PUCCINI: Mi chiamano Mimí (segment)
GOMES: Romanza: Come serenamente il mar from the opera O Éscravo (segment)
LEHMANN: The Cuckoo (segment)
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CD 144
Bidú Sayão, Lyric Soprano
Vol. 1
The Unrivaled Lyric Soprano in Never-Before-Published Live Radio Performances
Donald Voorhees conducting the Bell Telephone Orchestra (tracks: 2, 3, 10-16, 18-20, 22-24) / Gaetano Merola conducting the San Francisco Opera Orchestra (The Standard Hour) (tracks 4-7) / Joseph Stopak conducting the NBC Orchestra (track 8) / Paul Breisach conducting the San Francisco Opera Orchestra (track 9) / Howard Barlow conducting the Voice of Firestone Orchestra (track 17) / Howard Barlow conducting the Armed Forces Orchestra (track 21)
1. Conductor Donald Voorhees introduces Bidú Sayão
MOZART: From the Opera
Le nozze di Figaro
2. Voi che sapete
(10 February, 1947)
3. Deh vieni, non tardar
(23 May, 1949)
4. ROSSINI: Mathilde’s Romanza from the opera Guillaume Tell
(1 January, 1950)
PUCCINI: Three arias from the opera La Bohéme
5. Mi chiamano Mimí
(10 December, 1947)
6. Addio, senza rancor
(10 December, 1947)
7. Oh! come é bello e morbido
(10 December, 1947)
8. GOMES: Romanza: Come serenamente il mar
from the opera O Éscravo
(29 April, 1940)
9. GOUNOD: Je veux vivre from the opera Romeo et Juliette
(2 November, 1947)
10. DELIBES: Les filles de Cadix
(28 August, 1944)
11. RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: The Nightingale and the Rose
(19 June, 1944)
12. SAINT-SAÉNS: The Swan
(14 September, 1953)
VILLA-LOBOS: Two Art Songs
13. Lundú da Marqueza de Santos
(1 October, 1945)
14. Nhapôpé (18 February, 1946)
15. SERRADEL: La Golondrina
(17 September,1951)
16. LEHMANN: The Cuckoo (1 October, 1945)
17. TRADITIONAL: The Last Rose of Summer. (5 February, 1945)
18. HUGHES: Hey Diddle Diddle
(19 June, 1944)
19. CHARLES: When I have Sung my Songs to You. (1 October, 1945)
20. VENE: The History of Rats
(22 January, 1945)
21. SCOTTISH FOLK SONG: Turn Ye to Me, (27 August, 1945)
BERNSTEIN: Two Art Songs
22. I Hate Music
(30 September, 1946)
23. I Just Found Out Today
(18 February, 1946)
24. BAYLEY-SANDOVAL: Long, Long Ago, (19 June, 1944)
Total playing time: 75:06
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SCOTT: Think on Me
ROSSINI: Bel Raggio Lusinghier from the opera Semiramide (segment)
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CD 145
Bidú Sayão, Lyric Soprano
Vol. 2
The Supreme Lyric Soprano in Extremely Rare Live Radio Performances
Donald Voorhees conducts the Bell Telephone Hour Orchestra during radio broadcasts from New York City (Tracks: 1, 2, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14, 15, 16, 18 & 19) / Frank St. Leger conducts the Lyric Opera Orchestra during a radio broadcast from Cleveland (Track 4 & 5) / Paul Whitman conducts the Philco Symphony Orchestra during a radio broadcast from Philadelphia (Track 6) / Fritz Reiner conducts the Concert Hall Orchestra during a radio broadcast from San Francisco (Track 7) / Howard Barlow conducts the Firestone Hour Orchestra during radio broadcasts from New York City (Tracks: 3, 13, 17 & 20)
1. PERGOLESI: Tré giorni son che Nina (18 February, 1946)
2. TRAETTA: Tantin, tantino-Ma che vi costa, signor tutore
(8 May, 1950)
3. ARDITI: Il bacio (1948)
4. ROSSINI: Una voce poco fa from the opera Il Barbiere di Siviglia
(10 April, 1943)
5. ROSSINI: Bel Raggio Lusinghier from the opera Semiramide
(10 April, 1944)
6. VERDI: Ah, fors' é lui...Sempre libera from the opera La Traviata
(30 September, 1946)
7. BIZET: Micaëla’s aria: Je dis que rien ne m'épouvante from the opera Carmen (6 December, 1948)
8. MASSENET: Voyons, Manon, plus de chimères from the opera Manon (19 June, 1944)
9. PONCE: Estrellita (8 May, 1950)
10. CRIST: C'est mon ami (8 September, 1947)
11. MARTINI: Plaisir d’amour (11 September, 1950)
12. FAURÉ: Clair de lune (1 October, 1945)
13. GRIEG: The Last Springtide (1946)
14. DVOŘÁK: Songs My Mother Taught Me (20 July, 1942)
15. TRADITIONAL: Roving in the Dew (14 September, 1953)
16. SCOTT: Think on Me (30 September, 1946)
17. YOUNG: The Teakettle Song (1946)
18. NILES: Go Away from My Window (11 September, 1950)
19. WATTS: The Poet Sings (1946)
20. COWARD: I’ll Follow My Secret Heart (1947)
