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Release Date: 12/18/2001 Label: Preiser Records Catalog #: 89547 Spars Code: AAD Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Richard Wagner, Giuseppe Verdi, Johannes Brahms, Louis Spohr, Percy Kahn, James L. Molloy, Gioachino Rossini, William Vincent Wallace, Carl Maria von Weber Performer: Florence Austral, Walter Widdop, Göta Ljungberg, Percy Kahn Conductor: Sir John Barbirolli, Carlo Sabajno, Albert Coates, Lawrence Collingwood Orchestra/Ensemble: Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra, Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra
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| Florence Austral (her real name was Florence Wilson) was born in Richmond, a suburb of Nellie Melba's hometown of Melbourne. Her voice was discovered at an early age and she received professional training at the Melbourne Conservatory. At twenty she studied with the Viennese soprano Elise Wiedermann and in 1918 she went to New York to study with Gabriele Sibella. She was offered a contract at the MET but turned it down and went to London instead where she sang Brunnhilde with the British National Opera. She was fortunate in that her career started at the top without the arduous but instructive years spent in provincial theaters. "In the early Twenties Florence Austral was the most important recording artist we had, thanks to the beauty, power and compass of her voice," said Fred Gaisberg from HMV with whom Austral had an exclusive contract. To such well authorized praise one might add that despite its great volume, the voice was steady and well focused. Until the end it never lost its inner tension and there were no signs of wobble. The fact that she never pushed her voice let her survive the dramatic repertory with hardly any damage. Austral's recordings show her in her prime. Her intonation is perfect and her vocal style is remarkably clear, almost instrumental, but the beauty of her timbre and her warm phrasing never made her interpretations seem cold or uninvolved. Even though her top, which could cut through a full orchestra like a laser beam, might not have been ideally represented in her acoustic recordings, one can imagine the effect her high notes must have created in the opera house. | |||||
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Le nozze di Figaro, K 492: Porgi, amor, qualche ristoro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | ||||
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Performer:
Florence Austral (Soprano)
Conductor: Sir John Barbirolli Orchestra/Ensemble: Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra Period: Classical Written: 1786; Vienna, Austria |
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Date of Recording: 1928 Length: 4 Minutes 0 Secs. Language: Italian |
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Der fliegende Holländer: Jo-ho-joe! Trafft ihr das Schiff by Richard Wagner | ||||
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Performer:
Florence Austral (Soprano)
Conductor: Sir John Barbirolli Orchestra/Ensemble: Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra Period: Romantic Written: 1841/1852; Germany |
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Date of Recording: 1928 Length: 4 Minutes 28 Secs. Language: English |
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Aida: Ritorna vincitor! by Giuseppe Verdi | ||||
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Performer:
Florence Austral (Soprano)
Conductor: Carlo Sabajno Orchestra/Ensemble: Orchestra Period: Romantic Written: 1871; Italy |
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Date of Recording: 1927 Length: 5 Minutes 50 Secs. Language: Italian |
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Götterdämmerung: Zu neuen Thaten, theurer Helde! by Richard Wagner | ||||
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Performer:
Florence Austral (Soprano),
Walter Widdop (Tenor)
Conductor: Albert Coates Orchestra/Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra Period: Romantic Written: 1874; Germany |
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Date of Recording: 1928 Length: 8 Minutes 35 Secs. Language: German |
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Götterdämmerung: Immolation by Richard Wagner | ||||
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Performer:
Göta Ljungberg (Soprano),
Florence Austral (Soprano)
Conductor: Albert Coates Orchestra/Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra Period: Romantic Written: 1861-1874; Germany |
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Date of Recording: 1927 Length: 18 Minutes 9 Secs. Language: German |
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German Requiem, Op. 45: Ihr habt nun Traurigkeit by Johannes Brahms | ||||
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Performer:
Florence Austral (Soprano)
Conductor: Sir John Barbirolli Orchestra/Ensemble: Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra Period: Romantic Written: 1854-1868; Austria |
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Date of Recording: 1928 Length: 7 Minutes 33 Secs. Language: English |
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Zemire und Azor: Ros wie bist du reizend und mild by Louis Spohr | ||||
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Performer:
Florence Austral (Soprano)
Conductor: Lawrence Collingwood Orchestra/Ensemble: Orchestra Period: Romantic Written: 1818-1819; Frankfurt, Germany |
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Date of Recording: 1930 Length: 3 Minutes 20 Secs. Language: English |
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Ave Maria by Percy Kahn | ||||
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Performer:
Florence Austral (Soprano),
Percy Kahn (Piano)
Period: Romantic |
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Date of Recording: 1927 Length: 3 Minutes 46 Secs. Language: Latin |
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Love's Old Sweet Song by James L. Molloy | ||||
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Performer:
Florence Austral (Soprano)
Conductor: Lawrence Collingwood Orchestra/Ensemble: Orchestra Period: Romantic Written: England |
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Date of Recording: 1930 Length: 3 Minutes 49 Secs. Language: English |
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Stabat mater: Inflammatus et accensus by Gioachino Rossini | ||||
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Performer:
Florence Austral (Soprano)
Conductor: Sir John Barbirolli Orchestra/Ensemble: Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra Period: Romantic Written: 1832/1842; Italy |
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Date of Recording: 1928 Length: 4 Minutes 30 Secs. Language: Latin |
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Maritana: Scenes that are brightest by William Vincent Wallace | ||||
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Performer:
Florence Austral (Soprano)
Conductor: Lawrence Collingwood Orchestra/Ensemble: Orchestra Period: Romantic Written: 1845; London, England |
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Date of Recording: 1930 Length: 3 Minutes 12 Secs. Language: English |
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Oberon, J 306: Ozean! du Ungeheuer by Carl Maria von Weber | ||||
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Performer:
Florence Austral (Soprano)
Conductor: Sir John Barbirolli Orchestra/Ensemble: Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra Period: Romantic Written: 1825-1826; Dresden, Germany |
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Date of Recording: 1928 Length: 8 Minutes 28 Secs. Language: English |
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