VOCAL RECORD COLLECTORS' SOCIETY 2017 ANNUAL ISSUE

Add in biographies of the singers and record information (dates, side length, matrix and catalog numbers, etc), and you have all the makings of a fine collectors' get together, save for the lack of effervescent comments ("Listen to what he does with those A-flats on 'Pridi'!"...

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Published inFanfare (Tenafly, N.J.) Vol. 42; no. 6; pp. 400 - 402
Main Author Brenesal, Barry
Format Magazine Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Tenafly Fanfare, Inc 01.07.2019
Subjects
Classical music
Collectors
Musical recordings
Musicians & conductors
Opera
Piano music
Singers
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Summary:Add in biographies of the singers and record information (dates, side length, matrix and catalog numbers, etc), and you have all the makings of a fine collectors' get together, save for the lack of effervescent comments ("Listen to what he does with those A-flats on 'Pridi'!"). Another highlight is Lucine Amara (the best Musetta on record, in one of my two favorite Bohemes) with a pair of selections transcribed from a 1956 Bell Telephone Hour off NBC: a perfectly even version of Grieg's Ein Traum, and a shaded, beautifully enunciated The Bonnie Banks o' Loch Lomond. If you aren't aware of the VRCS's annual series but enjoy sampling the rarer side of vintage operatic and song transfers from extensive collections, you should seriously consider this, their 2017 release (the latest from them, by the way), for purchase from Norbeck, Peters & Ford (norpete.com).
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ISSN:0148-9364