K. 208 L'amero, Saro Costante
    Composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    with Jan Kubelik, Dame Nellie Melba, Gabriel Lapierre
    Conducted by Walter B. Rogers
    
    
50. Ave Maria, for voice & piano (or other vocal arrangements; after Bach's Prelude No. 1 from the Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1)
    Composed by Charles Gounod
    with Jan Kubelik, Dame Nellie Melba, Gabriel Lapierre
    Conducted by Walter B. Rogers
    
    
51. Magdalena At Michael's Gate
    Composed by Hans Ulrich Lehmann
    with Dame Nellie Melba, Gabriel Lapierre
    Conducted by Walter B. Rogers
    
    
52. Mandoline ("Les donneurs de sérénades"), song for voice & piano, L. 29
    Composed by Claude Debussy
    with Dame Nellie Melba, Gabriel Lapierre
    Conducted by Walter B. Rogers
    
    
53. Work(s) Romance
    Composed by Claude Debussy
    with Dame Nellie Melba, Gabriel Lapierre
    Conducted by Walter B. Rogers
    
    
54. Louise, opera Depuis Le Jour
    Composed by Gustave Charpentier
    with Dame Nellie Melba, Gabriel Lapierre
    Conducted by Walter B. Rogers
    
    
55. Louise, opera Depuis Le Jour
    Composed by Gustave Charpentier
    with Dame Nellie Melba, Gabriel Lapierre
    Conducted by Walter B. Rogers
    
    
56. Old Folks at Home, for voice & piano
    Composed by Stephen Foster
    with Dame Nellie Melba, Gabriel Lapierre
    Conducted by Walter B. Rogers
    
    
57. John Anderson, My Jo
    Composed by Clarence Cameron White
    with Dame Nellie Melba, Gabriel Lapierre
    Conducted by Walter B. Rogers
    
    
58. Comin' Thro' the Rye
    Composed by Scottish Traditional
    with Dame Nellie Melba, Gabriel Lapierre
    Conducted by Walter B. Rogers
    
    
59. Les Anges Pleurent
    Composed by Hermann Bemberg
    with Dame Nellie Melba, Gabriel Lapierre
    Conducted by Walter B. Rogers
    
    
60. Chant Venitien
    Composed by Hermann Bemberg
    with Dame Nellie Melba, Gabriel Lapierre
    Conducted by Walter B. Rogers
    
    
61. Annie Laurie
    Composed by Alicia Ann Scott
    with Dame Nellie Melba
    Conducted by Walter B. Rogers
    
    
62. Songs my mother taught me (Als die alte Mutter), song for voice & piano (Gypsy Melodies), B. 104/4 (Op. 55/4)
    Composed by Antonin Dvorak
    with Dame Nellie Melba
    Conducted by Walter B. Rogers
    
    
63. Songs my mother taught me (Als die alte Mutter), song for voice & piano (Gypsy Melodies), B. 104/4 (Op. 55/4)
    Composed by Antonin Dvorak
    with Frank St. Leger, Dame Nellie Melba
    Conducted by Walter B. Rogers
    
    

Nellie Melba: The Complete Victor Recordings (1907-1916),Charles Gilibert,Luigi Arditi,Hermann Bemberg,Felice Blangini,Gustave Charpentier,Claude Debussy,Gaetano Donizetti,Antonin Dvorak,Stephen Foster,Charles Gounod,Reynaldo Hahn,George Frideric Handel,Edouard Lalo,Hans Ulrich Lehmann,Jules Massenet,Miller,Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart,Giacomo Puccini,Sir Landon Ronald,Alicia Ann Scott,Ambroise Thomas,Paolo Tosti,Irish Traditional,Scottish Traditional,Giuseppe Verdi,George Walker,Paul Wetzger,Clarence Cameron White,Walter B. Rogers,Charles K. North,John Lemmone,Ada Sassoli,Dame Nellie Melba,Frank St. Leger,Gabriel Lapierre,Enrico Caruso,Jan Kubelík,Romophone,20th/21st Century Music for Voice and Keyboard,Art Song (General),Chamber,Choral,Flute Solo/Sonata,French Romantic Opera,German/Austrian Classical Period Opera,Italian Romantic Opera,Miscellaneous,Miscellaneous Music

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Average customer rating: Just one omission Prima Donna Assoluta In a class by herself Only One Melba

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Tracks:

1. Rigoletto: Caro Name
2. La Boheme: Si. Mi Chiamano Mimi
3. La Boheme: O Soave Fanciulla - Nellie Melba/Enrico Caruso
4. Tosca: Vissi D'arte
5. Faust: Air Des Bijoux: Ah! Je Ris De Me Voir Si Belle
6. La Traviata: Ah! Fors' E Lui... Sempre Libera
7. La Boheme: Donde Lieta Usci Al Tuo Grido D'amore
8. Good-Bye
9. La Serenata - Nellie Melba/Ada Sassoli
10. Per Valli, Per Boschi - Nellie Melba/Charles Gilibert
11. Un Ange Est Venu - Nellie Melba/Charles Gilibert
12. Si Mes Vers Avaient Des Ailes - Nellie Melba/Ada Sassoli
13. Le Nozze Di Figaro: Voi Che Sapete
14. Hamlet: Mad Scene, Part 1: A Vos Jeux, Mes Amis, Permettez-Moi De Grace
15. Hamlet: Mad Scene, Part 2: Pale Et Blonde, Dort Sous L'eau Profonde
16. Se Seran Rose
17. Lucia De Lammermoor: Mad Scene: Alfin Son Tua - Nellie Melba/Charles K. North
18. Lo! Here The Gentle Lark - Nellie Melba/Charles K. North
19. Il Pensieroso: Sweet Bird - Nellie Melba/Charles K. North
20. Mattinata

