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PONSELLE, Rosa: American Recordings (1939, 1954)

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Label: Naxos Historical

Genre: Interview; Nostalgia; Opera; Orchestral; Vocal

Period: 20th Century; Baroque; Classical; Romantic

Catalogue No: 8.111142-44

Barcode: 0747313314225

Distribution Note(s):
Not available in the United States due to possible copyright restrictions

Release Date: 04/2008

PONSELLE, Rosa: American Recordings (1939, 1954)

Described by Maria Callas as ‘the greatest singer of us all’ and by Luciano Pavarotti as ‘the Queen of Queens in all of singing, who… almost more than any other singer, had the unique combination of voice and musical profundity to advance operatic interpretation by decades, simply by the sheer genius of her artistry…’, Rosa Ponselle was for nineteen years the leading soprano at the Metropolitan Opera. This 3 CD set includes her last studio recordings from 1939 as well as the historical sessions she made 15 years later at her home, ‘Villa Pace’, in Baltimore, when the great diva was persuaded to come out of retirement.

Tracklist

Artist details

Disc 1

Tosti, Paolo
Vacaresco, Helene - Lyricist

Si tu le voulais

Ponselle, Rosa (soprano)
Romani, Romano (piano)

1

Si tu le voulais

02:52

Ponselle, Rosa (soprano)
Romani, Romano (piano)

Fontenailles, Nicholas de
Dortzal, Jeanne - Lyricist

A l'aime

Ponselle, Rosa (soprano)
Romani, Romano (piano)

2

A l'aime

03:51

Ponselle, Rosa (soprano)
Romani, Romano (piano)

Rimsky-Korsakov, Nikolay Andreyevich
Heine, Heinrich - Lyricist
Koltsov, Aleksey Vasil'yevich - Lyricist

4 Songs, Op. 2: No. 2. The Nightingale and the Rose (Vostochniy romans: Plenivshis' rozoy, solovey)

Ponselle, Rosa (soprano)
Romani, Romano (piano)

3

4 Songs, Op. 2: No. 2. The Nightingale and the Rose (Vostochniy romans: Plenivshis' rozoy, solovey)

03:51

Ponselle, Rosa (soprano)
Romani, Romano (piano)

Charles, Ernest
Charles, Ernest - Lyricist

When I have sung my songs

Ponselle, Rosa (soprano)
Romani, Romano (piano)

4

When I have sung my songs

02:04

Ponselle, Rosa (soprano)
Romani, Romano (piano)

When I have sung my songs (unpublished take)

Ponselle, Rosa (soprano)
Romani, Romano (piano)

5

When I have sung my songs (unpublished take)

02:18

Ponselle, Rosa (soprano)
Romani, Romano (piano)

Schubert, Franz
Bible - New Testament - Lyricist

Ellens Gesang III (Ave Maria!), Op. 52, No. 6, D. 839, "Hymne an die Jungfrau" (arr. for voice, violin and piano)

Ponselle, Rosa (soprano)
Schmidt, Mischa (violin)
Romani, Romano (piano)

6

Ellens Gesang III (Ave Maria!), Op. 52, No. 6, D. 839, "Hymne an die Jungfrau" (arr. for voice, violin and piano)

05:15

Ponselle, Rosa (soprano)
Schmidt, Mischa (violin)
Romani, Romano (piano)

Arensky, Anton Stepanovich

On Wings of Dreams

Ponselle, Rosa (soprano)
Schmidt, Mischa (violin)
Romani, Romano (piano)

7

On Wings of Dreams

03:42

Ponselle, Rosa (soprano)
Schmidt, Mischa (violin)
Romani, Romano (piano)

Schubert, Franz
Storck, Philip Adam - Lyricist
Scott, Walter - Lyricist

Ellens Gesang III (Ave Maria!), Op. 52, No. 6, D. 839, "Hymne an die Jungfrau"

Ponselle, Rosa (soprano)
Romani, Romano (piano)

8

Ellens Gesang III (Ave Maria!), Op. 52, No. 6, D. 839, "Hymne an die Jungfrau"

05:09

Ponselle, Rosa (soprano)
Romani, Romano (piano)

Martini, Jean-Paul-Égide

Plaisir d'amour

Ponselle, Rosa (soprano)
Chichagov, Igor (piano)

9

Plaisir d'amour

04:02

Ponselle, Rosa (soprano)
Chichagov, Igor (piano)

Weckerlin, Jean Baptiste - Arranger

Jeune fillette (arr. J.B. Weckerlin)

Ponselle, Rosa (soprano)
Chichagov, Igor (piano)

10

Jeune fillette (arr. J.B. Weckerlin)

01:41

Ponselle, Rosa (soprano)
Chichagov, Igor (piano)

Debussy, Claude
Bourget, Paul - Lyricist

Beau soir

Ponselle, Rosa (soprano)
Chichagov, Igor (piano)

11

Beau soir

02:36

Ponselle, Rosa (soprano)
Chichagov, Igor (piano)

Delibes, Léo
Musset, Alfred de - Lyricist

Bonjour, Suzon!

