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Opera News (2/16/00) - "For too many years this fine stalwart...at the Met ...has been given short shrift .... the recordings on this CD... among Merrill's earliest show that [he] could project great elegance through his voice and his style..."
REVIEWS:
Opera News (2/16/00) - "For too many years this fine stalwart...at the Met ...has been given short shrift .... the recordings on this CD... among Merrill's earliest show that [he] could project great elegance through his voice and his style..." Read less
Works on This Recording
1.
Hérodiade: Vision fugitive by Jules Massenet
Performer:
Robert Merrill (Baritone)
Conductor:
Jean Paul Morel
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1881; France
Date of Recording: 05/21/1946
Length: 4 Minutes 24 Secs.
Language: French
2.
Hamlet: O vin dissipe la tristesse by Ambroise Thomas
Performer:
Robert Merrill (Baritone)
Conductor:
Jean Paul Morel
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1868; France
Date of Recording: 05/21/1946
Length: 4 Minutes 29 Secs.
Language: French
3.
L'Africaine: Adamastor, roi des vagues by Giacomo Meyerbeer
Performer:
Robert Merrill (Baritone)
Conductor:
Jean Paul Morel
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1865; France
Date of Recording: 05/28/1946
Length: 4 Minutes 19 Secs.
Language: Italian
4.
Carmen: Votre toast je peu vous le rendre "Toreador Song" by Georges Bizet
Performer:
Robert Merrill (Baritone)
Conductor:
Erich Leinsdorf
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Orchestra,
Chorus
Period: Romantic
Written: 1873-1874; France
Date of Recording: 05/29/1946
Length: 4 Minutes 23 Secs.
Language: French
Notes: Composition written: France (1873 - 1874).
5.
La traviata: Di Provenza il mar by Giuseppe Verdi
Performer:
Robert Merrill (Baritone)
Conductor:
Jean Paul Morel
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1853; Italy
Date of Recording: 05/21/1946
Length: 4 Minutes 18 Secs.
Language: Italian
6.
Andrea Chénier: Nemico della patria by Umberto Giordano
Performer:
Robert Merrill (Baritone)
Conductor:
Jean Paul Morel
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1896; Italy
Date of Recording: 05/28/1946
Length: 4 Minutes 30 Secs.
Language: Italian
7.
Brooklyn Baseball Cantata by George Kleinsinger
Performer:
Robert Merrill (Baritone)
Conductor:
Russ Case
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Orchestra,
Chorus
Period: 20th Century
Date of Recording: 12/20/1947
Length: 12 Minutes 21 Secs.
Language: English
8.
Jonah and the whale by Traditional
Performer:
Robert Merrill (Baritone)
Conductor:
Russ Case
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Orchestra
Written: USA
Date of Recording: 02/21/1947
Length: 2 Minutes 54 Secs.
Language: English
Notes: Arranged: MacGimsey
9.
Juanita by Traditional
Performer:
Robert Merrill (Baritone)
Conductor:
Spitalny,
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Orchestra
Written: Spain
Date of Recording: 01/02/1946
Length: 3 Minutes 30 Secs.
Language: English
Notes: Arranged: May
10.
Shadrack by Traditional
Performer:
Robert Merrill (Baritone)
Conductor:
Russ Case
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Orchestra
Written: USA
Date of Recording: 11/20/1947
Length: 2 Minutes 37 Secs.
Language: English
Notes: Arranged: MacGimsey
11.
Down to the rivah by Traditional
Performer:
Robert Merrill (Baritone)
Conductor:
Russ Case
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Orchestra
Written: USA
Date of Recording: 02/21/1947
Length: 2 Minutes 39 Secs.
Language: English
Notes: Arranged: MacGimsey
12.
The Three Musketeers: Ma belle by Rudolf Friml
Performer:
Robert Merrill (Baritone)
Conductor:
Spitalny,
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Orchestra
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1928; USA
Date of Recording: 01/02/1946
Length: 3 Minutes 31 Secs.
Language: English
13.
Drink to me only with thine eyes by Traditional
Performer:
Robert Merrill (Baritone)
Conductor:
Spitalny,
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Orchestra
Written: England
Date of Recording: 01/02/1946
Length: 3 Minutes 40 Secs.
Language: English
14.
Zazà: Zazà, piccola zingara by Ruggero Leoncavallo
Performer:
Robert Merrill (Baritone)
Conductor:
Jean Paul Morel
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1900; Italy
Date of Recording: 12/03/1947
Length: 2 Minutes 27 Secs.
Language: Italian
15.
The Blind Ploughman by Richard Coningsby Clarke
Performer:
Leila Edwards (Piano),
Robert Merrill (Baritone)
Period: Romantic
Written: England
Date of Recording: 03/11/1947
Length: 2 Minutes 14 Secs.
Language: English
16.
In the Gloaming by Annie Fortescue Harrison
Performer:
Robert Merrill (Baritone)
Conductor:
Spitalny,
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1876; England
Date of Recording: 01/02/1946
Length: 3 Minutes 40 Secs.
Language: English
17.
Invictus by Bruno Huhn
Performer:
Leila Edwards (Piano),
Robert Merrill (Baritone)
Period: 20th Century
Date of Recording: 11/03/1947
Length: 2 Minutes 18 Secs.
Language: English
18.
Il barbiere di Siviglia: Largo al factotum by Gioachino Rossini
Performer:
Robert Merrill (Baritone)
Conductor:
Jean Paul Morel
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1816; Italy
Date of Recording: 03/12/1947
Length: 4 Minutes 32 Secs.
Language: Italian
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