SIX GREAT RECORDINGS : SIX GREAT SONGS AND ARIAS (2) : All 2023 restorations : Colour photos

0:00 John McCormack : Che gelida manina (La boheme : Puccini) 1910
3:57 Amelita Galli-Curci : The last rose of summer (Moore/Trad Irish) 1927
8:06 Richard Tauber : Dalla sua pace : (Don Giovanni : Mozart) 1939
12:08 Mario Lanza : Granada (Agustin Lara) 1951 Radio broadcast
15:52 Tito Schipa : Com'e gentil : (Don Pasquale : Donizetti) 1932
19:57 Feodor Chaliapin : The song of the Volga boatmen 1927
"The Last Rose of Summer" is a poem written in 1805 by the Irish poet Thomas Moore. The poem is set to a traditional tune called "Aisling an Óigfhear", ( "The Young Man's Dream") which was transcribed by Edward Bunting in 1792, based on a performance by harper Denis Hempson (Donnchadh Ó hAmhsaigh) at the Belfast Harp Festival The poem and the tune together were published in December 1813 . Friedrich von Flotow: used the song as the aria "Letzte Rose" in his opera Martha
I've created a playlist of the "Great Recordings" videos that I hope to steadily add to and if you wanted to listen to them all the link to the playlist is https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLwIuFmWuGenqvDYORPncxOSyn7Y6Vy_Zc

Видео SIX GREAT RECORDINGS : SIX GREAT SONGS AND ARIAS (2) : All 2023 restorations : Colour photos канала Michael McGrail