Notes and Editorial Reviews
Florence Easton (1882-1955) claims a place of honor in the annals of opera. Few sopranos have sung a wider range of repertoire. Only a handful can match her uncompromising musicianship. None surpasses her ability to learn a role and perform it within hours. And yet, although colleagues and critics alike esteemed her artistry, few today rank Easton among the vocal elite. Perhaps she was a singer's singer: a consummate professional who one could count on for a faultless performance and yet, remains forgotten. This two-CD set, with notes by Robert Baxter, pays tribute to an indispensable hero of the Met whose artistry deserves remembering.
Florence Easton (1882-1955) claims a place of honor in the annals of opera. Few sopranos have sung a wider range of repertoire. Only a handful can match her uncompromising musicianship. None surpasses her ability to learn a role and perform it within hours. And yet, although colleagues and critics alike esteemed her artistry, few today rank Easton among the vocal elite. Perhaps she was a singer's singer: a consummate professional who one could count on for a faultless performance and yet, remains forgotten. This two-CD set, with notes by Robert Baxter, pays tribute to an indispensable hero of the Met whose artistry deserves remembering. Read less
Works on This Recording
1.
La forza del destino: Pace, pace, mio Dio by Giuseppe Verdi
Performer:
Florence Easton (Soprano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1862/1869; Italy
Date of Recording: c1918
2.
Mignon: Connais-tu le pays? by Ambroise Thomas
Performer:
Florence Easton (Soprano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1866; France
Date of Recording: October 1922
3.
Faust: Il était temps...O nuit étends sur eux by Charles Gounod
Performer:
Florence Easton (Soprano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1859; France
Date of Recording: October 1922
4.
Faust: Ah! je ris de me voir si belle "Jewel Song" by Charles Gounod
Performer:
Florence Easton (Soprano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1859; France
Date of Recording: May 1921
5.
Carmen: L'amour est un oiseau rebelle "Habañera" by Georges Bizet
Performer:
Florence Easton (Soprano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1873-1874; France
Date of Recording: January 1922
6.
Carmen: Je dis que rien ne m'épouvante "Micaëla's Aria" by Georges Bizet
Performer:
Florence Easton (Soprano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1873-1874; France
Date of Recording: January 1922
7.
Hérodiade: Il est doux, il est bon by Jules Massenet
Performer:
Florence Easton (Soprano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1881; France
Date of Recording: c1918
8.
I Pagliacci: Qual fiamma avea nel guardo by Ruggero Leoncavallo
Performer:
Florence Easton (Soprano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1892; Italy
Date of Recording: March 1922
9.
La Bohème: O soave fanciulla by Giacomo Puccini
Performer:
Giulio Crimi (Tenor),
Florence Easton (Soprano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1896; Italy
Date of Recording: c1918
10.
La Bohème: Donde lieta uscì by Giacomo Puccini
Performer:
Florence Easton (Soprano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1896; Italy
Date of Recording: December 1921
11.
Tosca: Vissi d'arte, vissi d'amore by Giacomo Puccini
Performer:
Florence Easton (Soprano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1900; Italy
Date of Recording: May 1921
12.
Madama Butterfly: Un bel dì vedremo by Giacomo Puccini
Performer:
Florence Easton (Soprano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1904; Italy
Date of Recording: May 1921
13.
Madama Butterfly: Con onor muore by Giacomo Puccini
Performer:
Florence Easton (Soprano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1904; Italy
Date of Recording: c1918
14.
Gianni Schicchi: O mio babbino caro by Giacomo Puccini
Performer:
Florence Easton (Soprano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1918; Italy
Date of Recording: c1918
15.
Sadko: no 4, Song of the Indian Guest by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Performer:
Florence Easton (Soprano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1894-1896; Russia
Date of Recording: February 1922
16.
Snow Maiden: Clouds plotted with thunder by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Performer:
Florence Easton (Soprano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1880/1895; Russia
Date of Recording: February 1922
17.
El céfiro by Traditional
Performer:
Florence Easton (Soprano)
Written: Mexico
Date of Recording: December 1922
18.
Preguntales a las estrellas by Traditional
Performer:
Florence Easton (Soprano)
Written: Mexico
Date of Recording: December 1922
19.
Lieder (143), Op. 326: no 27, Stille wie die Nacht by Carl Böhm
Performer:
Florence Easton (Soprano)
Period: Romantic
Written: by 1913; Germany
Date of Recording: October 1922
20.
Three Green Bonnets by D'Hardelot
Performer:
Florence Easton (Soprano)
Date of Recording: c1918
21.
Sing me to sleep by Maurice Greene
Performer:
Frederic Fradkin (Violin),
Florence Easton (Soprano)
Period: Baroque
Written: England
Date of Recording: June 13, 1924
22.
Over the Hills by Frederick K. Logan
Performer:
Florence Easton (Soprano)
Date of Recording: June 12, 1924
23.
Lohengrin: Einsam in trüben Tagen "Elsa's dream" by Richard Wagner
Performer:
Florence Easton (Soprano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1847; Germany
Date of Recording: October 24, 1928
24.