Ponselle, Rosa (soprano)
Chichagov, Igor (piano)

12

Bonjour, Suzon!

02:48

Ponselle, Rosa (soprano)
Chichagov, Igor (piano)

Debussy, Claude
Louÿs, Pierre - Lyricist

3 Chansons de Bilitis: No. 2. La chevelure

Ponselle, Rosa (soprano)
Chichagov, Igor (piano)

13

3 Chansons de Bilitis: No. 2. La chevelure

03:33

Ponselle, Rosa (soprano)
Chichagov, Igor (piano)

Traditional
Traditional - Lyricist
Ross, Gertrude - Arranger

Carmela, "Carmen, Carmela"

Ponselle, Rosa (soprano)
Chichagov, Igor (piano)

14

Carmela, "Carmen, Carmela"

02:23

Ponselle, Rosa (soprano)
Chichagov, Igor (piano)

Granados, Enrique
Periquet, Fernando - Lyricist

15 Tonadillas al estilo antiguo: No. 8. El mirar de la maja

Ponselle, Rosa (soprano)
Chichagov, Igor (piano)

15

15 Tonadillas al estilo antiguo: No. 8. El mirar de la maja

03:22

Ponselle, Rosa (soprano)
Chichagov, Igor (piano)

Álvarez, Fermín María
Blasco, Eusebio - Lyricist

La Partida

Ponselle, Rosa (soprano)
Chichagov, Igor (piano)

16

La Partida

04:11

Ponselle, Rosa (soprano)
Chichagov, Igor (piano)

Paisiello, Giovanni
Palomba, Giuseppe - Lyricist

L'amor contrastato, "La molinara", Act III: Nel cor più non mi sento

Ponselle, Rosa (soprano)
Chichagov, Igor (piano)

17

L'amor contrastato, "La molinara", Act III: Nel cor più non mi sento

01:54

Ponselle, Rosa (soprano)
Chichagov, Igor (piano)

Star vicino

Ponselle, Rosa (soprano)
Chichagov, Igor (piano)

18

Star vicino

01:47

Ponselle, Rosa (soprano)
Chichagov, Igor (piano)

Tosti, Paolo
D'Annuzio, Gabriele - Lyricist

A vucchella, "Arietta di Posillipo"

Ponselle, Rosa (soprano)
Chichagov, Igor (piano)

19

A vucchella, "Arietta di Posillipo"

02:02

Ponselle, Rosa (soprano)
Chichagov, Igor (piano)

Tosti, Paolo
Errico, Carmelo - Lyricist

Ideale

Ponselle, Rosa (soprano)
Chichagov, Igor (piano)

20

Ideale

03:47

Ponselle, Rosa (soprano)
Chichagov, Igor (piano)

Tosti, Paolo
Giacomo, Salvatore di - Lyricist

Marechiare

Ponselle, Rosa (soprano)
Ponselle, Rosa (piano)

21

Marechiare

02:56

Ponselle, Rosa (soprano)
Ponselle, Rosa (piano)

Sadero, Geni

Fa la nana, bambin'

Ponselle, Rosa (soprano)
Ponselle, Rosa (piano)

22

Fa la nana, bambin'

02:47

Ponselle, Rosa (soprano)
Ponselle, Rosa (piano)

Falvo, Rodolfo
Fusco, Enzo - Lyricist

Dicitencello vuie

Ponselle, Rosa (soprano)
Ponselle, Rosa (piano)

23

Dicitencello vuie

03:22

Ponselle, Rosa (soprano)
Ponselle, Rosa (piano)

Tosti, Paolo
D'Annuzio, Gabriele - Lyricist

Could I

Ponselle, Rosa (soprano)
Chichagov, Igor (piano)

24

Could I

05:01

Ponselle, Rosa (soprano)
Chichagov, Igor (piano)

