| Other author/creator | Bourdon, Rosario, 1885-1961 conductor. |
| Other author/creator | Setti, Giulio, 1869-1938, conductor. |
| Other author/creator | Pasternack, Josef, 1881-1940 conductor. |
| Included Work | Ponchielli, Amilcare, 1834-1886. Gioconda. Suicidio. |
| Included Work | Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901. Otello. Piangea cantando. |
| Included Work | Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901. Otello. Ave Maria. |
| Included Work | Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901. Aïda. O patria mia. |
| Included Work | Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901. Aïda. Pur ti riveggo mia dolce Aïda. |
| Included Work | Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901. Ernani. Ernani, Ernani, involami. |
| Included Work | Spontini, Gaspare, 1774-1851. Vestale. Toi que j'implore avec effroi Italian. |
| Included Work | Spontini, Gaspare, 1774-1851. Vestale. O des infortunées, déesse tutélaire Italian. |
| Included Work | Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901. Forza del destino. Vergine degli Angeli. |
| Included Work | Bellini, Vincenzo, 1801-1835. Norma. Casta diva. |
| Included Work | Bellini, Vincenzo, 1801-1835. Norma. Mira, o Norma. |
| Included Work | De Curtis, G. B., 1860-1926. Carmela. |
| Included Work | Di Capua, Eduardo, 1864-1917. Maria, Mari! |
| Included Work | Arensky, Anton, 1861-1906. Romansy, op. 49. Davno lʹ pod volshebnye zvuki. English. |
| Included Work | Rimsky-Korsakov, Nikolay, 1844-1908. Romansy, op. 2. Vostochnyĭ romans English. |
| Included Work | Jacobs-Bond, Carrie, 1862-1946. Perfect day. |
| Variant title |
Title on disc label: Ponselle |
| Series |
Prima voce
Prima voce. ^A363276
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| Contents |
La gioconda. Suicidio / Ponchielli (4:16) -- Otello. The willow song = Piangea cantando (4:39) ; Ave Maria (4:26) / Verdi -- Aïda. Qui Radames verà/O patria mia (4:41) ; Pur ti riveggo (8:00) / Verdi -- Ernani. Surta è la notte/Ernani, involami / Verdi (4:46) -- La vestale. Tu che invoco (4:32) ; O nume tutelar (3:32) / Spontini -- La forza del destino. Alzatevi/La Vergine degli Angeli / Verdi (4:38) -- Norma. Sediziose voci/Casta diva (8:03) ; Mira, O Norma (7:23 / Bellini -- Carmè / De Curtis (3:13) -- Maria, Mari! / Di Capua (3:41) -- On wings of dream / Arensky (3:47) -- The nightingale and the rose / Rimsky-Korsakov (3:56) -- A perfect day / Jacobs-Bond (3:09). |
| General note | Title from paper container enclosing all 3 discs. |
| General note | Chiefly with wind ensemble acc. The 3rd work with double string quartet; the 14th with piano and violin; the 15th with piano; the 7th, 9th, and 11th with orchestra. |
| General note | Disc 1 of 3-disc set; also released as a separate item. |
| General note | Acoustic and electric recordings; track 5 unpublished; all other selections originally released on 78 rpm discs on the Victor and His Master's Voice labels. |
| General note | Compact disc. |
| General note | Biographical notes on the performer and synopses of dramatic scenes, in English, German, and French, inserted in container. |
| Performer |
Rosa Ponselle, soprano ; with unnamed wind ensembles and orchestras conducted by Rosario Bourdon, Giulio Setti, or Josef Pasternack. |
| Date/time/place of a event note | Recorded Dec. 1923-Jan. 1929; 14th-15th works in Oct.-Nov. 1939. |
| Language | Sung in Italian and English (14th-16th works); the 7th-8th works originally in French, the 14th-15th works originally in Russian. |
| Publisher number | NI 7805 Nimbus |
| Publisher number | NI 1777 Nimbus (set) |
