Voi Che Sapete ('Le Nozze Di Figaro', Act II) ... Pur Dicesti ... Home Sweet Home ... Old Folks At Home ...
Batti, Batti O Bel Masetto ('Don Giovanni', Act I) ... Air Des Bijoux ('Faust', Act III) ... Air Des Bijoux
Il Bacio ... Kathleen Mavourneen ... The Last Rose Of Summer ... Ave Maria ... La Serenata ... Robin Adair ...
Home Sweet Home
Si Vous N'Avez Rien A Me Dire ... Comin' Thro' The Rye ... The Last Rose Of Summer ... The Banks Of Allan Water ...
On Parting ... 'Twas Within A Mile ... A New Year Message To Her Husband
Kathleen Mavourneen ... La Serenata ... 'Twas Within A Mile ... Casta Diva ('Norma' Act I) ...
Connais-Tu Le Pays? ('Mignon', Act I) ... Ah Non Creda Mirati ('La Sonnambula', Act III) ... La Calasera
Adelina Patti, Soprano - piano accompanied by Landon Ronald -December 1905 & (SIDE 4) Alfredo Barili -June 1906.
HMV RLS 713 2LP/1973. Initially bought @ "Orchesography" (London) circa 1975/6 - vivid transfers / No re-eq or auto de-click.
...vast mounts of intrusive Sharp clicks manually removed + various edits - thus leaving some sides pretty click-free.
28 files zip WAV (including Box/Booklet scans) MediaFire Download
A few notes on Patti recordings can be accessed from: https://web.archive.org/web/20100411232301/http://www.historicmasters.org/?page_id=125
Thank you for postng these recordings. Even in her 60s and with diminished vocal resources, it is remarkable to listen to a soprano who sang for Rossini and was much respected by Verdi.
ReplyDeleteAt the time I was taken-aback!
DeleteGetting-to-know these again the shortness of breath is apparent plus the 'similarity' of so much material - but the stand-outs, then and now, are "La Serenata" and the really wonderful "La Calasera" - both almost worth the fortnight's wage......
NB: very little interest in this so won't bother with any more..