Anna Moffo: The Complete RCA Recital Albums

~ Release by Anna Moffo (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Tracklist

1▶CD: Arias from Faust, La bohème, Dinorah, Carmen, Semiramide, Turandot, Lakmé
2▶CD: The Dream Duet: Anna Moffo / Sergio Franchi
3▶CD: A Verdi Collaboration
4▶CD: A Portrait of Manon (1)
5▶CD: A Portrait of Manon (2)
6▶CD: The Great Moments From Die Fledermaus
7▼CD: One Night of Love
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1One Night of Love: “One Night of Love”
soprano vocals:
Anna Moffo (soprano)
orchestra:
RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
Skitch Henderson
recording of:
One Night of Love: "One Night of Love"
lyricist:
Gus Kahn
composer:
Victor Schertzinger
3:22
2Love Me Tonight: “Lover”
soprano vocals:
Anna Moffo (soprano)
orchestra:
RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
Skitch Henderson
recording of:
Lover
lyricist:
Lorenz Hart (in 1932)
composer:
Richard Rodgers (composer) (in 1932)
publisher:
Famous Chappell and Famous Music Corporation (renamed since 2007‐05 as Sony/ATV Harmony/Melody)
3:10
3Carousel: “If I Loved You”
soprano vocals:
Anna Moffo (soprano)
orchestra:
RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
Skitch Henderson
recording of:
If I Loved You (Carousel)
lyricist:
Oscar Hammerstein II (of Rodgers & Hammerstein)
composer:
Richard Rodgers (composer)
publisher:
Williamson Music Company and Williamson Music, Inc.
part of:
Carousel (Rodgers & Hammerstein musical)
3:14
4Naughty Marietta: “Italian Street Song”
soprano vocals:
Anna Moffo (soprano)
orchestra:
RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
Skitch Henderson
recording of:
Naughty Marietta: Act I. Italian Street Song (Marietta, Chorus)
lyricist:
Rida Johnson Young
composer:
Victor Herbert (American composer)
part of:
Naughty Marietta: Act I
2:11
5Mlle. Modiste: “Kiss Me Again”
soprano vocals:
Anna Moffo (soprano)
orchestra:
RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
Skitch Henderson
recording of:
Mlle. Modiste: Act I. "Kiss Me Again" (Fifi)
lyricist:
Henry Blossom
composer:
Victor Herbert (American composer)
publisher:
M. Witmark & Sons
part of:
Mlle. Modiste
3:35
6The Merry Widow: “Vilia”
soprano vocals:
Anna Moffo (soprano)
orchestra:
RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
Skitch Henderson
recording of:
The Merry Widow: Vilia
lyricist:
Victor Léon (librettist) and Leo Stein
composer:
Franz Lehár (composer)
translator:
Adrian Ross (lyricist)
part of:
The Merry Widow (English lyrics by Adrian Ross)
3:47
7The Boys From Syracuse: “Falling in Love With Love”
soprano vocals:
Anna Moffo (soprano)
orchestra:
RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
Skitch Henderson
recording of:
Falling in Love With Love
lyricist:
Lorenz Hart (in 1938)
composer:
Richard Rodgers (composer) (in 1938)
publisher:
Chappell & Co. and Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA)
part of:
The Boys From Syracuse
part of:
The Real Book (compilation of jazz standards, volume I)
4:07
8The King Steps Out: “Stars in My Eyes”
soprano vocals:
Anna Moffo (soprano)
orchestra:
RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
Skitch Henderson
recording of:
Stars in My Eyes (from the Columbia picture ‘The King Steps Out’)
lyricist:
Dorothy Fields (American librettist and lyricist)
composer:
Fritz Kreisler (Austrian‐American violinist and composer)
2:56
9Song of Norway: “Strange Music”
soprano vocals:
Anna Moffo (soprano)
orchestra:
RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
Skitch Henderson
recording of:
Song of Norway: Strange Music
lyricist:
George Forrest (American composer and lyricist) and Robert Wright (US stage & screen composer & lyricist)
composer:
George Forrest (American composer and lyricist), Edvard Grieg (composer) and Robert Wright (US stage & screen composer & lyricist)
publisher:
Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA)
is based on:
Lyriske stykker, hefte V, op. 54: No. 4: Notturno (Lyric Pieces, Book V, op. 54 no. 4: Nocturne, original for piano)
is based on:
Lyriske stykker, hefte VIII, op. 65: No. 6: Bryllupsdag på Troldhaugen (Lyric Pieces, Book 8, op. 65: No. 6. Wedding Day at Troldhaugen, for piano)
part of:
Song of Norway
3:48
10Bittersweet: “I’ll See You Again”
soprano vocals:
Anna Moffo (soprano)
orchestra:
RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
Skitch Henderson
recording of:
I’ll See You Again (adapted from Bitter Sweet)
lyricist and composer:
Noël Coward
arranger:
Saint-Granier
publisher:
Chappell & Co.
arrangement of:
Bitter Sweet, Act I: I’ll See You Again
part of:
Bitter Sweet (Noel Coward operetta)
2:55
11The Kissing Bandit: “Love Is Where You Find It”
soprano vocals:
Anna Moffo (soprano)
orchestra:
RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
Skitch Henderson
recording of:
Love Is Where You Find It (from the 1948 film, “The Kissing Bandit”)
lyricist:
Earl Brent
composer:
Nacio Herb Brown (US songwriter)
2:16
12The Cocoanuts: “Always”
soprano vocals:
Anna Moffo (soprano)
orchestra:
RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
Skitch Henderson
recording of:
Always
lyricist and composer:
Irving Berlin (in 1925)
publisher:
Francis, Day & Hunter Ltd., Irving Berlin Inc. and Irving Berlin Music
2:53
8▶CD: Songs of the Auvergne / Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5 / Vocalise
9▶CD: Songs of Debussy
10▶CD: Heroines From the Great French Operas
11▶CD: Selected Arias From Her RCA Opera Recordings
12▶CD: Great Love Duets From Opera