Disc 2

Lully, Jean-Baptiste
Quinault, Philippe - Lyricist

Amadis, Act II: Bois epais

Ponselle, Rosa (soprano)
Chichagov, Igor (piano)

1

Amadis, Act II: Bois epais

03:16

Ponselle, Rosa (soprano)
Chichagov, Igor (piano)

Persico, Mario
Hugo, Victor - Lyricist

Rosemonde

Ponselle, Rosa (soprano)
Chichagov, Igor (piano)

2

Rosemonde

03:30

Ponselle, Rosa (soprano)
Chichagov, Igor (piano)

Saint-Saëns, Camille
Saint-Saëns, Camille - Lyricist

Guitares et mandolines

Ponselle, Rosa (soprano)
Chichagov, Igor (piano)

3

Guitares et mandolines

01:35

Ponselle, Rosa (soprano)
Chichagov, Igor (piano)

Chausson, Ernest
Bouchor, Maurice - Lyricist

Le temps des lilas

Ponselle, Rosa (soprano)
Chichagov, Igor (piano)

4

Le temps des lilas

04:59

Ponselle, Rosa (soprano)
Chichagov, Igor (piano)

Brahms, Johannes
Traditional - Lyricist
Hölty, Ludwig Christoph Heinrich - Lyricist
Hoffmann von Fallersleben, August Heinrich - Lyricist

4 Gesänge, Op. 43: No. 1. Von ewiger Liebe

Ponselle, Rosa (soprano)
Chichagov, Igor (piano)

5

4 Gesänge, Op. 43: No. 1. Von ewiger Liebe

05:11

Ponselle, Rosa (soprano)
Chichagov, Igor (piano)

Trunk, Richard
Heine, Heinrich - Lyricist

Schichte Weisen, Op. 4: No. 5. Mir traumte von einem Konigskind

Ponselle, Rosa (soprano)
Chichagov, Igor (piano)

6

Schichte Weisen, Op. 4: No. 5. Mir traumte von einem Konigskind

03:12

Ponselle, Rosa (soprano)
Chichagov, Igor (piano)

Schubert, Franz
Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von - Lyricist

Erlkönig, Op. 1, D. 328

Ponselle, Rosa (soprano)
Chichagov, Igor (piano)

7

Erlkönig, Op. 1, D. 328

04:04

Ponselle, Rosa (soprano)
Chichagov, Igor (piano)

Beethoven, Ludwig van
Carpani, Giuseppe - Lyricist

In questa tomba oscura, WoO 133

Ponselle, Rosa (soprano)
Chichagov, Igor (piano)

8

In questa tomba oscura, WoO 133

03:26

Ponselle, Rosa (soprano)
Chichagov, Igor (piano)

Wolf-Ferrari, Ermanno
Traditional - Lyricist

4 Rispetti, Op. 12: No. 1. Quando ti vidi a quel canto apparire

Ponselle, Rosa (soprano)
Chichagov, Igor (piano)

9

4 Rispetti, Op. 12: No. 1. Quando ti vidi a quel canto apparire

01:12

Ponselle, Rosa (soprano)
Chichagov, Igor (piano)

Donaudy, Stefano
Donaudy, Alberto - Lyricist

O del mio amato ben

Ponselle, Rosa (soprano)
Chichagov, Igor (piano)

10

O del mio amato ben

04:34

Ponselle, Rosa (soprano)
Chichagov, Igor (piano)

Tosti, Paolo
Pagliara, Rocco Emanuele - Lyricist

Aprile

Ponselle, Rosa (soprano)
Chichagov, Igor (piano)

11

Aprile

03:00

Ponselle, Rosa (soprano)
Chichagov, Igor (piano)

Sadero, Geni

Amuri, Amuri

Ponselle, Rosa (soprano)
Ponselle, Rosa (piano)

12

Amuri, Amuri

04:21

Ponselle, Rosa (soprano)
Ponselle, Rosa (piano)

I battitori di grano

Ponselle, Rosa (soprano)
Chichagov, Igor (piano)

13

I battitori di grano

01:16

Ponselle, Rosa (soprano)
Chichagov, Igor (piano)

Traditional

Drink to me only with thine eyes

Ponselle, Rosa (soprano)
Chichagov, Igor (piano)

14

Drink to me only with thine eyes

03:02

Ponselle, Rosa (soprano)
Chichagov, Igor (piano)

Farley, Roland
Field, Eugene - Lyricist

The Night Wind

Ponselle, Rosa (soprano)
Chichagov, Igor (piano)

