Lebendige Vergangenheit: Nan Merriman

Lebendige Vergangenheit: Nan Merriman

Lebendige Vergangenheit: Nan Merriman

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Composer: Leonard Bernstein
Composer: Georges Bizet
Composer: Gaetano Donizetti
Composer: Manuel de Falla
Composer: Christoph Willibald Gluck
Composer: Gioachino Rossini
Composer: Ambroise Thomas
Composer: Giuseppe Verdi
Conductor: Arturo Toscanini
Conductor: Frieder Weissmann
Conductor: Leonard Bernstein
Conductor: Leopold Stokowski
Conductor: Pierre Monteux
Conductor: Walter Süsskind
Performer: Nan Merriman
Orchestra: Hollywood Bowl Symphony Orchestra
Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra
Orchestra: NBC Symphony Orchestra
Orchestra: RCA Victor Orchestra
Orchestra: Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra
Edition: Music CD
Audio: English (Unknown)
CD Release Date: 2008-06-17
Music Label: Preiser Records
Soundtracks:

Orfeo ed Euridice: Che farÃ² senza Euridice? - Christoph Willibald Gluck
La Favorita: O mio Fernando - Gaetano Donizetti
Otello: Assisa a piÃ¨ d'un salice - Gioachino Rossini
Don Carlos: O don fatale - Giuseppe Verdi
Rigoletto: Bella figlia dell' amore - Giuseppe Verdi
Carmen: L'amour est un oiseau rebelle 'HabaÃ±era' - Georges Bizet
Carmen: PrÃ¨s des ramparts de Seville 'Seguidilla' - Georges Bizet
Carmen: Voyons, brigadier - Georges Bizet
Mignon: Me voici dans son boudoir 'Gavotte' - Ambroise Thomas
El amor brujo: CanciÃ³n del amor dolorido 'Love's Sorrow' - Manuel De Falla
El amor brujo: Song of the Will-O'-the Wisp - Manuel De Falla
El amor brujo: Danza del juego del amor - Manuel De Falla
Symphony no 1 'Jeremiah': 3rd movement, Lamentation Serenade - Leonard Bernstein

Music reviews of Lebendige Vergangenheit: Nan Merriman

Music Review: Excellent documentation of little known singer at her best
Rating: 5 Stars

Maybe I'm not the most objective reviewer of Merriman, because I am a fan. I have her 1946 "El Amor Brujo" with Stokowski on 78's, and it is burned forever in my skull. The records in this set were made between 1943 and 1949, with one exception made in 1957. They are radio shows, and records that were made on disc masters, with the one exception from 1957. They suffer from the technical defects of the old disc master process, with limited high frequency response and noticeable surface noise. However, the transfers are very good. They made what I think were the right choices. I compared the excerpts from "El Amor Brujo" here with my 78's and they are excellent. Though the surface noise is noticeable, the impact and clarity of the original recordings are well preserved. The liner notes, translated from German, are well researched, and they provide a good analysis of the refined vocal quality and excellent craftsmanship that made Merriman a darling of Stokowski and Toscanini. Merriman is sometimes criticised for having a "light" voice and for being insufficiently "dramatic", but I do not find a basis for those criticisms here. In the excerpts from "Carmen", for example, she makes heat like a blowtorch, effectively presenting the "hot and nasty" aspect of the character without going over the top. The excerpts from "El Amor Brujo" also ooze sensuality. This is an excellent document of Merriman, both in broadcasts and on records, from the period when she was well known in the U. S., before she went to Europe and turned herself into a Dutch diva. I'm glad I bought it.

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