Tannhäuser: Allmächt'ge Jungfrau "Elisabeth's Prayer" by Richard Wagner
Performer:
Florence Easton (Soprano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1845/1861; Germany
Date of Recording: October 24, 1928
25.
La traviata: Parigi, o cara by Giuseppe Verdi
Performer:
Mario Chamlee (Tenor),
Florence Easton (Soprano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1853; Italy
Date of Recording: October 8, 1928
26.
Hérodiade: Il est doux, il est bon by Jules Massenet
Performer:
Florence Easton (Soprano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1881; France
Date of Recording: October 10, 1928
27.
Cavalleria Rusticana: Voi lo sapete, o Mamma by Pietro Mascagni
Performer:
Florence Easton (Soprano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1890; Italy
Date of Recording: October 3, 1928
28.
La Bohème: Si, mi chiamano Mimì by Giacomo Puccini
Performer:
Florence Easton (Soprano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1896; Italy
Date of Recording: October 3, 1928
29.
Madama Butterfly: Un bel dì vedremo by Giacomo Puccini
Performer:
Florence Easton (Soprano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1904; Italy
Date of Recording: October 10, 1928
30.
Mademoiselle Modiste: Kiss me again by Victor Herbert
Performer:
Florence Easton (Soprano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1905; USA
Date of Recording: September 21, 1928
31.
Rose Marie: Indian Love Call "When I'm calling you" by Rudolf Friml
Performer:
Florence Easton (Soprano)
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1924; USA
Date of Recording: September 21, 1928
32.
My Laddie by William Armour Thayer
Performer:
Gerald Moore (Piano),
Florence Easton (Soprano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1906; USA
Date of Recording: 1933
33.
My Mother Bids Me Bind My Hair by Franz Joseph Haydn
Performer:
Gerald Moore (Piano),
Florence Easton (Soprano)
Period: Classical
Written: Austria
Date of Recording: 1933
34.
Zigeunermelodien (7), Op. 55: no 4, Als die alte Mutter by Antonín Dvorák
Performer:
Gerald Moore (Piano),
Florence Easton (Soprano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1880; Bohemia
Date of Recording: 1933
35.
Ich bin eine Harfe by Wolff,
Performer:
Gerald Moore (Piano),
Florence Easton (Soprano)
Date of Recording: 1933
36.
Alle Dinge haben Sprache by Wolff,
Performer:
Gerald Moore (Piano),
Florence Easton (Soprano)
Date of Recording: 1933
37.
Italienisches Liederbuch: Hat dich die Liebe berüht by Joseph Marx
Performer:
Gerald Moore (Piano),
Florence Easton (Soprano)
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1907-1911; Germany
Date of Recording: 1933
38.
L'honestà negli amori: Già il sole dal Gange by Alessandro Scarlatti
Performer:
Lester Hodges (Piano),
Florence Easton (Soprano)
Period: Baroque
Written: 1680; Rome, Italy
Date of Recording: July 13, 1939
Venue: Juilliard School of Music, New York
39.
Lungi dal caro bene by Antonio Secchi
Performer:
Lester Hodges (Piano),
Florence Easton (Soprano)
Date of Recording: July 13, 1939
Venue: Juilliard School of Music, New York
40.
Myrthen, Op. 25: no 3, Der Nussbaum by Robert Schumann
Performer:
Lester Hodges (Piano),
Florence Easton (Soprano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1840; Germany
Date of Recording: July 13, 1939
Venue: Juilliard School of Music, New York
41.
Myrthen, Op. 25: no 1, Widmung by Robert Schumann
Performer:
Lester Hodges (Piano),
Florence Easton (Soprano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1840; Germany
Date of Recording: July 13, 1939
Venue: Juilliard School of Music, New York
42.
Songs (5), Op. 105: no 4, Auf dem Kirchhofe by Johannes Brahms
Performer:
Lester Hodges (Piano),
Florence Easton (Soprano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1886; Austria
Date of Recording: July 13, 1939
Venue: Juilliard School of Music, New York
43.
Songs (4), Op. 96: no 1, Der Tod, das ist die kühle Nacht by Johannes Brahms
Performer:
Lester Hodges (Piano),
Florence Easton (Soprano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1884; Austria
Date of Recording: July 13, 1939
Venue: Juilliard School of Music, New York
44.
Lieder (5), Op. 48: no 2, Ich schwebe wie auf Engelsschwingen by Richard Strauss
Performer:
Lester Hodges (Piano),
Florence Easton (Soprano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1900; Germany
Date of Recording: July 13, 1939
Venue: Juilliard School of Music, New York
45.
Schlichte Weisen (5), Op. 21: no 2, Du meines Herzens Krönelein by Richard Strauss
Performer:
Lester Hodges (Piano),
Florence Easton (Soprano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1887-1888; Germany
Date of Recording: July 13, 1939
Venue: Juilliard School of Music, New York
46.
Die Legende von der heiligen Elisabeth, S 2: No peace to us is given by Franz Liszt
Performer:
Karl Fritz (Piano),
Florence Easton (Soprano)
Date of Recording: February 10, 1940
Venue: New York
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