15

The Night Wind

01:41

Ponselle, Rosa (soprano)
Chichagov, Igor (piano)

Riego, Theresa del
Salmon, Arthur Leslie - Lyricist

Homing

Ponselle, Rosa (soprano)
Chichagov, Igor (piano)

16

Homing

02:37

Ponselle, Rosa (soprano)
Chichagov, Igor (piano)

Not Applicable, na

Interview with Rosa Ponselle by Ruby Mercer

Ponselle, Rosa (voice)
Mercer, Ruby (voice)

17

Introduction and announcement of Lully's Bois epais

01:24

Ponselle, Rosa (voice)
Mercer, Ruby (voice)

18

Comments on Persico's Rosemonde

00:54

Ponselle, Rosa (voice)
Mercer, Ruby (voice)

19

Comments on Saint-Saens's Guitares et mandolines

00:55

Ponselle, Rosa (voice)
Mercer, Ruby (voice)

20

Comments on Brahms's Von ewiger Liebe

01:09

Ponselle, Rosa (voice)
Mercer, Ruby (voice)

21

Comments on Trunk's Mir traumte von einem Konigskind

00:43

Ponselle, Rosa (voice)
Mercer, Ruby (voice)

22

Comments on Schubert's Erlkönig

01:42

Ponselle, Rosa (voice)
Mercer, Ruby (voice)

23

Comments on Beethoven's In questa tomba oscura

01:04

Ponselle, Rosa (voice)
Mercer, Ruby (voice)

24

Comments on Wolf-Ferrari's Quando ti vidi a quel canto apparire

00:32

Ponselle, Rosa (voice)
Mercer, Ruby (voice)

25

Comments on Donaudy's O del mio amato ben

00:53

Ponselle, Rosa (voice)
Mercer, Ruby (voice)

26

Comments on Tosti's Aprile

01:06

Ponselle, Rosa (voice)
Mercer, Ruby (voice)

27

Comments on Sadero's Amuri, amuri

00:49

Ponselle, Rosa (voice)
Mercer, Ruby (voice)

28

Comments on Sadero's I battitori di grano

00:33

Ponselle, Rosa (voice)
Mercer, Ruby (voice)

29

Comments on Drink to me only with thine eyes

00:59

Ponselle, Rosa (voice)
Mercer, Ruby (voice)

30

Comments on Farley's The Night Wind

00:51

Ponselle, Rosa (voice)
Mercer, Ruby (voice)

31

Comments on Riego's Homing and concluding remarks

01:53

Ponselle, Rosa (voice)
Mercer, Ruby (voice)

Disc 3

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus
Da Ponte, Lorenzo - Lyricist

Le nozze di Figaro, K. 492, Act II: Voi che sapete

Ponselle, Rosa (soprano)
Chichagov, Igor (piano)

1

Le nozze di Figaro, K. 492, Act II: Voi che sapete

02:48

Ponselle, Rosa (soprano)
Chichagov, Igor (piano)

Ciampi, Vincenzo

Gli tre cicisbei ridicoli: Tre giorni son che Nina

Ponselle, Rosa (soprano)
Chichagov, Igor (piano)

2

Gli tre cicisbei ridicoli: Tre giorni son che Nina

02:40

Ponselle, Rosa (soprano)
Chichagov, Igor (piano)

Schubert, Franz
Schober, Franz von - Lyricist

An die Musik, Op. 88, No. 4, D. 547

Ponselle, Rosa (soprano)
Chichagov, Igor (piano)

3

An die Musik, Op. 88, No. 4, D. 547

03:06

Ponselle, Rosa (soprano)
Chichagov, Igor (piano)

Schubert, Franz
Claudius, Matthias - Lyricist

Der Tod und das Madchen, Op. 7, No. 3, D. 531

Ponselle, Rosa (soprano)
Chichagov, Igor (piano)

4

Der Tod und das Madchen, Op. 7, No. 3, D. 531

02:54

Ponselle, Rosa (soprano)
Chichagov, Igor (piano)

Wagner, Richard
Wesendonck, Mathilde - Lyricist
Mottl, Felix - Arranger

5 Gedichte für eine Frauenstimme, Op. 91, "Wesendonck Lieder": No. 5. Traume

Ponselle, Rosa (soprano)
Chichagov, Igor (piano)

5

5 Gedichte für eine Frauenstimme, Op. 91, "Wesendonck Lieder": No. 5. Traume

05:06

Ponselle, Rosa (soprano)
Chichagov, Igor (piano)

