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Various: The McCormack Edition vol.7 (Naxos Historical Audio CD)

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Acoustic Recordings (1916-18)

This seventh volume in the Naxos McCormack edition includes the great tenor’s only published recording of the Preislied from Wagner’s Die Meistersinger, sung here in English translation as Morning Was Gleaming; music by Irish and Irish-American composers; patriotic war-related songs that evoke the pain of separation and the hope of return, including Ivor Novello’s hugely popular Keep the Home Fires Burning; and ‘Champs paternels’ from Méhul’s opera Joseph, recorded as a supportive gesture for the French forces that were suffering greatly at the time.

All these works are delivered with an intimacy of feeling, masterful phrasing and a compelling sense of engagement with the listener that were the hallmark of McCormack’s approach to everything that he sang.

“McCormack was a strong lyrical tenor with a clean edge to the voice…. A particular quality is the way he can hold on to a final note and let it gently die without any touch of aural instability. Such quality of breath control is amazing.” MusicWeb International on Vol. 5

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Contents and Reviews

MATTEI: Non è ver; RAFF: Serenade*
OFFENBACH: Les contes d’Hoffmann: Barcarolle*
WAGNER: Die Meistersingervon Nürnberg: Morning was Gleaming
KREISLER: Cradle Song 1915
BALFE: The Bohemian Girl: Then You’ll Remember Me; RAY: The Sunshine of Your Smile
SILÉSU: Love, Here is My Heart
MARGETSON: Tommy Lad
BALL: The Isle of Dreams: When Irish Eyes are Smiling
FAURÉ: Crucifix**
KEY: The Star-Spangled Banner***
HERBERT: Eileen: Ireland, My Sireland‡
HERBERT: Eileen: Eileen (Alanna Asthore)‡
SANDERSON: The Trumpet Call
NOVELLO: Keep the Home Fires Burning
ELLIOT: There’s a Long, Long Trail
LÖHR: Any Place is Heaven if You Are Near Me
FERRARI: The Rainbow of Love ‡‡
FAURÉ: Crucifix**
PIANTADOSI: Send Me Away With a Smile; PIANTADOSI: Send Me Away With a Smile
MÉHUL: Joseph en Égypte: Champs paternels
ALLITSON: The Lord is My Light
SANDERSON: God Be With Our Boys Tonight
DOREL: Calling Me Home to You
Fritz Kreisler (violin)*, Reinald Werrenrath (baritone)**, Harry Macdonough and Lambert Murphy (tenors), Reinald Werrenrath (baritone***), Dominic Melillo (harp)‡, Rosario Bourdon (celeste)‡‡