opera cd , Romophone, Claudia Muzio, 1917-1918, Pathe Recordings,

Description: Unopened and still in wrapper. 2-CD Set featuring 43 remastered tracks. Transfers by Ward Marston. Released 1994 "What we hear is a raw talent that has not yet achieved the artistry and command that would, just a short time later, make an impression that stamped her recordings as definitive. There is the same shortness of breath that would mar her late recordings, choppy phrasing, and uneasy high notes; but still, it is Muzio and we should treasure all of her that we have. There are forty-three selections on the discs. Four are unpublished songs recorded for Edison between 1920 and 1928. There are no duplicate versions or unpublished selections since all the Pathe's were published. This is a worthy companion to the other Romophone Muzio set. It will not need recommendation to Muzio fans, but others might be better served by Romophone's earlier release of her later recordings.” Howard Kennett, ARSC Journal, 1994 "Now the company have put us further in their debt by issuing the Pathes and adding four unpublished and fascinating Edison titles. ... Here we have, on the first disc, an impassioned and nicely shaded ''Suicidio!'' in a reading that is amazingly accomplished when you realize Muzio was just 28 at the time. ''O patria mia'' and ''Un bel di'', neither repeated by her, adumbrate the sheer beauty of the voice of the young spinto: strength is there, but also refinement and feeling ... Above all, we catch an echo over the years of what Muzio must have been like: deeply affecting, in these roles, confirming contemporary comment—and that is what records are about. ... The songs are, as ever with this singer, irresistible. Buzzi-Peccia's Baciarmi is poised sensuously on a skein of gossamer tone. In another song, Burleigh's Jean, we can delight in Muzio's excellent and clear English and also in the better sound. Then come the four 'new' Edisons, which include Donaudy's O del mio amato ben ...: the performance here is just as plangent. Even more tenderly accented is a little-known and unattributed song, Torna amore, and the even more evocative traditional Mon jardin. Yes, a great singer indeed.” Alan Blyth, Gramophone opera cd lot, romophone, claudia muzio, 1917-1918.

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