Credits

Release group

includes:A Verdi Collaboration by Verdi (Giuseppe Verdi, Italian opera composer); Anna Moffo (soprano), Franco Ferrara, RCA Italiana Symphony (established early 1960s, from the former disbanded RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra)
Arias from Faust, La bohème, Dinorah, Carmen, Semiramide, Turandot, Lakmé by Anna Moffo (soprano), Orchestra del Teatro dell'Opera di Roma, Tullio Serafin (conductor)
Heroines From the Great French Operas by Anna Moffo (soprano), Ambrosian Opera Chorus (aka Ambrosian Opera Chorus / Ambrosian Chorus / Ambrosian Choir), Philharmonia Orchestra (London orchestra, known as New Philharmonia Orchestra from 1964–1976), Peter Maag (conductor)
One Night of Love by Anna Moffo (soprano), RCA Victor Orchestra, Skitch Henderson
Selected Arias from her RCA Opera Recordings
Songs of Debussy by Claude Debussy (French composer); Anna Moffo (soprano), Jean Casadesus (pianist)
Songs of the Auvergne / Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5 / Vocalise by Joseph Canteloube, Heitor Villa‐Lobos (Brazilian composer, conductor, cellist and classical guitarist), Сергей Васильевич Рахманинов (Sergei Rachmaninoff, Russian composer); Anna Moffo (soprano), American Symphony Orchestra, Leopold Stokowski (conductor)
The Dream Duet by Anna Moffo (soprano) / Sergio Franchi (tenor)
The Great Moments from Die Fledermaus by Johann Strauss II (Austro-German composer, „Walzerkönig“, Johann Strauss II, Sohn, Jr., the Younger, the Son); Anna Moffo (soprano), Sergio Franchi (tenor), Risë Stevens (Opera director, actress, mezzo-soprano), Jeanette Scovotti (soprano), Richard Lewis (Welsh tenor), George London (bass-baritone), John Hauxvell (baritone), Oscar Danon (conductor), Vienna State Opera Orchestra, Vienna State Opera Chorus (Wiener Staatsoper Choir)