Tracks:

1. En Sourdine
2. Down In The Forest
3. The White Sea Mist
4. D'une Prison
5. Believe Me, If All Those Endearing Young Charms
6. Otello: Willow Song: Piangea Cantando Nell'Erma Landa
7. Otello: Ave Maria, Piena Di Grazia
8. La Boheme: Donde Lieta Usci Al Tuo Grido D'amore
9. O Lovely Night
10. Ye Banks And Braes O' Bonnie Doon
11. La Boheme: Mi Chiamano Mimi
12. La Boheme: Donde Lieta Usci Al Tuo Grido D'amore
13. La Traviata: Ah! Fors' E Lui...Follie, Follie!...Sempre Libera
14. Lo! Here The Gentle Lark - Nellie Melba/John Lemmone
15. Le Nozze Figaro: Voi Che Sapete
16. Se Saran Rose
17. Faust: Air Des Bijoux: Ah! Je Ris De Me Voir Si Belle
18. Il Piensieroso: Sweet Bird - Nellie Melba/John Lemmone
19. Lucia De Lammermoor: Mad Scene: Ardon Gl'incensi - Nellie Melba/John Lemmone
20. Don Cesar De Bazan: Sevillana: A Seville, Belles Senoras
21. Hamlet: Mad Scene: Des Larmes De La Nuit

Tracks:

1. Le Roi D'ys: Aubade: Puisqu' On Ne Peut Flechir... Vainement, Ma Bien Aimee
2. Tosca: Vissi D'arte
3. Otello: Willow Song: Piangea Cantando Nell'Erma Landa
4. Otello: Ave Maria, Piena Di Grazia
5. Good-Bye
6. O Lovely Night
7. By The Brook-Idyll - Nellie Melba/John Lemmone
8. Il Re Pastore: L'amero, Saro Costante - Nellie Melba/Jan Kubelik
9. Ave Maria 'Medtation On J.S. Bach's Prld in C' - Nellie Melba/Jan Kubelik
10. Magdalen At Michael's Gate
11. Mandoline
12. Romance
13. Louise: Depuis Le Jour
14. Louise: Depuis Le Jour
15. Old Folks At Home
16. John Anderson, My Jo
17. Comin' Thro' The Rye
18. Les Anges Pleurent
19. Chant Venetien
20. Annie Laurie
21. Songs My Mother Taught Me
22. Songs My Mother Taught Me

Customer Reviews:

Just one omission.......2001-02-02

There is another recording of "Goodbye" by N.Melba on Victor 95012,released in the US in 1905.I wonder why it is not included in this "complete" Romophone release?

Prima Donna Assoluta.......1999-11-29

Just how much Nellie Melba can one take at one sitting? Judging by this set an awful lot and that is no mean achievement given the unflattering recording, and Melba's maddening habit of recording an aria again and again. Melba's singing lacks charm - judging from contemporary reports the lady could boast little of this anyway. But it has an astonishing technique, a limpid and glorious tone, and at times some indefinable but terribly moving quality. A great, great singer - in fact for my money marginally the best on record.

In a class by herself.......1999-11-23

Melba achieves perfection more often than any other singer (with the exception of Pol Plancon). Her phrases, her high notes, her ritardandi are beyond conventional emotion and beauty. There is something almost otherworldly in her best moments. In the grand Puccini arias, she seems at first too cool, too controlled. But you soon notice her supreme artistry as well as the fire, the sheer physical force just beneath the utterly smooth surface. In fact, she is sometimes more explosive, more dramatic, than the great Callas herself. And she gives so much of herself! In the Boheme arias, her generosity is perhaps most apparent. In marveling at one perfect top note after another, one almost does not realize how cohesive she can make the pieces seem, how architectural and intelligent her approach is.

Only One Melba.......1999-02-12

That was certainly Dame Nellie's assessment of herself, and she must have been something. Yes, both Peach Melba and Melba toast are named after her, and yes, she was worshipped. Even such a curmudgeon as Bernard Shaw could appreciate her greatness. Puccini praised the fact that she sang HIS music, not "Melba-Puccini." So why, then, do her recordings not reveal to us the scope of her artistry? Granted, we can marvel at the technical accomplishments (listen, for example, to the "Hamlet" mad scene, or "Sweet Bird") and occasionally catch a phrase that makes us understand what she was about, but she lacks the grandeur and opulence of Ponselle, or the tender vulnerability of Galli-Curci. It may be that Melba was, after all, an artist of the theatre, and that the cramped, primitive conditions of early recording studios simply did not inspire her to her greatest work. However, for devotees of Golden Age voices, this Romophone set is indispensible. The transfers are masterfully done, so that even those allergic to the acoustic sound of early recordings will not be bothered.

Average customer rating:

Complete Victor Recordings (1907-1916) Nellie Melba Manufacturer: Romophone ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Moore | Moore, Thomas | ( M ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Songs & Lieder | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music ASIN: B000063BQP Release Date: 1995-11-22

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3. Opera Assist
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5. Placido Domingo, Vol. 1
6. Ponchielli: La Gioconda
7. Puccini & Bellini: Arias
8. Puccini: Tosca
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