Strauss, Richard
Hart, Heinrich - Lyricist
Henckell, Karl Friedrich - Lyricist
Mackay, John Henry - Lyricist

4 Lieder, Op. 27, TrV 170: No. 4. Morgen

Ponselle, Rosa (soprano)
Chichagov, Igor (piano)

6

4 Lieder, Op. 27, TrV 170: No. 4. Morgen

04:06

Ponselle, Rosa (soprano)
Chichagov, Igor (piano)

Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Il'yich
Mey, Lev Alexandrovich - Lyricist

6 Romances, Op. 6: No. 6. Nur wer die Sehnsucht kennt (None but the Lonely Heart)

Ponselle, Rosa (soprano)
Chichagov, Igor (piano)

7

6 Romances, Op. 6: No. 6. Nur wer die Sehnsucht kennt (None but the Lonely Heart)

03:26

Ponselle, Rosa (soprano)
Chichagov, Igor (piano)

Duparc, Henri
Baudelaire, Charles - Lyricist

L'Invitation au voyage (version for voice and piano)

Ponselle, Rosa (soprano)
Chichagov, Igor (piano)

8

L'Invitation au voyage (version for voice and piano)

04:30

Ponselle, Rosa (soprano)
Chichagov, Igor (piano)

Paladilhe, Émile
Corneille, Pierre - Lyricist

Psyche

Ponselle, Rosa (soprano)
Chichagov, Igor (piano)

9

Psyche

03:15

Ponselle, Rosa (soprano)
Chichagov, Igor (piano)

Litvinne, Felia

Tristesse eternelle (arr. of Chopin's Etude No. 3 in E Major, Op. 10, No. 3)

Ponselle, Rosa (soprano)
Chichagov, Igor (piano)

10

Tristesse eternelle (arr. of Chopin's Etude No. 3 in E Major, Op. 10, No. 3)

03:29

Ponselle, Rosa (soprano)
Chichagov, Igor (piano)

Falla, Manuel de

7 Canciones populares españolas (excerpts)

Ponselle, Rosa (soprano)
Chichagov, Igor (piano)

11

No. 3. Asturiana

03:02

Ponselle, Rosa (soprano)
Chichagov, Igor (piano)

12

No. 5. Nana

01:46

Ponselle, Rosa (soprano)
Chichagov, Igor (piano)

Munro, George

My Lovely Celia

Ponselle, Rosa (soprano)
Chichagov, Igor (piano)

13

My Lovely Celia

02:25

Ponselle, Rosa (soprano)
Chichagov, Igor (piano)

Manning, Kathleen Lockhart
Manning, Kathleen Lockhart - Lyricist

Sketches of Paris: No. 4. In the Luxembourg Gardens

Ponselle, Rosa (soprano)
Chichagov, Igor (piano)

14

Sketches of Paris: No. 4. In the Luxembourg Gardens

02:21

Ponselle, Rosa (soprano)
Chichagov, Igor (piano)

Bizet, Georges
Mass Text - Lyricist

Agnus Dei

Ponselle, Rosa (soprano)
Chichagov, Igor (organ)

15

Agnus Dei

03:19

Ponselle, Rosa (soprano)
Chichagov, Igor (organ)

Luzzi, Luigi
Bible - New Testament - Lyricist

Ave Maria

Ponselle, Rosa (soprano)
Chichagov, Igor (organ)

16

Ave Maria

04:24

Ponselle, Rosa (soprano)
Chichagov, Igor (organ)

Millard, Harrison

17

Ave Maria

05:59

Ponselle, Rosa (soprano)
Chichagov, Igor (organ)

Sandoval, Miguel

18

Ave Maria

04:32

Ponselle, Rosa (soprano)
Chichagov, Igor (organ)

Tosti, Paolo
Errico, Carmelo - Lyricist

19

Ave Maria

03:42

Ponselle, Rosa (soprano)
Chichagov, Igor (piano)

Denza, Luigi
Mancini, Eva Cattermole - Lyricist

Se

Ponselle, Rosa (soprano)
Chichagov, Igor (piano)

20

Se

04:32

Ponselle, Rosa (soprano)
Chichagov, Igor (piano)

Buzzi-Peccia, Arturo

Colombetta, "Serenata veneziana"

Ponselle, Rosa (soprano)
Chichagov, Igor (piano)

21

Colombetta, "Serenata veneziana"

03:35

Ponselle, Rosa (soprano)
Chichagov, Igor (piano)

Total Playing Time: 03:38:34