Charles Hackett - Songs & Arias
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Composer or Director: Liza Lehmann, Jules (Emile Frédéric) Massenet, Charles-François Gounod, Joseph Robinson, Josephine McGill, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Gioachino Rossini, Florence Aylward, (Charles Louis) Ambroise Thomas, Giacomo Puccini, Michael William Balfe, Franz Schubert, Gaetano Donizetti, Eric Coates, Wilmott, Jerome (David) Kern, (Francesco) Paolo Tosti
Label: Marston
Magazine Review Date: 2/1999
Media Format: CD or Download
Media Runtime: 79
Mastering:
ADD
Catalogue Number: 51005-2

Tracks:
Composition | Artist Credit |
---|---|
(The) Bohemian Girl |
Michael William Balfe, Composer
Michael William Balfe, Composer |
Don Giovanni, Movement: Il mio tesoro |
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer
(Anonymous) Orchestra Charles Hackett, Tenor Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer |
(Il) Barbiere di Siviglia, '(The) Barber of Seville', Movement: ~ |
Gioachino Rossini, Composer
(Anonymous) Orchestra Charles Hackett, Tenor Gioachino Rossini, Composer |
Lucia di Lammermoor, '(The) Bride of Lammermoor', Movement: ~ |
Gaetano Donizetti, Composer
(Anonymous) Orchestra Charles Hackett, Tenor Gaetano Donizetti, Composer Maria Barrientos, Soprano |
(La) Bohème, 'Bohemian Life', Movement: Che gelida manina |
Giacomo Puccini, Composer
(Anonymous) Orchestra Charles Hackett, Tenor Giacomo Puccini, Composer |
(La) Bohème, 'Bohemian Life', Movement: ~ |
Giacomo Puccini, Composer
(Anonymous) Orchestra Charles Hackett, Tenor Giacomo Puccini, Composer |
Roméo et Juliette, 'Romeo and Juliet' |
Charles-François Gounod, Composer
Charles-François Gounod, Composer |
Manon, Movement: ~ |
Jules (Emile Frédéric) Massenet, Composer
(Anonymous) Orchestra Charles Hackett, Tenor Jules (Emile Frédéric) Massenet, Composer |
Mignon, Movement: ~ |
(Charles Louis) Ambroise Thomas, Composer
(Anonymous) Orchestra (Charles Louis) Ambroise Thomas, Composer Charles Hackett, Tenor |
Faust, Movement: ~ |
Charles-François Gounod, Composer
(Anonymous) Orchestra Charles Hackett, Tenor Charles-François Gounod, Composer |
An Silvia |
Franz Schubert, Composer
(Anonymous) Orchestra Charles Hackett, Tenor Franz Schubert, Composer |
Parted! |
(Francesco) Paolo Tosti, Composer
(Anonymous) Orchestra (Francesco) Paolo Tosti, Composer Charles Hackett, Tenor |
Vorrei |
(Francesco) Paolo Tosti, Composer
(Anonymous) Orchestra (Francesco) Paolo Tosti, Composer Charles Hackett, Tenor |
(The) Snowy-breasted pearl |
Joseph Robinson, Composer
(Anonymous) Orchestra Charles Hackett, Tenor Joseph Robinson, Composer |
In a Persian Garden, Movement: Ah moon of my delight (tenor solo) |
Liza Lehmann, Composer
(Anonymous) Orchestra Charles Hackett, Tenor Liza Lehmann, Composer |
Beloved, it is morn |
Florence Aylward, Composer
(Anonymous) Orchestra Charles Hackett, Tenor Florence Aylward, Composer |
I heard you singing |
Eric Coates, Composer
(Anonymous) Orchestra Charles Hackett, Tenor Eric Coates, Composer |
Duna |
Josephine McGill, Composer
(Anonymous) Orchestra Charles Hackett, Tenor Josephine McGill, Composer |
I look into your garden |
Wilmott, Composer
Wilmott, Composer (Anonymous) Orchestra Charles Hackett, Tenor |
Roberta, Movement: The Touch of Your Hand |
Jerome (David) Kern, Composer
(Anonymous) Orchestra Charles Hackett, Tenor Jerome (David) Kern, Composer |
Author: Alan Blyth
The majority of Hackett’s discs were cut for American Columbia, but his account of Faust’s cavatine, sung in the vernacular, was made for English Columbia when he was in London for Melba’s Farewell in 1926. This electric disc gives us a fuller flavour of the timbre of Hackett’s voice, but the quick tempo, the downward transposition (a full tone) and Hackett’s very odd English add up to no more than a curiosity. In the song recordings, I usually miss the charm, the subtleties of phrasing of McCormack, Nash or Webster Booth, but ‘Ah, moon of my delight’ is a delight indeed in its refined, old-fashioned way.'
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