Glorious Divas of Yesteryear CD Set

Glorious Divas of Yesteryear CD Set
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Three of the fines female voices in musical history:  Kathleen Ferrier; Dame Joan Hammond; Dame Nellie Melba.  Universally adored, these pioneering divas of early 20th century popular music were among the first to sing live on the radio, to record albums and to become international superstars. 

3 CDs feature each artists's signature songs

  • 3 CDs featuring 56 tracks from these 3 Divas of yesteryear
  • Kathleen Ferrier
  • Joan Hammond
  • Nellie Melba

Here's what you get...

Kathleen Ferrier

Kathleen Ferrier

Blow The Wind Southerly, My Bonny Lad, The Keel Row, O Waly Waly, I Know Where I'm Going, Ombra Mai Fu (Largo from ‘Xerxes'), What Is Life? from ‘Orfeo And Euridice',  O Thou That Tellest Good Tidings Of Zion from Handel's ‘Messiah', and much more ...

CD 1

Track title
Artist
1
Ma Bonny Lad
2
The Keel Row
3
Blow The Wind Southerly
4
I Have A Bonnet Trimmed With Blue
5
O Thou That Tellest Good Tidings Of Zion
6
He Was Despised
7
I Know Where I'm Going
8
The Fidgety Bairn
9
I Will Walk With My Love
10
Che Faro
11
Ombra Mai Fu
12
Ca' The Yowes
13
O Waly Waly
14
Willow, Willow
15
The Stuttering Lovers
16
Qui Sedes
17
Grief For Sin
18
Have You Seen But The Whyte Lillie Grow
19
Ye Banks And Braes
20
Drink To Me Only
21
Down By The Sally Gardens
Dame Joan Hammond

Dame Joan Hammond

The Last Rose of Summer, The Green Hills of Somerset, One Fine Day (from Puccini's ‘Madam Butterfly'), O Silver Moon, When I Am Laid In Earth (from Purcell's ‘Dido & Aeneas'), They Call Me Mimi from Puccini's ‘La Boheme', and much more ...

CD 2

Track title
Artist
1
Dying Without A Mother's Blessing
2
My Beloved Father
3
One Fine Day
4
Death Wtih Honour
5
They Call Me Mimi
6
Oh, You've No Notion
7
Love And Music
8
To The Home That She Left
9
Troppo, signori...lo sono l'umile ancella fiori
10
Poveri fiori
11
The Last Rose Of Summer
12
Green Hills O' Somerset
13
Qui radmes verra! ... O patria mia
14
Tatiana's Letter Song
15
O Silver Moon
16
When I Am Laid In Earth
Dame Nellie Melba

Dame Nellie Melba

Home Sweet Home, Annie Laurie, Swing Low Sweet Chariot, Ave Maria (Verdi), Down In The Forest, Ave Maria (Gounod), Vissi D'Arte (from Puccini's ‘Tosca') and many, many more!  Plus, BONUS TRACK:  Nellie's farewell speech from Covent Garden.

CD 3

Track title
Artist
1
Down In The Forest
2
By The Waters Of Minnetonka
3
Annie Laurie
4
Del ciel clemente, 'Mad Scene'
5
Addio
6
Siempre libera
7
Vissi d'Arte
8
Caro Nome
9
Lo, Here The Gentle Lark
10
Ah! Je ris (Jewel Song)
11
Swing Low, Sweet Chariot
12
Ave Maria
13
Claire de lune
14
Piangea cantando (Willow Song)
15
Ave Maria
16
Entrate...C'e Rodolfo
17
Donde lieta usci
18
Addio lolce svgliare all mattina
19
Farewell Speech To: 'The Royal Opera House', Covent Garden