Total playing time: 71:27 |
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VERDI: “Addio del passato” (Farewell past) from La Traviata (Segment)
CHOPIN: “Volla Farfalletta” (Little Butterfly) Arrangement by Sandoval of the Etude in G-flat Major, Op. 25, No. 9
(Segment)
LEHÁR: “I Love You So” from the operetta “The Merry Widow” (6/7/1954)
(Segment)
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CD 150
Bidú Sayão, Lyric Soprano
Vol. 3
The Supreme Lyric Soprano in Never-Before-Published and Extremely Rare Live Radio Performances
With Donald Voorhees conducting the Bell Telephone Hour Orchestra
MOZART: The duet “Lá ci darem la mano” (Give Me Thy Hand)
From the opera Don Giovanni. With Giuseppe Valdengo, Baritone (2/26/1951)
VERDI: The duet “Tutte le feste al tempio” (On the blessed days)
from the opera Rigoletto. With Giuseppe Valdengo, Baritone (2/26/1951)
VERDI: “Addio del passato” (Farewell past) from La Traviata (10/31/1949)
PUCCINI: “Un bel di, vedremo” (One good day, we will see) from the opera Madama Butterfly (11/17/1952)
THOMAS: “Connais-tu le pays” (Do You Know the Land) from the opera Mignon (6/1/1953)
CHOPIN: “Tristesse” (Sadness) Arrangement by Marx of the Etude in E Major, Op. 10, No. 3
((6/7/1954)
CHOPIN: “Volla Farfalletta” (Little Butterfly) Arrangement by Sandoval of the Etude in G-flat Major, Op. 25, No. 9 (4/20/1946)
HAHN: “Si mes vers avaient des ailes” (If My Songs Had Wings) (5/23/1949)
FRENCH TRADITIONAL: “Maman, dites moi” (Mother, Please Explain) (Arrangement by Weckerlin)
(6/1/1953)
FONTENAILLES: “Obstination” (Steadfast) (3/24/1952)
MARX: “Senhorinha Brasiliera” (A Brazilian Lady) (3/24/1952)
VILLA-LOBOS: Selections from the “Forest of the Amazon” (1957)
“Cair da Tarde” (Twilight Song)
“Veleiros” (Sails)
“Tarde Azul” (Blue Dusk)
“Os Indios á Procura del Moç” (Indians in Search of a Girl)
“Canção de Amor” (Love Song)
LONGAS: “El Piropo” (The Amorous Compliment) (1/3/1948)
SANDOVAL: “Mi Ranchito” (My Little Ranch) (6/1/1953)
SANDOVAL: “Eres tú” (You are) (9/17/1951)
OBRADORS: “Del Cabello Más Sutil” (Of the Softest Hair) (4/20/1946)
BRAGA: Engenho Novo (The New Engine) (6/7/1954)
SALTA: “Till the Sandman Comes” (6/1/1953)
YOUNG: “Mountain Girl’s Lament” (1/2/1948)
BLAND: “Carry Me Back to Old Virginny” (5/23/1949)
LEHÁR: “I Love You So” from the operetta “The Merry Widow” (6/7/1954)
Total Playing Time: 64:46
Price: $13.50 |
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LEONCAVALLO: Ballatella from the opera I Pagliacci (segment)
TURINA: CANTARES (Songs)
(segment)
LONGAS: Lavandera (The Laundress)
(Segment)
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CD 153
Bidú Sayão, Lyric Soprano
Vol. 4
The Supreme Lyric Soprano in Never-Before-Published and long-out-of-print studio recordings.
Donald Voorhees conducts the Bell Telephone Hour Orchestra
Tracks:1, 3-6, 11, 15, 17-20
Orchestra conducted by Wilfred Pelletier
Tracks: 2, 12-14, 16
With Milne Chernley, Piano
Tracks: 7-10
1. PUCCINI: Musetta’s Waltz from the opera La Bohème
(9/8/1947)
2. VERDI: Caro Nome (Dearest Name) from the opera Rigoletto
(1938) LP
3. LEONCAVALLO: Ballatella from the opera I Pagliacci
(9/6/1948)
4. GOUNOD: Le roi de Thule & Air des Bijous (The King of Thul & Jewel Song)
from the Opera Faust
(6/9/1947)
5. MASSENET: Adieu notre petit Table (Goodbye our little Table) from the opera Manon
(6/7/1954)
6. MASSENET: Gavotte from the opera Manon
(10/31/1949)
7. AUBER: L’éclat de rire (Laughing Aria) from the opera Manon Lescaut
(1938)
8. BARROSO: Para Ninar (Lullaby)
(1939)
9. CAMPRA: Chanson de Papillon (Song of the Butterfly) (1939)
10. BUZZI-PECCIA: La Bella Colombetta- Serenata Veneziana
(1939)
11. TURINA: CANTARES (Songs)
(9/11/1950)
12. COSTA: Canto da Saudade (Song of Longing)
(1940)
13. COSTA-SALUSSE: Cysnes (Swans)
(1938)
14. LONGAS: Lavandera (The Laundress)
(1938)
15. DUKE: The Bird
(9/8/1947)
16. CAREY: A Spring Morning
(1938)
17. DOUGHERTY: Sonatina (A comical work portraying an reluctant and not quite advance young piano student) (9/6/1948)
18. DOUGHERTY: The Children’s Letter
(10/31/1949)
19. SEAVER: Just for Today
(9/17/1951)
20. ROMBERG: New Moon, Lover, Come Back to Me
(6/1/1953)
Total playing time: 72:11 |
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